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why windows-noob ?

I setup windows-noob.com in 2006 because I saw there was a need for step by step guides in the Windows Server arena. At that time, the guides that were available were not free, or did not provide the info I was looking for, and were hard to find in the first place. I decided to change that, and to make them easy to understand with screenshots describing the processes from start to finish. The site is growing daily, is gaining in popularity and I hope you join in !

Here's a little bit of info about me:

I'm a 43 year old Irishman living in Sweden, and have three wonderful sons, Christopher, Sebastian and Benjamin. I currently work for Logica in Sweden as a Technical Consultant in the Client Systems Management area. The posts and advice here are my own and not those of my employer.

I was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1966 and my parents moved from Ireland to Africa in 1969 or so and started a new life there in Kitwe, Zambia. My earliest memories as a child were growing up in Kitwe, the sun, the life that evolved around that (swimming every day). I loved it there, the beauty of the countryside, the wildlife, the smell of the air, everything. But childhood isn't forever and we moved to Ireland again in 1976/1977. It rained a lot.

I was first introduced to 'computers' while still living in Africa, I still recall seeing these quite large pieces of paper with holes knocked through them in strange patterns, the punched cards were part of some computer system (which I never saw, I only saw the used cards) which was used by the school I was in.

I guess the cards must have made an impression, because I was hooked on anything computer related for years to come, I first dabbled with computers in the early 1980's when I got my very own 1k ZX81.

I moved on to bigger and better things with an Amstrad CPC 6128 and it was that computer that started my quest for understanding how things worked, I taught myself how to program in Z80 machine code using assembly language which involved compiling code into machine code instructions, the resulting instructions (bits and bytes) were much faster than the BASIC programs of the day. Not only did I learn how to program, but I also delved into editing games to make them easier and more fun. See niallbrady.com/amstrad

The computer industry never lies still and before I knew it I had my first real PC, an old Amstrad 386 (PC4386SX (20 MHz 80386SX CPU, 4 MB RAM)), I used that to play games, learn about Windows 3.1 and make music using a DOS based utility called ScreamTracker. My next computer was a Dell 486ME which brought me into the modern age of computers. I've worked with every version of Windows since 3, and I'm currently very interested in deploying clients and servers using SCCM 2007 technology, why ? because it's both complex and yet very powerful once you've mastered it. I setup this site to help you and others with deploying Windows and Windows Applications, using SCCM 2007 or the other tools available from Microsoft like SMS 2003, BDD, MDT, WAIK, WSIM, WDS, RIS and so forth. I hope that you will join me in this journey and help contribute to the sites content.

cheers
niall.