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While organizations are still getting their feet wet with virtualization, discover the next evolution of this technology. VMware CEO Paul Maritz speaks about vSphere 4.0, virtualization as a cloud platform, and how VMware plans to beat Microsoft.
By Mark Minasi
If you want to create custom power settings from the command line, you need to start using Powercfg. Here's how to use Powercfg to configure Windows to inform you when your battery power is low.
By Michael Otey
Implement virtualization with one of these free platforms. For hardware-based hypervisors, try products from Citrix, Microsoft, or VMware; for hosted virtualization solutions, you'll find options from Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, and VMware.
By Chris Betlach
Although Windows XP's built-in hard disk defragmenting software doesn't have a scheduling feature, you can still schedule the Disk Defragmenter to run on many computers or just one. ScheduleDefrag.cmd is all you need.
By Douglas Toombs
It's that time of year! Break out your USB stick and download this new collection of free tools that promise to make your job easier.
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Readers discuss OpenOffice virtualization, Windows 7 usability, and VMware ESX 3.5 hardware virtualization.
By Jeff James
Can this free virtualization product from Sun Microsystems compete with the likes of VMware Workstation and Parallels Desktop?
By Bill Stewart
A pair of PowerShell scripts let you reboot, ping, power off, or shut down all the computers in an AD domain or just one—or any number in between. You can even use these scripts to log off users.
By Paul Thurrott
A preview of Office 2010 features reveals new tools for Outlook 2010, the ability to handle memory-intensive data sets in Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010 video-editing capabilities, and intriguing Word features.
By Michael Noel
A highly available SharePoint farm is within your reach, once you grasp SharePoint’s high-availability concepts and apply these best practices.
By Lavon Peters
The benefits of antivirus appliances over software and hosted services are cost, performance, and ease of use. Determine whether one of these appliances is right for your environment.
By Michele Crockett
Amidst the current economic climate, any signs of a turnaround are more than welcome. The results of Windows IT Pro's 2009 independent survey indicate things are looking up.
By Jan De Clercq
Windows CardSpace, part of Microsoft’s Identity Metasystem, offers a valuable alternative to the classic username/password scheme and puts users back in control of their identity interactions on the Internet.
If you're in the market for a midrange SAN with enterprise scalability, this SAN solution should go straight to the top of your list.
By Michael Morales
Use this brand-new free tool to save you much time and hassle the next time you run into a high-CPU problem.
We chat with VMware President and CEO Paul Maritz about competing with Microsoft, the launch of vSphere 4, and what the future holds for virtualization in the enterprise.
Before virtualization, getting Windows, Mac, and Linux machines to peacefully coexist was a challenge.
About browsers--Mozilla’s best browser yet still has one minor downside.
By Bret Bennett
Learn about a quick and easy way you can add URLs to Internet Explorer 7.0's Favorites tree without accessing the Add to Favorites option.
By Alex K. Angelopoulos
If you occasionally need to export text from .pdf files to .txt files, try pdftotext. This free command-line tool automates the export process.
By Jonathan Shapiro
After reading about how to redirect Windows system folders by editing the registry, a reader used the technique to redirect the Favorites folder. Here are a couple of tips to help you do the same.
By James Lim
Systems Management Server (SMS) is a great tool but sometimes it can create but not delete folders if improperly configured. Here's a PowerShell script you can use to find and delete those unwanted folders.
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