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Howto do some things in Windows

Windows 8.1: Installing .NET 3.5 Framework

Hi,

installing .NET 3.5 on Windows 8.1 differs from install other feature because you have to specify the location of the files to being installed.

To install .NET 3.5 you need access to a Windows 8.1 DVD especially the \sources\sxs folder.

Let us assumed your CD drive letter is D: then you have to call:
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Windows: Cannot activate Intels Smart Response Technology

Hi,

a customer of mine has bought a new PC (Fujitsu Esprimo P956 E94+) with an 256GB SSD and 5TB Harddisk and he wants to use the SSD as accelerater (Write/Read cache) for the 5TB Disk.

Newer Intel Chipsets support such a configuration. It is called Smart Response Technology.
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Windows: Create a Windows PE boot medium

Hi,

I will describe here how to create a Windows PE based boot media, a USB Stick or a boot CD, with some customization:
Language settings

  • Language settings
  • Keyboard settings
  • Additional drivers
  • Autostart a program
  • Add Powershell
  • Add .NET Environment
  • Add WMI Support

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