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Microsoft Windows 7 90-Day Eval VHD!

The Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program provides customers with an enhanced server-based software evaluation experience that’s faster, better supported and more flexible. You can now access the entire catalog of pre-configured Microsoft and partner products and solutions in the VHD format and start evaluating and testing today from www.microsoft.com

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Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows® 7 enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on computers that are running Windows Server® 2008 R2, Windows Server® 2008, or Windows Server® 2003, from a remote computer that is running Windows 7.

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**Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 can be installed ONLY on computers that are running the Enterprise, Professional, or Ultimate editions of Windows 7.**

Windows 7 - World Wide Launch

Today, Oct 22, Microsoft officially lunches Windows 7.

Windows 7 now available for purchase in Europe

UK ( http://bit.ly/48X6Q2)

France ( http://bit.ly/2dPzXK)

Spain ( http://bit.ly/1yRwVz)

Italy ( http://bit.ly/pwMMX)

Germany: http://bit.ly/2I02jV

Netherlands also! http://bit.ly/1p5pTg

Windows 7 is ‘the biggest pre-order product of all time’

“The launch of Windows 7 has superseded everyone’s expectations, storming ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the biggest grossing pre-order product of all-time at Amazon.co.uk, and demand is still going strong,” says Brian McBride, Amazon UK MD.

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Install Windows updates on the command line and in scripts

Everybody knows that i’m a real fan of scripting :).
I was really happy to read post of Michael Pietroforte about WuInstall 1.2 Pro…

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The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta

Want a quick way to check if your PC can run Windows 7? In general, if your PC can run Windows Vista, it can run Windows 7. But if you’re not running Windows Vista, or are just not sure if your system is ready to run Windows 7, download the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta. The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta is a pre-release version, and is available in U.S. English only.

Unattended Installation Avira Antivirus on Windows 7

Everybody knows that I’m real fun of Unattended Installation. I try to do as much as possible to automate everything :). Time to time, I meet applications are not supporting unattended or silent installation. In this situation, my “Best Friend” is Autoit helps me. In the following video, you can see a demo, how by using Autoit script (BTW, any Autoit script could be compiled into .EXE file) I’m installing Avira Antivirus on Windows 7 RC1 (Win7 RC1).

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Official Release Candidate 1 Build: Microsoft Windows 7 RC1 - 7100.0.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700

Many websites and blogs are reporting the leak of Build 7100 which is the RC version of Windows 7…

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Windows 7 - Booting from a .VHD file

If you want to boot from a Windows 7 (Windows Server 2008 R2) installed on a new .VHD do the following steps:

A.-  Creating the .VHD file and Windows 7 installation on that .VHD file

1. Boot the machine using the Windows 7 DVD
2. Choose Windows Repair
3. Start CMD
4. Run Diskpart
5. Type: Create vdisk file=c:\Windows7Build7000.vhd maximum=40000
6. Type: select vdisk file=c:\Windows7Build7000.vhd
7. Type: attach vdisk (in previous Betas, it was ’surface’ instead of ‘attach’)
8. Type: ‘exit’ (you exit Windows Repair, but Do Not Reboot)
9. Install Windows 7 to this attached .VHD (From Win7 installation, you now have to ’see’ another Hard Drive, you’ll need to create a partition & format it, first. You might get an error/warning saying that your computer hardware might not support this disk, just ignore it..).
10. Reboot, and you ready to go!