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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Set Default Formats for New Office Documents from Windows Explorer

20-Dec-07

If you’re deploying Office 2007 and haven’t yet standardised on the new file formats, you’re probably already aware of how to set the default file formats via Group Policy, or using the Office Customization Tool to set the defaults before installing Office.
There’s another avenue to creating new Office documents that I hadn’t thought about until [...]

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MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization Available

20-Dec-07

No official word from the SoftGrid/Application Virtualisation blog yet, but Microsoft have released the MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization for converting your sequenced application to MSI installs.
The MSI Utility for Microsoft Application Virtualization is a new tool designed to extend virtual application deployment in certain key scenarios. In cases where a computer running Microsoft [...]

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Windows Vista SP1 - Streamlining UAC Interaction

18-Dec-07

Here’s a great example of the improvements to interaction with User Account Control in Windows Vista Service Pack -creating folders in system locations (e.g. the Start Menu, Program Files etc.). This is probably the most ‘in your face’ UAC interaction, and beyond this I’ve personally found UAC to be quite usable.
With the release version of [...]

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The Short NAP: Monday December 17 2007

17-Dec-07

The Short NAP is a (semi-regular) quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation related links from around the web. Here are the links for Monday the 17th of December 2007:

The Cable Guy gives a great overview, yet in-depth look at Network Access Protection in Windows Server 2008. Via Jeff.
Avenda releases their NAP [...]

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