Windows 7 Deployment Guide - Latest Comments

Re: Windows 7 Deployment Training: TechNet Video: How Do I: Remote Management of Windows 7 with Windows PowerShell (Level 200)

saldriass — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:59:36 -0000

im not using windows 7 any more i will use just windows 8 from today coz it make you have diffrent feeling
http://full-windows8.blogsp...

Re: Who exactly is using Windows 7 in the Enterprise?

fldesign — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:49:44 -0000

Our Fortune 500 company is slated to roll this out later next year.

Re: Windows 7 Migration Project Management Part 4 – Appoint a Project Manager and create a Project Team

fldesign — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:13:28 -0000

What team members will be need for the deployment and what are their roles? Thanks!

Re: Windows 7 Migration Project Management – Part 5 – Create a Windows 7 Migration Project Plan

fldesign — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:27:26 -0000

Hello. I'm interested in purchasing your book. Does your book have a full project management plan for the win 7 deployment? I'm looking for a premade plan for this deployment. Thanks.

Re: Please take our Windows 7 Training Survey

Project Management Certificati — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:20:37 -0000

It was a great way to check myself against everything I did learned in preparation for the examination. I was determined to take & pass the examination on my first try.

PMP Training

Re: 300 million copies of Windows 7 sold

xinu — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:39:54 -0000

I pre-ordered mine as soon as it became available! Fantastic OS, cant wait to see what windows 8 will bring to the table.

Re: Who exactly is using Windows 7 in the Enterprise?

Onuora Amobi — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:08:37 -0000

Still looking to get a clear answer buddy. The Microsoft Windows 7 site has a link to case studies and I have been through that exhaustively. I have been trying to get an answer from their PR people about how many Fortune 500 companies use Windows 7 and I get the generic "we dont disclose numbers" answer.

It's pretty troubling...

Re: Who exactly is using Windows 7 in the Enterprise?

Sam — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:51:21 -0000

hey Onuora, have you worked this out yet - I would be interested to know.

Re: One more question,…What does Windows XP have that makes it better than Windows 7?

Windows 7 User — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:46:53 -0000

No run as administrator crap. lol
It uses more resources.
Easier to navigate.
You can choose My Computer and My Documents from the drop down menus of explorer.

Re: One more question,…What does Windows XP have that makes it better than Windows 7?

Billgoatboygates — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:31:17 -0000

First off, keep your software - I don't want it. As for Windows XP - the only limitation I see it having is that 32 bit won't address memory above 3.5 GB. It is much easier to create images that can be deployed to similar machines within an organization (with the XP setup manager for creating an answer file!). It can very easily run windows 7 in a virtual environment such as VMware player. Windows XP has been the newest software adopted by organizations for deploying organization wide, and few legacy applications have problems with it. The price of Windows 7 has come down, but still isn't worth sanctioning it's cost because of the numerous complications with deploying images. Windows 7 from a home-user stand point is just a regurgitation of Vista (with a few improvements). Microsoft staged a series of television advertisement blunders about "Windows Mojave Experiment" only to say at the end, "This is really Windows Vista"... and the proof is in the pudding that corporations haven't gravitated to it in droves. In several attempts to learn the image deployment process of Windows 7 - I have learned a lot of limitations, but haven't discovered much robustness to the new innovations. I will concentrate on seeing what the DSIM tool will do with offline wim editing, but it takes less time to lay out a current xp image on hardware, uninstall and reinstall applications, and then run sysprep to create an updated image.

Re: Who exactly is using Windows 7 in the Enterprise?

Billgoatboygates — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:09:30 -0000

I am in the process of learning the intricacies (if that is a word) of creating and deploying a Windows 7 image that can be deployed on multiple computers in the organization that I am working at. The network guys haven't even set up the KMS server yet, and I am currently building 10 machines with the VLK version from the MS Windows 7 (32 bit) installation DVD. The Windows 7 imaging process is much more convoluted than 2000 and XP Pro. This new process is so that 1) Microsoft can have one wim file for multiple OS versions for 32bit or 64bit architectures; 2) So that Microsoft will encourage organizations to install their licensed software per machine and not inadvertently copy one site license on multiple machines; 3) Allow for customized tailoring of the OOBE experience for logos and names of the organizations utilizing windows 7 on new deployments; and 4) Allow Administrators the ability to modify their images offline with regards to hardware drivers and installation packages. Basically - my lack of knowledge contributes to my negative integer rating of Windows 7 ease of deployment. I have a 4-year degree in IT, and no professional certifications other than Dell hardware. I have scripted the post-installs of the software applications used by the organization that I work at, and even scripting is hampered by the UAC! I know about runas administrator blah blah blah; but organizations will probably have to send their IT personnel to Microsoft training courses to learn about the component configurations of answer files, etc. I worked with one guy who got a Windows 7 certification from Microsoft, and his only response to assisting with creating an answer file was, "I want these laptops off my desk". Although the security robustness of Windows 7 is to be applauded, and most customers should have much *fewer* problems with viruses, etc. The deployment phase is not currently cost-effective for companies with limited budgeting and few IT personnel (all of this my personal opinion of course).

Re: Windows 7 Deployment Video: Basic Windows 7 Deployment

Billgoattboygates — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:30:01 -0000

This video is the best that I have found for giving an in-depth demonstration of how to create a deployable (custom) Windows 7 image for corporations and businesses. The BCDBOOT C:\WINDOWS step is critical if your windows 7 doesn't boot after running imagex /apply .... (simply boot the destination computer from the PE boot disk or USB key, and run the bcdboot command).

Free Hint here: Even if you customize your initial answer (xml) file to set the administrator's profile to active (and then try to customize it in Audit Mode) - The oobe phase of Windows 7 install will still recreate the Administrator's profile and loose those customized settings!

Re: Windows 7 Versions – Windows 7 Professional

michelsmith — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:04:14 -0000

Windows 7 Professional contains all features that Microsoft has build into Windows 7 Home Premium

Re: Who exactly is using Windows 7 in the Enterprise?

jim — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:05:32 -0000

I Prefer Window 7 as it is the most effective operating system as it runs upto 64bit and the most advanced software runs very smoothly and it can run xp software easily on windows 7 as it is very advance in gaming zone also and it got the most advanced direct x which is direct x 11 .
So , i am in the support of Windows 7 .

Re: Who exactly is using Windows 7 in the Enterprise?

Tchinangdidier — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:56:28 -0000

I do not think that your buddy is right because Windows 7 is more to
adapt to the technological needs that is not to it Windows xp and when
companies which is weak that can be simply related to the economic
crisis which particularly touch the investissemnts in the large
companies in this moment conclusion, from here 2011 I think that the
migration will have increase

Re: Who exactly is using Windows 7 in the Enterprise?

Phillip Fasan — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:31:32 -0000

Symantec is looking at it. We have a bunch of folks who are deploying a test version...

Re: Who exactly is using Windows 7 in the Enterprise?

Sam — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:30:36 -0000

Dell... implementing

Re: Letter to the Editor – 50 Remote shared areas that are mounted on a NAS

Marcus — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:47:30 -0000

It must be something else.

Windows 7 should not take that long to do the same task..

Just my 10 cents..

Re: Has anyone used DirectAccess before? – What was your experience?

Zechamile — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:43:29 -0000

Original vendor removed bogus Microsoft demand for payment. Quick and easy.

Re: One more question,…What does Windows XP have that makes it better than Windows 7?

Matt Romero — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:11:42 -0000

Windows XP is easier to navigate than Windows 7. Most people I've talked (who are not tech savy) have complained about 7 not being backward compatible with older software. Some of them have even had to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional from Home Basic or Home Premium just to be able to run XP Mode and Virtual Machine so they can run their lagacy apps. It's very irritating to them.

Windows XP also doesn't need all of the "Run as Administrator" intervention that 7 requires (also very annoying to beginner/intermediate users). This annoyance ranges from not being able to install programs to running the command prompt to accessing certain local folders. I've found a great reg hack that takes care of all this (you just have to run it once at every instance) and the system will never ask for admin privileges again.

What I've been doing is telling people to simply skip Home and Home Premuim and buy Professional right away.

In the business world Windows 7 has been a little difficult to deploy enterprise-wide (especially in our environment) because we use the Kace KBox as our Help Desk/Inventory Control and Systems Deployment solution and I've had to do a few tweeks to 7 to get it to deploy correclty over the network. I hope this offers some insight to how 7 is doing "in the street".

Re: One more question,…What does Windows XP have that makes it better than Windows 7?

MAY CYBOK — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:10:53 -0000

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Re: One more question,…What does Windows XP have that makes it better than Windows 7?

Musicmandjch — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:41:01 -0000

Windows XP's advantage over 7 really is all about drivers. I installed 7 on my old laptop (Compaq Evo N610c) and it seemed to work okay, but the video driver was not really the right one, and had a problem getting the built-in wireless to work with 7, so went back to xp and reinstalled drivers from Compaq website. So, in my opinion, the biggest drawback (even though I really do like 7 on my new laptop) is that 7 does not have the capability of being compatible with XP manufacturer's drivers.

Re: One more question,…What does Windows XP have that makes it better than Windows 7?

Twocents — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:32:14 -0000

CTRL-ALT-DEL, nuf said!

Re: One more question,…What does Windows XP have that makes it better than Windows 7?

Iaqsuk — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:53:38 -0000

Well, many already given excellent answers. Remember, XP has been around since 2001 (9-10 yrs) and Windows 7 has only been around over a year, so most of us are use to XP and many don't like change, but that's not the question, the question is what makes XP has that makes it better then windows 7?

Really, there's not that much difference, however XP is still easier in many ways only because everyone is use to it. 1. Navigation is still better, XP from the start button, all programs is better because it lists all programs in 1 sub-window and also you can navigate to the actual execute file, Windows 7 you have to move your mouse to stroll frame to view all programs, then click a select program to view execute files. 2. Not only start, all programs is better, it show mouseover brief description of the program your selecting and also in some cases list the file location. Windows 7 doesn't do this. I can list other things, but others already listed them, but I'll stick to XP is still better in navigation better then windows 7. iaqsuk.

Re: One more question,…What does Windows XP have that makes it better than Windows 7?

Afederspiel — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:17:16 -0000

I am a controls engineer. Unfortunately most engineering related program lags windows from 3 to 5 years, Windows XP is not necessarily better, but I find I have to run 2 computers because windows 7, as nice and fast as it is, is not backwards compatible with many tools I need. XP on the other hand is compatible with legacy software that was designed as far back as Windows 95. Windows 7 XP mode excludes installation of software that previously was XP compatible, but incompatible with Windows 7. In a nutshell, XP is compatible with more legacy products than Windows 7, but that may change in 5 years, but of course Microsoft will have a new product by that time to create the same issues.