Windows 7

[shuffman]

I have been using Windows 7 for quite sometime.  I have got some critical help from the Asnet Usergroup.  Mainly, to update the Tam short-cut on desktop to point to wintam\wintam.exe (instead of asupdate.exe).  Special note, any upgrade on Tam you need to run Asupdate.exe /rr

If you don't do the above you will not be able to print certificates and will get some issues with doing transactions.  It is also critical that you not try to use the 64 bit version (alot of feedback indicates not working)

My question is are there going to be some Applied tips, timelines, etc on supporting Windows 7.  Can there be a team that works with some agents they know have at least one machine running to help get the ducks in a row.    Also, please post other issues if other users have them. 

Steve Huffman

[Kevin Crow]

I encourage you to create a AU wiki article re: using Windows 7 with TAM on unsupported versions. It looks like there are several agencies looking for this info on the newsgroups right now. It would be great to be able to reply with a link to the AU wiki article.

[Bob]

I agree!  I've talked to several agencies in need of new hardware and wanting Windows 7 not XP.  XP is ok except you can not upgrade to W7.  Short fix with later headaches.

If I deploy anything today I want Windows 7!  An ongoing Wiki would be great! 

[Bloody Jack Kidd]

I think the systems our parent company has been ordering have XP downgrade and Win7 upgrade rights - it's the perfect recipe for skipping Vista.

[Bob]

I agree skipping Vista but still what a PITA XP installed but when ready for W7 have to format and install w7.   

For insurance people this is not cool, expensive and time consuming.  For IT people it's money! 

Why many are forcing TAM on W7 and an ongoing Wiki would be great for all of us following. 

[Bloody Jack Kidd]

Why many are forcing TAM on W7 and an ongoing Wiki would be great for all of us following. 

Wiki is open to anyone who wishing to do such a thing.

[Gene Foraker]

I agree skipping Vista but still what a PITA XP installed but when ready for W7 have to format and install w7.   

For insurance people this is not cool, expensive and time consuming.  For IT people it's money! 

Why many are forcing TAM on W7 and an ongoing Wiki would be great for all of us following. 

I have done a clean install of Win7 twice now.   It maybe takes a half hour or a little longer, I didn't time it.   After that it would just be like setting up a new XP PC with Office, TAM, AV, etc.   It's not really a big project.   If you set up new PCs on a regular basis you should have the routine down.   If I go too long without doing it, it takes me much longer.

[Bloody Jack Kidd]

I guess anyone who does a lot of installs should learn how to create a gold standard image and become adept at sysprep.

I've used gold standard BSD images for rapid deployment of BSD instances in a virtual environment as well as a linux thin client image on a usb stick for rapid conversion of old desktop hardware into a thin client.

[Marie (Zionkowski) Gozikowski]

That would also be a great wiki topic... I am one of those people who don't do many
installs... boss tends to keep computers WAY longer than needed... so when I have to
do a new one, it takes me forever :-)

Don't images have their own problems?  What do you do when the image doesn't
match the new computer's hardware (or even version of windows?)

Thanks!