Windows 7 Archives - Thomas Maurer Cloud and Datacenter Blog focusing on Microsoft Azure Sat, 12 Jan 2019 14:57:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-icon1024-32x32.png Windows 7 Archives - Thomas Maurer 32 32 71605618 Open website from PowerShell https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2017/02/open-website-from-powershell/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2017/02/open-website-from-powershell/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:23:21 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=7649 If you want to directly open a website from the PowerShell console, you can use the Start-Process cmdlet. This will open the website in the default browser:   Start-Process "https://www.thomasmaurer.ch" You can also use “Start” which is an alias for Start-Process:   Start "https://www.thomasmaurer.ch" Yes this is a very short post, but I hope this …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2017/02/open-website-from-powershell/feed/ 7 7649 Windows 10 Editions and upgrade paths https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2015/05/windows-10-editions-and-upgrade-paths/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2015/05/windows-10-editions-and-upgrade-paths/#respond Tue, 19 May 2015 21:58:57 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=7138 Last week Microsoft announced the different editions of Windows 10. As in the past Microsoft offers Windows in different editions that are tailored for various different use cases and scenarios. Windows 10 will power an broad range of devices – everything from PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox One, Microsoft HoloLens and Surface Hub. It will also …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2012/04/winning/feed/ 0 3540 Microsoft’s Mouse Without Borders https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/09/microsofts-mouse-without-borders/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/09/microsofts-mouse-without-borders/#respond Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:37:00 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2532 Microsoft released a free software called “Mouse Without Borders” which allows you running multiple computers with one keyboard and mouse like Synergy. But the “Mouse Without Borders” brings a lot of cool features and an easy setup. Use your mouse seamlessly Drag files across computers Copy & paste across computers Share one keyboard across computers …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/09/microsofts-mouse-without-borders/feed/ 0 Microsoft's Mouse Without Borders - Thomas Maurer Microsoft released a free software called "Mouse Without Borders" which allows you running multiple computers with one keyboard and mouse like Synergy. But the "Mouse Without Borders" brings a lot of cool features and an easy setup. Use your mouse seamlessly Drag files across computers Copy & pa Keyboard,KVM,Microsoft,Mouse,Mouse Without Borders,Software,Synergy,Windows,Windows 7 2532 Remove a VPN connection in Windows 7 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/08/remove-a-vpn-connection-in-windows-7/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/08/remove-a-vpn-connection-in-windows-7/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:17:30 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2489 In Windows 7 you an create VPN connections for PPTP, L2TP or SSTP. To delete a connection you can not just right click and press delete. But it’s still very simple, but a lot of people can’t find where you can remove VPN connections, because it is a kind of hidden ;-). First open Network and …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/08/remove-a-vpn-connection-in-windows-7/feed/ 20 2489 OCZ Vertex 2 Bluescreen after resume from Hibernate / Standby https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/07/ocz-vertex-2-bluescreen-after-resume-from-hibernate-standby/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/07/ocz-vertex-2-bluescreen-after-resume-from-hibernate-standby/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:43:20 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2378 Some weeks ago my HP Elitebook 8460w arrived. The first thing I did was installing a new OCZ Vertex 2 SSD and Windows 7 with Servicepack 1, I installed all the drivers from the HP Support Website and everything worked fine. Now last week I tried to update the firmware on my OCZ Vertex 2 …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/07/ocz-vertex-2-bluescreen-after-resume-from-hibernate-standby/feed/ 2 2378 HP Elitebook 8460w review https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/hp-elitebook-8460w-review/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/hp-elitebook-8460w-review/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:16:44 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2216 last week my HP Elitebook 8460w arrived and I thought I should write a little review. System Configuration Sadly the HP Elitebook 8460w is not available in Switzerland, so I had to order it in the US and this is the configuration I ordered. HP EliteBook 8460w Mobile Workstation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM Processor (2.0 GHz, 6 MB L3 Cache) …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/hp-elitebook-8460w-review/feed/ 100 2216 Boot from VHD https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/boot-from-vhd/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/boot-from-vhd/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:25:10 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2224 If you need to run multiple instances of Windows on your computer, you have different options. First you could use software like Microsoft Virtual PC or VMware Workstation to run a virtual instance. But if you need more performance, or you have to run for example Microsoft Hyper-V you need a native installed Operating System. …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/windows-7-autologon/feed/ 0 2210 DirectAccess for SMB and Lab environments – Design, Step by Step and Troubleshooting Guide https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/directaccess-for-smb-and-lab-environments-%e2%80%93-design-step-by-step-and-troubleshooting-guide/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/06/directaccess-for-smb-and-lab-environments-%e2%80%93-design-step-by-step-and-troubleshooting-guide/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:44:46 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2133 This is a modified document which I wrote for a Microsoft Workshop at KTSI. It’s a Desgin, Step by Step and a Troubleshooting Guide for Microsoft DirectAccess. This is made for SMB or LAB environments not for Enterprise Deployments. I hope this guide can help you deploy DirectAccess in your environment and you can enjoy …

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