Daniel's Windows World

Experiences on Windows Client made by Daniel, Solution Specialist at Microsoft Australia

KMS activation of Windows 7 using a Windows Server 2008 machine

Hi there, I’ve received quite a few queries on this subject recently so I believe this might be of...

Author: danbuche Date: 02/10/2010

Enabling and Disabling Microsoft Update in Windows 7 via Script

The Windows Update Feature in Windows 7 allows administrators to configure it to either service...

Author: danbuche Date: 01/06/2010

Windows 7 is our Most Secure Client OS ever, but Common Sense is still required

Public opinion is a strange beast. In the past, especially when reading articles in the rather...

Author: danbuche Date: 11/15/2009

Media Centre Extender disconnects and a surprising solution...

After setting up my XBOX360 as a Media Centre Extender, I ran into a quite annoying problem – at...

Author: danbuche Date: 10/14/2009

Loving my Windows 7 Media Experiences

My setup at home consists of a Windows 7 Media Centre machine sitting in my home office, since it’s...

Author: danbuche Date: 10/14/2009

Installing the Telstra 7 Series Modem (MF636) in Windows 7

Two days ago, on TechEd Australia, a customer walked up to me with his delegate netbook in hand and...

Author: danbuche Date: 09/10/2009

How Windows 7 Troubleshooters Saved My Day

Now this is kind of an embarrassing story, but I’ll tell it anyway :) – After having promoted the...

Author: danbuche Date: 08/26/2009

Engineering the Netbook experience for TechEd Australia

Just a few days ago I received a netbook of the same sort that will be handed out at TechEd this...

Author: danbuche Date: 07/25/2009

Log On with Smart Card – First Experiences

Ever since moving over to Windows 7, I was looking forward to joining our internal DirectAccess...

Author: danbuche Date: 05/08/2009

Fun with Windows 7 – VHD Boot and DISM.exe

If, like myself, you need (or want) to work with more than one Operating System on the same piece of...

Author: danbuche Date: 04/19/2009

Welcome to Daniel’s Windows World

Yet another Windows blog… :) I’m going to try to keep the entries here pretty concise, not...

Author: danbuche Date: 04/03/2009