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myITforum Daily Newsletter; November 7, 2007

myITforum Daily Newsletter
November 7, 2007
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IT's Potential Realized
Today's Articles
1E - Intelligent Windows Management
Today in the Forums
Today's Site Downloads
Today's Web blog Posts
Today's myITforum.com Reading Room Selection

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Today's Industry News
Today's Wiki Updates
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Managed Planet donates to the November 2007 SWAG Give-away

As mentioned in our November 6, 2007 news broadcast, we have the November 2007 SWAG give-away posted.

Enter to win The Data Translation Services Plug-In for SMS2003 and ConfigMgr 2007.

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    Today's Articles Search the Articles Online


    SMS 2003
    Manually Generating SMS Advanced Client Software Inventory Collection
    by Don Hite - 11/7/2007
    Here you will find information on how to manually generate SMS software inventory for an Advanced Client locally.

    Softgrid
    Sean Donahue Provides Softgrid Documentation
    by Rod Trent - 11/7/2007
    Sean Donahue, Technical Partner Program Manager for Softgrid at Microsoft has made the following Softgrid documentation availalble to the myITforum.com community.

    System Center Essentials
    August 2007 issue of TechNet features System Center Product Line
    by Gwen Zierdt - 11/7/2007
    In case you missed it, Microsoft TechNet published in their August 2007 issue, a series of articles about Microsoft System Center products.

    Scripting
    VBS Script To Verify If A Specified User Account Is Disabled Or Enabled
    by Don Hite - 11/7/2007
    This VBS script will take a Domain Controller (DC) name or other computer name and user name from input dialog boxes and return whether or not the specified user name account is disabled or not.

    Windows PowerShell
    System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Scripting Guide
    by Rod Trent - 11/7/2007
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 is a server application that facilitates the centralized management of a large physical and virtual system infrastructure.

    Windows
    Vista64 and 4 Gig of RAM
    by Ron Crumbaker - 11/7/2007
    If you have ever tried to setup Vista 64 bit on a system with 4 gig of RAM and you get a stop error of 7E or 0A...try this.

    Sharepoint
    Linking Sharepoint Lists to Outlook
    by Mike Linkey - 11/7/2007
    If you want to disable your users PST file creation, but still allow them to link SharePoint to Outlook, then check this setting out.

    Microsoft Office
    Linking Sharepoint Lists to Outlook
    by Mike Linkey - 11/7/2007
    If you want to disable your users PST file creation, but still allow them to link SharePoint to Outlook, then check this setting out.

    Hardware and Gadgets
    Waiting for the HP iPaq 610 or 910?
    by John Gormly - 11/7/2007
    The wait just got longer.

    Miscellaneous
    Visual Studio to ship this month
    by John Gormly - 11/7/2007
    Barcelona (Spain) - Microsoft announced this week that it is committed to being able to ship out Visual Studio 2008 this month.

     


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    Today in the Forums Visit the Forums



      Topic Forum By Author
    New Messages RE: Has anyone seen this before? SMS 2003 mjmj75
    New Messages RE: RE: Package Deployment Speed SMS 2003 jburke
    New Messages RE: Speeding up package deployment?? SMS 2003 jburke
    New Messages Just In Time Software Pushes Take TOOOO Long!? SMS 2003 jburke
    New Messages RE: Install at "Shutdown" SMS 2003 skissinger
    New Messages RE: SMS SP3 Upgrade in my SMS Hierarchy. SMS 2003 lnesta431
    New Messages Report that will show current software distributed within the SMS environment Web Reporting spollock472
    New Messages SCCM SQL Requirements System Center Configuration Manager chiners_68
    New Messages RE: URGENT - WinPE detect wrong DP SMS Feature Packs Or.Tsemah
    New Messages RE: SCCM OSD Deployment Question System Center Configuration Manager jonponton
    New Messages RE: sp3 upgrade SMS 2003 lnesta431
    New Messages OSD - Automatically add computer details? System Center Configuration Manager jonponton
    New Messages RE: NT domain to 2003 AD Mixed upgrade question. Active Directory and Group Policy rsasse
    New Messages Stale Computers In Database SMS 2003 sgupta
    New Messages RE: Struggling with single server install performance System Center Operations Manager jsandys
    New Messages RE: SMS advance client pointing wrong management point SMS 2003 sandy
    New Messages RE: Question: OSD Image Capture wizard from network System Center Configuration Manager dtaylor
    New Messages Deploy a cab file through SMS 2003 SMS 2003 pshukla656
    New Messages RE: Help me understand Software Updates System Center Configuration Manager gramsey
    New Messages RE: Client Health Script SMS 2003 rolson
    New Messages RE: outlook profile SMS Feature Packs aburton
    New Messages RE: Script for sending mail VB Script clozonschi
    New Messages RE: HELP: I need to get asset information from Altiris Altiris (now Symantec) mrcheecks
    New Messages RE: Concerning MS07-057 SMS 2003 mhudson
    New Messages RE: SMS 2003 hotfix rollup package SMS 2003 bjohn
    New Messages SMS_SOFTWARE_METERING_PROCESSOR SMS 2003 mattc
    New Messages RE: BDD 2007 authentication to distribution share Operating System Deployment egiroux
    New Messages RE: Concurrent usage trend analysis of a specific metered software program Web Reporting cnackers
    New Messages RE: Management Point Checklist??? SMS 2003 bmason505
    New Messages RE: Baseline Patching SMS 2003 bmason505


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    Today's Site Downloads Review ALL Downloads

     

    From Sean Donahue (Microsoft): The following is the first in a series of excerpts from text that I wrote with the help of John Flanagan and Brian Kelly. We used this as an extension of the SoftGrid training...

     

    From Sean Donahue (Microsoft): A tongue in cheek saying we used to use at Softricity went something like this; “With SoftGrid you NEVER have to install an application again, (cough) except our client”...

     

    From Sean Donahue (Microsoft): This is the second in the series of “Inside The…” books for SoftGrid, “Inside The Sequencer”. The purpose of this text is to define the process of the SoftGrid Sequencer...

     

    From Sean Donahue (Microsoft): Sequencing is a 34 step process or thereabouts. I usually say that it is a 3 phase process, and although that is true, there are three major phases of the Sequencer, each...

     

    From Sean Donahue (Microsoft): In response to a recent post on the Microsoft SoftGrid Forums at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/softgrid/bb676741.aspx this Blog post has been submitted in order to lend...

     

    From Sean Donahue (Microsoft): If an organization has applications that are web based it is possible to use the Sequencer to create a Virtual Environment for these applications. Although it is not possible...

     

    From Sean Donahue (Microsoft). I noticed some posts on the SoftGrid Forums lately that could be addressed with some useful scripting with the .OSD files for a SoftGrid Package. Scripting within .OSD files...

     

    From Sean Donahue (Microsoft). During Sequencing you enter the information in the Package configuration phase that is common through all of the .OSD files in the suite, and then you enter what is called...

     


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    Today's Web blog Posts

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    Windows Live apps to support x64 soon!

    Finally! http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2007/11/06/windows-live-suite-apps-64bit-support-only-for-vista.aspx digg_url='http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2007/11/06/windows-live...

     

    Microsoft IT by the Numbers

    Some interested numbers posted on bink.nu . Microsoft internal IT: 600k connected devices 10,000 Servers 3 Datacenters 1 operations center 11% is virtualized in Microsoft Datacenters 330 of 385 servers...

     

    Configuration Manager 2007 RTM is now available on the MVLS site

    If you have a Volume Licensing agreement then the final System Center Configuration Manager 2007 code is available on https://licensing.microsoft.com . It seems that a lot of people are having a hard time...

     

    SCCM 2007 now available through TechNet Direct

    The SCCM 2007 DVD is currently available for download for Technet Direct subscribers. digg_url='http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2007/11/06/sccm-2007-now-available-through-technet-direct.aspx...

     

     


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    Today's myITforum.com Reading Room Selection

    MicrosoftĂ‚® System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator's Companion (PRO-Administrators Companion)  Microsoft(R) System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed  Microsoft  Windows PowerShell(TM) Step By Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))


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    Microsoft and Macrovision are working to neutralize a zero-day flaw that could cause a complete system takeover.
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    Sony to launch new PS2 model in Japan

    Tuesday, November 06, 2007
    Reuters
    Sony Corp said it plans to launch a lighter version of its PlayStation 2 game console later this month, in a bid to drive sales of the seven-year-old machine heading into the crucial holiday season.
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