A while back I posted an article about how to make a bootable USB Hard drive. There are many uses for the process that I discussed. The only problem is that USB Hard drives are big, require an external power source, and most people don't have an extra hard drive kicking around.
There are thousands of settings that system admins need to set to create a good image. I ran across a resource that simply explains some Vista system settings that all admins should take into account while building an image.
I have posted several tips about how to speed up Windows Vista over the last few weeks. Today I found a pretty good guide that shows us how to speed up Windows XP. It brings up many good points.
Are you tired of deploying an image that is months (or years) behind in Windows Updates? Do you use WSUS, but it takes too long to get all of the updates installed?
Windows Vista is a RAM hog! There is no way around it, unless you drop hundreds of dollars on more RAM! Well, I found an article over at ExtremeTech that may help. It explains different things system Admins can do to speed up Vista. It is definitely worth checking out!
I am really excited about Vista, but I want to be able to run certain apps (mostly games) on XP. Well, I found a sweet article on Lifehacker that shows us how to do both!
I was just reading Universal Silent Switch Finder posted by duijsterj. I really liked the tool because I have spent a lot of time creating what I call Silent Install Packages (and the tool that he mentioned will save me a ton of time in the future).
