Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er : Windows

Interesting company offerings for Win7 migration compatibility management

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:25:57 GMT

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Black Screen woes could affect millions on Windows 7, Vista and XP

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:23:54 GMT

Firstly, there appears to be many causes of of the black screen issue. The symptoms are very distinctive and troublesome. After starting your Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, W2K, W2K3 or W2K8 PC or server the system appears normal. However, after logging...(read more)

Download details: SyncToy 2.1 released

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:58:56 GMT

There are files from all kinds of sources that we want to store and manage. Files are created by our digital cameras, e-mail, cell phones, portable media players, camcorders, PDAs, and laptops. Increasingly, computer users are using different folders...(read more)

Windows Post-Install Wizard

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:33:22 GMT

WPI is a simple to use automation program for the choice and installation of multiple programs, tweaks and scripts. No longer will you need a dozen CD's or more when doing a fresh Installation. No longer will you need multiple files when you...(read more)

MDT 2010 Fix for ‘Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed”

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:54:23 GMT

There have been reports of a problem when running Refresh, Replace, Sysprep and Capture, and Custom task sequences with MDT 2010. When running those scenarios an error message is displayed after completing the wizard that states “A connection...(read more)

Mapping drives based on location

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:21:49 GMT

I concocted this batch file script a couple weeks ago to determine where a client was accessing the network from and then mapping shares accordingly. In this instance, folks were logging in through either Citrix of the local LAN. If they were...(read more)

Error Creating MDT Boot Image « The Realm of the Verbal Processor

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:40:20 GMT

PEIMG failed to use the servicing stack shim library (ssshim.dll) to locate a servicing stack that matches the target image (0×901f0005). Error Creating MDT Boot Image « The Realm of the Verbal Processor Read More......(read more)

Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings : Automating Long-Running MDT 2010 Tasks

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:32:35 GMT

There are a few operations in the MDT 2010 Deployment Workbench that can take a while. We’ve done our best to optimize those processes, but in many cases they will still take a good amount of time to complete. While you could certainly...(read more)

MDT 2010 is released! - Springboard Series Blog - The Windows Blog

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:27:11 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of MDT 2010 available for download here . MDT 2010 has been in planning and development for a little over a year and is our largest release to date with over 70% of our code changing since MDT 2008....(read more)

Quick access to administrative execution in Windows 7

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:44:06 GMT

Ctrl + Shift + Click Hold down Ctrl and Shift while launching an application from the Taskbar or start menu to launch it with full administrative rights. Read More......(read more)

Microsoft: Upgrade Messenger or else

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:04:53 GMT

Windows Live Messenger mandatory upgrade will patch development code vulnerability Microsoft: Upgrade Messenger or else Read More......(read more)

Using psExec to Open a Remote Command Window

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:41:59 GMT

System Center Essentials provides several ways to remotely manage computers, including: Computer Management MMC Remote Desktop Remote Assistance Tasks to show current information, such as process usage Sometimes though what is wanted is just a...(read more)

Shutdown.exe switches

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:53:28 GMT

Just placing this as a placeholder for myself, but I’m sure others need this information on the fly sometimes. C:\WINDOWS\system32>shutdown /? Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /a | /p | /h | /e] [/f] [/m \\computer...(read more)

The Windows 7 Summit – Don’t miss this event

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:24:37 GMT

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will revolutionize the way we manage Windows environments. This is the greatest Windows platform, ever... Are you prepared? During this free online event you'll learn to master the new features, all presented...(read more)

Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings : New Intel iaStor driver available

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:12:13 GMT

Many of you have been “challenged” by this driver: when you import it into the MDT Deployment Workbench, it says that it supports both “x86” and “x64” platforms, when really each download supports one or the other. With the latest release...(read more)

MDT Web Frontend goes Beta - Maik Koster at myITforum.com

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:04:05 GMT

I`m happy to announce that the MDT Web Frontend finally has reached Beta status. A Big Thank You to Jason Scheffelmaer who did a lot of testing and with whom I could exchange a lot of ideas on how to implement and improve certain parts. The FrontEnd...(read more)

Translating Hex Error Codes

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:55:26 GMT

Mark Serafine wanted to pass this along to everyone. He sent it to me for posting through Facebook of all places. Rod, One of your recent comments reminded me about something that I've been meaning to pass onto the myItforum folks who...(read more)

Showing Our Thanks to Windows 7 Beta Testers…. - Windows 7 Team Blog - The Windows Blog

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:46:16 GMT

Last week, I blogged that members of the Windows Technical Beta Program would not be receiving a complimentary copy of Windows 7. Normally I hate to be wrong but in this case, I’m stoked that I am. To show our appreciation, members of the invitation...(read more)

Michael Niehaus’ MDT 2010 New Feature #14: Database improvements

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:57:28 GMT

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Michael Niehaus’ MDT 2010 New Features #12 and #13

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:44:33 GMT

MDT 2010 New Feature #12: USMT 4.0 hardlink support MDT 2010 New Feature #13: New task sequence templates Read More......(read more)