PowerShell 101, Lesson 1
This lesson walks you through how to use the Get-Help cmdlet to get the information you need to create a Get-Content command that reads a file—a common administrative task. Along the way, you'll learn how to use the Get-Command and Get-Alias cmdlets. Robert Sheldon
Get Hotfix Information Quickly with WMIC
There are many ways to find the hotfixes installed on a computer, but the fastest and simplest way is to use the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool. With one command, you can get the IDs of all the hotfixes on the local computer. Alex K. Angelopoulos
Put IE 7.0's Toolbar Back Where It Belongs
In Internet Explorer 7.0, the toolbar is above the menu bar. If you find that annoying, here's a simple registry tweak you can make to place the toolbar back under the menu bar. Readers
Best Practices for Managing User Data and Settings, Part 1
For this server side of the equation. I’ll look at the physical namespace (i.e., folders and permissions), the SMB namespace (i.e., shares), and the DFS namespace that will give you the most effective back end for effective UDS management. Dan Holme
Windows Without Windows
Windows Server 2008 introduces Server Core, which dispenses with the GUI for a leaner, more secure system. A few basic commands will get you going with this new OS version. Russell Smith
Ask the Experts
Find out what the Msocache folder is, learn how to use a command line to extract the contents of an MSI file, and discover how Mark Russinovich tracks down the problem with an unresponsive Vista Sidebar gadget. Various Authors
Letters@windowsitpro.com
Readers have pointed remarks about Microsoft’s Who Are You program, a custom logon-tracking solution, and the notion of IT as a career choice for your kids. Editors
PRODUCTS AND REVIEWS
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Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Infortrend's EonStor B12S-R/G1030 SAS-to-SAS and B12F-R/G1430 FC-to-SAS arrays Jeff James
Lantronix SecureLinx Spider
This scalable KVM-over-IP switch promises the ability to remotely manage geographically distributed IT equipment, but it comes up short in ease of use. John Green
Paul’s Picks
The IT pro's IT pro offers his review of Windows Server 2008 RC1 and Windows Vista SP1 RC1. Paul Thurrott
Exchange Server Archiving Software
Email-archiving solutions can provide better performance for your mail servers and offer many different storage, search, and compliance options. This buyer's guide can help you choose the right email-archiving product for your organization. B. K. Winstead
Readers Review Hot Products
Straight talk from readers about the products they use: Lucid8 Digiscope, Diskeeper 2008, and VMware Infrastructure 3. Jeff James
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Deep Dive into VMware vSphere, eLearning Series Join John Savill to explore the major functionality capabilities of the vSphere virtualization platform, including identification of the changes from ESX 3.5.
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