Evaluating Repackaging Software for Win7 x64 (replacing WPS on WinXP)

Below is an high-level overview of what all tasks involve in evaluating and setting up a right application repackaging tool for x64bit Windows 7 platform: ===================================================================================== Tasks Involved in Evaluating Repackaging Software for Win7 x64 (replacing WPS on WinXP)                                                                         ===================================================================================== Tool for capturing 64 bit application changes on Win7 ———————————————————————————— Identify repackaging software with x64-bit snapshot capturing capabilities      Select top products for further evaluation                                      Symantec do not have plans to support x64-Bit repackaging at the moment         Basic evaluation of x64-bit snapshot capturing with InstallAware Studio Admin   Basic evaluation of x64-bit snapshot capturing with Flexera Admin Studio        Basic evaluation of x64-bit […]

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Registry Tweak to Suppress QuickTime PictureViewer Prompt

I captured the actions of PictureViewer with below settings selected "Do not ask to perform this check again. The Quicktime Control Panel can be used to make subsequent changes." > clicked yes to > "Some of the file types associated with Quicktime applications are currently associated with other applications. Should I restore these file type associations to Quicktime?" Yes or NO? prompt. Captured revealed that PictureViewer is setting below user registry to suppress this prompt. I tested manually creating the registry key and found it successfully suppressing the prompt. Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareApple Computer, Inc.QuickTimeLastFileAssociationCheck = 0x7678000 (DWORD 32-bit).

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Increasing VMware VMFS Volume

With vSphere-4, you have option to increase the VMFS Volume similar to the way you expand the disk using Snap Drive/DiskPart on Window servers. Here are the steps for doing this: Increase the LUN (and Volume if applicable) size to new size on Neap Side. Select a particular host that has access to this Shared VMFS Volume -> Configuration -> Storage -> Properties Verify that the ‘Device Capacity’ and ‘Primary Partitions Capacity’ shows the difference in size that’s increased above. Choose ‘Increase’ -> select the desired Volume to be expanded and ensure its showing that free space will be added […]

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