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  • Good WPF 4.5 cookbook from Pavel Yosifovich

    I was looking for a book to bring me up to date with WPF and XAML and talking to my publishers, Packt Publishing, then offered me the Windows Presentation Foundation 4.5 Cookbook by Pavel Yosifovich. I was hoping to review this book sooner, however Christmas and illness got in the way, so here is my...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Thu, Dec 27 2012
    Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Developer, Windows Client, Book, Windows 7, Windows 8
  • Upgrade Windows XP/Vista/7 to Windows 8 Pro for $40 or £25 AND Media Center Pack for free – until 31st January

    This is a simple offer. Download the upgrade assistant from Microsoft, run the tool, purchase the license for a shockingly low price and get the benefits of Windows 8. Even if you think you might not use it for a year, you can burn the ISO so it is ready. All indications are that the price will increase...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Fri, Dec 14 2012
    Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Client, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP, Windows Vista, Vista and XP, Windows 8
  • Windows Intune Silent Application Deployment hints

    Windows Intune requires application deployment to be a silent (as in no user interaction) process.  Sometimes working out how to do this can be quite hard.  Richard at Windows Intunepedia has shared some information on this that I thought I would also share: Steps to Deploy Adobe Reader X with...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Thu, Jan 12 2012
    Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Client, Windows 7, Windows Intune, Cloud, Intune
  • Windows Intune learning path–free training for Microsoft Partners

    Eric Ligman tweeted about the new partner learning paths, so I zipped over there to see these excellent items for Windows Intune . I’ve already done some of these, but it is a great way to get up to speed on Windows Intune and how to sell it.   ttfn David
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Wed, Jan 4 2012
    Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Client, Windows 7, Windows Intune, Cloud, Intune
  • How to wake a computer to perform a antimalware scan, particularly useful for Windows Intune

    While having the book reviewed one feature that was asked for, but is not possible with Windows Intune, was the ability to make Windows Intune wake a computer at night and carry out an anti-virus scan. This blog post is referred to in the book when setting the Anti-Malware policy. To solve this, there...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Thu, Dec 15 2011
    Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Client, Book, Windows 7, Windows Intune, Cloud, Intune
  • Got the notice that my Windows Intune account will be upgraded to V2

    Hi, even though the Windows Intune V2 service has been out for a little while, my existing V1 accounts have not yet been upgraded.  Today I got this e-mail telling me that it was now scheduled to happen in 4 days time. When I clicked on the link, I was taken to the alert that looks like this in...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Mon, Dec 12 2011
    Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Client, Windows 7, Windows Intune, Cloud, Intune
  • How to Address Internet Explorer 6 Incompatibility Issues with Windows 7

    I’ve seen several people try to resolve Windows 7 and IE6 compatibility issues through methods that are not only not supported, but also against the Microsoft IP licensing rules (e.g. removing it from Windows XP and forcing onto Windows 7).  Using a Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server and Citrix...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Sat, Dec 10 2011
    Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Client, Application Compatibility, Citrix, Windows 7, Quest
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