3 New Technotes!

A set of 3 new technotes have been published this week, which will help you get more out of PowerFuse. We’ve got a Win7 migration article in the works too, so stay tuned! Here is an overview of the articles, available in the Technote Library.

RG024: Secrets of PWRGATE.EXE (Added March 5th 2010). This document will show some of the less know things you can use the pwrgate.exe process in PowerFuse 2010 to accomplish. For example you can launch the User Installed Applications (PMWS) wizard directly with this tool, and much more. A buildingblock is included for your convenience.

RG023: Managing multiple config sets for one app: (Added March 2nd 2010). Here we will examine how you can have multiple sets of configuration settings all stored under one application, enabeling the users to select which to apply when they  start the app. Very usefull for prod/test/dev scenarios. We will also examine the new Registry Tracing feature of PowerFuse 2010 in the same article.

RG022: PRINTERS.LST – The forgotten feature: (Added March 2nd 2010). This is the first article since the release of Powerfuse 2010. From this article you can learn how to create lists of printers which better reflect the geography and physical world, where the printers reside.

New technote: Upgrade Scenarios to 2010

From the Technotes-R-Us dept. A cool technote has been produced by one of my favorite Support folks, Paulina over on the RES Inside blog. This article covers how you may create a test environment by upgrading an copy of an existing PowerFuse 200x environment to PowerFuse 2010. Two approaches are detailed:

• Exporting all buildingblocks from the existing environment and creating a new database
• Copying the PowerFuse datastore and upgrading it to 2010

Go read the article here and remember to vote on it!

New RES videoclips

A set of new videoclips related to PowerFuse 2010 has been released. These explain what workspace management is all about. There is also a nice video which highlights the new stuff in 2010, mainly focussing on the desktop transformation bits. Anyway, I’ve updated the article which refers to all the videos which are currently out there. Stay tuned. More technical videos will be posted in the near future!

Go have a look here

PowerFuse 2010 RC2

From the Hot-off-the-press dept. Finally Febuary 16th has arrived and it’s ReleaseDay! PowerFuse 2010 RC2 is now available on the portal for download for existing customers. There are tonnes of new improvements which you can read all about in the releasenotes.

While I need to check that it’s okay to post the releasenotes, may I direct your attention to the Corp. Website where you can download alot of PowerFuse 2010 info already. Scroll down to the end of this page and you will find them.

For those already working the RC1, the major deltas are that the [+] PlusMenu now is implemented for the Workspace Model node and Active Directory Sites are now supported as a new PowerZ… erm Location Rule. The new rule looks like shown here on the right.

Over the next couple of months, expect to see many more feature related articles describing how you can put the new features of RES PowerFuse to work for YOU!

New Technote: Say goodbye to SetShell

From the New-Hottness Dept. Here’s a little item, which has the potential to make alot of existing RES fans very happy. In PowerFuse 2010 you are now able to centrally switch PowerFuse on/off as the shell, just using the RES console! Contrary to the old SetShell tool, this feature will also allow you to change shell on multiple machines at once!

For more details on this feature, go read the full article right here.

How to block Windows 7 Godmode using PowerFuse

As most techies already know, Windows 7 has a hidden Godmode that shows a special control panel.

By creating a new folder and renaming it to [GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}] a user is capable of creating a special control panel that enables the user to modify all kinds of hidden settings in Windows 7. 

With RES PowerFuse 2008 and 2010 the access to this special folder can be blocked with Files and Folders security, by simple adding the rule to block “*{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}”.

Thanks to RES Software’s product management and support department for the tip!