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Another methods to dual boot Windows 8 and previous version of Windows

Saw a good post on that: “Step-By-Step”- 4 Methods to Dual Boot Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 with or without Windows 7 http://blogs.technet.com/b/blainbar/archive/2012/09/25/step-by-step-4-ways-to-dual-boot-microsoft-windows-8-and-windows-server-2012-with-or-without-windows...

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Tue, Feb 5 2013
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Client, Windows Server, Setup and Deployment
Another reference on installing Windows 8 on VHD(Boot from VHD)

Just found another article talking about it, please reference here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/haroldwong/archive/2012/08/18/how-to-create-windows-8-vhd-for-boot-to-vhd-using-simple-easy-to-follow-steps.aspx Copy from there(I hope Harold don't mind my re-post ): ============== I have placed the imagex...

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Sun, Aug 19 2012
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Client, Windows Server, Setup and Deployment
Ref: Windows Server “8” Beta: Hyper-V & Scale-up Virtual Machines Part 1…

A good reference on the coming Hyper-V V3: http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2012/04/05/windows-server-8-beta-hyper-v-amp-scale-up-virtual-machines-part-1.aspx It also talk about NUMA.

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Tue, Apr 17 2012
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Server, Virtualization, Setup and Deployment
Scenario Overview for Restoring Deleted Active Directory Objects

A good reference to new method on restoring AD objects in Windows Server 2008 R2: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd379509(v=ws.10).aspx#BKMK_3

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Mar 22 2012
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Server, Setup and Deployment
Fixing Google Chome browser would not load any web pages in Windows XP.

If you install Google Chome browser in Windows XP and found that the Chome browser cannot load any webpages after install. You may try to add the "--no-sandbox" switch to the end of the target field inside the Chome browser shortcut. It will disable the sandbox security feature of Chome thus...

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Mar 15 2012
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Client, Setup and Deployment
Remove hidden NIC from device manager of Windows Server 2008.

Recently, I setup VM in Hyper-Vof Windows Server 2008 R2 for classroom training use. I created a base hard disk image and a lot of differencing disks for difference VMs. However, I discover sometimes, when the differencing VM turn on, It will create another NIC to use and hide the previous NIC. (Maybe...

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 28 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Server, Setup and Deployment
Free Microsoft iSCSI Target

The iSCSI Target solution from MS is now free! We can use it to setup a environment to test fail-over clustering! http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=19867 Here are more information about this: http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2011/04/04/microsoft-iscsi-software-target-3-3...

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Mon, Jul 25 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Server, Virtualization, Setup and Deployment
Latest version of WSIM

The latest version of WSIM. Please download it from the following site: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=5753 and also download the update for SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5188

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Server, Setup and Deployment
Terminal Service Licensing reference

Overview of TS Licensing http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732346(WS.10).aspx Install Terminal Server Licensing http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783569(WS.10).aspx

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Server, Setup and Deployment
Licensing reference

A student ask about the reference for Windows CAL Licensing Here are some reference for that: Licence FAQ's http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/resources/faq.mspx CAL http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/client-access-license.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/client...

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Setup and Deployment
Diskpart command reference

You can reference this article: http://ss64.com/nt/diskpart.html It has an example how to use diskpart to format the drive. FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="New Volume" QUICK Additional information: DiskPart Command-Line Options http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(WS.10).aspx

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Setup and Deployment
Computer name restriction of WDS deployed computer

The only Variables can be used by WDS naming policy are: %First, %Last, %Username, %MAC, %[0][n]# (or combine them).

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Setup and Deployment
Can ImageX use to backup hard drive?

A student asked whether we can use ImageX as a backup tool: Please reference this link: You cannot use the ImageX.exe tool as a backup tool on a Windows Vista-based computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935467/en-us It is same to Windows Server 2008.

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Setup and Deployment
Multiple partitions hard drive for imaging

There is no straight way to capture the whole disk, including C:, D:, E:,etc., to an image file in one time, and you cannot deploy an image including multiple partitions in one time. However, you can try the following steps and see if can work for you: Step 1. ====== Sysprep your machine and then reboot...

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Setup and Deployment
Difference ways to capture Windows image

Usually we can use the following three ways to sysprep and capture a Windows image: 1. Install a reference computer, sysprep it and boot from a WinPE disk and run Image command to capture the image as we do in this thread: 2. Use WDS 3. Use MDT.

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Setup and Deployment
Changes for Identity and Authentication in Windows Server 2008 R2

A student asked about the change of authentication in Windows Server 2008 R2, here is a reference for that: Changes for Identity and Authentication in Windows Server 2008 R2 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560654(WS.10).aspx

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Setup and Deployment
User Profile Copy button no more work

In the past(Windows NT,2000 or 2003), we can use the "Copy" button in the user profile page to copy the user profile to another location. However, this method will cause quite a lot of problem. Microsoft did not support this method in Windows 2008 or Windows 7. You may reference this article...

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Setup and Deployment
DHCP and WDS on same computer

If WDS is installed on the same machine as DHCP is you have to set the options under the DHCP tab of WDS. From http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766320(WS.10).aspx : "If the Microsoft DHCP service is on the server that is being configured as a Windows Deployment Services server, set DHCP...

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Setup and Deployment
Add a Device Driver Path to an Answer File

A student asked how to add a device driver path to answer file, here is the reference: Add a Device Driver Path to an Answer File http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749522(WS.10).aspx

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Setup and Deployment
Using USB to store syspreped image and use it for recovery use.

Here are the rough steps: Step 1 Create WinPE disk: 1. Install WAIK on a technical computer. 2. Right-click Windows PE Tools Command Prompt and click Run as administrator. 3. Type the following commands and press Enter. Copype amd64 c:\winpe Imagex /mountrw c:\winpe\winpe.wim 1 c:\winpe\mount 4. Copy...

Posted to Windows Server - Technology by Richard on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Setup and Deployment

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