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121) Specifying MAK Keys in Answer Files: Date - Sep 16, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Where do you specify a MAK key in an answer file for automating installation of Vista?
122) Enabling 802.1X/PEAP for Wired Networks (in Vista): Date - May 28, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Make the Authenication tab visible on the network properties dialog.
123) Copying User Profiles: Date - Apr 14, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to copy user profile folders in Vista and later.
124) Enabling and Using Wireless Tracing: Date - Jun 25, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Built-in Diagnostics; Generating a report to troubleshoot wireless issues, using the Netsh WLAN commands.
125) Adding comments to answer files: Date - Jun 12, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can add comments to your XML answer files to keep track of what your answer files are used for.
126) Getting XP Computers to Appear on Network Map: Date - Apr 01, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Troubleshooting; Installing LLTD protocol on XP, so PC will appear on Vista's Network Map
127) Using ADMX Migrator: Date - Jan 28, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; ADMX Migrator is a useful tool you can use to convert ADM template files to ADMX template files.
128) Importing/Exporting Wireless Profiles in Vista/Server 2008: Date - Apr 07, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Windows Vista and Server 2008 include Netsh Commands specifically for WLANs, which let you import and export wireless network profiles.
129) Turning on Windows features during an unattended install: Date - Jul 24, 2008; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to turn on Windows features during an unattended install of Vista.
130) Resolving Problems After Applying an Update: Date - Sep 30, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; You can use System File Checker to try and resolve problems that occur after an update has been applied.
131) Removing RTM Files from Vista SP1: Date - Oct 22, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; Installing Service Pack 1 on Windows Vista archives certain files so you can remove SP1 later if you decide to. You can reclaim disk space by deleting these files.
132) Preventing processing of local Group Policy: Date - Jan 28, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; In Windows Vista and later you can prevent the processing of local Group Policy by configuring—guess what—a Group Policy setting!
133) Targeting policy for Vista computers: Date - Jul 29, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; If you have a mix of XP and Vista computers in a department or location, how can you configure a GPO so that it is only processed by the Vista computers?
134) Specifying your name and organization during an unattended install of Vista: Date - Jul 22, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can configure your answer file to specify your name and organization during an unattended install of Vista.
135) Vista SendTo shortcuts: Date - Feb 25, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Shell (GUI); How can you add entries to the right-click (shortcut) menu in Vista?
136) Preventing Wireless Connection to Certain Networks in Vista/Server 2008: Date - Apr 08, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Windows Vista and Server 2008 include Netsh Commands specifically for WLANs, which let you block access to specified wireless networks.
137) Importing a language pack into Windows PE: Date - Sep 29, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can customize your Windows PE build environment by importing additional components such as language packs.
138) Searching for Arbitrary Files on Vista: Date - Sep 09, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Search; The quickest way to find an arbitrary file on a Vista computer.
139) Formatting USB Flash Drives Using exFAT: Date - Mar 03, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; How to format a USB flash drive using the Extended FAT (exFAT) file system.
140) Copying applications into Windows PE: Date - Dec 16, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can copy applications into your Windows PE build environment by using the xcopy command.
141) Disabling IPv6 in Windows Vista: Date - Jan 07, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Registry Hacks; To save resources, you might want to completely disable the "new" IP protocol.
142) Group Policy and Event Logs in Vista: Date - Jan 21, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; In previous versions of Windows, Group Policy information was logged to the System log and additional troubleshooting information could be obtained by enabling Userenv.dll logging.
143) Offline file is not available: Date - May 21, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; What to do if a file or folder marked for offline use cannot be seen.
144) Installing updates on Windows PE: Date - Jan 15, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can install updates on your Windows PE build environment using the peimg command.
145) Changing the Default IP Address of ICS in Vista: Date - Jan 07, 2010; Rating - 3; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Collaboration and Sharing; Change the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) IP if 192.168.0.1 is already in use.
146) Net Send Alternative in Windows Vista: Date - Jan 07, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Collaboration and Sharing; Discovering MSG, the new Net Send for Vista.
147) Using Shared Printers over Internet: Date - Jan 14, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Collaboration and Sharing; Discover how to print remotely or when client isolation is enabled on the network.
148) Duplicate knownfolders: Date - May 13, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; What to do if you see duplicate folders in your user profile.
149) Troubleshooting Group Policy: Date - Apr 22, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; Here's a three-step approach to troubleshooting Group Policy issues in Windows Vista and later.
150) Prepping Windows PE for capture: Date - Jan 20, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Prepping a Windows PE build environment removes any components that are present in the component store but have not been installed.