By B. K. Winstead, 09/26/2007
When IT pro David Soussan looked more closely at the odd network traffic patterns behind a client's Internet-connection problem, he found a botnet at the core, then figured out ...
By Randy Franklin Smith, 09/26/2007
Windows 2008 and Vista highlights are new ID numbers, a new look, and an XML format for events; a more granular audit policy; and enhancements to Event Viewer.
By Paul Thurrott, 09/26/2007
Since Microsoft shipped two service packs for XP (one of them a major OS upgrade) within the product's first few years on the market, it's somewhat surprising that, three years ...
By Gayle Rodcay, 09/26/2007
In today's global businesses, communication and collaboration is becoming more difficult just as travel and off-site meetings are falling victim to cost cutting. Web conferencing ...
By Editors, 09/26/2007
Readers ask about a strange behavior of the Domain Users group, the reason behind a defrag enhancement utility, and more
By Karen Forster, 09/26/2007
With Software Plus Services, Microsoft ups the ante in its competition with Google and SaaS. The company still has to protect revenue from traditional software, but it also has a ...
By Jeff James, 09/26/2007
Readers highlight favorite products: Sunbelt Software's CounterSpy Enterprise, Security Laboratories' Security Recon, and Alloy Software's Alloy Navigator 5.
By Paul Thurrott, 09/26/2007
Microsoft has refreshed the Windows Server 2008 Beta with a new Community Technology Preview (CTP) build that includes even more new features and functionality while fixing almost ...
By Tony Redmond, 09/26/2007
In addition to moving Exchange to a 64-bit platform, Microsoft has improved the Exchange 2007 Information Store by adding features such as log shipping for resiliency and removing ...
By Mark Russinovich, 09/26/2007
Follow along as Mark troubleshoots a problem with running PsList as as a standard user in Windows Follow along as Mark troubleshoots a problem with running PsList as as a standard ...
By John Howie, 09/26/2007
Learn about some of the new features of IPv6, as well as some of the reasons you should care about it—even if you don't plan on implementing it in the near future.
By John Savill, 09/26/2007
Use the Vista icacls command to find files that contain a specific SID in the file's ACL.
By Readers, 09/26/2007
If you use high-privilege credentials to open Microsoft Management Consoles (MMCs), here's a clever way you can spend less time entering those credentials. All you need are some ...
By Paul Thurrott, 09/26/2007
Paul takes a gander at the iPhone and Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 2.0.
By John Savill, 09/26/2007
Learn how you can open multiple pages at IE startup.
By John Green, 09/26/2007
EventSentry 2.8 is an excellent event-log and system-health monitoring and consolidation tool that you should consider closely for your environment.
By Blake Eno, 09/26/2007
An essential aspect of any disaster-recovery plan is the UPS. Need to know what to look for if you're in the market to buy one? Begin your search here.
By John Savill, 09/26/2007
Learn how to find all the files for which a user has access, learn what application virtualization is, find out how to open multiple pages at IE startup, and more.
By Mark Minasi, 09/26/2007
Need a way to generate 501 user accounts? No? I bet you'll want to try it after reading this column.
By Danny Kim, 09/26/2007
PowerShell lets you write simple scripts to automate Group Policy administration tasks such as managing and archiving GPOs listed in an Excel spreadsheet.
By Rhonda Layfield, 09/26/2007
Are you considering an upgrade to Vista? Be sure to follow these steps before moving forward with a deployment.
By Kevin Laahs, 09/26/2007
Use MOSS 2007's BDC to discover and use data held in back-end Line Of Business (LOB) applications.
By Paul Thurrott, 09/26/2007
With regard to Web rendering technologies, Microsoft hasn't been much of a presence, but the company hopes to change its standing with a new technology called Microsoft ...
By Michael Otey, 09/26/2007
Groove 2007 is one of the lesser-known features of Office 2007. Here are 10 tips to get you started with this useful collaboration tool.
By John Savill, 09/26/2007
Find out how application virtualization works and how it relates to Software Assurance licensing.
By Apostolos Fotakelis, 09/26/2007
Internet Explorer (IE) has provided URL shortcuts in the past. Microsoft continues that tradition in IE 7.0 with a new URL feature that can simplify your browsing experience.
By Readers, 09/26/2007
With this reporting tool, users are happy because they can obtain custom AD reports and administrators are happy because they have more time to tend to other tasks.
By Tony Piltzecker, 09/26/2007
OCS 2007 merges call control and presence technologies into a single offering.
By Jeff James, 09/26/2007
Windows IT Pro takes a look at new and improved products.
By Rhonda Layfield, 09/26/2007
Before you spend a lot of time and money on a Vista upgrade, check out the free downloadable tools from Microsoft.