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61) UI for creating answer files for Vista: Date - Sep 02, 2008; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here’s an online site you can use to create answer files for installing Vista
62) Using Audit Mode for Sysprep: Date - Aug 26, 2008; Rating - 1.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here’s the who, the why and the how to use audit mode in Sysprep.
63) Replacing your Vista System Drive: Date - Jul 29, 2008; Rating - 4.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; You can use CompletePC Backup to replace your system drive with a larger drive if needed.
64) 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.
65) Migrating unattend.txt to unattend.xml: Date - Jul 23, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here is a quick tip for migrating your XP answer files to Vista.
66) 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.
67) Specifying the target partition for unattended install of Vista: Date - Jul 15, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here is a tip on specifying the target partition when performing an unattended install of Windows Vista.
68) NAP Client state – Three ways to check the state.: Date - Jul 09, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Networking; This article discusses the three ways to check the NAP state on a client computer running Windows Vista and Windows XP with SP3.
69) Moving user profile location in Windows Vista: Date - Jul 08, 2008; Rating - 1.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to move the location where user profiles are stored in Windows Vista.
70) How to tell if a computer has been sysprepped.: Date - Jul 02, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here’s an easy way how you can tell if a computer has been sysprepped.
71) Replacing the motherboard on a Vista computer that has BitLocker enabled.: Date - Jun 24, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to replace the motherboard on a Vista computer that has BitLocker enabled without losing access to your operating system and data.
72) Changing the Remote Desktop Port: Date - Jun 19, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Changing the listening and connecting port for Windows Remote Desktop Connection.
73) Preparing a disk for an unattended install of Vista: Date - Jun 18, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here’s a tip for preparing a disk for an unattended install of Windows Vista.
74) 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.
75) Three more things you shouldn’t do with Sysprep: Date - Jun 05, 2008; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Three more things you shouldn’t do when running Sysprep on a Windows Vista computer.
76) Three things you shouldn’t with Sysprep: Date - May 29, 2008; Rating - 4.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Three things you should not do when running Sysprep on a Windows Vista computer.
77) Breaking into audit mode: Date - May 21, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to break into audit mode during a manual install of Windows Vista.
78) Changes to Sysprep switches in Vista: Date - May 08, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Differences between Sysprep options for Vista compared with XP
79) Implicit answer file search order for Vista: Date - May 06, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How Vista searches for an answer file when you don't tell it where to look
80) Troubleshooting Vista Installs: Date - Apr 29, 2008; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to troubleshoot Vista installs using Setup logs.
81) Breaking into a command prompt in Windows PE: Date - Apr 24, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to open a command prompt during the Windows PE phase of Windows Setup for Vista.
82) What state is Vista Setup currently in?: Date - Apr 22, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to determine what state Windows Setup is in when installing Vista.
83) Vista’s Setup configuration passes for admins who deploy XP: Date - Apr 17, 2008; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Vista’s Setup configuration passes for admins who deploy XP.
84) Where is Sysprep in Vista?: Date - Apr 15, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Where can you find the Sysprep.exe utility in Vista?
85) Important Log Files for Deploying Vista: Date - Apr 10, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Five log files you should know about for troubleshooting Vista deployment problems.
86) Troubleshooting Windows Update Issues with Vista: Date - Apr 09, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; Two log files you can use to try and troubleshoot problems installing updates onto Windows Vista.
87) Create Menus in Windows PE: Date - Mar 06, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; A tool for easily creating menus in Windows PE
88) ImageX with a GUI: Date - Mar 05, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to get a GUI for the imagex.exe command.
89) Edit the Registry of a Vista Image: Date - Feb 27, 2008; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to edit the registry of a captured image.
90) Essential Steps for Upgrading to Vista: Date - Feb 21, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; What you need to do before upgrading to Vista.