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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Hi All, </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">I have spoken about the new Pre execution environment (2.0) that will be available when Windows Vista Releases and this weeks download pick it eh Windows Automated Installation Toolkit which allows you to create a Vista PE Environment. You'll need the toolkit, a Windows Vista DVD (just released in TechNet plus if you get it) , a Technician Computer, Master computer, a Floppy/USB stick and a blank CD/R disk to do this. (obviously your machine will also need at least a CDR burner also). </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">In Mark Minasi's latest newsletter in the Tech section portion at </FONT><A HREF="http://www.minasi.com/newsletters/nws0701.htm"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://www.minasi.com/newsletters/nws0701.htm</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Rhonda Layfield has wrote an excellent article on how to make a PE boot disk. This is a MUST read and print out and save article for any tech! </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The article does not include the link to the WAIK but here it is: </FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=993c567d-f12c-4676-917f-05d9de73ada4&displaylang=en"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=993c567d-f12c-4676-917f-05d9de73ada4&displaylang=en</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Microsoft also has a page set up for Vista downloads with many other items of interest at: </FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/winclient/windowsvista/default.mspx"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/downloads/winclient/windowsvista/default.mspx</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">One in particular that people should be looking at is the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor. This utility tells you what you need to do to get your computer ready for Vista. I can save people a lot of time... don't even bother unless your workstation has at least 512 MB of memory. The article is at </FONT><A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx</FONT></U></A></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jim Kenzig</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">jkenzig@cuyahogalibrary.org</FONT><BR>
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