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Monday, October 06, 2008 10:36 AM

Protecting Removable Drives with Bitlocker

In a recent post , I explained how easy it was to use Bitlocker to secure your drives in a dual-boot scenario with Windows Vista and Server 2008.  Following this I had some discussions with colleagues about how to securely backup copies of the files
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Saturday, July 19, 2008 2:10 AM

Vista, Server 2008 and the Case of the Bitlocker Dual Boot

This week, I received my shiny new work laptop, which I'd been anticipating for some time.  Normally, I'm not much of a hardware geek and don't get overly excited with new kit, but I was really looking forward to this as it is 64-bit and finally
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Friday, August 17, 2007 11:48 AM

Forcing Theme Settings in Windows Vista

Recently I was working with a customer to find a way to automate forcing a specific Aero theme in Windows Vista. The idea was to have the Vista clients "colour-coded" according to their use; so whenever a user logs on the window border colour would indicate
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:30 AM

Service Security in Windows Vista

After a long break from blogging due to holidays and a heavy workload, I've finally got round to writing something new. To follow on from my last post on File and Registry Virtualisation , I thought I'd take a look at another Vista security-related topic:
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Friday, May 18, 2007 1:50 PM

Windows Vista File and Registry Virtualisation

Windows Vista is designed to be more secure than previous versions of Windows. Part of the improvements are related to User Account Control (UAC), which encourages the good practice of not logging on with an Administrator account (and even if you do,
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Friday, April 13, 2007 2:30 AM

(Re-)Start Me Up ...

As I mentioned in a recent post , I'm currently working on a Windows Vista workshop. As part of that, I've created a simple application that demonstrates the basic interaction of the Windows Installer with Vista's new Restart Manager (RM). I thought I'd
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Thursday, April 05, 2007 12:58 AM

Windows Vista Resource Kit Released

If you're a long-time Windows Admin, then you'll know how invaluable the Windows Resource Kit has been for the various Windows versions over the years. Now the Windows Vista version has been released and with 1,500 pages of in-depth technical information
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Monday, March 19, 2007 5:34 PM

Vista Link Extravaganza

Following on from my last post on vitualisation, I've compiled a similar "one-stop-shop" list for an up-coming session I'm delivering on Windows Vista, except this time you get to see the information before the workshop attendees (unless, of course, you
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