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General

Forums	Topics	Replies	Last Post
Off-Topic Gizmos, gadgets, toys and games - here's a place for you to post about what interests you most!	4287	33794	RE: Just came accross SQL... by tracy mills 07 Feb 2012 02:57 AM
Windows General Discussion	1279	2858	RE: WMI and the RPC Servi... by seoinheritx 23 Jan 2012 06:21 AM

Windows Client

Forums	Topics	Replies	Last Post
Windows 8 News, tips, and tricks for Windows 8, the latest version of Microsoft's popular client OS.	5	4	RE: Invitation Windows 8 ... by Matt James 03 Nov 2011 09:11 AM
Windows 7 Installation, migration, deployment, configuration and other tips and discussions	57	85	RE: Win7 Home to Win7 Pro... by Sam Stephan 06 Feb 2012 11:57 PM
Windows Vista Related tips, questions, answers, concerns, and more.	168	431	RE: How to recover Window... by ChairsNJ 03 Jan 2012 06:39 AM
Windows XP Installation and configuration, product activation, drivers, and more.	2905	6435	RE: Task bar problem by Sam Stephan 03 Feb 2012 04:35 AM
Windows 95/98/ME Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME network integration, compatibility, and more.	577	1612	Win-ME Driver Pre-load by WeThePeople 24 Jan 2010 05:29 PM

Windows Server

Forums	Topics	Replies	Last Post
Windows Server 8 News and discussion of Microsoft's newest server OS, Windows Server 8.	2	0	Windows Server 8 Storage ... by Jeff James 15 Sep 2011 02:38 PM
Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 related tips, questions, answers, concerns and more.	191	304	RE: Anti-Virus Solutions ... by PackerIntl 07 Feb 2012 05:51 PM
Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 installation and configuration, performance, management, Active Directory, Volume Shadow Copy service, command-line tools, and more.	12271	38732	How can you view two fax ... by a b 08 Feb 2012 09:43 AM
Windows 2000 Win2K Active Directory, installation and configuration, performance, user administration, networking protocols, service packs, hotfixes, and more.	9732	25464	RE: 100% CPU Utilization ... by johnfds 06 May 2010 10:45 AM
Windows NT NT domain management, installation and configuration, performance, user administration, networking protocols, service packs, hotfixes, and more.	2011	5378	RE: AD Client Extension c... by BillHubbard 20 Sep 2011 10:30 AM

Windows Server System

Forums	Topics	Replies	Last Post
Exchange and Outlook Exchange Server administration and Outlook 9x and 2000.	6914	10278	RE: Synchronizing Outlook by dreavis 02 Feb 2012 11:47 PM
IIS and Web Administration IIS administration, Site Server, and Site Server Commerce.	906	1556	Must IIS run on the AD se... by Mudd47 12 Jan 2012 06:05 AM
Microsoft Forefront Discuss Microsoft's firewall, virtual private network, and Web caching solution.	134	182	RE: ISA2000 and Flickr up... by SparkyMarcopolo 10 Feb 2011 05:42 AM
SharePoint Share and find tips about SharePoint Services and SharePoint Server Services.	64	56	Share point logs and disk... by scott morgan 06 Sep 2011 08:21 AM
Small Business Server Share information about licensing, deploying, and maintaining Small Business Server	312	499	Command line equivalent t... by Eddy Gaiao 18 Jan 2012 06:45 PM
System Center System Center Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, Essentials, Virtual Machine Manager, and more.	8	2	SCSM (Service Manager) by Wacey Richards 04 Aug 2011 11:24 AM
Systems Management Share information about using Microsoft’s management tools, including Systems Management Server (SMS) and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), as well as third-party management tools.	157	140	RE: BSoD while starting S... by haisaiss 02 Sep 2011 09:43 PM

Other Computing

Forums	Topics	Replies	Last Post
Hardware and Software Hardware (e.g., servers, workstations, peripherals) and software (e.g., utilities, tools, desktop applications).	670	1191	RE: Intel or AMD? by Sam Stephan 31 Jan 2012 11:54 PM
Interoperability Zone (Formerly Integration Issues) Ask questions and share tips for mixed-computing networking environments.	13	16	RE: Integrating *nix clie... by BillHubbard 14 Dec 2010 07:50 AM
IT After Hours Home networking (wired and wireless), robotics, car technology, video games, Internet connections, telecommuting technology, digital audio and video, home theater systems, and mobile devices (including PDAs, Smartphones, and Tablet PCs).	116	180	IT Consultant Services in... by james 14 Jan 2012 04:25 PM
Mobile & Wireless Share tips on Pocket PC, Palm, and BlackBerry devices; WAP-enabled phones; and wireless protocols.	89	110	RE: Wireless connection i... by mcshooter 03 Jan 2012 06:46 PM
Networking Share and find how-to tips about implementing and maintaining your networking infrastructure, including information about interoperability solutions, hardware (including servers, routers, and switches), network architecture, network management, network se	1453	4655	Preffered DNS by eth_0 25 Jan 2012 04:45 AM
Scripting Windows programming, administrative scripting, Web development, and XML.	1793	3532	VBScript to move this com... by sobersage 10 Jan 2008 02:04 PM
Security Windows NT security, Windows 2000 security, SQL Server security, IIS and Web server security, Exchange and Outlook security, viruses, and Microsoft Proxy Server.	1380	3050	RE: How to recover forgot... by ChairsNJ 19 Jan 2012 09:49 AM
Storage/Backup/Recovery Looking for a storage solution? Having trouble with the storage setup you have in place? Compare notes with your peers in the Storage Forum.	368	760	RE: Backup Schedule Backu... by malcolm.mcdonald1982 26 Jan 2012 09:12 AM
Terminal Server/Terminal Services Protocols (e.g., RDP and ICA) and other thin-client related issues.	745	1692	Remote desktop connection... by Pilau Tigered 04 Jan 2012 03:40 AM
Virtualization Virtualization for the x86 platform, including Microsoft Virtual Server & Virtual PC; VMware ESX, GSX & Workstation; XenSource; AMD's Pacifica; Intel Virtualization Technology (Vanderpool); Bochs; and others.	97	97	RE: ESXi / Hyper-V / Xen ... by seoinheritx 17 Jan 2012 02:02 AM

Careers, Certification, and Training

Forums	Topics	Replies	Last Post
Career Development and Job Opportunities	1982	12767	RE: Today's Top Earning I... by Roger Sellers 26 Jan 2012 03:18 PM
Certification Design Exams	3008	18423	Are Cisco certifications ... by linabritney 01 Dec 2009 10:18 PM
Certification Messaging Exams	518	1930	Messaging 2007 certificat... by oalexis@dar.org 27 Sep 2008 02:36 PM
Certification Security Exams	34	144	RE: MCSE Upgrade from 200... by mikedtest11 01 Apr 2010 04:05 PM
Microsoft IT Professional Certification	5240	21914	RE: Must-Have Certs. Vs. ... by BillHubbard 06 Feb 2012 11:43 AM

Administrators

Forums	Topics	Replies	Last Post
Forum Pros This is the Forum Pro only area.	247	926
Reporting Forums When problems are reported they go in this forum.	0	0

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