SharePoint 2010 Service Manager

SharePoint 2010 Service Manager

Oct 29

Would like to run SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7? Would you like to stop some of the services when not working on SharePoint 2010? Then you may wanna read about SharePoint 2010 Service Manager that lets you stop and start services on the go. SharePoint 2010 Service...

Enabling Offline Folders on Windows 7

Enabling Offline Folders on Windows 7

Feb 16

Offline folders have been quite useful if your workstation at work goes home with you pretty much every day. Offline files are copies of network files that are stored on your computer so that you can work with them when you’re not connected to the network. Syncing your folders that you work with offline gives you the ability to take them along with you and annoy those at home by being...

Windows 7 “GODMODE”

Windows 7 “GODMODE”

Jan 05

Ok Windows 7 rockzzz! That said as with any systems we need to have that little more control over it. “Please welcome on Stage WINDOWS 7 GODMODE” “GodMode” is a simple folder that brings all aspects of Windows 7 control in a single place. It collects all of the Control Panel functions, interface customization, accessibility options, just about every aspect of controlling...

Migrating User settings from XP to Windows 7

Migrating User settings from XP to Windows 7

Nov 24

Last week we completed our migration from our aging IBM workstations and laptops to newer hardware that could support Windows 7. Due to various restrictions I could not replace the old hardware and have them replaced with the newer one straight off. Instead the newer machines had to be built from the bottom up using MDT 2010. You can do the user state migration via MDT 2010 and can be really...

Windows 7 from a layman’s eye

Windows 7 from a layman’s eye

Sep 05

Over the last 2 weeks I had selected a total of 3 users from my colleagues, who had the privilege of having their systems rebuilt with Windows 7. If I had to scale their true IT acumen they varied between from “got a grasp on things” to “nah I need a hand all the way through”. What was their task? Well to bloody hell hit the road running from the very second they got...