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Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder: More than just its name

The Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder is a useful Windows 7 feature that, according to its name. is useful to record steps to reproduce a problem for handing over to helpdesk folks. But on top of what it was designed to do, Problem Steps Recorded is very useful for someone like me who creates How To documents and takes a lot of time doing screenshots for every wizard window. PSR would now allow me to just run the procedure and forget about performing screenshots.

Here are two examples on installing Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.5. These documents are raw PSR output I opened in Word and saved as a Word document.

Post installation of ACT 5.5

Testing ACT 5.5

Video: Getting Started with the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.5

Learn how to install and configure ACT 5.5 to inventory your applications and produce initial compatibility findings.

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Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable: Windows 7 Application Compatibility

Get your questions answered on the most common challenges around application compatibility when coming from a legacy operating system, why changes were made along the way, compatibility technologies inside the OS and methods for getting incompatible applications to run on Windows 7.

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TechNet Magazine: Planning your AppCompat Project by Chris Jackson

An application compatibility project is similar to a software development project: cost and time estimates refine over time as you discover what you are facing. I have seen people propose estimates of time and cost based on the number of applications, but the best this system can offer is an average. While the average is often close, almost nobody actually hits it; most organizations are notably better than average, or disappointingly worse.

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Combat Flight Simulator 2 Works on Windows 7!

 
Combat Flight Simulator 2 on Windows 7: Tailing a Japanese Zero fighter over Midway Island. 

I've been reunited lately with my old favorite: Combat Flight Simulator 2 WWII Pacific Theater which runs superbly on Windows 7! I tried to install this on Windows Vista but it did not run. Although I have CFS3, nothing beats this version because: (1) it allows for carrier takeoff and landings, (b) the sceneries are closer to home, like Midway Island or even Singapore and (c) one goes head-to-head with the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 or commonly known as "Zero" fighter.

So, with Joe Satriani's Crushing Day playing in the background, I am off to the skies of some exotic Pacific island, enjoy the beaches from the air while I play my own version of Top Gun period 1942.

Windows 7 Deployment Enhancements

Windows 7 Deployment Enhancements
This session will focus on Windows 7 enhanced deployment capabilities. We will explore Virtual Hard Disk Image Management and Deployment, Dynamic Driver Provisioning, and Multicast Multiple Stream Transfer functionality that is used with Windows Deployments Services for operating system deployments.

In addition we will discuss Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows 7 which includes Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) to create Windows 7 deployment packages. In this session, we will show you how to deploy Windows 7 to a bare metal machine and upgrade existing Windows Vista computers to Windows 7 using Windows Deployment Services included in Windows Server 2008 R2. Then we will show you how to provision VHD using Windows Deployment Services.

Date: 18th September 2009 (Friday)
Time: 7pm to 9.30pm
Venue: 1 Marina Boulevard #21-00, Singapore