Wioski 2.0 General availability!

As today is the general availability date on Windows 8 it’s more than convenient that my dearest project Wioski 2.0 is also available to help everyone with their brand new W8 slates and other form factor computers.

Wioski is a free SteadyState replacement that resets a Windows 7 or 8 machine to its original state as fast it normally takes the computer to reboot.

 

First question I got today morning was: Do Windows 8 Reset or Refresh functions compete with Wioski or even make it obsolete? Well it depends probably on who you ask but I’d say the don’t stand a chance! You can check the result on Wioski’s YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/AdminizerAndWioski?feature=watch but to sum it up here are the results:

- Windows 8 Reset = 22 minutes

- Windows 8 Refresh = 15 minutes

- Wioski reset = 28 seconds!

 

How often do we hear that Windows works for some time and then needs to be reinstalled – What if your Windows would reinstall every time it reboots – think about it! It doesn’t take longer than a normal reboot with Wioski

 

I would personally like to thank Ronald Beekelaar for giving me a small but stepping on the Moon –type tip for Wioski. Ronald is an MVP in virtualization and I encourage everyone to follow him on Twitter!

“Ronald Beekelaar / Virsoft Solutions / www.virsoft.net / TwitterID @virsoft”

 

As many of you know what Wioski is here’s a short list of what’s new in 2.0:

- Faster reset

- Support for Windows 8

- One installation media for Windows 7 and 8, for USB and DVD/ISO, and for both x86 and x64

- Ability to enable or disable the automatic reverting on every boot making it ideal for use in classrooms

- A lot of small fixes

 

Check out videos and download the free tool at http://www.wioski.com/

Coreinfo for Hyper-V

Many students asked me about how to figure out if you have what it takes to run Client Hyper-V in Windows 8. As I mentioned in an earlier post Coreinfo.exe from Sysinternals tells you but what I didn’t provide was what to look for in the coreinfo output. I believe you can find what you need in this post: http://www.groovypost.com/howto/can-my-windows-8-pc-run-hyper-v-slat/

MCT Summit 2012 Warsaw video available!

Now the video of my session is available at: http://www.adminize.com/files/7waystohack.mpeg

Shot at not-that-easy-circumstances so don’t expect TechEd style

Thanks for my fellow MCT Bart from Amsterdam for shooting the video!

Run Explorer as Admin

Tip of the year if you ask me

 

Rename

HK_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{CDCBCFCA-3CDC-436f-A4E2-0E02075250C2}\RunAs

to

HK_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{CDCBCFCA-3CDC-436f-A4E2-0E02075250C2}\_RunAs

You need to take ownership of the key and give yourself Full Control to it first.

Now you can Runas you Exlplorer!

 

Thanks to Tagoror Sundstrom for the tip

Windows 8 RSAT for Windows Server 2012

Current RTM version of RSAT now available: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28972

Windows 8 & Windows Server 2012 Group Policy Settings available

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25250

Snip a menu

Sometimes your students tell you something that makes your life SOOO much easier. Like this time Anssi Järvenpää who told to read the help file

I’ve used snipping tool a lot but I always changed to something else when needing to capture an open menu. No more

Can I capture a snip of a menu, such as a shortcut menu or the Start menu?

Yes. Here's how to do it:

1. Open Snipping Tool by clicking the Start button , clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, and then clicking Snipping Tool.

2. Press ESC, and then open the menu that you want to capture.

3. Press CTRL+PRINT SCREEN.

4. Select the type of snip you want, and then capture the menu.

 

Thanks Anssi!