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Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7

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Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7 – To ease remote server management, you can download and install Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows® 7 on computers that are running Windows 7.

About Remote Server Administration Tools

You can install the Administration Tools pack on computers that are running the Windows 7 operating system, and use the Administration Tools pack to manage specific technologies on computers that are running either Windows Server® 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, or, in some cases, Windows Server 2003.

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Windows 7 keyboard shortcut (ctrl+shift+click)/ combination to start program elevated

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Did you know, in Microsoft Windows 7 there’s a shortcut to start an application elevated. Just press ctrl-shift and double click on the application icon and it will prompt you for elevation. i think this is a nice and handy feature!

I don’t know, and can’t test it a the moment – my systems are all upgraded to Microsoft Windows 7 – if this shortcut is also available in Windows Vista. Maybe one could write a comment and confirm whether this shortcut is available in Microsoft Windows Vista or not.

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Free Windows XP Mode Licence for Windows 7 Ultimate and Professional Users

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Microsoft offers – probably for downwards compatibility issues – a free Microsoft Windows XP Licence in the form of a Virtual Machine plus the virtualization ‘platform’ Windows Virtual PC, successor to Virtual PC 2007. This version of WindowsVirtual PC is only compatible to run on Microsoft Windows 7.

Features of Virtual PC for Microsoft Windows 7:

  • USB support and redirection – connect peripherals such as flash drives and digital cameras, and print from the guest to host OS printers
  • Seamless application publishing and launching – run Windows XP Mode applications directly from the Windows 7 desktop
  • Support for multithreading – run multiple virtual machines concurrently, each in its own thread for improved stability and performance
  • Smart card redirection – use smart cards connected to the host
  • Integration with Windows Explorer – manage all VMs from a single Explorer folder (%USER%\Virtual Machines)

The virtual machine is called Microsoft Windows XP Mode (XPM) for Microsoft Windows 7 and is – as of today – available for download in Release Candidate (RC) state.

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Installing Microsoft Windows Vista / Windows 7 from a USB Stick

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Today, more and more systems come without a CD / DVDROM (Netbooks, small Notebooks). If i buy a new system, i never equip it with a built-in CD / DVDROM. If i need to boot such a system from a ROM Media, i always attach one using USB. Or whenever possible, i put the content of the media on a memory card like an USB stick.

This is a quick tutorial about booting the setup and installing Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows Server 2008 from a USB Stick or a USB Harddisk / Harddrive. This procedure can also be used for other types of memory cards like SD, MMC or XD, as long as the system can be configured to boot from such a device (check out the BIOS bootable devices and boot order). Continue reading →

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Extending the evaluation period of Microsoft Windows 7

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You can extend the 30 days evaluation period of Microsoft Windows 7 for 3 times. That means, if you do not enter a product key during the setup of Microsoft Windows 7, it will automatically run in evaluation mode for 30 days. After this period, you can extend the evaluation period for another 30 days. This procedure can be repeated three times. Rumours say, that even this behavior can be changed..

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Overview of the Microsoft Windows 7 Editions (x86/x64)

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An overview of the different Microsoft Windows 7 Editions

ProductEditionPlatformSize
Microsoft Windows 7Starter(x86)2,385.99 (MB)
Microsoft Windows 7Home Basic(x86)2,385.99 (MB)
Microsoft Windows 7Home Premium(x64)3,075.30 (MB)
Microsoft Windows 7Home Premium(x86)2,385.99 (MB)
Microsoft Windows 7Professional(x64)3,075.30 (MB)
Microsoft Windows 7Professional(x86)2,385.99 (MB)
Microsoft Windows 7Enterprise(x64)2,976.62 (MB)
Microsoft Windows 7Enterprise(x86)2,289.20 (MB)
Microsoft Windows 7Ultimate(x64)3,075.30 (MB)
Microsoft Windows 7Ultimate(x86)2,385.99 (MB)

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Installing Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition

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Ok, as a MSDN Subscriber, i just got access to the long awaited Microsoft Windows 7.

The filename of the RTM build for Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition is tagged ‘en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_X15-65922.iso’ for the x64 (64bit) and ‘en_windows_7_ultimate_x86_dvd_x15-65921.iso’ for the 32bit version.

Overview of the different Microsoft Windows 7 Editions

To install Microsoft Windows 7 i took an USB stick, made it bootable, copied to content of the ISO on the stick and installed it from there.

Read here for a tutorial about installing Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows 7 from USB Stick

Here are some screens i captured during the installation..

Booting from the source media

Microsoft_Windows_7_Setup_Starting

Microsoft_Windows_7_Setup_Starting

Microsoft_Windows_7_Setup_WelcomeScreen

Microsoft_Windows_7_Setup_WelcomeScreen

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How to Direct In-Place Upgrade Windows 7 Beta or RC (Prerelease Version) to Windows 7 RTM

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Officially Windows 7 does not allow upgrade path from prerelease version of Windows 7 such as Windows 7 Beta or Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) to Windows 7 RTM, which has the build version 7600.16385. When user attempts to directly in-place upgrade Windows 7 RC or Beta or any pre-release version from within Windows 7 desktop itself to final Windows 7 RTM gold release, the setup will load, but stop at Compatibility Report, which shows the following error

You cannot upgrade this prerelease version of Windows 7. Go online to see how to install Windows 7 and keep your files and settings.

cannot-upgrade-windows-7-rtm

The blocked upgrade path is similar to Windows 7 RC, which does not allow in-place upgrade from Windows 7. The blocking of direct upgrade from beta, RC or prerelease builds to official RTM build is meant to avoid potential issues that may affect such upgrade path, as few tweaks and enhancements have been introduced during the development process, which may be skipped during build-to-build upgrade.

Microsoft recommends Windows 7 beta or RC users to perform a clean or fresh installation of Windows 7 RTM, and uses Windows Easy Transfer to save and transfer user accounts, Windows settings, program settings , personal customizations and files from current installation to newly installed Windows 7 RTM system.The mechanism built into Windows 7 RTM to block and prevent upgrade from all pre-release versions of Windows 7 earlier than build 7233 for client edition, including Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 and Windows 7 RC Build 7100. For Windows Server.

2008 R2, users can directly in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2008 R2 RC.

However, the hack similar to upgrade from Windows 7 Beta to RC can be used to hack the Windows 7 RTM installation DVD ISO to circumvent and bypass the blockage, in order not to be forced to exit gracefully from the upgrade.

  1. Copy or download the Windows 7 RTM ISO to the computer that wants to perform the upgrade.
  2. Mount the ISO Image onto a virtual DVD drive and copy the whole content of the image to folder which can be located anywhere (on any partition or drive on the machine running the pre-release build, or external hard disk or USB/FireWire flash drive connected to the computer).Alternatively, it’s possible to directly extract the content of the ISO to a desired folder using file extraction tool such as WinRAR.
  3. Browse to the sources directory.
  4. Open the file cversion.ini in a text editor such as Notepad.
  5. Modify the MinClient build number to a value lower than the down-level build. For example, change 7233 to 7000.Original content of cversion.ini:

    [HostBuild]

    MinClient=7233.0

    MinServer=7100.0

    Change it to:

    [HostBuild]

    MinClient=7000.0

    MinServer=7100.0

  6. Save the file in original place and original name.
  7. Double click on setup.exe from modified installation files to start Windows 7 installation, and choose Upgrade to in-place upgrade to latest RTM gold build of Windows 7. The version check will be skipped and bypassed.

Thanks to MyDigitalLife.info for the article.

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