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Letters

By Editors, 02/01/2009

Readers respond to articles about Windows Deployment Services (WDS), Software Restriction Policies (SRPs), DebugDiag, and Hyper-V.

Track Active Directory Changes

By Jim Turner, 01/27/2009

Auditing changes to Active Directory groups can be a nightmare unless you have third-party software—or this useful script.

Finishing Forfiles

By Mark Minasi, 01/26/2009

Learn how to use Forfiles’ /c option, which lets you control what to do with the files that Forfiles finds.

Get Started with Microsoft’s Online Services

By Brett Hill, 01/24/2009

Get a taste of cloud computing by trying out Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite. Follow easy steps to set up Exchange Online and SharePoint Online and get some useful ...

Ask the Experts

By Jan De Clercq, 01/23/2009

Learn about using the Windows NT Backup – Restore Utility to restore Windows 2003 or XP backups on a Vista or Server 2008 machine, find out how to use per-user auditing to define ...

Enabling 802.11i Wireless Security with Windows Servers

By Tom Carpenter, 01/22/2009

Learn how to install and configure the authentication server as part of an 802.11i Robust Security Network (RSN) implementation.

Use Plink to Reboot VMware VMs

By Readers, 01/22/2009

With Plink, you can programmatically turn off and turn back on VMware virtual machines (VMs) from a remote Windows host. This utility is not only useful but also free.

Registry Tweak Restores Connection to a Remote Windows 2008 Server

By Apostolos Fotakelis, 01/22/2009

Without warning, a systems administrator's connection to a remote Windows Server 2008 machine stopped working. Here's how he found and fixed the problem.

Free Utility Makes Creating Custom Error Pages Easy in MOSS 2007

By Jian Bo, 01/22/2009

Microsoft's instructions for creating a custom 404 error web page in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 involve writing a .NET console application. With the SharePoint ...

Tool Time: Copy Many Pathnames at Once With Path Copy

By Serge Bedard, 01/22/2009

With this free utility, you can copy the full paths of many files with just a few clicks in Windows Explorer. You can also use it to copy filenames, UNC paths, folder paths, and ...

What You Need to Know About Windows 7 Beta 1

By Paul Thurrott, 01/20/2009

Windows 7 Beta 1 is almost as good as Windows Vista was when it launched over two years ago. We tell you whether to wait for it or go ahead and adopt Vista.

Exchange Management Tools Compared

By William Lefkovics, 01/08/2009

Microsoft Exchange Server management tools can help you find out which parts of your system are being overused and which are being underused.

A Mobile Future

By Jeff James, 12/29/2008

As IT pros support a wider array of mobile devices, they must also implement standard policies for integrating those devices into their existing IT infrastructure.

VMware ESXi

By Michael Otey, 12/17/2008

VMware’s free hypervisor-based virtualization product ESXi offers much to like, especially if you're a fan of VMware’s ESX Server.

Hyper-V Implementation Details

By Michael Otey, 12/17/2008

If you're familiar with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, you'll want these quick tips about how implementation has changed for Hyper-V. Find out about installation, file locations, ...

Network Access Control

By Jason Bovberg, 12/16/2008

Learn what type of network access control (NAC) solution can help you efficiently secure and manage remote users' access to your network.

Troubleshooting the Infamous Event ID 333 Errors

By Michael Morales, 12/15/2008

Learn how to resolve these cryptic System event log errors—or at least narrow down an event 333 error's cause.

EAP Types

By Tom Carpenter, 08/27/2008

Extensible Authentication Protocol types help make your wireless LAN secure, though some are better than others.


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Essential Guides

Is your iSCSI "lossy"? The reality is that most off-the-shelf Ethernet hardware deployed for iSCSI can lose packets, resulting in slow performance or application downtime. Learn how to assess your current iSCSI infrastructure and engineer an advanced iSCSI SAN infrastructure.

Web Seminars

What's the best way to keep your network safe from malware? In this web seminar, security expert Greg Shields suggests an alternative method to the traditional blacklisting approach that is common with anti-virus and anti-malware solutions.

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