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Altaro Hyper-V Backup

Posted by Jay-R Barrios ⋅ July 23, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

I’ve recently installed Altaro and it’s quite easy to use, Main features in Altaro Hyper-V Backup Hot Backups – MS VSS Integration – Back up live VMs with zero downtime by leveraging the Microsoft VSS Hyper-V Writer. Restore Clones – Restore VMs to the same Hyper-V Host but with a different name. Restore to different … Continue reading →

TechNet Virtual Lab: Deploying Windows 8.1 with ConfigMgr 2012 R2 and MDT 2013

Posted by Jay-R Barrios ⋅ July 22, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

Saw a post from Deployment Reseach Access and learn: Windows 8.1 image with ConfigMgr 2012 R2 and MDT 2013. Link: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9845756

Unblock BGInfo in MDT Task Sequence

Posted by Jay-R Barrios ⋅ July 21, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

Here how to unblock BGInfo.lnk that you put in the “C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp” folder during your LTI deployment. Create a simple PS1 file containing the CGI <file> | Unblock-file command line. gci “C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\Bginfo.lnk” | Unblock-file In your notepad, copy-paste the command line above and save it as a .ps1 file in the Scripts folder. In your task sequence … Continue reading →