This is something you can do for FREE, in a few minutes, to maintain a consistent computer environment. Of course, this is for those of you who cannot or will not use SMS or SCCM or something like that to do the heavy lifting. Windows gives you everything...

Here's an interesting tidbit for you Windows users that also love using BAT files. The FORFILES command. Rather than droll on mindlessly about it, here's the help screen dump for you to enjoy as you sip your favorite holiday drink... FORFILES...

1. Click Start/Run and type APPWIZ.CPL to open "Add/Remove Programs" 2. Click Start/Run and type SYSDM.CPL to open "System Properties" 3. Click Start/Run and type HDWWIZ.CPL to open the Add New Hardware Wizard 4. Click Start/Run and...

1. Automate Disabling/Enabling Your Kids User Accounts 2. Automate Backing Up Your Junk 3. Delete All Files of Type ___ Older Than ___ Days 4. Automate Renaming All Your MP3 Files to a Common Format 5. Forcing Shutdown On Your Kids Computer with a Button...

Happy holiday to everyone! Sorry for the late posting, but I've been busy eating and drinking (soft drinks, milk, coffee and juice only). I don't have anything on my plate right now besides not thinking about work and waiting to hear if I'll...

Lors de la mise en œuvre de MDT, un post concernait l’installation de WSUS sur notre plateforme. J’avoue que je l’avais un peu oublié celui-la. Mais je prend de bonnes résolutions avant même le début de la fin d’année:)   Première étape : Télécharger...

Hi, Windows XP is definitely the preferred operating system for the general public and especially the professionals. In fact, you probably remember this year maturity up to end June 2008 to end the marketing of Windows XP. That date was postponed to 31...

Hi, To this end of the year, the RTM version of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 made its apparition.OCS-2007 The R2 version brings major improvements over the previous version: * 64-bit version only increasing server capacity during the climb over...

Hi, The dance continues service packs, the team System Center just to make the Service Pack 1 for System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007. Nowadays it has become essential to ensure the continuity of data for that Microsoft designed DPM to reduce...

Hi, This message is a Microsoft event critical>>> Read Absolutely! Hello, We recommend that all customers who use Internet Explorer (IE5, IE6, IE7 and IE8 beta 2) install the update that we published on Wednesday 17 December. This update helps...

Hi, The year-end holidays approaching and after SP1 System Center Mobile Device Manager, the Service Pack 2 (SP2) Microsoft Whale Communications Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 (IAG 2007) that has just been made available. The solution Microsoft...

Hi, Microsoft had promised for the end of 2008 is done! Service Pack 3 of SQL Server 2005 is available for download. Initially not programmed in the RoadMap Microsoft is finally due to a large number of requests that the Redmond company decided to release...

Hi, Exited there is less than a year, Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 (SCMDM 2008) is a tool for management and administration of devices running Windows Mobile on corporate networks. It incorporates a platform for administration, management...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0446cce9-94a4-4fb0-b335-e7516044063d&displaylang=en&tm System Center Updates Publisher is a stand-alone tool that enables independent software vendors or line-of-business application developers...

I might have mentioned a while back that Microsoft occassionally sends out invites to test out "beta exams" at testing centers around the U.S. They might do that outside of the U.S. as well, but I wouldn't know. This time around they were...

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta for Five-Languages (32-bit) Black and Decker Thermal Leak Detector (makes a great gift) Some Free VMware vCenter semi-Alternatives to Check Out An excellent Article on the Semantics of SOA Language Misuse (or "How...

Arrrgg! Everytime I hear someone explaining WSUS wrong I gnash my teeth and want to smack them. It's most often not "what" they're saying, but "how" they say it. That usual John Wayne swaggering bravado, eyes half-opened, smug...

1 - Group Policy is Hype Hype comes from people. Technology doesn't hype itself. Group Policy is serious stuff. It's not rocket science when you get down to what it's doing and how it works. Sure, there's some intricate processing being...

1 - Windows Server 2008 Doesn't Provide Any Advantages over Windows Server 2003 Wrong! It provides a butt-load of improvements and advantages over WS03. "Butt load" is a certifiable scientific term. I've heard it used by PhD professionals...

Après avoir publié mon précédent billet, l' équipe en charge du développement de Terminal Server a posté un billet "Introduction to TS Gateway Certificates" . Quelle ne fut pas ma surprise de découvrir une section dédiée à la question des...

Hi, Microsoft has to make the first public Beta Customer Preview Program (CPP) Service Pack 2 (SP2) Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. As expected, this service pack is a single package for both operating systems, since both are based on the same...

This article popped up on my RSS feed and looks pretty interesting. One of those "Doh!" moments. You know, when you read it and think "I would have known to avoid that scenario", but we are all prone to running into things like this...

Remember when SUS came out and the list of things it could manage was just a wee little baby? Crawling around and leaving stains on the rug everywhere. Then came WUS and it learned to walk and you had to start moving things up higher and higher and higher...

Voila une fonctionnalité de Windows Server 2008 qui mérite qu' on creuse un peu plus le sujet. Avec Windows Server 2003, on pouvait déjà encapsuler le protocole RPC de Microsoft Outlook dans un flux HTTP. Avec Windows Server 2008, Microsoft a étendu...

Hi, The news speaks a lot of Windows Seven expected as the messiah, but when is it the server version? Stanislas Quastana, released on his blog an overview of Windows Server 7 commonly known as Windows Server 2008 R2, as it did at the time for Windows...