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		<title>Windows 7: Reset machine password after trust is lost</title>
		<link>http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/archives/1938</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Versluis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the time I am using virtual machines for developing installation scripts and operating system images. With Microsoft App-V sequencer I am depending on using virtual machines, and snapshots to revert to the previous state after sequencing process is done. Many times these snapshots are older than 30 days and now and then I run into this small and annoying issues. If I encountered this then I had to go to &#8220;Active Directory Users and Computers&#8221; console, find the computer object, reset the computer account, log-in with local administrator account on the system, join to a workgroup, reboot, log-in again with administrator account and join the system back to the domain. All these steps could take up to 30 minutes depending on my other activities. Back in the old days I used the netdom.exe command and I remembered there was an option to reset the machine account password with the domain controller. On the web I did some research and found a working solution for me. Out of the box netdom.exe tool is not available on Windows 7 (I am using 32bit enterprise version). To get the command utility I had to install Remote Server Administration Tools (KB958830) and copy that on a network share. I found out that the netdom.exe utility needs to stored in C:\Windows\System32 and netdom.exe.mui file should be copied to C:\Windows\System32\en-US folder. If the netdom.exe location is wrong or the mui file is missing netdom.exe won&#8217;t show anything when started. Download netdom.exe from here. These two files ...]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7: best practices for enterprise deployment of Bitlocker</title>
		<link>http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/archives/1851</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Versluis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bitlocker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BitLocker is one of the features included with the Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Windows 7 for a full disk encryption of the hard disks. This additional feature helped me during a migration project to Windows 7 to get rid of the additional third party application (Safeboot) for disk encryption. Enabling Bitlocker on a single system is no problem but the challenges I had for enterprise deployment were: Prepare Active Directory schema for Bitlocker and TPM attributes Additional configuration for Group Policy Objects linked to Computer Configuration Activating and/or enabling the TPM security chip during the installation of Windows 7 Automation during the post configuration of Windows 7 to backup the recovery keys and start the encryption of the System drive. The first two bullets were matter of proper project management, and execution of those changes on the Active Directory forest and linking Group Policy. Activating and enabling TPM security chip I solved by having system BIOS changed during the first boot before the installation. Most challenging part of my enterprise deployment was to create some kind of script to enable Bitlocker after Windows 7 was installed. For Windows 7 we used only one thick image and same image was used for notebooks and desktop models. After doing research I found a sample script that can be used to automate the deployment of BitLocker using the BitLocker WMI interfaces. By having the EnableBitLocker.vbs script I still needed to run some additional steps to finalize process for encrypting the drive. How ...]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7: how to use Autounattend.xml and deploy the OS?</title>
		<link>http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/archives/1402</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Versluis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deploying Windows 7 in an enterprise requires more then just installing the systems from a dvd media. With Windows 7 you can use an answer file to configure Windows settings during installation process. The XML answer file will contain all of the settings that are required for an unattended installation. The ultimate goal during the installation is that we are not be prompted with user interface interaction. What is a unattended answer file? I am creating an answer file using Windows System Image Manager (SIM), a utility for creating and modifying unattended answer files. Below I am sharing a sample Autounattend.xml answer file that includes basic Windows Setup configuration and minimum Windows Welcome customizations. The Autounattend.xml is generated using different component settings areas. Component setting are the configurable aspects of each component in a Windows 7 installation for unattended setup. The following components I am using for the sample file: Windows PE: Component &#8211; Microsoft-Windows-Setup Windows PE: Component &#8211; Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE Specialize: Component &#8211; Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup Specialize: Component &#8211; Microsoft-Windows-Deployment oobeSystem: Component &#8211; Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup Autounattend.xml &#60;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&#62; &#60;unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"&#62; &#60;settings pass="windowsPE"&#62; &#60;component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"&#62; &#60;DiskConfiguration&#62; &#60;Disk wcm:action="add"&#62; &#60;CreatePartitions&#62; &#60;CreatePartition wcm:action="add"&#62; &#60;Order&#62;1&#60;/Order&#62; &#60;Extend&#62;true&#60;/Extend&#62; &#60;Type&#62;Primary&#60;/Type&#62; &#60;/CreatePartition&#62; &#60;/CreatePartitions&#62; &#60;ModifyPartitions&#62; &#60;ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"&#62; &#60;Active&#62;true&#60;/Active&#62; &#60;Format&#62;NTFS&#60;/Format&#62; &#60;Label&#62;LocalWin7HDD&#60;/Label&#62; &#60;Letter&#62;C&#60;/Letter&#62; &#60;Order&#62;1&#60;/Order&#62; &#60;PartitionID&#62;1&#60;/PartitionID&#62; &#60;/ModifyPartition&#62; &#60;/ModifyPartitions&#62; &#60;DiskID&#62;0&#60;/DiskID&#62; &#60;WillWipeDisk&#62;true&#60;/WillWipeDisk&#62; &#60;/Disk&#62; &#60;WillShowUI&#62;OnError&#60;/WillShowUI&#62; &#60;/DiskConfiguration&#62; &#60;ImageInstall&#62; &#60;OSImage&#62; &#60;InstallTo&#62; &#60;DiskID&#62;0&#60;/DiskID&#62; &#60;PartitionID&#62;1&#60;/PartitionID&#62; &#60;/InstallTo&#62; &#60;WillShowUI&#62;OnError&#60;/WillShowUI&#62; &#60;/OSImage&#62; &#60;/ImageInstall&#62; &#60;UserData&#62; &#60;AcceptEula&#62;true&#60;/AcceptEula&#62; &#60;Organization&#62;Networknet&#60;/Organization&#62; &#60;FullName&#62;Networknet&#60;/FullName&#62; &#60;/UserData&#62; &#60;/component&#62; &#60;component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"&#62; &#60;SetupUILanguage&#62; &#60;UILanguage&#62;en-US &#60;/UILanguage&#62; &#60;/SetupUILanguage&#62; &#60;InputLocale&#62;en-US &#60;/InputLocale&#62; &#60;SystemLocale&#62;en-US &#60;/SystemLocale&#62; &#60;UILanguage&#62;en-US &#60;/UILanguage&#62; &#60;UILanguageFallback&#62;en-US &#60;/UILanguageFallback&#62; ...]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7: How to initialize/reset Offline Files database?</title>
		<link>http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/archives/1093</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Versluis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[database]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problem Statement In the last year I have seen many strange problems when Offline Files and Redirected folders have been enabled on Windows 7. Many times the Group Policy Folder Redirection failed due to the folders were set to offline or automatic caching from the shares. To start with a clean user profile you can delete everything but still the Offline Files cache database is not reset. The offline files database is stored in C:\Windows\CSC. I have seen several different ways to initialize/reset the offline database on the Internet but this one has been tested and proved by me to be working for Windows 7 Enterprise client. Requirements There are three diffrent options to enable the FormatDatabase flag in the registry. Option 1 Create a FormatDatabase.reg file with notepad and import that from command line. E.g. RegEdit.exe /s FormatDatabase.reg Option 2 Option 3 It doesn&#8217;t matter which option you are using the result will be same. Reboot the client and log in with admin account. After reboot check &#8220;Offline Files&#8221; control panel by going to View your offline files Open Computers which should contain 0 items. Meaning the C:\Windows\CSC database folder is now empty and you can start with clean Offline Files Database. References &#8220;Network or file permission&#8221; or &#8220;folder does not exist&#8221; error KB934160]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7 recipe: clear windows eventviewer logs</title>
		<link>http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/archives/1072</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Versluis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solution Definition The following Windows 7 recipe will help you while imaging (with imagex.exe into a WIM file) the client operating system for deployment. The script can be run from PowerShell or CMD file. I have integrated the following script just after Sysprep.exe has run to make sure all events in the Windows EventViewer have been cleared. Last year during the engineering process of Windows 7 image I forgot the clean all Windows 7 logs. This recipe will clean the system for better troubleshooting down the road. Requirements Make sure you open a shell with Windows 7 elevated privileges Create a ps1 or cmd file based on the script below. Script Option 1 (long one) Script Option 2 (short one) Special thanks to Garry who shared the short version of the recipe. References Wevtutil.exe on Microsoft Technet Friday Mail Sack: No Redesign Edition on Microsoft Technet]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7: Use Bitlocker to Go as replacement for TrueCrypt</title>
		<link>http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/archives/981</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Versluis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bitlocker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For several years I used TrueCrypt based encryption to secure my data. Since the release of Windows 7 and enhancements in the disk management I now see the possibility to replace TrueCrypt. Why should I replace TrueCrypt? The reason is simple. I am working with a managed Windows 7 client and I don&#8217;t want to load non standard software on my client. There are certain &#8220;Computer Use Policy&#8221; in place and using Bitlocker to encrypt the data is out of the box available to me. How to encrypt a portable Bitlocker files? Well I would create a VHD fixed disk and encrypt this virtual volume with Bitlocker to Go. Note: before you start please make sure you are running Windows 7 Enterprise or Windows 7 Ultimate version Start Computer ManagementClick Disk Management and right clickClick Create VHD Enter the VHD filename and location; the Virtual disk size and set the format to fixed size. The disk will be encrypted so you need to set it fixed. Click OK. New volume is created now. Please initialize the disk, create new SIMPLE volume, choose drive letter and format it as NTFS. After following the steps new disk should appear in Windows Explorer. Go to Windows Explorer and right click on the new created drive. Choose Turn on Bitlocker… Check Use a password to unlock the drive and type your password. Click Next Save the recovery key to a secure location. I would recommend to print it out and keep this somewhere offsite! ...]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7: Create a directory symbolic link to a network share</title>
		<link>http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/archives/957</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Versluis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mklink allows you to create a symbolic link to a directory or a file. This was a long-waited feature for Windows and available on unix/linux based systems. Windows Vista introduced this new feature and with Windows 7 we can utilize this now in more depth with the libraries. Make sure you started a evaluated command prompt otherwise you will get the following message: You do not have sufficient privilege to perform this operation. How to start evaluated command prompt (cmd.exe)? Click the Start button In the search box, type cmd Hold CRTL and SHIFT; in the list of results, click cmd UAC will kick and click Yes I want to create a directory symbolic link to a network share located on \\IP\Share. How to create a directory symbolic link to a network share? mklink local_dir \\ip or servername\sharename /d Before we can continue we need to connect to the IPC$ share otherwise the action will fail. The share is located on the NAS without guest permissions.]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7: USB/DVD Download Tool</title>
		<link>http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/archives/909</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Versluis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are planning to deploy and install Windows 7 on your pc&#8217;s and you are downloading ISO files than this tool can help you in creating the USB or DVD’s installation files. Now days I only download the ISO files from MSDN of the Microsoft Volume Licensing website. How to install Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool? That’s it! Insert the USB drive and power the system, change the boot order and select the removable drive.]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7: Release to Manufacturing</title>
		<link>http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/archives/849</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Versluis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Development of Windows 7 has been completed and Microsoft announced release to manufacturing (RTM). Last week I bought my first MAC ever and just started learning MacOS, but still looking forward to get Windows 7 loaded on all my systems.]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7 RC: Add virtual disk (.vhd) with Disk Management&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/archives/810</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Versluis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wow experience as IT Professional. Windows 7 RC introduced VHD file mounting into the operating system. &#160; Create new Virtual Hard Disk and attach it as your local drive. The virtual hard disk is attached now. Initiate the disk and assign letter &#38; format. I can now encrypt it with Bitlocker and password. How cool is that? No TrueCrypt anymore for me….]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7 Beta: What&#8217;s new in Win7?</title>
		<link>http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/archives/700</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Versluis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally after 2,5 year Windows Vista was released I can say “WOW” with the first public beta of Windows 7. The installation process went smooth. I installed one VM and two physical machines. The setup went fine on a Lenovo ThinkCentre M57 and on my ASUS home system. I am looking forward to see the latest version released. What’s new in Windows 7? If you hadn&#8217;t download Windows 7 Beta than I suggest browsing to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx and get the bits. Anyway I wanted to share my first experience with installing and playing with VMWare Workstation Version: 6.5.1 Build: 126130. It’s simple as it should. Plug and play The installation went smooth and in minutes I was able to run my VMs without hassle. View Full Album]]></description>
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