Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: April 19


Because I heard you missed me, I’m back, this edition of Short Takes looks at Surface Flub 2S, Waas and Windows 7, it’s like a riding a bike, Microsoft makes AI and refuses to sell it to customers, Google introduces a browser ballot, and so much more.

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How to Create a Windows Virtual Desktop Tenant with Windows Virtual Desktop


In the second part of this series, I show you how to create a Windows Virtual Desktop tenant.

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Internet Explorer browser flaw threatens all Windows users

Nearly four years after it was replaced by Edge as Microsoft’s preferred Windows browser, researchers keep finding unpleasant security flaws in Internet Explorer (IE). Continue reading Internet Explorer browser flaw threatens all Windows users

Getting Started with Windows Virtual Desktop: Understanding Windows Virtual Desktop


In the first part of this series, I look at the basics of Microsoft’s new Windows Virtual Desktop service.

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Which system file stores the information displayed by the "net user <username>" command in Windows 7? [migrated]

Which system file stores the information displayed by the “net user ” command in Windows 7? Need to find the details of the users in a dead Windows 7 machine.

Details of the command is here.

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The last logon time of the Administrator user in Windows 7 system is prior to the OS installation date, why?

What may be the reason behind the fact that in a digital forensics report (FSL report) of a computer’s hard disk, the last logon time of the Administrator user in Windows 7 system is prior to the OS installation date?

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