Category Archives: Windows

Run Windows 7 without activating for 120 days

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Nerd

With just a simple command line, you can run Windows 7 for 120 days past the initial 30 days activation time limit  -that’s 4 months before you have to put in your key!  Just drop to the command line, and … Continue reading →

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Disable Group Policy Service on Windows Vista/7

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Nerd

As an administrator, I like to have FULL control of the computer that I use everyday.  Most companies deploy group policies that will set defaults to your computer, and not allow you to change those settings.  This will require that … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 – Enable $admin share

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Nerd

So I‘ve been running Windows 7 RTM for a while now, and really liking it.  There are a few “gotcha’s”, and the $admin share is one of them.  Out of the box, Windows 7 (and Windows Vista) disabled File and … Continue reading →

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Free Windows 7 for IT Pro’s

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Nerd

Microsoft will be providing Free "Deep Dive" Training for IT Professionals & Developers (along with a Free Copy of Windows 7!). "DEEP DRIVE" CURRICULUM: TRAINING FOR I.T. PROFESSIONALS: Introducing Windows 7 and the Windows Optimized Desktop — Today’s knowledge workers … Continue reading →

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Change Windows 7 Logon Screen

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Nerd

There are two ways to change the Windows 7 logon screen (is it me, or does it look like Twitter designed it?):  The hard way, and the easy way.  I’m going to show you the easy way. The Tweaks.com Logon … Continue reading →

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Multi-Thread Robocopy – Update

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Nerd

OK, I know I already went on and on about this, but this just blew my mind!  My boss just loaded Windows 7, and was copying his old data from an external USB drive to his new computer – 128GB … Continue reading →

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Windows 7: Robocopy is Multi Threaded!

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Nerd

OK, so not everyone uses Robocopy on a regular basis, but I sure do! I am super excited about Windows 7′s version of Robocopy. Robocopy was created by Mark Russinovich, and was included in a whole suite of free windows … Continue reading →

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