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After a week, here's my thoughts on my Surface RT so far ...

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Windows 8 RT Phone - what do you plan?

It slices! It dices! It will clean as it blends! Or will it?

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How to add your KMS keys for Windows 8 and Server 2012

Get your KMS Server ready for your new Windows 8 clients and Server 2012 OS's!

AVM Fritz!box 7390 – the ultimate home or small business router!

What's red and silver all over, and does everything for you, bar the dishes?

Top 5 Office 2010 features

This blog entry is not meant to be an IP transfer nor a thought provoker; rather this is more of a "did you know you could...." kind of blog.

Consolidated list of Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Hotfixes

An updated list of hotfixes for DPM servers, consolidated into a standard list of hotfixes for Win2k8 R2 SP1!

AuTechHeads 1st Anniversary Party - Registrations Open!

It's time to get your registration on. We're ready to party - are you?

Multiple Xbox 360 consoles and the Xbox Live Family Pack!

I was very lucky and privileged to have the help of some great AuTechHeads members in getting an Xbox 360 S. I've had fun getting it up and running with...

Empty users’ Recycle Bin with PowerShell and GPO

Want to force-empty domain user Recycle Bins (sounds like a Jedi power)? Can be done with PowerShell and GPO.

Windows Home Server 2011 Review

In which I install WHS 2011, and try to work out who Microsoft's target market are ...

Fixing the Blackberry Enterprise Server Administration Service

Lost your ability to administer Blackberry Enterprise Server? Here's a way to gain access, and a heads up on a bug ...

The Case for Breaking Up TechEd Australia 2011

Teched Australia 2010 has just ended, but is having 3100 delegates in one place just too much of a good thing? 

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  1. My thoughts on Surface RT - AuTechHeads Blogs

    Yep, I wasn't especially clear on that. I am aware there's an ability to work around this (and assume this is the reference). I meant a 'supported' configuration option, perhaps one that optionally submits sites for review to include in the official whitelist...

    -- Matt Marlor

  2. My thoughts on Surface RT - AuTechHeads Blogs

    You can add sites to the flash whitelist, There is a whole thread on the xda forums about it. I tested it myself and it does indeed work. How long the loophole stays open for is the big question

    -- Si

  3. Speed up your Surface ... - AuTechHeads Blogs

    It was late at night, so this post probably wasn't the greatest/most coherent .. but changing the page file minimum and maximum setting to Recommended definitely seems to have made a substantial and noticeable difference, and I've now had a few confirmations...

    -- Matt Marlor

  4. Windows 8 RT Phone - what do you plan? - AuTechHeads Blogs

    I agree Matt. The push towards "If you can't do something in Metro, just switch across to Explorer" will fail horribly on a touchscreen tablet or RT device. I can't imagine running OS X on an iPad, it would be terrible. But for people that want a device to...

    -- Nigel Wadsworth

  5. Coalface Tech Episode 29 - Eh? U TechEd! - AuTechHeads

    that is hillarious. Thanks for letting me sub in on the show and chatting!

    -- Rick Claus

  6. Coalface Tech Episode 29 - Eh? U TechEd! - AuTechHeads

    thanks for the shoutout guys. And Rick, at least you got to do the AD session in NZ, and you got the better evals this year - share the joy! ;-)(and I did mention what the 31st bit was for during the AD session!) :-P

    -- Pete Calvert

  7. Tips for First-Timers - AuTechHeads Blogs

    Thanks for this post. I too was debating if it was worth bringing my laptop along to the sessions, good to see I won't be alone when doing so.

    -- Rebecca Adamson

  8. How to add your KMS keys for Windows 8 and Server 2012 - AuTechHeads Blogs

    Is also worth noting that you MUST have SP1 installed. Because our KMS server was on a dedicated VM, it somehow got missed on our patching cycle (we basically forgot it existed). We soon found out when we got the "This update is not applicable to your setup...

    -- Colin Smith

  9. Windows To Go - AuTechHeads Blogs

    It's actually an SSD drive with a USB interface. I dare say that supporting any USB is too risky due to the high failure rates of crappy USBs, which in turn won't look good for Microsoft.

    -- Adam Fowler

  10. Windows To Go - AuTechHeads Blogs

    I wonder why they've "locked it down" to those two USB keys ? I have a perfectly good 64Gb key I could use...

    -- moldor

  11. Tips for First-Timers - AuTechHeads Blogs

    thanks.. my 3rd teched this year and almost forgot the business cards!!

    -- Brent England

  12. Tips for First-Timers - AuTechHeads Blogs

    Awesome post Brownie. Much wisdom.. wish I was going :-)

    -- Matt Marlor

  13. Tips for First-Timers - AuTechHeads Blogs

    I'm really going to miss it this year. Some great sessions, great products, and of course the party.

    -- Nigel Wadsworth

  14. Tips for First-Timers - AuTechHeads Blogs

    Yeah, I like to use a laptop for a) furious tweeting and b) taking notes. Occasionally a bit of c) keeping up with work emails (still on the clock!).Good point about the wireless!

    -- chrisbrownie

  15. Tips for First-Timers - AuTechHeads Blogs

    These are great tips! This is going to be my first TechEd and I've been wondering whether people are actually going to bring their laptops in during the sessions and whether there are charging stations etc. I'm also gonna bring my D-Link mobile companion...

    -- Michael Aulia @CravingTech.com

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Windows To Go

Posted Thursday, 6 September 2012 1:15 PM By Adam Fowler (profile)
Crosspost from my personal blog at http://adamfowlerit.blogspot.com.au

Hi,
Windows To Go is a new feature that comes with Windows 8. This will let you run Windows 8 straight from a USB rather than an internal hard drive, which lets you move around and use almost any hardware without much effort. There is a bunch of information from Microsoft here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831833.aspx if you care to read further.

Why use Windows To Go instead of just doing a few tricks and installing Windows 8 on a USB?
Windows To Go blocks access to the local hard drive - this may be good in corporate environments, but bad for home users and enthusiasts (which is why Windows To Go is part of Windows 8 Enterprise and not all flavours) Windows To Go has built in protection if you accidently unplug your USB stick. It will wait 60 seconds before killing off your frozen Windows 8 session. If you plug in the USB stick again before the 60 seconds is up, your session will continue with a little warning about the dangers of unplugging a USB ...
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How to add your KMS keys for Windows 8 and Server 2012

Posted Friday, 17 August 2012 4:13 PM By Adam Fowler (profile)
Get your KMS Server ready for your new Windows 8 clients and Server 2012 OS's!

Hi,

Now that Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 are out, any company that uses KMS keys needs to add the new ones from Microsoft's Volume Licensing Service Center https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/servicecenter/Downloads/DownloadsAndKeys.aspx

First, there's a hotfix for your existing KMS server available here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2691586/EN-US

Once you request the hotfix, get the email and download it, and install. The install will require a reboot, so if you've got this on a critical server you're going to have to schedule a reboot.

A few change request forms and approval signatures later, you'll be finally ready to add your shiny new keys in.

Now, here's the installation instructions from the link above:

Installation instructions

If you have a KMS host that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows 7 SP1, follow these steps to perform an upgrade: Install this update (KB2691586). Restart the computer when you are prompted. ...

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Windows 8 for IT Pros - my journey so far

Posted Thursday, 29 September 2011 4:01 PM By James Bannan (profile)
Microsoft MVP - System Center Configuration Manager
One IT Pro's travels in the world of Pre-Beta...

I am LIKING Windows 8 - everything I love about using Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, except all bright, shiny and new-like.

I'm also liking that the skillz are instantly transferrable, even with the pre-beta.  So, I've been tooling around with a couple of IT Pro-related tasks, specifically deployment and virtualisation, and here are my shameless cross-posts to what I've found so far:

Sysprep/OOBE experience in Windows 8 Server

Deploy Windows 8 with SCCM 2012

As ever, there's more to come :-)

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