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[2/12/2009]
Welcome to Windows IT Pro's Blog for User Groups!
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Editors
At Windows IT Pro, we know that Windows IT user group members have a lot to say about their profession! Here's where you can share your thoughts with other user group members, Windows IT Pro authors and editors, and the Microsoft Windows community at large. Stay...
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[11/13/2008]
Connections 2008: What If You Ran Microsoft?
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Editors
There's not a person in the IT industry who hasn't daydreamed about what it might be like to sit in the CEO's chair at Microsoft. (Except Steve Ballmer, of course. He's already sitting there.) So we decided to ask some Connections 2008 attendees what they would do in the same situation as part of our "If I Ran Microsoft..." video contest. Here are a few of the more interesting suggestions taken from the WinConnections show floor: "If I ran Microsoft, I'd change the help. Right now I don't find it very helpful! We need more examples of code." -- Jim...
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Absolutely dump Vista - then dump that idiot Ballmer and finally dump Microsoft Arabia. The number o...
ashers2008 -November 16, 2008
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[9/18/2008]
VMworld 2008: VMware ESX 4.0 Coming Soon?
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Jeff James
Alessandro Perilli over at Virtualization.info authored an interesting blog post before the start of VMworld 2008, including some speculation on his part that the next-generation of VMware's ESX hypervisor -- ESX 4.0 -- may possibly be announced at the show. VMware did reveal some information about new ESX features during VMware CTO Dr. Steve Herrod's keynote on Wednesday morning, including some of the features that Perilli speculated would be in the next revision of ESX. Here's a partial excerpt from ...
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[6/13/2008]
Tech Ed 2008--Microsoft IT Eats Its Own Dogfood
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Sheila Molnar
Had a great conversation at Tech Ed with Barry Briggs, the Director of IT at Microsoft, about a classic Microsoft topic—eating your own dogfood. Basically, Briggs’s internal IT group runs prerelease versions of Microsoft products and files bug reports and provides other feedback. Microsoft has a history of putting prerelease software into production use at the company to work through tough problems at the enterprise level. Briggs says that the politically correct way to describe this internal testing is “the first and best” program. But everyone just calls it “eating your own dogfood” or...
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[7/3/2009]
Social War Dialing - The New Identity Theft Menace
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Just when you thought that the hackers had thought of everything.... A new IT theft method that is being directed at the nation’s banks is called Social War Dialing, also known as “vishing.” Like its cousin phishing, this con attempts to talk unsuspecting victims out of their account numbers, passwords, etc. However, instead of using email or the computer, which many of us have been trained to not trust, they use the good ole telephone. The way that this attack works is...
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IT 911
EXPERTS AND RESOURCES ON CRITICAL ISSUES AS THEY HAPPEN
When Microsoft security fires flare up, when a crucial patch will affect your networks ability to function, when you need a single place to get all the information on a situation that could affect your network, make IT 911 your first and last stop. Windows IT Pro authors and editors will have all the information and provide expert insights and experiences to help you.
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[9/8/2008]
Troubleshooting a Slow-Running Windows Server 2008
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We are in the middle of a major upgrade project for a new client. The client has two VMware ESX host servers running a variety of virtual server guests, including two domain controllers (DCs), File Server, Exchange Server 2007, SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 and Terminal Server. All servers are running Windows Server 2008 as the base OS with a mix of x86 and x64. All the servers were prepped for an initial Exchange cut over last Friday. Earlier in the week, on Tuesday, we completed training on Exchange and SharePoint for the client and the servers ran flawlessly. ...
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Any response from Symantec?...
rdl1912a -September 10, 2008
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[9/5/2008]
Microsoft Responds to PolicyMaker Questions
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Reader Comment: The PM console was broken by IE7, shortly after Microsoft purchased PM. Microsoft never released a fix. They finally documented a registry hack to disable the IE7 functionality:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938611. . This was really aggravating at the time, but turned out to be a...
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Karen, just found this new article while doing yet another Google search for [PolicyMaker "Group Po...
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[7/6/2009]
A Backup Solution for the Designated SharePoint Admin
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Frequently these days, SQL Server DBAs are tasked with SharePoint duties as well as SQL Server duties, says Rick Pleczko, President and CEO of Idera. And as the designated SharePoint admins, their big problem “is not the proverbial 747 landing on the server,” he says. “Their big pain is people like Rick Pleczko who call up and say ‘I deleted my Power Point presentation. I think I titled it something like PPT.’ If you have a sizable SharePoint farm, you have many Rick Pleczkos.” With its recent release of SharePoint backup 2.0, Idera continues to carve out a niche of SharePoint...
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[5/11/2009]
Flip Your Script
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There’s nothing I like better than a “flipped script.” I’m good—actually great—at figuring out what is going to happen. I can read the clues in social situations, usually figure out what our organization’s corporate office will do next, and even deduce the ending of most any movie. So when someone comes along and surprises me, I have all that much more respect for them. And in a tough job market where you have to show that not only can you do the tasks you’re hired for but also anything else the company throws at you, it helps to have some skill surprises up your sleeve. Make sure your...
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[7/1/2009]
Wireshark 1.2.0 Sports Lots of New Features
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Wireshark 1.2.0 is out. The new version of this popular packet sniffer includes many new features, including GeoIP integration, a 64-bit Windows installer, and more. One of the biggest additions is support for numerous new protocols. The list of new protocols is too extensive to list here, so suffice it to say there are a few dozen more than in previous versions. Other new features include support for Pcap-ng (which is supposed to be the next-generation capture file format) and IP packet comparison capabilities. And of course there are a load of bug fixes. Check out the details at the ...
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[7/1/2009]
Blizzard will not support LAN play in StarCraft 2
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In one of the most serious WTF moments I’ve ever had as a gamer, Blizzard today announced that StarCraft 2 will not support direct LAN play. http://au.gamespot.com/news/6212765.html Not only will you need to buy 3 (yes 3) separate products to get the whole StarCraft 2 experience (want to play Zerg, buy the Zerg product, want to play Protoss, sorry you need to buy the Protoss edition), you won’t be able to set up a direct LAN connection. In those few spare moments I have in life, I play RTS games with my brother in law. We set up an ad-hoc wireless network...
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[6/4/2007]
Self Paced or Instructor Led Training
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Orin Thomas
There are two basic ways of studying for certification. You do it all yourself or you go to a class. Before I go any further I’ll point out that I write Self Paced Training Kits for Microsoft, so there is a bit of an incentive for me to push one method over the other. On the other hand, I’ve also run instructor led courses. Anyway, now that that is out there, on with the post… Each type of study suits a particular person. If you simply can never find the time to study out of hours, or you need someone to give you a bit of a push when it comes to motivation, going to a class can be your best option. Some people simply need the routine...
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Good observations. It differs for many now though since a quick look around the folks attending the ...
SCG -December 29, 2007
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WE'RE IN IT
REAL-WORLD TECH STORIES FROM IT PROS
Penton Media's IT team is in the trenches and ready to share their war stories about OS migration, desktop deployment, systems management, messaging, networking, architecture, and infrastructure.
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[6/8/2009]
Do You Need a Shrink?
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Stress is mounting for IT professionals, and for some fear is the dominant emotion of the day. Some realize the need for professional help. Let's look at a typical IT worker, Dave, who is experiencing "high anxiety."The setting: A quiet therapist office at the Windows IT Pro building with Dave on his first visit to Dr. Avatar.Doctor: So you're an IT administrator. Why don't you just fix it?Dave: Because I'm afraid to touch it.Doctor: Hmm… Odd phobia for an IT admin.Dave: No, I mean touch the SQL Server database and the application. I don't know...
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Very well written Curt and a wonderful analogy. This is a great introduction to SQL Data and Log fi...
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[9/3/2007]
Microsoft Contemplating a Purchase of RIM?
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Michael Dragone
Rumors surfaced this past Friday that Microsoft is contemplating a purchase of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (RIM). I first saw this juicy tidbit mentioned in Paul Thurrott's WinInfo Short Takes: Week of Septembmer 3 (InstantDoc ID: 96953). Soon after I read Paul's piece, I noticed that Computerworld had entered the fray with an article detailing the rumor, including comments from industry analysts. This particular rumor...
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microsoft is a good and big company.it is the inventor of windowsand now he introduce the above one ...
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[6/30/2009]
Ten Must-Follow Twitter Tech Feeds
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Jeff James
Unless you've been living in an undisclosed location without Internet access for the last 24 months, you've probably heard about Twitter. For the uninitiated, Twitter is a micro-blogging service that allows users to post messages of 140 characters in length or less. Several of the biggest news stories of this last year have been broken by Twitter users posting notes (and links to images) from their computers and mobile phones, including the tragic 2008 ...
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MAKING IT Work
TIPS FOR IT PROS MICHAEL OTEY
Windows IT Pro's technical director Michael Otey mines his experience to share tips and thoughts for saving time and bolstering productivity, with a focus on using SQL Server Express.
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[1/19/2009]
Windows Workstation 2008: Step 2
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Michael Otey
In my last blog entry I headed down the path of building a Windows Workstation 2008 by starting with Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition and configuring it for desktop use. Last week I added the Aero interface. This week I’ll continue configuring the Windows Workstation by tuning the system and adding audio. Along the way I’ll show you the steps I followed and share some of my experiences.The first issue I ran into was that the system would not activate. I didn’t notice this until after the Aero interface was installed. Activation is always a hassle but this time it inexplicably was calling out a DNS...
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