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No WIFI tethering for the Omnia 7 in Mango. But this procedure can be used to enable tethering via USB.

1. Dial ##634#
2. Enter *#7284#
3. Select “Modem Tethered call” (this will disable Zune synch via USB, but you can always go back via the same procedure).
4. The phone will reboot to apply the new settings.

To use the Windows Phone 7 data connection from your PC you’ll need to setup a dial-up connection.

First, in Windows Device manager (your pc should have installed all necessary drivers via an internet connection), adjust the properties for the Samsung “modem”.
Samsung modem –> properties –> advanced tab.
As “Extra init command” enter: +cgdcont=1,IP,”gprs.base.be” (replacing “gprs.base.be” with the APN of your provider).

Now create the dial-up connection. Phone number to dial: *99#. UID/pw: leave blank.

For Windows 7:
x86: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=210145
x64: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=210143

You can add these easily to the Win7SP1 source install.wim images via DISM (using /add-package).

C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools>dism /mount-wim /wimfile:"D:\Packages$\Win7Ref_x86\sources\install.wim" /index:1 /mountdir:"d:\mount"

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.1.7100.0

Mounting image
[==========================100.0%==========================]
The operation completed successfully.

C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools>dism /image:"d:\mount" /add-package /packagepath:"c:\temp\ie9\IE9-win7.msu"

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.1.7100.0

Image Version: 6.1.7601.17514

Processing 1 of 1 - Adding package c:\temp\ie9\IE9-win7.msu
[==========================100.0%==========================]
The operation completed successfully.

C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools>dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:"d:\mount" /commit

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.1.7100.0

Image File : D:\Packages$\Win7Ref_x86\sources\install.wim
Image Index : 1
Saving image
[==========================100.0%==========================]
Unmounting image
[==========================100.0%==========================]
The operation completed successfully.

Ever needed to browse/search gpo settings and see the regkey equivalent?

Have a look at http://gps.cloudapp.net/

Automatically installing your SCCM test lab on a Hyper-v server via the hydration kit from Johan Arwidmark. Nice!

http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Blog/tabid/62/EntryId/29/YAHK-Yet-Another-Hydration-Kit-This-one-for-ConfigMgr-2012-Beta-2.aspx

Eterprise admin docs and tools for the Acrobat product family:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/837/cpsid_83709.html

Remote server administration tools are available for Win7 SP1 machines:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7D2F6AD7-656B-4313-A005-4E344E43997D

This update is required if the source or destination computers in a USMT migration have Microsoft Office 2010 installed.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2023591

Some issues concerning migrations of Outlook 2003 on XP to Outlook 2010 on Windows 7 can also be fixed via an .msp for Outlook 2010:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2405793

A hotfix has been released to resolve the issue where backspace doesn’t work in the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) MMC snap-in.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466373

As an alternative on rebuilding references images, this little PowerShell script does the nice job of updating image files with critical and optional updates from Microsoft Update.

The script can be found on codeplex: http://imagepatcher.codeplex.com/.

Just like MBSA it uses wsusscn2.cab to do an offline scan. MSU and CAB files are downloaded to .\x86 en .\x64 directories and added to the image via DISM. Of course WAIK needs to be preinstalled.