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Windows 7 and Network Printing

By sduncan | Published: June 1, 2009
During some early smoke testing, we had mostly good results when it came to connecting and printing to network printers. The print servers at Data#3 are still running Windows Server 2003 (x86). All shared printers are configured with Vista drivers that worked just fine; at least they did for our 32 bit Windows 7 build. [...]
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Windows XP Mode for Application Compatibility

By sduncan | Published: May 22, 2009
Application compatibility is undoubtedly one of the key reasons for organizations snubbing Windows Vista. Microsoft responded by providing a number of resources to help assess and remediate application compatibility issues; including the Application Compatibility Toolkit and the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit. In addition to these tools, Windows 7 offers “Windows XP Mode” which is currently [...]
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Core Infrastructure Optimisation (IO) Assessment

By sduncan | Published: May 14, 2009
Yesterday we walked through a Core Infrastructure Optimisation (IO) assessment with the National IO lead for Microsoft.  The tool used was a third party independent assessment tool developed by Alinean  that includes independent research metrics and analysis by IDC, Gartner Consulting Research (GCR) and Wipro. We’ll be able to provide these walkthroughs for our customers [...]
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Windows 7 SOE Project Underway

By sduncan | Published: May 8, 2009
So, we’ve just kicked off a project to design and deploy a Windows 7 SOE to our internal customers. It’s an unusual situation for me. In my 9 years with Data#3 I’ve delivered countless Desktop SOE projects for clients, but this time I also get to be a user of the solution when it’s complete. [...]
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