By Jan De Clercq, 08/26/2009
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 ...
By Douglas Toombs, 08/26/2009
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.
By Michael Noel, 08/25/2009
A highly available SharePoint farm is within your reach, once you grasp SharePoint’s high-availability concepts and apply these best practices.
By Paul Thurrott, 08/24/2009
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, ...
By Jeff James, 08/24/2009
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.
By Paul Thurrott, 08/24/2009
About browsers--Mozilla’s best browser yet still has one minor downside.
By Michael Morales, 08/15/2009
Use this brand-new free tool to save you much time and hassle the next time you run into a high-CPU problem.
By Mark Minasi, 08/11/2009
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 ...
By Bret Bennett , 08/06/2009
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, 08/06/2009
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 Chris Betlach, 08/06/2009
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 ...
By James Lim, 08/06/2009
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 ...
By Jonathan Shapiro, 08/06/2009
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 ...
By Lavon Peters, 08/03/2009
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 ...
By Jeff James, 08/03/2009
Before virtualization, getting Windows, Mac, and Linux machines to peacefully coexist was a challenge.
By Michele Crockett, 07/27/2009
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 Jeff James, 07/16/2009
Can this free virtualization product from Sun Microsystems compete with the likes of VMware Workstation and Parallels Desktop?
By Various Authors, 07/16/2009
Readers discuss OpenOffice virtualization, Windows 7 usability, and VMware ESX 3.5 hardware virtualization.
By Michael Otey, 07/15/2009
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 Bill Stewart, 07/15/2009
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 ...
By Michael Otey, 07/07/2009
Implement virtualization with one of these free platforms. For hardware-based hypervisors, try products from Citrix, Microsoft, or VMware; for hosted virtualization solutions, ...