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May 14 Thu
Session on Windows Server 2008 R2 File Classification Infrastructure
Jose Barreto writes "...Looking forward to a deep dive into the new File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) in Windows Server 2008 R2, there will be a session today including a walkthrough of FCI with never-before-seen demos of partner solutions and how you can use PowerShell to extend FCI...[Today 4:30-5:45PM Petree Hall D]"
May 13 Wed
TechEd Video on Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
Baldwin Ng writes "
Are you ready for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2? Were you not able to attend TechEd 2009?...determine which of your desktops and servers are good candidates for the new OS migration efforts to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The free toolkit also covers ROI analysis for virtualization and Hyper-V virtualization assessments..."
May 11 Mon
Group Policy Preferences Tips on Variables List
Kurt Roggen writes "
...You can prevent the resolution of a variable before it is applied to client computers, so that the variable rather than the resolved value appears in the preference setting on client computers. To do so for a preference process variable, clear the Resolve Variable check box. This inserts..."
Feb 26 Thu
Best Tip on Backing up NTFS Security Permissions
Justin Turner writes "
...Here is a simple command that you can run right now in order to save you from some down-time the next time your file system permissions get set back to the Windows defaults...can save you a lot of time and money the next time disaster strikes..Test it out thoroughly in your lab environment before rolling it out to production..."
Feb 20 Fri
Workaround for Web Certificate Enrollment Issue on a Windows 2008 Server
System Center Forum writes "When working in a purely Windows 2008 environment (lab), I found I was unable to request a certificate for a Windows 2008 computer (in a workgroup) where I’d installed an Operations Manager 2007 agent. When I accessed the Web Enrollment URL to request a certificate, I received the the following error dialogue:"
Feb 18 Wed
Fix For Windows Server 2008 Sign-In Error
Desmond Lee writes "Imagine this. You are already login to Windows Server 2008 with a non local administrative account. After you locked the desktop and return after some time from being away, you may be faced with the following error message after you pressed Ctrl-Alt-Del...To fix this..."
Feb 17 Tue
Learning PowerShell From Scratch
Richard Siddaway writes "Hope this helps. There are other steps that come after this and I’ll cover them later. Point 4 is probably the most important. Put PowerShell to work for you as soon as you can – you get more out of it that way..."
Feb 16 Mon
Is Load Balancing Outdated Technology
Joe Pruitt writes "...it’s necessary to look beyond just load balancing to application delivery in order to architect an optimized environment. Application delivery is necessary as a flexible, adaptable foundation for emerging data center architectural models like cloud computing and virtualization...Load balancing will continue to be an important..."
Feb 13 Fri
Fix for Error Running ICE Validation
Heath Stewart writes "When I run ICE validation, why does ICE03 state the following error?...Since that is not a valid property identifier, ICE03 pumps an error message to the validation message handler because it knows from the _Validation table that the containing column is a Formatted column. To resolve this issue..."
Feb 12 Thu
How to Stop Every Instance of PowerShell.exe Except the One Running
Jeffrey Snover writes "...He wanted to stop every process of a particular name, except for the instance that was running the script. You can do this in one nice pipeline..."
Feb 11 Wed
Sample of MathML Visualizer in C# on Windows 7
Bart De Smet writes "
...how you can retrieve its MathML data from the clipboard in a UI application. I’m actually using this technique to read MathML and feed it in to my interpreter that tries to turn it into execution. I’ll show how to do a similar thing with Office 2007’s OMML..."
Feb 10 Tue
How to Configure IPv6 Using Group Policy
Jeff Guillet writes "...In order to truly disable IPv6, you must disable it in the registry in the following key:"
Feb 9 Mon
App Pool Mapping vs App Pool Settings Tips on Differences
Vishal R Joshi writes "it is important to understand that when you change app pool settings on your developer box then they will not automatically reflect on the server unless it is explicitly modified. Also the reason why server admins are reluctant to modify a particular app pool's settings..."
NAP User Interface Now Integrated in Windows 7
Jeff Sigman writes "...In Windows 7, the NAP client user interface (UI) has been integrated into the Windows Action Center...The following figure shows an example of how a noncompliant NAP client running Windows 7 displays its status in the Windows Action Center..."
Feb 5 Thu
Bugs Fixed in CoreConfigurator
Andy Malone writes "The original CoreConfigurator was hailed as a Godsend for administrators who liked the idea of Server Core in Windows server 2008 but could not be bothered with all the command line stuff....The latest version (1.2.0.2) is only a tiny download..."
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