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This Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 Management Pack provides proactive monitoring of your Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 environment. Download here Overview...
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Something new in Microsoft Certification: the Microsoft Certified Master program is opening its doors to highly experienced IT professionals ready to take their Microsoft skills and certifications to the...
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A quick reminder to all who may have been running RC builds of Vista SP1 for awhile.  Any build less than 6.0.6001.18000 will expire June 30.  Make sure you update prior to that date!
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This online book is a structured, introductory approach to the basic concepts and principles of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite, how the most important protocols...
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Check out the beta of Sysinternals Live, a service that enables you to execute Sysinternals tools directly from the Web without hunting for and manually downloading them. Simply enter a tool’s Sysinternals...
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Just installed the Remote Server Administration Tools on my Vista SP1 box. Unlike the adminpak.msi that you can install for Windows Server 2003 boxes, the tools don't automatically show up after install...
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In case you missed it, the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) have been made available for Windows Vista SP1. Role Administration Tools: Active Directory Certificate Services Tools Active Directory...
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The missing system tray icons mystery is solved. It was corrupt "IconStreams" and "PastIconStreams" cache. Navigate to the key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings...
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I just noticed that my network icon in the system tray, and my volume icon in the system tray, are both gone. I checked task manager properties and the options are now grayed out: Hmm, what happened? Off...
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It took three days, but Windows Vista was hacked as well. I blogged earlier that the Mac OS fell the fastest, and now Vista has fallen, through of all things a hole in Adobe flash. Maybe I should take...
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I'm back to almost a 7, a steady increase since installing Vista SP1? A coincidence?
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Do you have Windows Vista SP1 installed? If so, check here: C:\Windows\Help\Windows\en-US If the dates on all the files in this subdirectory are 2006, the SP1 help files are not installed. After the KB...
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I have a great show this week even if your not a Media Center enthusiast. Windows expert Ed Bott joined me for a live show a couple of weeks ago talking about Vista Service Pack 1. We talked about many...
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The Windows Search Team is making available Windows Search 4.0 Preview - a preview of the next version of desktop search for Windows. Windows Search 4.0 introduces several improvements I'd like to...
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Building your Schedule We encourage you to go ahead and build your schedule for the week on CommNet as soon as possible. To help plan your session schedule you may wish to use these two documents: MMS...
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Dell (Dell) on Tuesday launched migration services for organizations planning to switch to Windows Vista on 2,500 or more client computers. Dell's Client Migration Solution helps customers determine...
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If you're running Windows Vista, have you ever taken a look at Reliability Monitor? What is it? A snapshot of how reliable your system is including: A System Stability Chart which shows you a stability...
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Well, I took the plunge and installed Windows Vista SP1 this morning. I installed with the 430 MB download rather than Microsoft updates. From what I've been reading, most seem to install fine without...
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Microsoft has added an SP1 Support Site. No Charge Support for one year! Support Site
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This week -- specifically on January 22 -- Microsoft will make its Adobe-Flash-alternative Silverlight 1.0 available to corporate users via Windows Software Update Services (WSUS), as well as via Microsoft...
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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh is available through Windows Update or from Microsoft Downloads. Go here
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Mark Russinovich has released Process Explorer for Windows v11.0. Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about...
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