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dd win7 iso to thumb drive
by David Mehler 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

Hello, Question, if I used the Linux dd command to write a win7 iso to a thumb drive would it be then bootable? My thinking is I could then drop an autounattend.xml file in it's root directory, and have an unattended setup. Thanks. Dave.

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dd win7 iso to thumb drive
by David Mehler 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

Hello, Question, if I used the Linux dd command to write a win7 iso to a thumb drive would it be then bootable? My thinking is I could then drop an autounattend.xml file in it's root directory, and have an unattended setup. Thanks. Dave.

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cpu recommendation
by John G. Heim 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

I need to buy a new mobo, CPU, and RAM before December 31. Any recommendations on a CPU? I intend to run linux with Windows running in a VMWare Workstation virtual machine. Sometimes I run 2 or 3 vms at once so I'd prefer a qua-core CPU.

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name
by George Bell 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Hi Barry, Just to satisfy my own curiosity, are you saying that you don't even have time for a normal Windows re-format? Even a "Quick" format? I'd sure hate to be working under that kind of pressure! George. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 11:27 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi George, Afraid not. It would be too much downtime. I agree with you. Where I'm working we haven't got allot of IT policies like this in place. This would be my preferred route as well. Regards, Barry. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of George Bell Sent: 16 November 2012 11:08 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Is a re-format out of the question, Barry? Personally I always feel it's safer to do a full re-format, and indeed if it has contained sensitive information, I use a special re-formatter which does multiple passes to US Military standards, albeit this can take a very long time. George -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 10:47 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name
by George Bell 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Hi Barry, Just to satisfy my own curiosity, are you saying that you don't even have time for a normal Windows re-format? Even a "Quick" format? I'd sure hate to be working under that kind of pressure! George. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 11:27 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi George, Afraid not. It would be too much downtime. I agree with you. Where I'm working we haven't got allot of IT policies like this in place. This would be my preferred route as well. Regards, Barry. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of George Bell Sent: 16 November 2012 11:08 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Is a re-format out of the question, Barry? Personally I always feel it's safer to do a full re-format, and indeed if it has contained sensitive information, I use a special re-formatter which does multiple passes to US Military standards, albeit this can take a very long time. George -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 10:47 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Changing Windows 7 registered owners name
by Barry Toner 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name
by Barry Toner 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Hi George, Afraid not. It would be too much downtime. I agree with you. Where I'm working we haven't got allot of IT policies like this in place. This would be my preferred route as well. Regards, Barry. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of George Bell Sent: 16 November 2012 11:08 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Is a re-format out of the question, Barry? Personally I always feel it's safer to do a full re-format, and indeed if it has contained sensitive information, I use a special re-formatter which does multiple passes to US Military standards, albeit this can take a very long time. George -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 10:47 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name
by Barry Toner 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Hi George, Afraid not. It would be too much downtime. I agree with you. Where I'm working we haven't got allot of IT policies like this in place. This would be my preferred route as well. Regards, Barry. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of George Bell Sent: 16 November 2012 11:08 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Is a re-format out of the question, Barry? Personally I always feel it's safer to do a full re-format, and indeed if it has contained sensitive information, I use a special re-formatter which does multiple passes to US Military standards, albeit this can take a very long time. George -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 10:47 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name
by George Bell 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Is a re-format out of the question, Barry? Personally I always feel it's safer to do a full re-format, and indeed if it has contained sensitive information, I use a special re-formatter which does multiple passes to US Military standards, albeit this can take a very long time. George -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 10:47 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name
by George Bell 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Is a re-format out of the question, Barry? Personally I always feel it's safer to do a full re-format, and indeed if it has contained sensitive information, I use a special re-formatter which does multiple passes to US Military standards, albeit this can take a very long time. George -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 10:47 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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