Windows 7 End of Sale ... October 31, 2014

Take of of Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premiun & Ultimate End of sales for PCs with Windows pre-installed, exactly 1 month from now on.  For more detail, please visit, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle

Automating Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows

Automating Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows with just few parameters.  The following are URL with steps to automate Disk Cleanup in Windows.

Automating Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows
http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/253597


How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP and Windows 7
http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/315246

Desktop Hosting Reference Architecture Guide

The Desktop Hosting Reference Architecture Guide quite a good start for those who are planning desktop hosting solutions, this guide is meant for for small- and medium-sized organizations based on Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, Hyper-V, virtual networking, and other virtualization technologies.  Check out the guide at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39285

New Feature Windows 7 Disk Cleanup with KB 2852386 Update

The recent Microsoft Update, KB 2852386 is an update for the Disk Cleanup wizard in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1).  The Disk Cleanup updated with new feature built in allow you to delete the Windows Update Cleanup that you no longer need. For more information, check out the Microsoft Knowledge Article Update is available that enables you to delete outdated Windows updates by using a new option in the Disk Cleanup wizard in Windows 7 SP1 at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2852386

I have updated my Windows 7 with KB 2852386 update and the following are few screenshots just to share :)

Start the Disk Cleanup wizard as usual and select the (C:) drive, and then click OK.

Disk Cleanup scans and searches for files on the drive that can be cleaned up and this operation will take few seconds to complete.

Click on Clean up system files

Check out the Windows Update Cleanup option and the description below when you highlighted the option. To delete the Windows Update files, click OK to proceed.

Blocker Toolkit prevents from receiving Internet Explorer 11

As stated on the Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft will distribute Windows Internet Explorer 11 as an important update through Automatic Updates for Windows 7 SP1 and higher for x64 and x86 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and higher for x64.

It is important for IT to ensure all business applications are tested compatible with Internet Explore 11 before Internet Explorer version updated on computers.  The Blocker Toolkit is to help for those who would like to block automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 11 to computers in environments where Automatic Updates is enabled, check out the Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 11 to safeguard your environment :)