History of Internet

40 years ago a world revolution was started.

The computers started to talk with each other and people could virtually travel anywhere from their seats.

If today Internet it’s like a common sense essential tool, 40 years ago that was a mirage.

This video remembers in really simple way the history of Internet and how it has born.

Take a look:

Microsoft Free eBook – Windows 7 Deployment

Microsoft has launched a new free eBook about Windows 7 deployment.

It’s a 412 pages eBook for IT Pros.

Download it here:
Deploying Windows® 7 Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine

MDT2010 – Moving Deployment Share from One Machine to Another – Important Aspects

This week I was finally ready to move my MDT 2010 Deployment Share from my virtual machine to my physical machine.

After some readiness and asked some Microsoft people the main idea passed was that MDT 2010 was designed to make possible to move de Deployment Share to another machine by just doing a Copy-Paste action.

Well…this is almost true.

But…like almost everything in life, this is not that linear.

From my experience after move and add the Deployment Share to the new machine there are always 2 action you need to take:

:: 1 ::

You’ll need to open you’re bootstrap.ini file (\\DeploymentShare$\Control\Bootstrap.ini) and change the DeployRoot entry
(Ex.: DeployRoot=\\OLDMACHINE\DeploymentShare$ | DeployRoot=\\NEWMACHINE\DeploymentShare$)

 

:: 2 ::

You’ll also need to change the Deployment Share Properties:

The field Network (UNC) Path needs to be changed

Windows Deployment Services Error – The System Cannot Find the File Specified

So yesterday I was starting to get crazy with an error I was getting on my WDS virtual machine.

Murphy’s Law was taking all the action and because I needed to finish a production environment image, WDS was refusing to upload a WIM.

This was the error I was getting:

Like the error tells you, the image you’re trying to upload cannot be found/it’s there anymore. …NOT

Despite this error, and after one hour trying to understand what’s going on and googling about this issue I found out that…

It was a simple…insignificant…lake of hard disk space!

Nice…very nice….

Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2 – Group Policy Reference Spreadsheet

Microsoft as recently released it’s traditional spreadsheet with information for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 group policies.

This Excel document has all the group policies available to configure Windows 7/2008 R2 and additionally also have information about Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 and earlier service packs, Windows XP Professional with SP2 and earlier service packs, and Windows 2000 with SP4 and earlier service packs.

You can download it at:

Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy ADMX Spreadsheet

Microsoft Security Essentials Launched

The Redmond company as again trying its luck on the competitive world of security software.

After Microsoft OneCare crash and burn, this new suite promises to protected you against virus, spyware and other malicious software.

This is an official Microsoft note:

"Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software," explained the company on its new Security Essentials official site. "Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple. Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want—without interruptions or long computer wait times."

So if you want to give it a try, download it here:

Microsoft Security Essentials