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21 July 2005
Malicious Software Removal Tool
As much as a bookmark blog as anything else so I know where to find it. You may have seen the malicious software removal tool come down through WindowsUpdate/MicrosoftUpdate. What I didn't know was that a version with the latest updates is released on Read More...
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23 March 2005
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Release Candidate is now available
Someone made a more appropriate choice of name (thankfully!) given some of the alternatives which have been on the table over the past few months. The next version of SUS (Software Update Services) will be officially called Windows Server Update Services Read More...
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23 January 2005
Group Policy - Tips Tricks and Best Practices
Following my session in Birmingham on 13th January, here's a list of the references I referred to. Apologies to all for the delay in posting this. Firstly, Jeremy Moskowitz's excellent book "Group Policy, Profiles, and Intellimirror for Windows 2003, Read More...
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09 January 2005
ActiveSync 3.8 Download - new release now available
ActiveSync 3.8 is now available for download Of course, the official download page doesn't say anything about being supported under Windows Server 2003 (my main laptop OS), but it does work without any of the workarounds such as those I blogged about Read More...
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06 January 2005
Do I have local admin rights? Find out how in three mouse clicks (or two keys plus a mouse click)....
I use this quick-tip frequently to determine if I'm a local administrator. The trouble with some tips is that you just know them, they're so simple so you don't bother to tell people as you're under the assumption they "must have known that". This exact Read More...
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13 December 2004
Windows 2000 ADSI Scripting for System Administration
Although published a few years ago, one of the most useful books I keep coming back to is "Windows 2000 ADSI Scripting for System Administration" by Thomas Eck. As an IT Professional with a development background, this book has proved invaluable time Read More...
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08 December 2004
New windows not opening in IE? Use the Knowledge Base - it knows a lot of stuff!
Internet Explorer on my test Windows Server 2003 box has been playing up for a couple of days - every time I clicked a link which opened a new window, I got a blank window with nothing in the address bar. Annoying, but sometimes you don't have time to Read More...
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08 December 2004
Display build number and OS version on desktop
Something which you often see Microsoft people do in their demonstrations is have the Operating System description and build number displayed on their desktop. While sysinternals do a fabulous job with their Background Info (bginfo) tool (in fact I use Read More...
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