This question comes up in one form or another fairly often especially in the context of Terminal Services. Terminal Services and other services store certain information in an attribute on the user account called userParameters. Some of the most common...

There’s a bit of a buzz going around at the moment relating to ESB; probably the result of someone shaking a “marketing tree” somewhere! The problem with the world of TLAs is that they are easy to invent, but it is a completely different matter to then...

I just posted an article on figuring out how much system capacity a host computer will need in order to run a given set of virtual machines. You can find it in the Deployment section ( http://blogs.technet.com/megand/articles/category/8299.aspx ). Happy...

As an author for an MCMS web site you might have experienced the problem that you first have to save a posting before you get the chance to update it's properties. Means first fill in the content into the placeholders, then save it and finally modify...

Interesting article: Google Yourself to Identify Security Holes by Tony Bradley. His point is that security people should be using Google and the discussed tools as one facet of a vulnerability analysis program....

Over the past few months I have been focusing on regulatory compliance (RC), and how Microsoft can help our customers comply with their regulatory requirements. Therefore, I have changed the description of my blog to "Life, Security, and Regulatory Compliance...

I am pleased to announce that this month's Exchange Web release contains a tool that the Exchange performance, development, and operations teams at Microsoft have used for quite some time called Exchange User Monitor (Exmon) and can be downloaded here...

This happened a few days ago. The announcement is on the homepage of Groove's website ( http://www.groove.net/home/index.cfm ). One of the big pieces of this acquisition is that Ray Ozzie comes with it. Ray was the creator of Lotus Notes. I don't know...

Shows how to setup and control underline styles on the RichTextBox under .net. The underline controls are available in the underlying com control and this exposes handles to them....

Sorry, I just can't get behind this: Battle brews over unlocking PC secrets . The PC industry has suffered for not having trusted mechanisms for identifying computers and locking down digital rights. I read the article and I still don't see Stallman's...

I am switching from MSN Spaces to TechNet over the next couple of weeks. Until I get my old stuff migrated over, if you're interested you can see my old posts here ....

The first article on extending RIchTextBox, this goes over the general details, shows the code and talks about the thumb events....

No TV. Latest casualty: DVICO FusionHD DVB-T card. No XP64 drivers now (and not for a while , at least). So I'm taking it out and lending it to a friend indefinitely. I built a (32 bit) Media Center PC the other week, so it's not a total loss, I can still...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I convert a comma-separated values file to a tab-separated values file? -- RV Hey, RV. Depending on the nature of your comma-separated values (CSV) file this is either very easy or a little bit tricky. Let’s follow the Scripting...

An old article, but still a good one, by Jakob Nielson (formerly at Sun, now at his own company). I strongly agree with his points, particularly: "passwords that comply with the above list of "security-enhancing" principles lead to one outcome: Users...

I often hear people ask for the ROI for a technology investment. This seems to me to be misdirected -- kinda like asking what is the ROI of a table saw. In the hands of a skilled carpenter, the potential return on the investment is huge, whereas in my...

If you’ve replaced Task Manager and run Process Explorer at all times in your tray (like you should) and you’ve run Regmon you probably have noticed Services.exe repeatedly querying the entire HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services branch of the Registry:...

No, this is not a slam on Lotus Notes. This one is our fault. (I did found Paul’s recent blog particularly hilarious, though.) If you take a look at the following KB article you might get the idea that this fix is included in Exchange 2003 SP1. 840668...

Jonathan blogged a while back about choosing a product name . Well, it appears that David and I will have to do something similar later this year, and I daresay our challenge is even more daunting, since when have you ever had to worry about how your...

Thanks to all that attended the BAM and BI session last night. Also, thanks to Scott Cairney from Cactus Commerce . For more information about BizTalk Server 2004 head over to: http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/default.mspx For more information about SQL...

Its more dev focused but useful anyway...MK Avalon and Indigo Community Technology Preview - March 2005 Microsoft has provided a version of the March 2005 Indigo and Avalon Community Technology Previews for the general public. Indigo and Avalon are the...

I’ve had bloggers block (or is it bloggers droop?) for a while now. I’ve wanted to write something about SOA, but the thoughts just wouldn’t coalesce into anything I could relay in any legible form. That is until know I guess, unless I get a response...

64-Bit Windows Server System is live . You can read some of the history of the project on Clyde’s blog , and an overview for IT Pros from Professor Windows . Come and play with the new server hardware at the EEC , see how your apps will perform. On Demorie...

In our last web-chat session, we realized DHCP Migration pains of our customers. So, here comes more support! Checkout the latest KB's: * How to move a DHCP database from a computer that is running Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows Server...

Gives the reader an idea of what to expect from this blog. Very Windows focused and from a support perspective....