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September 29th, 2007

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Vista SP1 Recovery disc feature

Long Zheng over at istartedsomething.com takes a look at the new Recovery Disc tool coming in Vista’s first Service Pack due sometime in early 2008.

"One of the new administrative tools Windows Vista Service Pack 1 provides is the ability to create a recovery disc. At first, the name might fool you into thinking the type of discs system manufacturers provide to you when you purchase a new computer to restore your computer to a factory state, but this is not that. A more appropriate name would be “Windows repair disc”.

Kinda disappointed, I was hoping the Vista Team would resolve the issue of OEMs only giving users a Recovery Disc instead of a separate Operating System disk. Yes, a recovery environment is nice, but, the ability to create a backup OS disk would have been nicer so you can reinstall your drivers and just the OS without all the OEM Junk.

Check out the tutorial here

 

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Written by Teching It Easy: Windows Vista on September 29th, 2007 with no comments.
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Certified for Windows Vista Devices at DigitalLife 2007

The Windows Experience Blog posted this video that shows some of the new ‘Certified for Vista’ devices released this year .

Written by Joe on September 29th, 2007 with no comments.
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AltiGen Communications and Multi-Tech Systems Team Up to Deliver a Powerful Mobility Solution for the SMB Market

AltiGen’s ExtensionAnywhere mobile technology coupled with Multi-Tech Systems’ portfolio of CallFinder cellular gateways offer increased cost savings for companies with remote and mobile workers

 

Fremont, California, September 28, 2007 — AltiGen® Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATGN), a pioneering manufacturer of VoIP business phone systems and call center solutions, and Multi-Tech Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of products that connect voice and data over IP networks, are teaming up to deliver a complete mobile communications solution.By bundling the Multi-Tech CallFinder® GSM and CDMA cellular gateways with the AltiGen Office and MAX1000 series of VoIP Business Phone Systems, the companies seamlessly bridge an AltiGen phone system to a cellular network. The AltiGen - Multi-Tech Systems product combination enables businesses to save telecommunications costs by taking advantage of lower cost cellular networks for routing calls rather than traditional landlines. By utilizing the AltiGen ExtensionAnywhere™ feature to route calls through a cellular network, the CallFinders will provide toll-free calling between headquarters and cell phones in the field. The CallFinder gateways can also provide back-up communications, including emergency 911 services, in the event of central office public switched telephone network (PSTN) failure.

According to Dan Nelson, Vice President of Sales, North America for Multi-Tech Systems, “The ExtensionAnywhere feature of AltiGen makes it possible for users to receive extension calls on their cellular phones and provides an excellent complement to the Multi-Tech CallFinder. Routing ExtensionAnywhere calls through the cellular gateway to the remote user’s cell phone results in a free in-network cellular-to-cellular call. Our product combination will bring better performing telephony at a lower cost to a wide variety of applications and vertical markets.”

“The trend toward mobile, remote and distributed workers continues to grow and our collaboration provides an exciting opportunity for AltiGen and Multi-Tech Systems,” said Jeremiah Fleming, President and COO of AltiGen. “This new bundled solution will enable companies to improve their business communications capabilities in a more efficient, cost effective way than previously possible. This further demonstrates AltiGen’s commitment to deliver the most complete Unified Communications solution.”

About Multi-Tech
Multi-Tech Systems is an ISO 9001:2000 certified global manufacturer of telephony, Internet and device networking products connecting voice and data over IP networks. Multi-Tech Systems has 75 U.S. patents and numerous international patents. Contact Multi-Tech in the U.S. at 800/328-9717 or +763/785-3500, via fax at +763/785-9874, EMEA at +(44) 118 959 7774 (UK) or +(33) 1 49 19 22 06 (France), or via fax at +(44) 118 959 7775 (UK) or +(33) 1 49 19 21 00 (France) or at http://www.multitech.com.

About AltiGen Communications
AltiGen Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATGN) is a leading provider of Microsoft-based Unified Communications for Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMBs), including companies with multiple locations, corporate branch offices, and call centers. AltiGen began deploying systems in 1996 and was one of the first companies to offer VoIP solutions. AltiGen’s scalable, integrated, and easy to manage all-in-one unified communications solutions enable an array of applications like standards based SIP VoIP phones and servers, unified messaging, voicemail, call recording, conferencing, call activity reporting, and mobility solutions that leverage both the Internet and the public telephone network to take advantage of the convergence of voice and data communications. AltiGen’s systems are designed with an open architecture and are built on an industry standard platform. This adherence to widely-used standards allows our products to integrate with and leverage our partner’s and customer’s existing technology investment. For more information, call 1-888-ALTIGEN or visit the Web site at www.altigen.com.

Written by bardissi on September 29th, 2007 with no comments.
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Vista SP1: Create a recovery disc

Create a recovery discOne of the new administrative tools Windows Vista Service Pack 1 provides is the ability to create a recovery disc. At first, the name might fool you into thinking the type of discs system manufacturers provide to you when you purchase a new computer to restore your computer to a factory state, but this is not that. A more appropriate name would be “Windows repair disc”.

To be blunt, this tool creates merely a slimmed-down Windows installation disc. It takes a normal Windows installation disc image and strips out all the “installation” functionality leaving only the repair tools and common system files.

What a lot of people don’t know (or need to know) is that their Windows Vista DVDs are in fact running Windows PE, an extremely lightweight version of Windows that can be booted from removable media for the purpose of system maintenance. Up until now, creating a Windows PE image was not an easy task. This tool basically simplifies it down to just two clicks.

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You can find the tool in the “Start menu” > “All programs” > “Maintenance” > “Create a Recovery Disc”. You will need either a blank CD or DVD along with your original Windows installation disc. It will take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

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If you boot this CD/DVD, it will look identical to your Windows installation disc. You will be asked to choose a language and even present you the “Install now” button. If you do decide to go on, you won’t get very far before an error stops you.

System Recovery Options

To enter the Windows Recovery Environment, click the “Repair your computer” link at the bottom of the welcome screen and select the Windows partition you wish to repair. After this, it will present you with a list of options including startup repair, system restore and command prompt. This is identical to the repair screen you would see in your installation disk. From here, you can even do a literally last-minute backup by sticking in a USB flash drive and copy documents across. Because it runs Windows, most USB drivers are available and it’ll work out of the box.

Because this is not an actual Windows install disk, it only takes up a few hundred MBs to fit on a CD, and you are free to make as many copies as you like and even share it with others. It’ll be even better if you can create a bootable USB version.

Written by Long Zheng on September 29th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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Certified for Windows Vista Devices at DigitalLife 2007

At DigitalLife this year, the Certified for Windows Vista program celebrates its 1 year anniversary . In 1 year, over 2,000 products from numerous vendors have received the Certified for Windows Vista logo. Windows Marketing Manager (and Certified for Read More……(read more)

Written by Windows Vista Team Blog on September 29th, 2007 with no comments.
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Certified for Windows Vista Devices at DigitalLife 2007

At DigitalLife this year, the Certified for Windows Vista program celebrates its 1 year anniversary. In 1 year, over 2,000 products from numerous vendors have received the Certified for Windows Vista logo. Windows Marketing Manager (and Certified for Windows Vista guru) Ben Reed takes some time to show us Microsoft’s booth at DigitalLife this year as well as some new Certified for Windows Vista devices making their debut this year.


Video: Microsoft at DigitalLife 2007

Here are some of the devices Ben showcased in his video for you to check out:

It is great to see on top of the new Extenders for Windows Media Center that there is even more devices in the pipeline designed to take advantage of Windows Vista’s many features.

If you own a Certified for Windows Vista device - leave a comment. I’d love to hear from you about your device!

Written by Brandon LeBlanc on September 29th, 2007 with no comments.
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