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One thing I mentioned a few times on the HHH tour in Canada was the ability for you to download a build guide to set up your own lab and follow the steps to do all the demos on your own in your virtual lab. Well it is finally done! Before I shared it
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A few weeks ago I posted an entry with some information on a web cast being held with Mark Russionovich around Vista and deployment. Mark was joined by a group of experts and IT Pros who have already deployed Vista and they took your questions throughout
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My buddy Garth asked me to post this up on the Blog to see if we can drive some registration and interest on an upcoming UserGroup meeting here in Ottawa. I've been working with Garth for almost 3 years as he runs the Infrastructure focused OWSUG group.
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(cross post from http://blogs.technet.com/cdnitmanagers/archive/2008/02/11/managing-a-smooth-windows-vista-sp1-deployment.aspx ) Earlier this month, both Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 were released to manufacturing (RTM), which is great news
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So this morning at 5:50AM PST Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 were released to manufacturing. Over the next few weeks and months you will see them become available through OEM and Volume license channels, retail channels and Windows Update (SP1 only).
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I know a lot of people who are running Vista and disabling UAC. I'll admit UAC can make for a frustrating install and setup experience with the repeated prompts with every application you install and every MMC console you launch. Turing it off, while
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Damir and I have returned from Montreal after dropping in for the My TechNet Security tour. We had a great time at the Montreal IT Professionals Group talking about data security tools in XP and Vista and then a packed house at the event on Thursday.
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One of the things a lot of people are still concerned with is security. In fact a recent survey by King Research found that 73% of IT Pros fear losing their jobs over a security breach . Now there is not one single tool or technology that will make you
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Renaud Lepage (Le Gardeur, Quebec, IT Pro) I met Renaud on the Montreal stop of the Future of the Server Room tour at Trois Brasseurs where Rick and I held an IT Lounge after the event. Renaud mentioned that he just ordered a MacBook and was going to
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I was recently sent an email that outlined a sweet deal on Windows Vista. Basically, buy one retail copy of Windows Vista Ultimate (full product or upgrade) and you can purchase up to two copies of Windows Vista Home Premium upgrade for $59.99 each. Since
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After we launched Windows Vista, a number of you commented to me that there was no way to install the Windows Server 2003 AdminPak (adminpak.msi) on Windows Vista to manage your existing infrastructure. Though we did publish a KB document on how to get
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The other day I wrote a post on how I secured my Vista installation . I also mentioned that there was going to be a series of webcasts on the security features in Vista, how to manage them via Group Policy and some of the new tools available. Well the
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It was about time, I needed to reinstall Vista on my Toshiba M7 now that all the drivers and applets were RTM. In fact they have been for a while now, but I never got around to it until today. In rebuilding this install I decided to go all out on the
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Usually I spend my time engaging with IT Pros at large scale events and user group meetings. I don't usually visit colleges or universities right now - it's something that I have been planning to do for a while, but I was lacking the proper introduction
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Fear, uncertainty and doubt, aka FUD, we all know it, we all hear it and no one is immune to it. Cutting through the FUD is often difficult and the information, although public, in most cases takes time to sift through. One of the more prevalent arenas
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