For those who are staring at the incoming tsunami called Windows 7, here are some resources that might help get you going.
There will be more to come, but this is a good start...
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“This video is from David Strom's WebInforman.tv collection. David Strom is a professional speaker and experienced technology journalist who publishes frequently in the New York Times and other IT sites. Watch this 5 minute introduction to Symantec's Endpoint Virtualization
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“ So after we reviewed the inventory rules in the last post, today we are going to look at the registry entries on the client that drive the various PMS inventory components and policies.
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“The Altiris Agent comminucates to its managing Notification Server through a set of interfaces available via http/https on the NS. But given the number of computers that a NS can manage at any given time the concurrency aspects of this communication stack are not always easy to understand.
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“Two days ago, Symantec posted security advisory SM09-015 -Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution and Notification Server Management Web Console Browse and Save File ActiveX Overflow.
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“Thanks to the effort of individuals in the End Point management team we have the Single Rule Evaluator and Software Update Agent diagnostics available (see https://kb.altiris.com for details) to help with the core PMS Inventory rules: IsApplicable and IsInstalled.
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“Freecommander is a useful Windows explorer portable alternative, this freeware tool is a easy and small file manager ( 2,4 MB) with lots of advanced and helpful features.
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“When working with Asset management there are occassions where there is incorrect or missing data within some of the asset summary fields such as the system manufacturer or model. This becomes especially problematic depending on the reports your asset management team uses to keep track of hardware...”
“I came across a handy link to a tool from Microsoft for creating bootable USB sticks from your Windows 7 (or Vista or Linux) bootable DVD ISO file. IanAtkin posted another method here, but this i
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“Earlier this year, Lenovo made a small change on their T400 and related platforms. The Ctrl-P option disappeared when attempting to access the MEBx (Management Engine BIOS Extension screens for Intel Active Management Technology). If you browse through the Lenovo...”
“While we deal with large windows installer packages, time required to install the package is one of the key factor in measuring the efficiency\quality of the package.
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“What is Symantec Workspace Profiles (SWP)? Why did Symantec release SWP? What are the advantages of SWP? How does SWP work? What is the architecture of SWP?
These and many other great questions are answered in the attached PDF.
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“Msispy is an utility which comes along with Windows installer SDK. If you want to troubleshoot a MSI package in component level or feature level, I will recommend this tool as the best option for repackagers.It provides a nice GUI and command line utilities which makes it very user friendly.
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