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Utility Spotlight: Two for You

We’ve got two free utilities this month, both designed to make the life of an IT pro a little easier by helping you manage resources. Over time, the network PCs in your organization may become cluttered with multiple user profiles, especially if they're Read More...
Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 4:38 PM by sharont | 0 Comments
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Utility Spotlight: RichCopy

More than two years ago , TechNet Magazine Editor-in-Chief Josh Hoffman wrote about a great little utility called RoboCopy Gui—and that article became the single most popular article we’ve ever published! Now, however, that place in history is very likely Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

Geek of All Trades: Tools of the Trade

More free utilities! Being a systems administrator can be difficult, but whether your organization is large or small, the right tools can significantly ease the burden. In this month’s column, Greg Shields presents an overview of 19 free tools created Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2009 6:49 PM by sharont | 1 Comments

Utility Spotlight: Screenrecorder

Free and Fun—Make your own screencast! Whether you are having probl ems yourself getting something to work correctly on your computer and are working with tech support, or you're trying to help someone else solve such problems, you have probably spent Read More...
Posted Friday, March 06, 2009 6:02 PM by sharont | 0 Comments

Utility Spotlight: VMC to Hyper-V Import Tool

Creating virtual machines (VMs) with Hyper-V is very easy, and installing operating systems and applications in a virtual machine is as transparent as in the physical world. But what if you have existing VMs tha t were used with Virtual PC 2007 or Virtual Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7:00 AM by sharont | 1 Comments

The March 2009 Issue of TechNet Magazine Is Now Available Online

The March 2009 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. In this issue, we delve into Office Communications Server. Learn about the new features in OCS 2007 R2, see how you can extend your R2 deployment to legacy devices, get advice on securing Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:00 AM by matt_graven | 0 Comments

Extra! Extra! More Utilities for You

Have you noticed that we’ve been sneaking extra utilities into the spotlight for you? Our Utility Spotlight column now appears twice each month, once in print and again in an online version about a totally different utility. That’s 2 for the price of Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

Elevation PowerToys and Windows 7

Over at the Deployment Guys blog, Michael Murgolo gives us an update on how his Elevation PowerToys work with the current beta of Windows 7 . You may remember this very popular set of utilities that Michael created and discussed back in our June 2008 Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:58 PM by joshhoff | 0 Comments

TechNet Magazine February 2009 Is Now Available Online

The February 2009 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. Discover how you can use Excel and SharePoint to provide Business Intelligence in your organization, learn about logging and recovery in SQL Server and learn how to maintain a better Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:30 PM by matt_graven | 1 Comments

The Desktop Files: Windows Won't Start!

Drivers fail, files get corrupted, disks crash--there are numerous uncontrollable reasons why Windows might fail—and you’re left worrying that you have to toss out your old system and buy a new one. But all is not lost. Wes Miller explores   the Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:25 PM by sharont | 0 Comments

Utility Spotlight, Online Edition: Remote Server Administration Tools

The Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack made life easier for lots of IT administrators—or at least it did until Windows Vista was released. Many of the tools just didn’t work with Windows Vista. Now, as Edward Dake describes , the Microsoft Read More...
Posted Monday, December 29, 2008 4:42 PM by sharont | 0 Comments

Utility Spotlight: USB Flash Drive Manager

Lance Whitney describes the free Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager, a handy utility that can help you and your users easily copy, delete, and backup and restore files from a USB flash drive, as well as perform other useful tasks. Want more free utilities? Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 0 Comments

Utility Spotlight: SyncToy 2.0

In the March 2007 Utility Spotlight column in TechNet Magazine , Jay Munro described SyncToy , a free utility that made it easier to copy and back up files from your computer to the network, external drives, or other computers. Now there’s a new version Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:20 PM by sharont | 1 Comments

Utility Spotlight Change Analysis Diagnostic

The complexity of systems today m akes troubleshooting more difficult than ever. It’s harder to keep track of what has changed, when, and how that relates to everything else. If something goes wrong, chances are good that users will have a hard time figuring Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:00 AM by sharont | 1 Comments

TechNet Magazine December 2008 Interop issue now online

The December 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online. And it's filled with information about interop. Find out how to integrate Linux clients with Active Directory, Manage Macs in a Windows environment, and more. FEATURE ARTICLES                                                                   Read More...
Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 8:30 AM by matt_graven | 1 Comments
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