Monthly Archives: July 2008

Free MSI Editor: InstEd

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 … Continue reading

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Customise the Windows Vista Default User Profile

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 … Continue reading

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WAIK Documentation Updates

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. … Continue reading

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Windows Update 80092026 plus Certificate Crypto Operation Failed

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 … Continue reading

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Better Screen Shots For Documentation And Blogging

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 … Continue reading

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