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• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 29, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 29, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Posts Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes No Newsletter Tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday Due to the holiday weekend (July 4th) and my traveling most of the day tomorrow, there will be no newsletter delivery until July 5th. Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles MOM Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Standard Operations Management License (OML) Overview by Rod Trent - 6/29/2006 Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 requires a Server License for each management server and an Operations Management License (OML) for each managed device. OMLs are offered in Enterprise and Standard Editions. Web Technologies IE 7 Beta 3 released by Rod Trent - 6/29/2006 Today, June 29, 2006, IE 7 Beta 3 has been released on the general public. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 Add/Remove Programs Report by Collection SMS Feature Packs Where are my ZTI logs MOM MOM Reporting is not giving me anything to report Windows PE ZTI & USMT for hardware replacement Altiris Moving Images Folder AntiVirus Products and Best Practices Symantec updates SAVCE 10.1 and SCS 3.1 AGAIN Privacy Issues - Spyware, Adware, etc. Stolen Laptop with info on 26 million Veteran's recovered Windows Server ISA2004: RealPlayer not working Exchange Server Please recommend email footer software Terminal Server Problem with loading profile Microsoft Management Summit Chat Post-conference CD/DVD? Back to top Today's Download No download today If you have scripts, programs, or documents that you have created that you would like to share with your community, upload them today: http://www.myitforum.com/downloads/upload.asp For more information on how to upload, see the following link: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2006/06/24/21490.aspx Back to top Today's Web blog Posts Switching to Live.com as my home page You know me — I like to play around with technology. Sometimes it frustrates me (like my recent bout with Google Desktop), but sometimes it’s a pleasant experience. For the past few days I’ve been experimenting with my IE startup... Read more... My Dad is hooked on Google Earth A couple days ago I told my Dad about Google Earth. He must have had dreams about it, because the next day I was “required” to take him to the site and show him how it works. I tip-toed around the subject, because we all know how... Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News "Get A Mac" ad drops generic Windows reference for Parallels "The ad has changed, with the reference in the ad changing from a generic "Windows required" message to Windows and Parallels! " Could this be a sign of Apple wanting to purchase Parallels? Microsoft gets Sued over Genuine Advantage Auto Update The same lawyers who sued Sony BMG over Rootkits on music CDs, and Ubisoft for Starforce on its game disks are now taking on Microsoft. A quote from the Complaint: “Microsoft effectively installed t... RIM Chairman Confirms Better BlackBerrys Host of new features coming to future handhelds, as company expands program to deliver service to third-party devices, and Palm-merger rumor is put to rest. Hunting for Hussein's fiber-optic cable while bringing VoIP to Iraq Amid roadside bombs from insurgents, the U.S. military has rolled out a satellite-based network for the Iraqi police that uses VoIP phones and Microsoft servers more reminiscent of an office in Boise ... Symantec faces $1 billion tax demand (Reuters) Reuters - Symantec Corp. said on Thursday it filed a petition with the U.S. Tax Court over an IRS demand that the security software maker pay $1.06 billion in back taxes and penalties related ... Toshiba hopes to expand capacity to 32GB in the future - DailyTech CIOToshiba hopes to expand capacity to 32GB in the futureDailyTech - 1 hour agoToshiba has announced a new 4GB Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) memory card. The SDHC is based on the latest 2.0... NBA Introduces New Game Ball Technologically-advanced game ball has new design, better grip and consistency MySpace Restricts Adult Access to Teens Under the new MySpace model, adults can no longer access profiles or request to be friends with any users under 18. This may help cut down on Internet predators on community sites such as MySpace. Why it's cooler to work at Yahoo than Google "You're gonna get fat at Google. There. I said it. You can't control yourself, so the free food will kill you. Oh shut up, you would not use the exercycle and the swimming pool. You'd just roll the M... Real Hackers Dont Use CSS Back in the old days of 1996 there were two kinds of people. Those who understood the web, often referred to as “hackers”, and those that didn’t. P2P insurer will pay your fines if RIAA sues: $19/year! "Apparently, a company in Sweden is offering file-sharing insurance - they'll pay your fines if you're sued by the RIAA. The /. submitter translates the link as follows: 'For a mere 140 SEK ($19 USD) ... Robo-Doggie Gets a New Pal The roboteers at Boston Dynamics have been training the 165-pound, two-and-a-half foot-tall BigDogs to carry gear for soldiers and marines over uneven terrain. Review: Gateway FX510 Series Desktop (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Most people do not think of Gateway when they want a computer that overachieves. Gateway builds top-notch equipment for home and office, but its name has not been synonymous with extreme ... Get Ready for Internet Toll Roads (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - An amendment to require network neutrality -- the idea that all content moving across the Internet would not be prioritized for delivery on the basis of fees -- was defeated Wednesday in ... Researcher Details Amazon, MSN Flaws (PC World) PC World - Saying the companies have not responded to him, researcher decides to take the information public. Google to Defend Ranking Methods in Court (PC World) PC World - Search giant seeks dismissal of case involving search index results. Back to top Today's Job Postings SMS Admin / Remote Management Analyst I have a position open for a Systems Management Analyst. This position will be focused on designing and implementing a new Windows 2003 print server solution for Banner Health. In addition to the design/build/implementation of this new system the position will have SMS and msi packaging responsibilities. Read the full job description… Back to top Today's Fun Link Darts with Cars Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. 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• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 28, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 28, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes A couple changes to the site Per a great suggestion, we’ve changed a couple things on myITforum.com today. First, the “Reports” download section has been retitled to “SMS Reports and MOFs”. You can find that here: http://www.myitforum.com/downloads/default.asp?w=3&se=SMS+Reports+and+MOFs Second, we’ve added a new download section called “MOM Reports, Scripts, and MPs” where you can upload your custom MOM goodies. Once the first MOM goodies are uploaded and approved for posting, the section will be live — so upload any MOM goodies you’ve been holding on to. To upload, follow these instructions… http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2006/06/24/21490.aspx This new section is being promoted by Microsoft, so look for some great downloads in the near future. Update on the MMS DVD Just an update to this post: It's started The DVDs for MMS 2006 hit the USPS yesterday and should start to arrive in folks' mailboxes over the next week or two. International attendees may find it takes up to 3 weeks for their DVDs to arrive through the bulk mail channel. For those that have questions or don’t receive their DVD, a new email alias is being setup and should be available in the next few days. I’ll let you know when the email alias is available. New England Area SMS User Group - Thursday 6/29/06 6PM 6:00-6:30pm Arrival & Check-in 6:30-6:45 Welcome Remarks 6:45-7:45 Open Forum Discussion for Future Topics Q& A Session for the group 7:45-8:00 Break 8:00-9:30 Managing a Least Privileged Environment Read the full meeting notes... Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003/Scripting Write SMS Component Info To Text File VB Script by Don Hite - 6/28/2006 Write SMS Component Info To Text File VB Script Web Technologies The Path of Least Resistance: Google Desktop 4.0 by Rod Trent - 6/28/2006 Last night I had another bout with Google Desktop. Within a half hour time I was uninstalling Google's CPU hampering software. Windows Mobile First-hand look at the Q by Rod Trent - 6/28/2006 My brother-in-law has a Motorola Q and loves it. We went to a gathering at his house a few days ago, so I was able to view this thing first-hand. At first glance, it’s pretty dang impressive. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 MS06-024 is continually re installed by SMS. SMS Feature Packs Boggling State Restore Hang MOM MOM 2005 and Linux Breaking Virus & Security News Two new IE unpatched IE OuterHTML and HTA vulnerabilities IIS Deleting ghost Virtual Directory Terminal Server Problem with loading profile Windows Server ctrl-alt-del fields grayed out Back to top Today's Download File Audit akaplan Scripting, Windows, Security 6/28/2006 1.8 kb Designed for laptop checking, this batch file audits the document and Office files on a pc. It creates a list of these files and looks for files containing SSN like strings and the string "DOB:" It uses the FOR command and FINDSTR, and must be run locally. Download... UPDATED: SMS Advertisements Summary shobbs479 SMS 2003 6/28/2006 1.9 kb Custom SMS report, summary of advertisements and success rates. I link this custom report to the "Status of a specific advertisement" report. Changed the denominator for percentages to exclude "no status". This maintains consistencey with "Status of a specific advertisement" report and the percentages make more sense. Download... Back to top Today's Web blog Post SMS 2003 R2 Now Available on MSDN Microsoft released the 120 day eval version a few weeks ago on the SMS home page, the full version is now on the MSDN site for subscribers. If you installed the 120 day evaluation version you have to uninstall it before installing the release... Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News For spammers, a picture is better than 1,000 words Spam is again on the rise, led by a flood of junk images that spammers have crafted over the past few months to trick e-mail filters, according to security vendors. AOL Germany head says has several bidders (Reuters) Reuters - More than one party is interested in buying AOL's German Internet access business, AOL Germany's chief executive said on Wednesday. Tech start-ups don't grow on trees outside USA (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - In this Internet era, when it often doesn't matter where a company is located, countries on every continent want to conjure the entrepreneurial magic of Silicon Valley. Yet success in m... Sony: Microsoft keeps copying us Speaking to PlayStation Magazine, Hirai said, "Every time we go down a path, we look behind and [Microsoft is] right there - we just can't shake these guys. I wish that they would come up with some st... South Africa's Internet Solutions first in the world to roll-out Microsoft HMC 3.5 Software as a service (SaaS) is defined as the delivery of fully functional, outsourced and centrally hosted applications through the Web. SaaS offers the availability of feature rich applications at ... Microsoft acquires photo management tool maker - VNUNet.com Playfuls.comMicrosoft acquires photo management tool makerVNUNet.com - 13 hours ago"With Microsoft’s purchase of iView, we are in a position to enhance our industry-leading product, whilst s... Nokia plans new mobile TV trial in Sweden (Reuters) Reuters - Mobile handset maker Nokia said on Wednesday it would launch a commercial mobile TV trial with radio and TV operator Teracom in Sweden later this year. Google online payment system could take on PayPal (Reuters) Reuters - Google Inc. is expected to unveil on Wednesday an online payment system called GBuy, which analysts say will allow merchants to accept payment for services and could become a broad-based... Novell Ships Preview Version of SuSE Linux 10 (TechWeb) TechWeb - Novell launches a preview version of the SuSE Linux Enterprise 10 platform. China's Baidu to offer blog service (Reuters) Reuters - China's Internet search leader Baidu.com Inc. plans to launch a new service, Baidu Space, which Chinese media said would offer Web logs like those from Microsoft and Google. Update Rollup 3 for Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005 (KB912130) This is the 3rd Hotfix Update Rollup release for Business Scorecard Manager 2005 RTM Business Scorecard Manager 2005 Update Rollup 3 is a cumulative patch. It is available fo... Update for Windows Vista Beta 2 and Windows Codename Longhorn Server Beta 2 (KB919946) Install this update to fix an issue where in the presence of Internet Protocol security (IPsec) or Windows Firewall, a race condition can be hit on multi-processor (or hyper-threaded) systems causing ... Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile 1.0.703.0 Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile is a unified communications client for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005. Communicator Mobile runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile software based device... Microsoft Windows Vista Step-by-Step Guides for IT Professionals 2.9 These step-by-step guides will assist IT Professionals in deploying or migrating to Windows Vista. These guides will also provide step-by-step information on how to control device insta... US Congress joins 'Internet neutrality" debate (AFP) AFP - Congress has plunged into a multi-million-dollar debate over Internet usage fees that are feared by computing giants like Google and Microsoft and championed by the phone companies. Dell launches IT service plan (AP) AP - Dell Inc., which is seeking to expand in the lucrative business of maintaining other companies' computers, plans to launch a new service plan Wednesday that uses mapping technology from Goog... Experts to form ID theft research center (AP) AP - An alliance of businesses, colleges and federal crime fighters will combine their expertise at a new research center that will study the problems of identity theft and fraud. Back to top Today's Job Postings SMS Admin / Remote Management Analyst I have a position open for a Systems Management Analyst. This position will be focused on designing and implementing a new Windows 2003 print server solution for Banner Health. In addition to the design/build/implementation of this new system the position will have SMS and msi packaging responsibilities. Read the full job description… Back to top Today's Fun Link Blogsitter Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. Published with Newsletter Ease   Posted Jun 28 2006, 03:01 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 27, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 27, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes Looking for ready made SMS 2003 reports? Here's one location: http://www.myitforum.com/downloads/default.asp?w=3&se=Reports Here's another location, but it needs to be centralized with the one above: http://www.myitforum.com/inc/upload/SMS2003MOFs/SMS2003MOFs.htm Plus the SMS 2003 Code Pack for the Code Repository. http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rcrumbaker/archive/category/308.aspx If you want to share your own reports, drop by here: http://www.myitforum.com/downloads/upload.asp …and, choose “Reports” as the upload area. How do I upload to myITforum? If you've never uploaded anything to myITforum.com, here's instructions on how to do it: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2006/06/24/21490.aspx Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003 WMI Namespace Errors In CCMSetup Log file by Don Hite - 6/27/2006 WMI Namespace Errors In CCMSetup Log file Scripting Creating a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet With Excel Color Values VB Script by Don Hite - 6/27/2006 Creating a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet With Excel Color Values VB Script SQL Server Modifying SQL Queries To View More Than 255 Characters by Don Hite - 6/27/2006 Modifying SQL Queries To View More Than 255 Characters Windows Microsoft Common Console (MMC) Document Shortcuts by Don Hite - 6/27/2006 Microsoft Common Console (MMC) Document Shortcuts Windows Mobile Zip for Windows Mobile by Rod Trent - 6/27/2006 I went looking for a Windows Mobile “zip” program today — you know, the application that can handle unzipping and zipping (compression) of files. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 Hardware inventory is not updated SMS Feature Packs Make OSD Install CD work for multiple locations/servers MOM Error with Citrix MP for MOM 2005 PowerShell Improved WMI support in RC2 Disaster Recovery Active Directory Forest Recovery Back to top Today's Download No download today If you have scripts, programs, or documents that you have created that you would like to share with your community, upload them today: http://www.myitforum.com/downloads/upload.asp For more information on how to upload, see the following link: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2006/06/24/21490.aspx Back to top Today's Web blog Post PowerShell - Finding the static methods of a class Jeffrey Snover posted a great post on the PowerShell Blog In the previous entry, it showed how you could use the static method GetHostAddresses of the [System.Net.Dns] class to resolve a hostname. This begs the question, how do you find the static... Read more... PowerShell - resolve a hostname into an IP Address Jeffrey Snover posted this on the Powershell blog Wei Wu provided a nice one liner in response to a query in our NewsGroup: Microsoft.Public.Windows.PowerShell about how to resolve a hostname into an IP Address: PS> [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("www.msn.com")... Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News EU regulators poised to slap huge fines on Microsoft (AFP) AFP - EU regulators are preparing to raise the pressure on Microsoft for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust ruling by slapping huge new fines on the US software giant. Putting It All Together (BusinessWeek Online) BusinessWeek Online - Every year cell-phone makers, eager to get you and your pals to trade in that old clunker for a new handset, roll out a host of gee-whiz features. One year it's a phone that snap... Webzen, Microsoft's Massive in video game ad deal (Reuters) Reuters - South Korean video game company Webzen Inc. on Tuesday said it struck a deal in which Microsoft Corp.'s newly acquired Massive Inc. advertising unit will place promotions in two of its up... UK mobile phone users can now access Google - Guardian Unlimited UK mobile phone users can now access GoogleGuardian Unlimited - 11 hours agoFrom today, British mobile phone users will be able to access Google's news and email services using their handsets... Microsoft launches open source development site - Computing Digital World TokyoMicrosoft launches open source development siteComputing - 1 hour agoMicrosoft has officially launched its open source developer website to promote the use of its software engi... Cloudmark offers a way out of e-mail newsletters Cloudmark Monday announced a service designed to replace the unsubscribe option found in e-mail newsletters that subscribers have come to no longer trust. Computers break down less often: survey (Reuters) Reuters - Computers have become more reliable in recent years as manufacturers have improved designs, but one in every six new notebooks still needs to be repaired within a year after purchase, a s... Marvell to pay $600M for Intel unit (AP) AP - Intel Corp., facing rough competition and slowing demand for personal computers, is selling its division that makes processors for handheld devices in a $600 million deal announced Tuesday with M... 'Detailed Exploit' Published for Critical Windows Flaw - PC Magazine TechSpot'Detailed Exploit' Published for Critical Windows FlawPC Magazine - 42 minutes agoIn an unusual move, Microsoft has released a formal security advisory to warn of the publication ... State governments push for Net neutrality laws - ZDNet San Francisco ChronicleState governments push for Net neutrality lawsZDNet - 11 hours agoAs a US Senate panel prepares for a vote on Net neutrality legislation this week, state attorneys general ... Bill Gates Executive Email: The Unified Communications Revolution It doesn’t matter whether you are the chairman of the world’s largest software company, a salesperson at a medium-sized manufacturer or the receptionist at a small startup, there’s one workplace scena... Symantec Unveils Anti-Phishing Suite (TechWeb) TechWeb - Symantec announces an online transaction safety suite scheduled to release for Windows and the Mac OS X operating system this fall. Intel Closing The Server-Chip Performance Gap With AMD (TechWeb) TechWeb - Intel executives say its new Xeon 5100 server chip, formerly code-named "Woodcrest," closes the gap in power consumption with AMD's competitive products. Google's online pay service to test this week: report (Reuters) Reuters - Internet search engine Google Inc. is set to introduce a test version of its online-payment service as early as this week, The Wall Street Journal reporting, citing people briefed on the ... Back to top Today's Job Postings RAPID RESPONSE ENGINEER - Infrastructure/Management Technologies (SMS) Primary responsibilities include providing onsite technical support solutions for customer service delivery and availability, while ensuring satisfaction with Microsoft software on the client and server. The successful candidate will be capable of providing field support presence for groups in the Microsoft Services organization, including but not limited to Premier Support, Microsoft Consulting Services, and escalation engineers (CPR). The Rapid Response Engineer acts as the primary onsite technical contact, providing customer visibility, advanced technical support, and problem resolution for Product Support Services and corporate customers, including issues escalated to the highest levels of management. Provides support in person at customer places of business, as well as via telephone, email, and electronic media. Read the full job post: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/myitforum/archive/2006/06/26/21537.aspx Back to top Today's Fun Link iCarta Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. Published with Newsletter Ease   Posted Jun 27 2006, 02:42 PM by newsletter with 1 comment(s) Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 26, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 26, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes A couple entries to the Anderson's Blog Bill Anderson is back to blogging, and there's some great information he's posted over the weekend. His first entry talks about the AssetMetrix purchase and also talks about SMS 2003 SP3 shipping: AssetMetrix and MS His second entry talks about Office 12 and the absence of the File menu: After all these years, a long, painful goodbye The next 1E event - 19th July 2006 1E event in the UK at the Shakespeare’s Globe on 19th July 2006. “Optimise your Infrastructure – Are you ready to deploy Windows Vista?”. This event’s target audience is middle management / upper management and the general message is about cost reduction and reducing the pain of migration by planning ahead and automating as much as the process as possible. Read about it... Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003/SMS 2.0 Determine What Operating Systems SMS 2003 Supports by Don Hite - 6/26/2006 Determine What Operating Systems SMS 2003 Supports Scripting By Request: Reader Requested Scripts and Queries by Don Hite - 6/26/2006 Reader Requested Scripts and Queries notice SQL Server Changing Column Data In SQL Server by Don Hite - 6/26/2006 Changing Column Data In SQL Server Miscellaneous How do I Upload to myITforum.com? by Rod Trent - 6/26/2006 Q: I have a cool script (or app, or document) that I want to share with others. How do I upload it to myITforum? Patch Management/Windows A distributed application stops responding, or the network connection fails after you install Microsoft Security Update MS04-031 by Rod Trent - 6/26/2006 A Hotfix is available for this issue. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 SMS ID will not change MOM MOM DB making me nuts Batch Shutdown computer yet save any open files VB Script VBS Script Help: Windows Script Host startup error Breaking Virus & Security News Unpatched Excel Vulnerabilities - the latest news Windows Server 2003 R2 Print Management Console Disaster Recovery Active Directory Forest Recovery Microsoft Management Summit Chat Post-conference CD/DVD? Back to top Today's Download No download today If you have scripts, programs, or documents that you have created that you would like to share with your community, upload them today: http://www.myitforum.com/downloads/upload.asp For more information on how to upload, see the following link: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2006/06/24/21490.aspx Back to top Today's Web blog Post The next 1E event - 19th July 2006 1E event in the UK at the Shakespeare’s Globe on 19th July 2006. “Optimise your Infrastructure – Are you ready to deploy Windows Vista?”. This event’s target audience is middle management / upper management and the... Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News Mobile Phones to Get Tactile Touch Screens (PC World) PC World - Maker says use in cell phones would enhance keyboard experience. Ancient Asian beliefs spin new Web for India online (Reuters) Reuters - Spent a fortune on a flashy new Web site but still no one visits it? Tired of seeing your company slide down search engine listings? Opening Up Windows - Forbes Katu.comOpening Up WindowsForbes - Jun 23, 2006Are Web-based applications the way of the future? A lot of people seem to think so--including the former head of development at Microsoft.Browser ar... A top-10 list for Web developers Just to prove that we don't post only useless facts in this space, we've been on a mission to find some items that people might actually find helpful. So today we offer the "Top ... IBM to integrate IM into Microsoft Office (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - IBM will announce Monday that Lotus Sametime, version 7.5, the company’s instant messaging and collaboration tool, will integrate with Microsoft Outlook, Office, and SharePoint appli... Good set to launch push e-mail for mobile Notes (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Good Technology will release through authorized carriers, in July, Good Mobile Messaging for IBM Lotus Domino. Microsoft Unveils Unified Communications Product Road Map and Partner Ecosystem Microsoft’s approach to unified communications will break down today’s silos of e-mail, instant messaging, mobile and VoIP telephony, and audio-, video- and webconferencing. With its partners, Microso... Hybrid Drives to Speed Vista (PC World) PC World - Plus: Online CD and DVD Trading; games get physical. Laptop vs. desktop - Rutland Herald Laptop vs. desktopRutland Herald - 4 hours agoHordes of college-bound students and their parents are heading out to buy computers. So today we’ll deal with the No. 1 question I get from young peo... Sony's Stringer confident of winning PS3 price gamble (AFP) AFP - Sony Corp chairman Howard Stringer has admitted that the electronics icon had taken a gamble with the high price of its new PlayStation 3 but predicted the console would still trump its rivals. Google-backed FON begins global wireless Internet community push (AFP) AFP - Spanish firm FON began a push this week to create a global wireless Internet community made up of people that could earn cash by turning home or business Internet connections into "hot ... Microsoft Windows Vista Build 5456 Overview and Screenshot Gallery Little more than a month after issuing a bug-laden Windows Vista Beta 2 (see my review), Microsoft has shipped its first post-Beta 2 interim build of the next Windows and it makes up a lot of lost gro... Microsoft to showcase business technology (AP) AP - Microsoft Corp.'s best-known business software is for creating spreadsheets, documents and presentations, but the company is hoping to convince corporations that it also can be the one-stop shop ... Cell phone signals excite brain, study finds (Reuters) Reuters - Cell phone emissions excite the part of the brain cortex nearest to the phone, but it is not clear if these effects are harmful, Italian researchers reported on Monday. Intel says to ship new server chip XEON this week (Reuters) Reuters - Intel Corp. , the world's largest semiconductor maker, said on Monday it plans to start shipping this week new processors for servers, aiming to fend off an offensive from rival Adva... Back to top Today's Job Postings SMS/Packaging Opportunity in Atlanta,GA Under general supervision and with minimal assistance to provide technical, operational and infrastructure services for the testing, packaging and deploying of client server applications of intermediate complexity. Provides operational support for applications. Independently researches and resolves moderately complex technical problems. Acts as a technical resource on projects, providing support and technical direction for infrastructure projects. Read the full job description… Back to top Today's Fun Link Sid and Marty Krofft Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. Published with Newsletter Ease   Posted Jun 26 2006, 02:55 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 23, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 23, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes Demo PS'Soft's License Compliance product We’ve posted a new demo for the PS’Soft License Compliance product on the site. If you’re not familiar with PS’Soft and what they have to offer, you can visit the PS’Soft are on myITforum: http://www.myitforum.com/pssoft.asp PS’Soft is a member of the SMS Alliance and a sponsor of myITforum. Here’s the link to view the cool demo they put together: http://www.myitforum.com/demo_flash.swf This is a Flash file (.swf), so it may take a few seconds to load — so be patient. Want to see your name in lights? Do you have expertise in one or many of the areas on myITforum.com? Have you always been a sharing, caring person? Have you ever wanted to increase your marketability in the industry or to make yourself more appealing as an employee? All this and more can be yours. How? Sign-up as a myITforum.com columnist and become what you have always wanted to be. All we require is that you love to share your thoughts, ideas, and technical expertise through your own column. Some folks think they have to write pages and pages, and article after article in a short time frame -- or, that once they start writing, they can never stop once they get busy at work. That's simply not true. You write on your schedule. Write when you can. Take a hiatus at any time. You set your writing schedule, and the members of myITforum.com reading your articles, will thank you just the same. If you are interested, drop an email to: admin@myITforum.com Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003 Using SMS and Enhanced System Discovery to Identify Old Computer Accounts in Active Directory by Robert Stack - 6/23/2006 One of the great things about SMS is its extensibility. It's possible to extend the software to perform tasks you (and Microsoft) wouldn't have thought of before. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 Move SMS database to SQL 2005 SMS Feature Packs Regional Settings MOM MaintenanceMode and Notifications Breaking Virus & Security News MS06-025 & Excel HLINK Exploits released to public Windows Workstation Windows Directory Remote Permission change Windows Server 2003 R2 Print Management Console SBS Client computers can't see server Exchange Server Exchange Server Reported Error (0x8004010F) 1E Products SMS 2003 R2 launch and 1E Catalog ! Back to top Today's Download Release Candidate 2 of KiXtart 2010 4.52 rodtrent Scripting 6/23/2006 560.7 kb Download... Back to top Today's Web blog Post Firefox, iTunes, Skype Top Most Dangerous List Firefox, iTunes, and Skype were the top 3 applications in a list of 15 with the most security vulnerabilities, a Cambridge, Mass.-based security company said this week. Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News Tech Gurus Say They'll 'Switch from Mac' (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - A few longtime Mac and open-source gurus are vocally publicizing their switch away from Apple's platform to more open-source solutions. MySpace to Add Restrictions to Protect Younger Teenagers - New York Times ScotsmanMySpace to Add Restrictions to Protect Younger TeenagersNew York Times - Jun 20, 2006Starting next week, MySpace, the popular online hangout, will make it harder for strangers to send mes... Wireless Freeloader Charged Because He Never Bought Coffee (TechWeb) TechWeb - A Vancouver, Wash. coffee shop tired of seeing a 20-year-old man mooch off their free wireless Internet access called the police, who charged him with "theft of services." Press freedom group criticizes Singapore over blogger (AFP) AFP - Singapore's police investigation of an Internet blogger who posted cartoons mocking Jesus Christ shows the city-state has scant regard for media independence, a press freedom group says. Microsoft announces X06: September in Spain - Joystiq Pro-GMicrosoft announces X06: September in SpainJoystiq - 14 hours agoMicrosoft has officially announced X06 for September 27th and 28th in Barcelona, Spain. Microsoft is hoping to attract visito... Gates leaving: Microsoft (MSFT) is now the single most recommended stock in the investment newsletters Is Microsoft's stock a better or worse bet now that Bill Gates has announced that he is giving up day-to-day control of operations at the software giant? Not surprisingly, reactions have varied wide... Microsoft adLab Launches with Advertiser Tools Microsoft today launched the first set of advertiser tools to come out of its adCenter Labs initiative, first announced in January. The new adLab site offers demo versions of several tools for adv... Oracle: Shopping spree finally pays off (AP) AP - Oracle Corp., which has spent $20 billion snapping up competitors over the past 18 months, asserted its financial case for the shopping spree with a 27 percent hike in its quarterly income. If Lights Blink on Your iPod Shuffle, It Could Be Bad News (PC World) PC World - Some owners search for help after Apple USB music players flash alternating LEDs and then die. Security soothsayers size up future tech, investments Security services and IT security may well have a bright future in store. But don't bother telling that to Wall Street. User-recommended Digg.com expands (AP) AP - Digg.com, a Web site that ranks and displays news items based on recommendations from its users, is expanding to include video and topics beyond technology. 'Social Networking' Makes Protecting Kids Tougher for Cops - FOX News East Texas Review'Social Networking' Makes Protecting Kids Tougher for CopsFOX News - 1 hour agoWASHINGTON - New ways of meeting people and chatting on the Internet have given sexual pred... Office hit by another security problem Attackers could commandeer a vulnerable computer by embedding a malicious Flash file in an Office document. Reaction positive to executive changes at Novell Novell’s announcement last week that it had ousted CEO Jack Messman and replaced him with President Ron Hovsepian was greeted positively by NetWare users and industry analysts who say they hope the c... Google Testing Ad Supported Premium Video - Search Engine Watch ZDNetGoogle Testing Ad Supported Premium VideoSearch Engine Watch - 27 minutes agoGoogle is running a test offering about 2,000 premium videos available for free streaming viewing, inserting a pe... Companies Say Virtualization Gets More Real (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Hewlett-Packard, IBM and others announced separate efforts Thursday to cash in on virtualization technology, a fast-growing segment that promises to cut costs and make comp... Back to top Today's Job Postings SMS/Packaging Opportunity in Atlanta,GA Under general supervision and with minimal assistance to provide technical, operational and infrastructure services for the testing, packaging and deploying of client server applications of intermediate complexity. Provides operational support for applications. Independently researches and resolves moderately complex technical problems. Acts as a technical resource on projects, providing support and technical direction for infrastructure projects. Read the full job description… Back to top Today's Fun Link The Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. Published with Newsletter Ease   Posted Jun 23 2006, 05:10 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 22, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 22, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes So, what do you think about the new forums? As I mentioned a few days ago, the forums have been upgraded. I've seen emails from a few folks saying that they really like the new features, and the way the new version handles posts and threads. What about you? Have you had a chance to participate in the forums yet? If not -- get out there: http://www.myITforum.com/forums If so, what do you think about them? I set up a poll where you can participate in helping us understand your thoughts on the upgrade. The poll is located here: myITforum Forums Poll Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003 Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Upgrade by Rod Trent - 6/22/2006 Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is primarily a rollup of a number of fixes for SMS 2003, but also introduces some changes to the supported configurations and broadens the configurations allowed. MOM TechNet Webcasts: Join the Management Webcast Week by Rod Trent - 6/22/2006 Don't miss this series that offers in–depth examinations of core management products, such as Systems Management Server (SMS) and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM). Scripting Windows Script 5.6 for Windows XP and Windows 2000 Released by Rod Trent - 6/22/2006 This download installs Microsoft® Windows® Script containing Visual Basic® Script Edition (VBScript.) Windows BDD 2007 Beta 1 available at Connect by Rod Trent - 6/22/2006 BDD 2007 alleviates much of the scripting requirements of previous BDD versions by incorporating a stand-alone task sequencer derived from System Center Configuration Manager 2007. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 Adobe 7.0 Install SMS Feature Packs Possible to boot ZTI from USB Key? -YES it is working MOM Console Scopes? PowerShell PowerShell Podcasts General Scripting Does a user have a home drive script Breaking Virus & Security News Opera 9 long href PoC Privacy Issues - Spyware, Adware, etc. AT&T owns you Windows Workstation Help with a registry key entry to add to all users Back to top Today's Download No download today If you have scripts, programs, or documents that you have created that you would like to share with your community, upload them today: http://www.myitforum.com/downloads/upload.asp Back to top Today's Web blog Post Credit Card Account Hacked I got a surprise in my email this afternoon - an FYI message from my GM World Mastercard account, confirming the successful change of the email address on my account. The surprise was that I hadn't made any change, and the new address wasn't mine. I quickly... Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News Back to top Today's Job Postings MOM Job in Jacksonville, Florida Idea Integration is a professional IT consulting and systems integration firm specializing in application development, digital data management, business intelligence, infrastructure and security. Read the full job description... Back to top Today's Fun Link Bill Gates Music Tributes Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. Published with Newsletter Ease   Posted Jun 22 2006, 03:48 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 20, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 20, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes Suggestions and Comments Did you know that we have a special spot on the site for giving us your site suggestions and comments? And, the beauty of this is that we really *want* your feedback. While traversing myITforum.com, if you have any thoughts about how we could better serve your needs, just drop a post to the Suggestions and Comments forum and we'll read it and consider making the needed changes. Or, if you happen to be surfing other community web sites, and you find a feature there that is particularly useful, we'd love to hear it and consider adding it to myITforum.com. Here's the permanent link to the Suggestions and Comments forum: http://www.myitforum.com/forums/Suggestions_and_Comments/forumid_22/tt.htm And, if you're out-and-about and can't access the forums, you can also email use with your thoughts. Drop your note to admin@myITforum.com. Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003, Patch Management From Stratacache: Reducing Zero-Day Attacks with Simultaneous SMS Patch Distribution by Rod Trent - 6/20/2006 Microsoft Server Management System (SMS) is Microsoft’s response to the rapid appearance of new Windows server security attacks. With SMS, network administrators receive security updates on Patch Tuesday and ad other times, in response to zero-day attacks. Scripting, SQL Server Determining What Site Server Is Defined As Your Server Locator Point by Don Hite - 6/20/2006 Introduced in SMS 2003 the SMS Server Locator Point role was created to function much like an index in a book. Windows, Web Technologies Download the new Windows Live Messenger by Rod Trent - 6/20/2006 This morning, I downloaded the new Windows Live Messenger and installed it. Microsoft released this update to their IM product last night. At first glance, there's not much different from the other Messenger versions except for the "LIVE" rebranding. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 20% of Clients won' t assign SMS Feature Packs ITMU patching during BDD image build Windows PE Diskpart during OSD to convert dynamic VB Script Execute vbs script from DOS box Windows Installer - MSI REINSTALLMODE=omus Breaking Virus & Security News New vulnerability in Excel and Office Suggestions and Comments I love the feel of the forums now Back to top Today's Download No download today If you have scripts, programs, or documents that you have created that you would like to share with your community, upload them today: http://www.myitforum.com/downloads/upload.asp Back to top Today's Web blog Post RE: Has your Management Point Failed to Reinstall? Nice post Brent. It's nice to see that posts are being made on this blog. Keep up the great work! Regards. Here are some of my own noted on MP Troubleshooting (TS) and for much more detail check out the attached Microsoft MP Troubleshooting guide: ... Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News China blocks search engines of popular Chinese portals (AFP) AFP - Chinese authorities have blocked the search engines of two of the country's most popular web portals as part of their efforts to censor the Internet. Burning Questions: Blu-ray vs. HD DVD--Which Has the Early Edge? (PC World) PC World - The next-generation disc formats are here--and so are hints of where the format war is going. Apple Share Could Depend On Pirates' Slice Of Pie (TechWeb) TechWeb - Apple may prevail against efforts to open its music content to devices other than the iPod, sources say. Microsoft Security Advisory Notification on Excel bug Vulnerability in Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution Published: June 19, 2006 Microsoft is investigating new public reports of limited “zero-day” attacks using a vulnerability in... Microsoft Sets Its Sights on Artificial Intelligence - PC World Microsoft Sets Its Sights on Artificial IntelligencePC World - 29 minutes agoMicrosoft released the preview version of a software toolkit for building robot applications today, pledging to ignite... MOG starts test of music-based social network (Reuters) Reuters - A test version of the niche social networking site MOG.com launched on Tuesday with the aim of hooking up people based on their taste in music -- a sort of Myspace.com for music junkies. Hollywood serves movies your way (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Though movie studios fought the idea of home video when the VCR was born in the '70s, today Hollywood wants you to watch movies any way you want to - as long as they're not pirated - on... Tech creates a bubble for kids (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Raised by parents who stressed individualism and informality, kids have grown up in a society that is more open. Unlike their parents, their world is dominated by technology. Even thei... Microsoft Sees Life Stirring in Robots (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - The software giant is about to enter the robotics space with a new software development suite. Microsoft Employees Prefer Google? Andrew Hitchcock posted some search engine usage stats broken down by company. I wanted to cross-check this with more data, and logged in to VisitorVille Intelligence. (Disclosure: I had VisitorVille ... Small Business Specialist Community Celebrates First Anniversary Partners report that membership in the Microsoft Small Business Specialist Community – now numbering 7,000 small-business industry partners worldwide – helps them win the confidence of the thrivi... Microsoft Showcases Excel Services and Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 at Securities Industry Conference Q&A: As the Securities Industry Association (SIA) gathers its annual forum in New York, a Microsoft technology architect goes under the hood of what promises to become one of the world's most adva... Microsoft paid millions for my Office code - Inquirer Microsoft paid millions for my Office codeInquirer - 1 hour agoTHE COURTS and the patent system have been labelled braindead after forcing Microsoft to shell out millions to a man who patented co... Opera Plans Desktop Browser Push (PC World) PC World - Version 9 of the alternative Web browser will be launched today, blogger says. Microsoft Offers Help With Excel Bug (PC World) PC World - Software giant is working on a patch, but won't say when it will be released. Spansion puts mobile phone security right in with data Spansion, a flash memory chip maker, plans to fight mobile phone viruses and data theft with new security technology it puts right into its chips, the company said Tuesday. Back to top Today's Job Postings Desktop Integration Engineer Read the full job description... Back to top Today's Fun Link Save Screech's House Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. Published with Newsletter Ease   Posted Jun 20 2006, 04:54 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 19, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 19, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes myITforum web-based forums upgraded The myITforum web-based forums were upgraded to the latest and greatest version over the weekend. Ron Crumbaker completed the upgrade Saturday afternoon. The new version provides a slew of new features you can check out and play with. Thanks, Ron! For a full list of new features, see: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2006/06/19/21324.aspx I've been playing around with the new software over the weekend, and you may see some changes start taking place in the organization of the forums. Already, the SMS forums have been reorganized a bit thanks to the sub-forum feature. One of the other neat features that I really like is the ability to turn a post or thread into an instant FAQ. Keep watching the forums for more changes. Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003 Multi-Threaded Software Inventory Processing in SMS 2003 SP2 by Don Hite - 6/19/2006 With the release of SMS 2003 Service Pack 2 the SMS executive service component thread software inventory processor now works as a multi-threaded process. Scripting Write SMS Component Info To Excel VB Script by Don Hite - 6/19/2006 This Vbs script will prompt you for a machine name and in turn write the following SMS component information: Machine Name, Component, Version and State as it appears in the Control Panels ‘System Management’ applets ‘System Management properties’ components tab to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. SQL Server SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Keyboard Shortcuts by Don Hite - 6/19/2006 Here you will find the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts found in the SQL Server Management Studio. Security Reporting Spam: Spoof E-Mails And Phishing Scams by Don Hite - 6/19/2006 There is not much you can do alone to stop or prevent Spam but I did find a site worth investigating when it comes to reporting spam such as Spoofing or Phishing scams. Altiris Software Management in the 64 bit arena by Paul Teodorescu - 6/19/2006 We've all heard about or even tested and evaluated the newest Microsoft Windows XP 64 operating system. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 ITMU scan strange behaviour SMS Feature Packs Restoring computer and user state MOM MaintenanceModeUtility issue Web Reporting Web reports drill down HelpDesk Support and Issues Freeware software to see what computer and user is on Back to top Today's Download No download today If you have scripts, programs, or documents that you have created that you would like to share with your community, upload them today: http://www.myitforum.com/downloads/upload.asp Back to top Today's Web blog Post Securiteam Blogs -- FAQ on Execel 0 Day Vulnerability This FAQ provides a good summary related to the new 0 Day vulnerability which is being exploited in spam email. Avoid all untrusted Excel spreadsheets found in email messages and keep you anti-virus software up-to-date until Microsoft... Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News Court Of Appeals Overturns Decision On Music Website - All Headline News Court Of Appeals Overturns Decision On Music WebsiteAll Headline News - 1 hour agoAmsterdam (AHN) - According to the Dutch court of appeals, a Dutch music website has to stop promoting the infrin... Cogent expands network Cogent Communications Monday announced that it is expanding its network in North America and Europe. Windows Live Messenger and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Tale Microsoft presents a co-branded Dead Man's Tale website and unique Windows Live Messenger Content. Stratus Grows Linux Support for Fault-Tolerant Servers (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Expanded use includes three enterprise systems and a new line of telecommunications units. The phone booth returns - sans phone (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - In an effort to appease patrons and etiquette police, restaurants, bars, movie theaters and libraries are carving out spaces to separate yakkers from other customers. Enter the cellphon... Dutch site linking to MP3 files loses court case (Reuters) Reuters - A Dutch music website which links to MP3 files had to stop promoting the infringement of artist rights and copyrights, the Dutch court of appeal said in a ruling that overturned an earlie... 2 agencies to enforce piracy law - TMCnet 2 agencies to enforce piracy lawTMCnet - 22 hours ago(Manila Standard Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) The Intellectual Property Office and the National Telecommunications Commission have signed a pa... Sun joins IBM for Ajax development - VNUNet.com Sun joins IBM for Ajax developmentVNUNet.com - 3 hours agoSun Microsystems has joined the Dojo Foundation, a group developing an open source development kit for creating Asynchronous JavaScript a... Windows Live Messenger - General Availability Further to our previous article being discussed as without merit presuming it was based on a source at WinFuture, my source tells me that this was the planned release date until recently when it slipp... What Ozzie Can Do for Microsoft Expect the new software czar to nudge Microsoft toward open standards support without radically changing the company's core business The departure of Bill Gates as Microsoft's technology cz... No new Fileserver features for Windows Longorn Server No new Fileserver features for Windows Longorn Server, but under the covers things will change:Three core areas to be addressed in Windows Server “Longhorn”Public API – Exposure of the interfaces for ... Dial-in Problems Crop Up In Microsoft Patch Windows users have reported problems accessing the Internet via a dial-up connection after installing one of the 12 security updates Microsoft released Tuesday, security organizations reported Friday.... Exchange 2007 kills RUS Great, Exchange 2007 wont use the vague RUS service (Recipient Update Service) anymore (exchange 2000/2003), new mailboxes are accessible instantly and appear in the GAL instantly. Continue ... Teched 2006 US done OK, Teched 2006 US is done for me, it's been a busy week with sessions, meetings and interviews. I hope you enjoyed the coverage.I want to thank Microsoft and Waggener Edstrom for getting me into Tech... Bill Gates' e-mail to employees From: MSBILLGSent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 1:41 PMTo: Microsoft and Subsidiaries: All FTESubject: My Transition PlansI wanted to take a moment to share some of my thoughts, as well.As Steve's mail ind... Microsoft France Site Hacked At the time of this posting, this is the condition of Microsoft France's EXPERTS SITE (presumably not security experts...). http://experts.microsoft.fr/... Back to top Today's Job Postings SMS Admin for T-Mobile USA, Inc - the position is in Bothell, WA This position is for an enterprise client systems management position in a large enterprise of over 35,000 workstations. Ideally candidates should have experience in enterprise-level networks and be skilled in the remote management of workstations in such an environment. This position is in the security organization, experience with IT Security is a plus. Read the full job description... Back to top Today's Fun Link What do you use your Dell PC for? Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. Published with Newsletter Ease   Posted Jun 19 2006, 03:43 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 16, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 16, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool -- Removing a lot of malware From Harry Waldron's web blog: Over a year ago, Microsoft introduced a valuable service to home users and others who may be less protected than corporate users. During each "Patch Tuesday" release this tool is updated to clean some of the most prominent threats impacting Windows. Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool -- Removing a lot of malware QUOTE: The MSRT has removed 16 million instances of malicious software from 5.7 million unique Windows computers over the past 15 months. On average, the tool removes at least one instance of malware from every 311 computers it runs on. Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003 Scenarios and Procedures for Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Security by Rod Trent - 6/16/2006 Follow these established best practices to create the most secure SMS environment possible, and then follow the guidance to maintain the most secure environment possible. MOM SharePoint Server 2007 Beta 2 Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 by Rod Trent - 6/16/2006 This download contains a Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) management pack and associated documentation for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Beta 2. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 How to uninstall Microsoft patches MOM WMI error after installing SQL 2005 MP SMS Feature Packs OSD - State Restore (Program installation) Altiris Looking for Custom Inventory examples Breaking Virus & Security News IE/Firefox URL exploits in email impacting Australia Windows Workstation Replace Shutdown with Restart command HelpDesk Support and Issues Freeware software to see what computer and user is on Terminal Server TS users lose screen icons Back to top Today's Download No download today If you have scripts, programs, or documents that you have created that you would like to share with your community, upload them today: http://www.myitforum.com/downloads/upload.asp Back to top Today's Web blog Post RE: SlicedBread = Your Favorite TechNet Search as RSS Feed This reminds me of Feedster and I like it, when I plug in SMS 2003 here is what I get. Rejoice that the boffins at TechNet have released a new scoped TechNet search, that includes an RSS feed of your favorite search. How great is that?... Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News Vulnerability Found in Microsoft Excel (PC World) PC World - Flaw discovered just days after the software giant issued a large collection of patches. Verizon strikes deal to carry public TV stations (Reuters) Reuters - Verizon Communications said on Friday it has struck a multiyear deal for its new subscription television service to carry a wide range of programming from public television stations. Microsoft readying Apple iPod rival: sources (Reuters) Reuters - Software giant Microsoft Corp. is laying the groundwork to compete against Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod digital entertainment device and iTunes service, sources said on Friday. Opinion: Apple buzz renewed on Wall Street (Macworld.com) Macworld.com - Market buzz around Apple Computer sounded again this week, as better news about chip companies helped break a losing streak on several exchanges. Bill Gates Video on Channel 9 First this to be clear. Bill Gates: "I'm not leaving Microsoft."Bill Gates has announced that he will stepping down as Microsoft's chief software architect in another two years (July 2008), thoug... Google tests Web buying system (Reuters) Reuters - Internet search leader Google Inc. is testing a system that aims to speed purchases online but bears no resemblance to the popular PayPal payments service of Web auctioneer eBay , Google... Adobe Still Undecided About Suing Microsoft Over PDF - InformationWeek Adobe Still Undecided About Suing Microsoft Over PDFInformationWeek - Jun 14, 2006Adobe says it "has made no determination to take legal action against Microsoft," even though Microsoft... Chinese World Cup blogger racks up 10 million hits (Reuters) Reuters - Beijing blogger and podcaster Dong Lu registered his 10 millionth hit on Friday morning, racing to the landmark on the back of China's obsession with the World Cup. Intel Moves to Beat AMD in Quad-core Race - PC Magazine Intel Moves to Beat AMD in Quad-core RacePC Magazine - Jun 14, 2006Intel is ready to attain leadership in performance and energy efficiency over rival Advanced Micro Devices during the coming mon... Mobile Phone Music Services Expected To Top $1 Billion (TechWeb) TechWeb - Revenue from U.S. music services for mobile phones could top $1 billion in 2010. Most in industry letting Gates go quietly - CNET News.com Most in industry letting Gates go quietlyCNET News.com - 8 hours agoFew individuals are as identified with their respective industries as Bill Gates is with the PC sector. Andrew Carnegie and ste... Windows Mobile Device Center Update for Windows Vista Beta 2! Tonight, a update to Windows Vista Beta 2's Windows Mobile Device Center has gone up on Windows Update. This update gives the Windows Mobile Device Center full capability of syncing your Windows Mobil... Blu-ray Disc ready to hit play (Reuters) Reuters - With rival HD-DVD enjoying a head start in the market, Blu-ray Disc, the next-generation optical disc format backed by the lion's share of studios and consumer electronics manufactur... Apple eyes labor conditions at iPod plant (AP) AP - Apple Computer Inc. is investigating claims of poor working conditions at a Chinese iPod factory, the company said Friday, vowing not to tolerate any labor violations. Back to top Today's Job Postings SMS Admin for T-Mobile USA, Inc - the position is in Bothell, WA This position is for an enterprise client systems management position in a large enterprise of over 35,000 workstations. Ideally candidates should have experience in enterprise-level networks and be skilled in the remote management of workstations in such an environment. This position is in the security organization, experience with IT Security is a plus. Read the full job description... Back to top Today's Fun Link Sand in the Spider-Suit Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. Published with Newsletter Ease   Posted Jun 16 2006, 07:41 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 15, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 15, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack Update for Vista Open Beta Fromaclendenen's web blog: And it appears that you can get the non-eval version of SMS 2003 R2 from the MSDN site now. Wow that is a long title..Anyway, the update for the SMS 2003 OSD that will support the native Vista WIM file format is now open as a public beta. To get access to the beta sign into Connect (http://connect.microsoft.com) and click on Available Connections. There is no content posted to the site yet but it should be published very soon! Happy Beta Testing! Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003 Something to be aware of: Some service packs may not appear to be installed in the SMS 2003 Software Updates item by Rod Trent - 6/15/2006 The Microsoft Windows XP service packs are not listed as compliant in the Software Updates item of the SMS Administrator console. Patch Management Error Message 0x80070424 for Windows Updates by Rod Trent - 6/15/2006 If you receive an error 0x80070424 when trying to perform updates for your computer from the Microsoft site, fix it using this information. SQL Server HotFix Watch: The SQL Server database crashes from a Complex query by Rod Trent - 6/15/2006 When you run a complex query against Microsoft SQL Server 2000, the SQL Server database crashes. Windows Mobile ActiveSync Error Codes and Troubleshooting by Rod Trent - 6/15/2006 If you are having problems with ActiveSync, Microsoft has a couple great tables that contain error codes and troubleshooting information. Windows Error Message 0x80070424 for Windows Updates by Rod Trent - 6/15/2006 If you receive an error 0x80070424 when trying to perform updates for your computer from the Microsoft site, fix it using this information. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 Application self repair MOM Performance Counter recommendation SMS Feature Packs OSD - State Restore (Program installation) Altiris Rapideploy Command Line Question Breaking Virus & Security News Trojan.Mdropper.J - Exploits undocumented vulnerability in Excel Windows Server NLBS config error - 80041002 SBS Group Policy questions SQL Server SQL 2000 and locked down users Back to top Today's Download Advanced Clients Software Distribution Troubleshooting esheep SMS 2003 6/15/2006 332 kb This depicts the process flow of software distribution in SMS 2003 by following the log files and lists "Look for" for each log file to assist in troubleshooting. Download... Back to top Today's Web blog Post Microsoft squashes unauthorized distribution of Windows Vista Beta 2 In a “Cease and Desist” letter, Chris Pirillo and Jake Ludington were asked to stop distributing Windows Vista Beta 2. Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News Google to buy headquarters property for $319 mln (Reuters) Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc. said on Wednesday it plans to pay $319 million for property and buildings, including its headquarters in Mountain View, California, to accommodate a growing ... Officials: VA data still at risk for theft - The Westfall Weekly News ComputerworldOfficials: VA data still at risk for theftThe Westfall Weekly News - 4 hours agoSensitive information on millions of US military personnel and veterans is still at grave risk because... AOL to revamp its Netscape.com Web portal (AP) AP - AOL is revamping its Netscape.com Web portal to give visitors a greater role in determining what news articles get readily shown to others. Wireless and Internet phone bills seen rising (Reuters) Reuters - Consumers would likely face higher wireless and Internet telephone bills under a plan that could be approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission next week, sources familiar with... Blogs, Wikis, Guides, Reviews ... What Next? - Washington Post Playfuls.comBlogs, Wikis, Guides, Reviews ... What Next?Washington Post - 11 hours agoOk, eBay-ers, now's your chance to blog yourself crazy writing about those vintage Mickey Mouse wristwatc... Netscape to Take On Slashdot (PC World) PC World - Can a Web site get Netscape-dotted? New Netscape portal hopes to give Slashdot and Digg a run for their money. Nielsen to gauge TV viewing on Web, mobile devices (Reuters) Reuters - In a move with far-reaching implications for commercial television, Nielsen Media Research said Wednesday it plans to integrate TV with Internet ratings and to measure viewership for such... Mobile players form Linux platform pact (Reuters) Reuters - A group of the world's mobile operators and handset makers said on Thursday they are to join together to develop an open-source Linux-based operating system that could to be used in ... Microsoft Ireland launches e-security portal Microsoft Ireland is fighting IT security threats with a training portal to help users stay up to date on how to deal with issues such as phishing and spyware. The company is attempting to fight the ... Microsoft and criminals hold the future of antivirus The future of the antivirus industry will be determined by Microsoft and the online criminal fraternity, according to Kaspersky Lab. "Microsoft's plan to introduce antivirus products for home PCs, wor... Mobile Vista will need hybrid hard drives Microsoft has confirmed that its mobile version of Vista it will need a hybrid hard drive to run, when it hits the shops. The Vole slipped the requirement into a Windows Logo Device Program Requiremen... Microsoft security chief looks beyond Vista The responsibility for protecting Windows systems against ever-increasing threats is in new hands. Ben Fathi, a software engineer by trade, took over from Mike Nash as corporate vice president of Micr... More Xbox games playable on 360 Early this month, Microsoft VP Peter Moore stated that "nobody is concerned anymore about backward compatibility", prompting the company's PR department into action. Moore has since retracted the stat... Microsoft Seeks More Windows Live Developers BOSTON – Microsoft officials took another turn at explaining its Windows Live strategy, this time specifically to developers and IT professionals, on June 13, the second full day of the TechEd 2006 co... Fashion and Technology Merge in the New ABACUS Smart Watch 2006 with MSN Direct REDMOND, Wash. — June 13, 2006 — Microsoft Corp.’s Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) initiative today launched the next generation of Smart Watches for MSN® Direct: the ABACUS Smart Watc... Bug in Microsoft Notepad 1. Open Notepad2. Type 'AAAA BBB CCC DDDDD' (or any other 4-3-3-5 letter combination)3. Save the document, and close notepad4. Open the saved fileThe resulting text has been turned into Unicode - hope... Back to top Today's Job Postings SMS Admin for T-Mobile USA, Inc - the position is in Bothell, WA This position is for an enterprise client systems management position in a large enterprise of over 35,000 workstations. Ideally candidates should have experience in enterprise-level networks and be skilled in the remote management of workstations in such an environment. This position is in the security organization, experience with IT Security is a plus. Read the full job description... Back to top Today's Fun Link Shatner Does Seven Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. Published with Newsletter Ease   Posted Jun 15 2006, 04:17 PM by newsletter with 1 comment(s) Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 14, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 14, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes Exploits for most recent Microsoft Patches (NEW) From Chris Mosby's web blog: Fasten your seat belts boys and girls.. After yesterday's patchday, we start to receive a number of reports about newly released exploits for vulnerabilities announced on Tuesday. Here a quick lists of what we have seen so far: MS06-024: Windows Media Player. Exploit released by penetration testing vendor to customers. MS06-025: RRAS Exploit released by penetration testing vendor to customers. MS06-027: Word remote code execution Exploit available before release of patch. MS06-030: SMB Priviledge Escalation. Two exploits released to the public. MS06-032: IP Source Routing Exploit. DoS exploits released privately (trivial exploit) Thanks to Juha-Matti for finding the exploits! SANS - Internet Storm Center - Cooperative Cyber Threat Monitor And Alert System. A Couple Changes on the Site to Be Aware Of Today, we've added a new Office section on the site. With all of the hub-bub about Office 2007 on the horizon, it only seemed fitting that we would finally provide the same level of content for Office applications as we do for everything else. If you are an avid Office user with expertise, feel free to drop me an email if you would like to share your knowledge with the community, and I'll set you up with a columnist account. We've changed the PocketPC section to Windows Mobile. All of the great content is still there, but the change is due to Microsoft's move from the PocketPC name to Windows Mobile, and the addition of Windows Smartphones into the mix. The VB Scripting section title has changed, too. Instead of just VB Scripting, the topic area has been changed to simply, Scripting. With the number of scripting products out there, and with the coming of Windows PowerShell, the section needed a more general topic title. The Wise Solutions section has been consolidated into the Altiris section, since Altiris now owns the Wise product. As always, if you would like to become a columnist for any area on the site, just drop me an email. Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003 MSKB Watch: Error message when you try to install the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell by Rod Trent - 6/14/2006 If you click Automatically download the components from the web in the Setup Wizard for Microsoft SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Dell Update, you receive the following error message. Support Management How to better cope with changes in a work environment by Paul Teodorescu - 6/14/2006 I am a firm believer that “if one learns and respects the past will avoid mistakes in the future”. Have you asked yourself why do we learn history in school? Office More Office 2007 training: Virtual Labs by Rod Trent - 6/14/2006 It's simple-no complex setup or installation is required to try out Microsoft Office System. You get a downloadable manual and a 90-minute block of time for each module. You can sign up for additional 90-minute blocks anytime. Altiris A new meaning in computer transplanting by Paul Teodorescu - 6/14/2006 ...worked together several years ago on a project related to desktop standardization, one of the milestones we had to accomplish was to implement a free-seating environment. Back to top Today in the Forums Press Releases NetPoint Beta 1.1 Released! SMS 2003 Manually add a patch to the SMS catalog? SMS Feature Packs UMST & ZTI Breaking Virus & Security News Microsoft Security Updates - June, 2006 Windows Server Diff to solve (guru's get inside) - schedule task problem SBS Group Policy questions Back to top Today's Download No download today If you have scripts, programs, or documents that you have created that you would like to share with your community, upload them today: http://www.myitforum.com/downloads/upload.asp Back to top Today's Web blog Post Interesting article on learning I was forwarded this article today by one of the lecturers in my Master course that talks about the, I suppose I'd call it, personality traits that make up different types of learning. Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News Gartner rolls out storage market share Gartner released the latest market share figures for external, fabric-attached, IP SANs and network-attached storage at its Storage Summit in Orlando this week. Microsoft creates customer interoperability council Microsoft, long criticized for technically isolating its products to squeeze out competitors, Wednesday announced the formation of a group of its own executives and outside IT professionals to discuss... The hard truth about iPods (Macworld.com) Macworld.com - Put your iPod on pause for a moment. There is something you should know: The Chinese factory workers who assembled your music player work long hours and do not earn a lot of money. Intel: Driver flaws no major threat, yet Vulnerabilities in kernel-level Windows device drivers are scarce and tough to exploit, so there is no reason for alarm, company says. Some tech companies cut R&D budgets (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Some U.S. tech companies are trimming research and development budgets to save money - sparking fears that the country eventually could become less competitive. IBM on Wednesday plans t... T-Mobile sees dent in sales until 2007 (AFP) AFP - T-Mobile, the mobile telephone arm -- and cash cow -- of German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom sees sales in the mobile market declining in the coming months as a result of falling prices, the ... Website designers want searches to work for free (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Simply creating a website for your company isn't enough anymore. The blogging revolution and the popularity of search gives firms many more avenues for exposure. Savvy Web marketers rea... Needham Upgrades Apple to Buy - BusinessWeek Ars TechnicaNeedham Upgrades Apple to BuyBusinessWeek - 7 hours agoNeedham upgraded Apple Computer (AAPL) to buy from hold, explaining that a significant number of Windows users will switch to Ma... Baffled by a transparent laptop screen A transparent laptop screen? It sure sounds like a trick, but even a blog called Mighty Optical Illusions concedes that it's stumped by this one. The site is so baffled, in fact, ... Big Security Flaws Found In Asterix PBX, IAX VoIP Client (TechWeb) TechWeb - Open source IP PBX application Asterisk PBX and the open source IAX VoIP client contain serious security vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to assault VoIP networks with denial-of-serv... Google finally puts Picasa albums on the Web - CNET News.com Outer CourtGoogle finally puts Picasa albums on the WebCNET News.com - 5 hours agoGoogle launched a new beta of Picasa on Tuesday [news story]. Its biggest new feature is the capability to post p... Feds to tap VoIP (and hacking Roomba) - Computerworld Feds to tap VoIP (and hacking Roomba)Computerworld - 1 hour agoBetter than tequila... it's IT Blogwatch, in which US wiretapping is upheld for VoIP. Not to mention hacking a Roomba... Did you... Firms get World Cup fine warning - BBC News Pocket-lint.co.ukFirms get World Cup fine warningBBC News - 19 hours agoCompanies that staff to watch the World Cup on broadband could be fined £1,000 if they do not hold a TV licence. The BBC is... CTP of SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition Now Available SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition is the followup to SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (SQL Mobile). Everywhere Edition adds to the great data replication and synchronization capabilities available in S... Hybrid HDDs Required for Vista Premium Laptops - IGN Hybrid HDDs Required for Vista Premium LaptopsIGN - 52 minutes agoJune 13, 2006 - TG Daily broke news yesterday regarding new requirements for Windows Vista Premium qualified laptops. The tech ne... Windows Bitlocker whitepapers A number of new Bitlocker whitepapers became available on the WHDC website. This is very interesting information about one of the hottest new security features in Windows Vista and Longhorn Server.Bit... Back to top Today's Job Postings SMS Admin for T-Mobile USA, Inc - the position is in Bothell, WA This position is for an enterprise client systems management position in a large enterprise of over 35,000 workstations. Ideally candidates should have experience in enterprise-level networks and be skilled in the remote management of workstations in such an environment. This position is in the security organization, experience with IT Security is a plus. Read the full job description... Back to top Today's Fun Link Internet Fortune Cookie Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. Published with Newsletter Ease   Posted Jun 14 2006, 05:16 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 13, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 13, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes New Microsoft Security Bulletins Released Microsoft has released the following new security bulletins today. MS06-021: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (916281) Severity: Critical URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-021.mspx MS06-022: Vulnerability in ART Image Rendering Could Allow Remote Code Execution (918439) Severity: Critical URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-022.mspx MS06-023: Vulnerability in Microsoft JScript Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917344) Severity: Critical URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-023.mspx MS06-024: Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917734) Severity: Critical URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-024.mspx MS06-025: Vulnerability in Routing and Remote Access Could Allow Remote Code Execution (911280) Severity: Critical URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-025.mspx MS06-026: Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (918547) Severity: Critical URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-026.mspx MS06-027: Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917336) Severity: Critical URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-027.mspx MS06-028: Vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (916768) Severity: Critical URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-028.mspx MS06-029: Vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server Running Outlook Web Access Could Allow Script Injection (912442) Severity: Critical URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-029.mspx MS06-030: Vulnerability in Server Message Block Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (914389) Severity: Important URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-030.mspx MS06-031: Vulnerability in RPC Mutual Authentication Could Allow Spoofing (917736) Severity: Moderate URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-031.mspx MS06-032: Vulnerability in TCP/IP Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917953) Severity: Important URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-032.mspx Re-Release: MS06-011: Permissive Windows Services DACLs Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (914798) Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003 All Systems Inventory Query by Don Hite - 6/13/2006 The query below is a SQL representation of the SMS consoles “All Systems” collection Patch Management New Microsoft Security Bulletins Released by Rod Trent - 6/13/2006 Microsoft has released the following new security bulletins today. PocketPC Something bugs me about Windows Mobile 5.0 by Rod Trent - 6/13/2006 I upgraded my Windows Mobile phone to version 5.0 a while back. If you're familiar with earlier versions you are used to the handy icons the stock applications used. Security New Microsoft Security Bulletins Released by Rod Trent - 6/13/2006 Microsoft has released the following new security bulletins today. SQL Server All Systems Inventory Query by Don Hite - 6/13/2006 The query below is a SQL representation of the SMS consoles “All Systems” collection. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 MS06-023 not detected MOM Removing Management Server from Domain SMS Feature Packs Install Office - State Restore Web Reporting Where to change the Web reports to allow for a variable VB Script Connect to multiple servers consecutively Windows Installer - MSI REINSTALLMODE=omus Breaking Virus & Security News New Exploit found in SAV 10 Windows Server Required service start up delay Back to top Today's Download SMS Client Management tool ogaponov SMS 2003 6/13/2006 20.4 kb I put in a single script some functionality I’ve found in Microsoft SMS 2003 SDK documentation and the Operations Guide. The script logs in to SMSCCM.log file (standard SMS log files format and location, so you can use trace32 to view) and can duplicate to standard output. Download... Back to top Today's Web blog Post Advanced Client Software Distribution Logs This is another Visio diagram I created from notes I have collected. It depicts the process of software distribution and what to look for in each log when things are not going as expected. See the diagram... Back to top Today's Industry News Can Windows and Open Source Learn to Play Nice? (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Microsoft Senior Vice President Bob Muglia says the company is serious about finding ways to resolve the incompatibilities between open-source and commercial software. Microsoft Limits Windows Vista Beta2 Downloads The demand for the Windows Vista Beta2 faced by the US giant has overcome the capabilities of the servers reserved for the online delivery of the recently released operating system by the sheer amount... Systems Management Server 2003 R2 Evaluation Edition Brief Description Download the Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 R2 120-day evaluation software today to preview the comprehensive solution for application deployment, asset management, and sec... Running Multiple Servers in a Windows Small Business Server Environment Overview This document takes a detailed look at running multiple servers in a Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2003 (Windows SBS) environment. It discusses customer enviro... Securing Your Windows Small Business Server 2003 Network Overview This document helps you more securely configure your network that is running the Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2003 server software (Windows SBS 2003). Completi... Microsoft Unveils Office Business Application Strategy, Marrying Enterprise Applications With Microsoft Office BOSTON — June 12, 2006 — Today at the Microsoft® Tech•Ed 2006 conference, Microsoft Corp. outlined its strategy to foster the development of Office Business Applications, a new breed of “People... KDDI reports massive personal data leak (AFP) AFP - KDDI Corp, Japan's number two mobile operator, said that private information on nearly four million subscribers to its Internet service had been leaked. MSN Offers Simple Message in Promoting IM - DM News Seattle Post IntelligencerMSN Offers Simple Message in Promoting IMDM News - 5 hours agoA new online campaign for Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger Beta is to the point: a one-page Web site.... Judge won't block distribution of Google Earth - ZDNet Judge won't block distribution of Google EarthZDNet - 17 hours agoA federal judge in Massachusetts has rejected a request for an injunction preventing Google from distributing its popular 3D ... Vendors sync up IP wiretapping tools Two software vendors have made their IP wiretapping tools for carriers and law-enforcement agencies work together. JBoss to start open sourcing systems management agent JBoss is opening up its Operations Network agent technology to developers in a bid to drive standards in open source systems management, the middleware vendor is due to announce Tuesday. Another suit filed against Vonage over IPO Vonage's legal troubles to continue to mount, as attorneys filed another suit against the VoIP company regarding its IPO last month. Windows gets big security update - BBC News Spotlighting NewsWindows gets big security updateBBC News - 7 hours agoOne of the biggest security updates for more than a year is due to released by Microsoft to fix 12 software flaws. Nine of t... Microsoft Gets Chatty With New Webcams (PC World) PC World - Cameras can initiate videoconferencing sessions in Windows Live Messenger and help create photo blog entries on MSN Spaces. Scoble The Exit Interview (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Microsoft tech evangelist and alpha blogger Robert Scoble talks about everything from his tensest moments at Microsoft, to what Microsoft could have done to keep him, as he prepares to l... Back to top Today's Job Postings SMS Admin for T-Mobile USA, Inc - the position is in Bothell, WA This position is for an enterprise client systems management position in a large enterprise of over 35,000 workstations. Ideally candidates should have experience in enterprise-level networks and be skilled in the remote management of workstations in such an environment. This position is in the security organization, experience with IT Security is a plus. Read the full job description... Back to top Today's Fun Link FrankenSteve Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. Published with Newsletter Ease   Posted Jun 13 2006, 10:04 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 12, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 12, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings Today's Fun Link Community Notes User Group Update for NEASMSUG 1st item: Our old mail list server was a casualty of the ListLeague loss. As a replacement we’ve implemented a new list hosted by myITForum.com similar to the SMS email list server. To subscribe, send an email to command@lists.myitforum.com No subject line In the body of the email enter Subscribe neasmsug Send the email 2nd item: The next meeting of the NE Area SMS User Group is scheduled for June 29th. The keynote topic, meeting location, RSVP instructions and driving directions can be found on the group web page at www.myitforum.com/groups/group57 SMS 2003 R2 Released to Manufacturing on Friday, June 9th, 2006 Get ready for it by reading through the available docs: http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/evaluation/2003/r2.mspx Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003 MSKB Watch: Error message when you try to import the Sms2003sp2_ad_schema.ldf file by Rod Trent - 6/12/2006 Error message when you try to import the Sms2003sp2_ad_schema.ldf file in Systems Managemet Server 2003 Service Pack 2: "Add error on line 21". Networking Vbs Script Ping A List Of Machines And Write Results To Excel by Don Hite - 6/12/2006 This Vbs script will read a list of machine names from a text file called MachineList.Txt which contains a list of machines names one per line. VB Scripting Vbs Script Ping A List Of Machines And Write Results To Excel by Don Hite - 6/12/2006 This Vbs script will read a list of machine names from a text file called MachineList.Txt which contains a list of machines names one per line. PocketPC Price comparisons on your PDA or Phone by Rod Trent - 6/12/2006 Bookmark the following site in Pocket IE. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 Creating custom collection view MOM MOM2005 Notification SMS Feature Packs OSD Image Capture network error Altiris Altiris Recovery install problem on laptops Active Directory and Group Policy Group policy for date format Microsoft Office red 'X' office 2003 email Breaking Virus & Security News JS.Yamanner - Spreads via Yahoo's free email service Windows Server Required service start up delay Back to top Today's Download SMS Advertisements Summary Report shobbs479 SMS 2003, Reports 6/12/2006 Custom SMS report, summary of advertisements and success rates. I link this custom report to the "Status of a specific advertisement" report. Download... Back to top Today's Web blog Post Wither Symantec Looks like I stirred up a hornet’s nest when I commented on Symantec’s woes. I've received emails, list posts, forum posts, etc. with folks willing to complain about many areas where Symantec is lacking. From application problems to extremely poor support. Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News MessageLabs launches encrypted IM software MessageLabs Monday launched encrypted IM software, targeting companies that use consumer IM clients for collaboration and document sharing. Passlogix brings centralized management to strong authentication deployments Single sign-on vendor Passlogix Monday introduced software for centralizing the management of strong authentication credentials. Ozzie opens TechEd with focus on blending IT, online services Microsoft plans to incorporate online services into its lineup of client and server software as one option for delivering technology to corporate users. Announcing Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 General Availability BOSTON — June 12, 2006 — At the Tech•Ed 2006 conference, Microsoft Corp. today announced the general availability of Microsoft Dynamics™ AX 4.0, an adaptable, global business-management solution ... Microsoft Readies Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 Microsoft recognizes that today’s businesses are depending on the ability to seamlessly and instantly connect with colleagues, customers and partners, to gather and analyze information and take action... First Impressions of Google Browser Sync - PC Magazine ZDNetFirst Impressions of Google Browser SyncPC Magazine - 6 hours agoNot everyone runs as many "personal" computers as I have—24, at last count—but many of us have both a PC and a lapt... Verizon Wireless to Launch Mobile Chaperone Service - Laptop Logic Zee NewsVerizon Wireless to Launch Mobile Chaperone ServiceLaptop Logic - 2 hours agoCell phone provider Verizon will launch a wireless service that allows parents to track their children...or hu... NetApp OnTap GX finally shipping - Search Storage NetApp OnTap GX finally shippingSearch Storage - 2 hours agoBy Jo Maitland, News Director, Alex Barrett, Trend Editor, Storage. Network Appliance Inc. (NetApp) is finally shipping its new Data On... Epson develops new A6-size e-paper - DigiTimes DigiTimesEpson develops new A6-size e-paperDigiTimes - 6 hours agoSeiko Epson has developed an A6 (7.1-inch) electronic paper (e-paper) using a plastic substrate. Drawing on Epson's SUFTLA1 t... Famed Microsoft blogger leaves for start-up (Reuters) Reuters - The world's most famous corporate blogger, Robert Scoble, credited with helping to break down a siege mentality at his employer, Microsoft Corp., confirmed on Sunday he is leaving to... eBay to Detail Skype Plans On Tuesday (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Online marketplace eBay Inc. is set to detail on Tuesday how it plans to combine its Skype Web telephone-call service into its core U.S. auction business, executives said on Sunday. E-newspapers just around the corner. Really (Reuters) Reuters - cheap digital screens that can be rolled up and stuffed into a back pocket - have been just around the corner for the last three decades. Headaches for Windows Vista Beta 2 (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Microsoft is counting on at least two million Windows enthusiasts to sign on to help work out any remaining kinks in the software. NetApp targets storage for high-performance computing Network Appliance Monday introduced a new operating system to power its storage for high-performance Linux computing clusters in large-scale computational systems. VoIP Theft Nets Hackers $1 Million - NewsFactor Network VoIP Theft Nets Hackers $1 MillionNewsFactor Network - Jun 9, 2006A Miami man and his cohort have been arrested and charged with hacking into Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks and stea... Intel and AMD shares halls but not goals - Inquirer Intel and AMD shares halls but not goalsInquirer - 2 hours agoIT WAS INTERESTING to note that, this Computex, Intel and AMD not only shared advertising space on the same facade (see related story... Back to top Today's Job Postings SMS Admin for T-Mobile USA, Inc - the position is in Bothell, WA This position is for an enterprise client systems management position in a large enterprise of over 35,000 workstations. Ideally candidates should have experience in enterprise-level networks and be skilled in the remote management of workstations in such an environment. This position is in the security organization, experience with IT Security is a plus. Read the full job description... Back to top Today's Fun Link Open Source Love Life Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. Published with Newsletter Ease   Posted Jun 12 2006, 07:21 PM by newsletter with no comments Filed under: myITforum Daily Newsletter

• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 9, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 9, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings - 75 Positions to Fill! Today's Fun Link Community Notes Microsoft Follow-up survey Based on the responses from the previous survey on Microsoft Software and Security Updates (which you can still participate in, by the way), Microsoft has a follow-up survey they need you to take. You can find the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=571162237817 There are only 7 questions, so the survey won't take a lot of your time — but the rewards will be great. Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003 HotFix Watch: You cannot install software updates that have file names longer than 64 characters by Rod Trent - 6/9/2006 You cannot install software updates that have file names longer than 64 characters after you use the Distribute Software Update Wizard to import those software updates into Systems Management Server 2003. MOM HotFix Watch: Error message when you start the MOM 2005 Operator console on a computer by Rod Trent - 6/9/2006 Error message when you start the MOM 2005 Operator console on a computer that is running MOM 2005 and Windows Server 2003: "Application has generated an exception that cannot be handled" Windows Windows Vista Beta 2 officially open to everyone by Rod Trent - 6/9/2006 Windows Vista Beta 2 is available as a download or on DVD. It's time for clarity—try it now! Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 SQL Query Limit SMS Feature Packs OSD Image Capture network error VB Script Connect to multiple servers consecutively Software Update Services/Windows Update Services possible to create my own patch? Back to top Today's Download Transfer files to DP via DVD tbrennan 6/9/2006 Transfer your large packages via DVD to your DP. Prevents over saturating your WAN link. Back to top Today's Web blog Post Microsoft Security Bulletin Minor Revisions - Issued: June 8, 2006 The following bulletin has undergone a minor revision increment. Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News MTV - Podcasts - MTV.com GeekzoneMTV - PodcastsMTV.com - 58 minutes agoAll you need is a computer that's equipped with a sound card and capable of playing audio files for audio podcasts and video files for video podc... Wireless boom gets gadget makers buzzing (Reuters) Reuters - Wireless communications are becoming a fertile development ground in the PC world, as new devices tap a growing number of networks to take mobile chatter and on-the-move entertainment to ... Available on select GeForce 7-series - DailyTech Hardware ZoneAvailable on select GeForce 7-seriesDailyTech - 2 hours agoNVIDIA this week announced what it calls PureVideo HD, a HDCP variant of its current PureVideo video processing technology.... Effort unveiled for new Web site for the poor (Reuters) Reuters - Low-income Americans would have free and easy access to vital information under an effort announced Thursday to create a bilingual Web site. How video games can help lose weight Chris Pirillo lost 30 pounds in three months, and he's offered no fewer than 50 tips to show how he did it. Many pieces of his advice are old (though still valuable) standbys, ... Microsoft Gains in Web Server Market Microsoft said Thursday that third-party data indicates the Windows server platform continues to grow at the expense of Apache and Linux. According to Web hosting research company Netcraft, Windows ho... Microsoft Opens Zurich Developer Center Microsoft announced Thursday it has opened a Microsoft Developer Center in the Greater Zurich Area. This is the first Developer Center in Switzerland, which Microsoft plans to develop collaboration te... Microsoft, Mozilla play down browser bug Microsoft and Mozilla have acknowledged that a security hole in their Web browsers could let an intruder nab files, but say it is tough to exploit and so not that high a risk. Internet Explorer and Fi... Microsoft Defends Its Antipiracy Tool Redmond, Wash. (AHN) - Microsoft defended its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) after a blog charged that the tool acts like spyware as it constantly checks in with the vendor when a user boots a PC wit... Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide Overview SQL Server 2005 offers many new possibilities and opportunities for SQL Server administrators, developers, and IT decision makers. But to make use of the new features found... Microsoft to Collaborate With University of California and University of Toronto Libraries for Windows Live Book Search REDMOND, Wash. — June 8, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced two key advances in Windows Live™ Book Search, a service that will enable Web searchers to find answers from authoritative, trust... Cisco buys two small software companies Cisco Friday announced it has agreed to acquire two small companies that will help it create a common application development interface for its voice, video and data communications platform. Microsoft TV enters European market (Reuters) Reuters - Deutsche Telekom's French Internet arm, Club Internet, will this month become the first in Europe to offer an Internet-based television and video-on-demand service using Microsoft&#0... Microsoft completes high-performance Windows OS, sets August for general availability Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, which rose from a Microsoft Research project introduced in 2000, is Microsoft's entry into the battle with Linux to provide platforms for research and other comput... Google Researchers Propose TV Eavesdropping - InformationWeek Google Researchers Propose TV EavesdroppingInformationWeek - 14 hours agoBy capturing TV sound with a laptop PC, Google can identify the show and use that information to immediately return person... Microsoft to Take On Linux in HPC Space (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Microsoft's goal: to take the technology to a mainstream audience and give every researcher and scientist access to supercomputing power from their desks within five years. Back to top Today's Job Postings - 75 Positions to Fill! There are quite a few job openings at Microsoft posted to the site. You can peruse the listings at the following link, in the Jobs category: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/myitforum/archive/category/123.aspx Microsoft has 75 positions to fill quickly. Peruse through the list above and apply today! In addition, the following Microsoft jobs were added before the weekend: Job Description - Engagement Manager - Redmond WA Job Description - Security Technologist - Redmond WA Microsoft Security Program Manager Back to top Today's Fun Link Coca-Cola for Everyone Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. 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• myITforum Daily Newsletter; June 8, 2006

  myITforum Daily Newsletter Daily Newsletter June 8, 2006 The myITforum.com newsletter is delivered Monday-Friday. If you desire to remove yourself from receiving the daily newsletter, see the removal instructions at the bottom of this issue. In this issue, you'll read: Community Notes myITforum Sponsorship Today's Articles Today in the Forums Today's Download Today's Web blog Post Today's Industry News Today's Job Postings - 75 Positions to Fill! Today's Fun Link Community Notes Microsoft Follow-up survey Based on the responses from the previous survey on Microsoft Software and Security Updates (which you can still participate in, by the way), Microsoft has a follow-up survey they need you to take. You can find the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=571162237817 There are only 7 questions, so the survey won't take a lot of your time — but the rewards will be great. Back to top myITforum Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to top Today's Articles SMS 2003 MSKB Watch: Software updates from earlier scan tools remain in the Software Updates node by Rod Trent - 6/8/2006 After you install and configure the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) in Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003, software updates from earlier scanning tools remain in the Software Updates node of the SMS Administrator console. MOM Microsoft Management Webcasts on MOM from the Best of MMS Tour in Europe by Rod Trent - 6/8/2006 View these sessions on Microsoft Operations Manager presented during the "Best of MMS" tour through Europe. Patch Management MSKB Watch: Software updates from earlier scan tools remain in the Software Updates node by Rod Trent - 6/8/2006 After you install and configure the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) in Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003, software updates from earlier scanning tools remain in the Software Updates node of the SMS Administrator console. Windows Upcoming WebCast: TechNet Webcast: Windows SharePoint Services: Overview and What's New by Rod Trent - 6/8/2006 This webcast covers the technical fundamentals of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, the next generation of Web workspace technology from Microsoft. Web Technologies Microsoft emulating GotDotNet by Rod Trent - 6/8/2006 If you’re familiar with GotDotNet, you understand how they utilize workspaces. Miscellaneous Office 2007 is a major interface upgrade by Rod Trent - 6/8/2006 A few of us are discussing this offline and it makes me wonder how many of you that have tested Beta 2 of Office 2007, really understand what is coming. Altiris Altiris Expert web site open for business by Rod Trent - 6/8/2006 Managed by PES, an Altiris-centric consultancy firm, AltirisExpert.com looks interesting. Hopefully, a good Altiris community will thrive this time. Back to top Today in the Forums SMS 2003 Installing Fonts with SMS 2003 MOM Trouble with MOM Alert Response SMS Feature Packs Local disk permissions post-build Windows PE Diskpart during OSD to convert dynamic Active Directory and Group Policy Windows 2000 Domain Controller to a separate machine PowerShell Powershell Analyzer Privacy Issues - Spyware, Adware, etc. AVERT Labs - Keeping Children Safe on the Internet Software Update Services/Windows Update Services script to kick off Express Install Back to top Today's Download Reboot WinPE aeklund 6/8/2006 A small vbscript that kills all command processes which in turn reboots WinPE when the Command Prompt is your Shell which is the default. Back to top Today's Web blog Post I am Not Alone! At a recent convention I had a conversation with someone who works for Google and I finally got a chance to ask a question that I wanted to ask a Google employee for quite some time. 'When is Google going to concentrate on something and make it like their... Read more... Back to top Today's Industry News Microsoft plans better disclosures of tool SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Wednesday that it needs to better inform users that its tool for determining whether a computer is running a pirated copy of Windows also quietly checks in daily... Microsoft Exchange Server Public Folder DAV-based Administration Tool Overview Use the Exchange Server Public Folder Distributed Authoring and Versioning (DAV)-based Administration tool (PFDAVAdmin) to perform various management tasks related to publi... MapPoint 2006 Construction Update Overview Download the latest road construction data to keep your MapPoint 2006 maps current. Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer Overview Use the Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer tool to collect estimated statistical information from a single mailbox store or across an Exchange Server organization. ... FIFA plan pc-solution to own goal dilemma (Reuters) Reuters - FIFA will be using computer technology to clarify whether a goal is an own goal or not for the first time when the World Cup starts on Friday. WS02 offers open source app server sans J2EE stack (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - WS02 is offering an open source application server which, unlike that of its rivals, is not based on a J2EE stack but instead focuses on XML and Web services. India's top software body to test talents of graduates (AFP) AFP - India's premier software body has said it will begin using specially-designed tests on the country's graduates in a bid to unearth top talent for the lucrative outsourcing sector. Intel’s long-range research focuses on energy efficiency and performance Intel Wednesday showed off a range of advanced-stage research projects to the press and potential partners at its fourth annual Research at Intel Day held at its facility in Santa Clara. The projects ... Two arrested in theft of calls from Internet phone providers - Seattle Post Intelligencer ReutersTwo arrested in theft of calls from Internet phone providersSeattle Post Intelligencer - 16 hours agoProviders of Internet phone calls were cheated of fees for connecting hundreds of thous... IBM's DB2 9 database to fully uncoil July 28 IBM is positioning DB2 9 as one of its most important database releases in recent years, given its capacity to store and manage not only structured relational data but also unstructured XML data such ... Microsoft releases Vista public beta Microsoft Wednesday launched its widest release yet of the beta version of the Windows Vista operating system. Miami man arrested for hacking Web phone services (Reuters) Reuters - The FBI arrested a man in Miami on Wednesday for allegedly hacking the networks of Internet telephone service providers to fraudulently sell more than 10 million minutes of calls, federal... Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - Moto Q could be zippier, but it's a worthy rival to BlackBerry and Treo (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Movie fans know Q as the fellow who supplied James Bond with his cool gadgets. So it's probably fitting that Motorola selected Q as the name for its weapon of choice in the battle for s... CBS adds TV shows to iTunes Music Store (Macworld.com) Macworld.com - CBS and Apple announced Thursday that prime-time programming from the television broadcaster is now available for purchase and download through the iTunes Music Store. HP taps Voyence for network configuration management HP Thursday announced it would later this summer release a network configuration management product based on technology the company has licensed from Voyence. CBS puts CSI and Survivor on iTunes downloads - Reuters ReutersCBS puts CSI and Survivor on iTunes downloadsReuters - 28 minutes agoFans of prime-time CBS TV shows will now be able to download them off Apple's iTunes Music Store for the first time... Google forging ahead with Wi-Fi efforts - ZDNet Google forging ahead with Wi-Fi effortsZDNet - 15 hours agoGoogle will begin a phased roll out of a free wireless Net access service in its hometown of Mountain View, Calif., this summer and is s... Seagate Launches First Hybrid Hard Drive - PC Magazine DailyTechSeagate Launches First Hybrid Hard DrivePC Magazine - Jun 7, 2006On Wednesday, Seagate announced a number of new products to offer consumers increased access to digital home entertainmen... Back to top Today's Job Postings - 75 Positions to Fill! There are quite a few job openings at Microsoft posted to the site. You can peruse the listings at the following link, in the Jobs category: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/myitforum/archive/category/123.aspx Microsoft has 75 positions to fill quickly. Peruse through the list above and apply today! In addition, the following Microsoft jobs were added before the weekend: Job Description - Engagement Manager - Redmond WA Job Description - Security Technologist - Redmond WA Microsoft Security Program Manager Back to top Today's Fun Link The "oops" list Back to top To remove yourself from this mailing list, click here. Login with your myITforum.com ID, and change your newsletter settings in your myITforum profile. Note, that it may take a couple days to have your email address removed or changed in the system. If you don't remember what your myITforum.com ID and password is, please contact Admin@myITforum.com to request this information. 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