A temporary user profile is issued each time an error condition prevents the user's profile from loading. Temporary profiles are deleted at the end of each session, and changes made by the user to their desktop settings and files are lost when the user...

Do you want to deploy Office 2007 in your organization? If so, the Office Deployment Guide below is a must read article before you plan any such deployment. This guide provides instruction for the Computer Imaging System and Application Management...

As you remember, in our previous newsletter, we introduced the “public folder security forms” which is used in Outlook 2003 to control security settings centrally. In Outlook 2007, we can use either public folder security forms or Group Policy to manage...

Microsoft Exchange team is wrapping up the Beta version of Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and it is scheduled to be released sometime after April through TechNet. We are targeting final release for the 2nd half of this year. Our work in this Service Pack is...

SMS Advanced Client push installation consists of three main phases. These are: Pre-installation phase - The SMS Client Configuration Manager connects to the target client and verifies the client's operating system and client information. The client...

The Virtual Server 2005 R2 Management pack is refreshed (not an update). The Release and Update History on the download page http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bf21f798-9b10-40dc-bcdd-4a8358cce94d&DisplayLang=en will show the...

Terminal Servers automatically discover TS License Servers available in a deployment by querying the Active Directory Catalog for a list of license servers. This list is in the "TS-Enterprise-License-Server" object in the Catalog Server. Typically, License...

Remote Desktop has some really handy shortcuts that are documented. Shortcut key Description ALT+PAGE UP Switches between programs from left to right. ALT+PAGE DOWN Switches between programs from right...

In order to assist customers in designing their storage layout for Exchange 2007, we have put together a calculator that focuses on driving the storage requirements (I/O performance and capacity) and what the optimal LUN layout should be based on a set...

IRM features were first introduced in Office 2003. The IRM features are divided into two parts, basic IRM features and advanced IRM features. Basic IRM features means consuming IRM protected documents. However, it does not include creating and changing...

Windows System Assessment Tools (WinSAT) is a new set of tools in Windows Vista that run tests on the processor, memory, hard disk, general graphics, and gaming graphics and convert results into the system's performance rating. You update components and...

When you are trying to upgrade the system to Windows Vista, and the profiles are outside the system drive (example, profiles are in Drive D:), you will see the Upgrade option is grayed out, only ‘Clean Install’ is available. This behavior is expected...

CAPI2 Diagnostics is a feature in Windows Vista that utilizes the event logging and Event Viewer to provide better logging and troubleshooting capabilities for PKI applications based on the CAPI2 API set. With CAPI2 Diagnostics, it is easier to identify...

Some customers may encounter one of these symptoms: 1. If you have an IIS web site, the HTTPS connection may fail. 2. If you are using IAS server to authenticate wireless clients, you find that the authentication fails. 3. If you have a Live...