From the monthly archives:
I haven’t used Orca to edit MSI files since I found Camwood appEditor around November last year. Since then though, appEditor has become has become InstEd and it’s even better than its’ predecessor. This is a great way to edit MSI files and create transforms, being able to see the MSI with the Components and [...]
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There are numerous ways to customise the default user profile in earlier versions of Windows, including: Create a user account, configure the profile, then copy over the top of the local default profile or save a copy to your NETLOGON share; Use the [GuiRunOnce] section in an unattended answer file for Windows XP/2003. The first [...]
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An update to the documentation included in the Windows Automated Installation Kit are available: Windows AIK User’s Guide and Unattended Setup Reference (Documentation Update 1) This documentation update includes revised content that addresses known help issues, workarounds, and other changes. These files replace the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) .chm files. Download the ZIP file and extract to [...]
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Ok, two separate issues but here, but fixed the same way. First up is Windows Update reporting: Windows could not search for new updates Error(s) found: Code 80092026 Then un-related to Windows Update, a code-signing certificate issued from an internal certificate authority, reporting: The cryptographic operation failed due to a local security option setting Both [...]
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There are three tools that I use for creating and managing screen shots for documentation and posting here on my blog: Windows Clippings Paint.NET PNGOUT Now I can’t claim that I discovered these tools myself and they’ve been covered elsewhere probably more eloquently, but I think they’re worth pointing out again. Of course, what works [...]
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The latest version of Adobe Reader is available, so here’s a few preliminary details on what you might need to know when deploying it. It seems like only yesterday we were pulling our collective hair out over Adobe Reader 8 and now Adobe Reader 9 has been released and we’ve got to start over again. [...]
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OK, off topic time. We attended the Mighty Boosh Festival over the weekend, which was a heap of fun. The Boosh themselves were on form, and I enjoyed the Charlatans and Gary Numan immensely. However, the highlight of the support acts for me had to be Har Mar Superstar. This guy is the true heir [...]
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