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Jul. 25, 2007

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Access Denied - 26 Jul 2007

Answers to your Windows security questions....More
Jul. 25, 2007

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Composing SDDL for Defining Custom Event Log Permissions

Do you need read access to the Security event log, but you can't have administrator authority? Learn how to grant an account read access using SDDL in Windows Server 2003....More
Jul. 24, 2007

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An Unlikely Culprit Can Cause Computers to Hang

If your computer is slow or even stops when you're opening or searching for files, you might want to monitor the catalogs that the Indexing Service creates. Learn what to look for to see whether the problem lies with master merges....More
Jul. 24, 2007

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Deploy a Single Application Through Terminal Services 1

Although Windows 2008 improves on the ability to present single applications from a terminal server, that functionality has been around since Win2K. Here's how to do it....More
Apr. 17, 2007

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New Worms Turn Windows Servers into Botnet Members

Three worms circulating the Internet take advantage of a vulnerability in the Windows DNS service to turn a system into a bot. Microsoft and security solution providers are working to integrate protection against the worms into their offerings....More
Feb. 28, 2007

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Create an MMC Snap-In for Searching PDF Files 2

If you need to quickly search through PDF files, you'll want to try this reader's creative solution....More
Feb. 28, 2007

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What You Need to Know About 2007-2008 Microsoft Windows Server Technologies

The next two years will be quite significant for Windows Server technologies. Paul Thurrott examines Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows Centro Mid-Market Server, Windows Server Longhorn, and Windows Server virtualization....More
Feb. 2, 2007

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Time for a Time Update

Daylight saving time is being extended by about four weeks in the United States and Canada. Here's how to update your Windows computers....More
Sep. 17, 2006

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Discovering the Cause of an Event ID 675 2

Here's how to figure out who or what is attempting to authenticate to your DC....More
Aug. 28, 2006

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Security - 29 Aug 2006

Readers designate their favorite firewalls, proxy server, intrusion detection solution, vulnerability scanner, antivirus solutions, spyware blocker, and user authentication solution in the Security category....More
Aug. 9, 2006

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Government Warns of Microsoft Security Patch Vulnerability - 10 Aug 2006 20

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said yesterday that a security vulnerability revealed by a recently released Microsoft security patch could endanger the country's critical infrastructure....More
Aug. 9, 2006

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Government Warns of Microsoft Security Patch Vulnerability - 10 Aug 2006

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said yesterday that a security vulnerability revealed by a recently released Microsoft security patch could endanger the country's critical infrastructure....More
Jun. 25, 2006

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Cleaning Up Public Folders

Microsoft plans to replace public folders with another repository in a future release of Exchange. Using PFDAVAdmin now will help you prepare for the transition....More
May 29, 2006

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Keep Track of Roaming Users 3

With DNS and the Dnscmd tool, you can easily keep tracking of which machines roaming users are logged on to....More
Mar. 29, 2006

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Uniblue WinBackup 2.0 Server 1

This server-backup utility is user-friendly but lacks a few important capabilities....More
Mar. 27, 2006

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UPHClean Provides Faster Logoffs For All 1

Microsoft has quietly released the User Profile Hive Cleanup service....More
Mar. 13, 2006

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Display System and BIOS Configurations 2

Here’s a set of HTAs that use VBScript code and WMI to retrieve OS, startup, and BIOS information from the local computer....More
Feb. 23, 2006

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Microsoft Lowers Its Standard, To Enterprise’s Gain 1

Is Microsoft quietly raising the price of the Windows Server OS? In fact, is the company, in effect, quadrupling the price?...More
Sep. 26, 2005

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Hotfix Available for Dirty Shutdowns

Battery backup software might not shut down Win2K servers correctly, even though you’ve taken the time to configure the software properly. Fortunately, there’s a hotfix for the problem....More
Jun. 28, 2005

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WinInfo Daily UPDATE--Microsoft Ships Final Windows 2000 Update--June 29, 2005

Microsoft has made available the final major update to Windows 2000, dubbed Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4)....More
Jun. 27, 2005

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Microsoft Released Update Rollup 1 For Windows 2000 SP4

Microsoft released Update Rollup 1 For Windows 2000 SP4, which contains some new fixes....More
Jun. 27, 2005

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Microsoft Ships Final Windows 2000 Update 33

It was a bit later than originally planned, but yesterday Microsoft made available the final major update to Windows 2000, dubbed Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4)...More
Jun. 27, 2005

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PeopleUpdate 2.0

This handy Web-based tool lets administrators and users search Active Directory for user information....More
Jun. 27, 2005

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Security Advances in Windows 2003

Do the security enhancements in Windows 2003 make migrating to Win2K worthwhile?...More
May 23, 2005

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Patch Management Sans WSUS

If you're still on Windows NT, your options for deploying Microsoft fixes are limited. Here's how one Windows IT pro solved that problem....More

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