Jon’s Geek Stuff … & Stuff

June 20, 2007

Instant Search Changes to Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Filed under: Windows — jon @ 2:09 pm

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_google_changes.asp

June 15, 2007

‘80 Mbytes of storage for under $12k!’

Filed under: Interesting, Just Plain Funny — jon @ 10:55 am

ComputerWorld reviews old IT ads.

June 14, 2007

Windows Home Server Beta program open to everyone

Filed under: WHS, Windows — jon @ 3:09 pm

http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/archive/2007/06/13/the-last-one.aspx

June 6, 2007

DIY Service Pack

Filed under: Offline Updates, Utility, Windows — jon @ 1:02 pm

Offline Updates Handout
Offline Updates Slides

Installing Windows updates without an internet connection c’t Project Offline Updates.

It downloads the updates and builds a .iso file which you then burn to a CD.
Works for Win2k, WinXP, Windows Server 2003.

You can create individual cd’s per OS or language selected.
You can also created a DVD with win2k, WinXP, and Server 2000 all in 1 disk. creates a 1.6GBish .iso.

I’ve used this several times when cleaning a virus from a machine to patch the machine without connecting it to the wire. I also use it when building Windows Server 2003 servers so save time downloading updates.

Works very well, our helpdesk has adopted it as a tool of choice vs. using the Windows Update Webpage.

Link to an article describing the tool. Article was written 8-12-06.

Link (.Zip file) to latest download.

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