The myITforum.com Newsletter is brought to you by 1E: Back to topCommunity NotesmyITforum's first-ever drawing announcement today For our first-ever drawing, SMS Expert is offered a copy of the Start to Finish Guide to MOF Editing AND a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate. The announcement of the winner will be made today. You can watch the myITforum News blog for the announcement, or sit tight and read about it in tomorrow's edition of the newsletter. The poll library of product upgrades and implementations We’ve rolled out four new polls to see how your company will react to recent Microsoft product releases. Participate in each poll when you have a chance. Windows Vista Office 2007 Internet Explorer 7.0 Exchange 2007 Receive the full myITforum.com Daily Newsletter in your favorite RSS Reader: myITforum.com Daily Newsletter RSS FeedBack to topmyITforum Site Sponsorship Read about our sponsors: http://www.myitforum.com/sponsors.asp Back to topThe myITforum.com Monthly SWAG DrawingBy helping sponsor myITforum.com, you are also entered into the monthly SWAG drawing. Each month, we hold a drawing for some great SWAG, and your donation ensures that you have the opportunity to win! Based on your donation level, you increase your chances of winning. Read more about it...Back to topToday's ArticlesSMS 2003 Report on Local Administrators Group Membership by Sherry Kissinger - 2/1/2007 A summary of the multiple methods available to pull the contents of the local "Administrators" group into SMS. System Center Free System Center Virtual Labs by Don Hite - 2/1/2007 Microsoft has released several System Center virtual labs where you can work with the application in a sandbox setting with no setup installation necessary. Scripting, SMS 2003 Remotely Installing The SMS Client On A Remote Machine by Don Hite - 2/1/2007 This by request Vbs script will allow you to install the SMS client using CapInst by first prompting you for the Client machine name followed by the SMS site server name you want to run CapInst from. Windows PowerShell PowerShell For Vista Has Been Released by Don Hite - 2/1/2007 Microsoft Windows PowerShell 1.0 for Windows Vista has been released to manufacturing (KB928439) and is available for download from Microsoft. Patch Management, SMS 2003 ITMU V3 Upgrade Error by Ying Li - 2/1/2007 We are doing the ITMU V3 upgrade for the entire company and it is suppose an easy upgrade... Windows Microsoft Windows Vista System Requirements by Don Hite - 2/1/2007 Here you will find the system requirements for the available Windows Vista versions as well as Microsoft’s suggested retail prices. Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Device Center out of beta and released by John Gormly - 2/1/2007 The Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center enables data synchronization between Windows Mobile-powered devices and Windows Vista. Security, Windows User Access Control in Windows Vista by Rod Trent - 2/1/2007 User Account Control (UAC) is a feature in Windows that can help prevent unauthorized changes to your computer. Sharepoint Free Office SharePoint Server 2007 Virtual Labs by Don Hite - 2/1/2007 Microsoft has released several MOSS 2007 virtual labs where you can work with the application in a sandbox setting with no setup installation necessary. Exchange Server, Microsoft Office Important February 2nd WebCast: DST changes for Exchange and Outlook by Rod Trent - 2/1/2007 This Support WebCast will help you understand how Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Office Outlook are approaching this transition. Microsoft Office Microsoft Office Outlook Tool: Time Zone Data Update by Rod Trent - 2/1/2007 This tool adjusts Microsoft Office Outlook calendar items when there has been a change in time zone definitions (saved in Microsoft Windows) or if the user is making a permanent move to another time zone. View today's articles in your favorite RSS Aggregator using our special RSS feed.Back to top1E - Intelligent Windows Management Back to topToday in the ForumsSMS 2003RE: Internet Explorer 7 seems to be causing issues Software Update Services/Windows Update ServicesRE: WSUS and ITMU together on the same network? SMS Feature PacksRE: using variables in ZTI Phases MOMIE not showing images of MOM reports Windows Installer - MSIRE: .MSI and Conditional Statements. Active Directory and Group PolicyRE: XP Settings in 2000 Active Directory CA UnicenterRE: Unicenter HELP (I'm talking 911) Want to read the forum posts as they happen? Let your RSS Aggregator grab them for you, using this RSS feed.Back to topToday's Site DownloadsNo 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 Read what's available today for download from myITforum.com in your favorite RSS Aggregator. Subscribe using this link.Back to topToday's Web blog PostsCounting clients - the SQL detailsSummary: there are plenty of ways to count SMS clients - which is the best way? I actually use SQL Server Management Studio more than I use the SMS Administrator console. Partially that's because I'm not on the frontlines, but it's also because I have...Read more... Issue with WinPE 2.0, Diskpart.exe, and certain RAID cardsWhile using BDD 2007, which uses WinPE 2.0, I had a strange issue. BDD 2007 would call the DISKPART.EXE and FORMAT.COM commands to partition and format a RAID-1 volume and install an OS onto it. This seems to work fine until the OS (Windows 2003 in this...Read more... Read posts from the myITforum.com bloggers using the RSS Feed: The myITforum.com Bloggers RSS Feed Back to topToday's myITforum.com Reading Room Selection Back to topToday's FAQ ItemsNo new FAQ items today. 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"What? How do they do that while beating babies?" BT to buy services company INS for $196M (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - U.K. telecommunications carrier BT Group plans to extend its enterprise services offering in the U.S. with the acquisition of International Network Services. California police arrest 'mid-level' software pirate (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - California police arrested a man on Tuesday who allegedly sold illegally copied Microsoft and Adobe Systems software on the Internet for seven years, netting him an estimated $750,000. Clever kit to benefit the poor - Financial Times Deutschland Clever kit to benefit the poor Financial Times Deutschland - 54 minutes ago With its new portable computer, the One Laptop Per Child initiative hopes to break poorer students' reliance on curricula built on often-obsolete textbooks, leaving them free Time extended in Cisco-Apple iPhone suit (AP) AP - Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to extend the time Apple has to respond to Cisco's lawsuit surrounding the iPhone, in order to discuss trademark rights and interoperability, the companies said late Wednesday. Microsoft confirms Vista Speech Recognition remote execution flaw ZDnet: After my initial reports on the first Vista Remote Exploit , a Microsoft spokesperson responded to me with the following message. Thanks for your patience as I looked into this. I heard back from the folks at the MSRC, and they let me know that Bill Gates with Gordon Brown in Edinburgh...see the speech here: The Microsoft Government Leaders Forum Europe 2007 took place in Edinburgh earlier this week, the speech from both Gordon Brown and Bill Gates was televised and you can watch a recording here on their site: Microsoft Government Leaders Forum Europe 2007 Want to read the daily industry news in an RSS feed? Subscribe here: myITforum.com's Daily Industry News FeedBack to topToday's Job Postings Desktop COE Operations SMS Architect -- Columbus OH Receive information about new job postings in your favorite RSS Reader by using the following link: myITforum.com's Job Postings RSS FeedBack to topIT's Potential Realized Back to topToday's Fun ClickThe new SAMantec birdBack to top
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Software Update Services/Windows Update ServicesRE: WSUS and ITMU together on the same network?
SMS Feature PacksRE: using variables in ZTI Phases
MOMIE not showing images of MOM reports
Windows Installer - MSIRE: .MSI and Conditional Statements.
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