Yet Another IT Professional Blog

Recently we have reached more than 30 computers with Windows 7 Professional in our organization. This means that we can know use our KMS (Key Management Service) that requires 25 or more Windows 7 computer to be perfectly operational. As you all know, a lot of things have changed with Windows 7, including the licensing. For more information about Windows 7 licensing, you can look at this document (.doc) that comes from Microsoft. In our company, all the Windows licenses were activated by using a MAK (Multiple Activation Key). When we have reached enough computers to use the KMS, I quickly started to transfer MAK activated desktops to KMS licensing. This was the easy part. You can even do it without standing up from your chair! Thanks to slmgr.vbs command! Or there is even a better tool to manage your desktops licenses! Windows Automated Installation KIT (Windows AIK). There is a tool included with this program, "Volume Activation Management Tool" (VAMT). You can download...

  With the increasing sales of Windows 7, most of the companies have now more than 1 Operating Systems in their systems. Like Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. With all this mix of operating systems, sometimes, it can be hard to find something very easy. I recently had to find out all our Windows 7 computers in our organization to change all the MAK activated Windows 7's to KMS licensing server. Usually, to find out all the computers with some specific configuration, I would use a program like "Spiceworks" or "Windows System Center Essentials". But let's assume that we don't have anything else other than our famous Windows Administration Toolkit. So, to make a good .CSV report with all the Windows 7 clients inside of your organization follow the following instructions; Fire up your "Microsoft Management Console" with the "Active Directory" snap-in! Explore to the "Organizational Unit" of your client computers in Activ...

A cool article to read... See how Windows 7 is taking over on Windows XP and Vista... http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/when-will-xp-finally-fade-away/2334?tag=mantle_skin;content

HOW TO ADD A PRINTER FOR ALL USERS (PER MACHINE CONNECTION) – PrintUI.dll 1-) Log in as “Administrator” in Windows 2-) Browse once \\Print to enter the credentials of someone who has access to print server. 3-) Open “CMD” and type the following command to add a printer connection on the machine. Rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\Print\PRIXXXX   HOW TO REMOVE A PRINTER FOR ALL USERS (PER MACHINE CONNECTION) – PrintUI.dll 1-)Repeat the steps “1” - “2” and “3” as explained above. Enter the following command to delete a per connection printer from the machine. Rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /gd /n\\Print\PRIXXXX After these steps, you have to reboot the computer. Next time a user with an Active Directory account connects to this computer, the user will have all the printers that were added with this method. Kubilay Elmas

As Microsoft's browser turns 15, a look back at how it's evolved. 1995: Internet Explorer 1.0 The first version of IE came in August 1996, a month after Microsoft released Windows 95. The browser was not part of the operating system, but instead was included as part of an "Internet Jumpstart Kit" in the Microsoft Plus add-in. 1995: Internet Explorer 2.0 In November 1995, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 2.0, its first browser to offer both Macintosh and Windows support. IE 2.0 also added support for the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol, HTTP cookies, and Internet newsgroups. 1996: Internet Explorer 3.0 Released in August 1996, IE3 included support for e-mail, the display of GIF and JPG files, and direct playback of streaming audio without the need for additional applications. 1997: Internet Explorer 4.0 IE4 added support for Dynamic HTML (DHTML), which allowed for interactive Web sites where menus could be expanded or images could be moved around. IE4 also br...

Fujifilm Unveils Its Second-Generation 3D Camera The Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W3 shoots 720p high-definition video in 3D and lets you view three-dimensional content without glasses. "Three-dimensional everything" is shaping up to be the big trend of 2010 (or at least its most-prominent bastion of hype), but Fujifilm had an early jump on the 3D craze. The company introduced the 3D-shooting FinePix Real 3D WX1 all the way back in the 2D-centric days of 2009 , and it will stay a generation ahead of the competition with the just-announced FinePix Real 3D W3. From the looks of it, this is the most advanced 3D-capable digital camera we've seen yet, thanks to its manual controls, 3D display adjustments, and shooting-mode capabilities. Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W3: Revamped Hardware and Shooting Modes The dual-lens, dual-10-megapixel-sensor W3 has many of the same specs as last year's W1, but with a few notable changes. The two-CCD camera can shoot 720p high-defin...

Microsoft Word has a hidden feature that most people probably don't know about: a way to collect text on the clipboard from multiple locations, and then paste it all at once into your document. The Help Desk Geek blog details how this feature works: You start by selecting a block of text, and then use Ctrl+F3 to copy it to the "Spike". Once you've selected a number of entries this way, you can then paste the combined set of copied text back into the document with the Ctrl+Shift+F3 shortcut key combination, or by typing the word "spike" and hitting F3. This trick actually uses Microsoft Word's Quick Parts feature which we've covered before , but this entry is automatically created behind the scenes. It's a useful trick that could come in handy the next time you're reformatting a long document. Use the Spike to Copy and Paste Text in Word [Help Desk Geek] Send an email to How-To Geek, the author of this post, at lowell@lifehacker.com .