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Vista is the Windows version to bypass - like Windows Mistake Edition (ME) was. The combination of Microsoft having to pull employees off of Vista to help write XP Service Pack 2 and discovering that the XP code base was unusable (Vista was written from scratch) meant that MS released a typical first effort in [...]

To get this e-book you will have to sign up for some Microsoft offers - whether it’s as a Microsoft Certified Partner, as a System Builder, or in some other program - I don’t know. But if you walk the correct path :-) you won’t have to pay anything as I’m not currently [...]

OK, techs: how often would you have loved to be able to access a NTFS drive from a DOS boot floppy? It happens to me two to four times a year. Unfortunately, the only program that was capable of that before a short time ago was NTFSDOS Pro from Systernals. It came [...]

RTO Software has created a free tool for you network admins to scan for applications that may not have been updated to work with the recent changes in Daylight Saving Time (DST). For more information, go here.
UPDATE:

Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center
Webcasts for daylight saving time changes in 2007

Some countries (most notably, the U.S., Canada, Uruguay, Brazil, Israel, Egypt, and Sri Lanka) have adopted different Daylight Saving Time rules or different time zones this year. If you use Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista, you can get the patch either through Automatic Updates or Windows Update, but what if you [...]

Unlike the earlier Virtual Server, Windows Virtual PC 2007 will not run on Windows 2000. (Sniff - an OS with almost all of the advantages of XP, none of the drawbacks, and ran well on boxes half as fast and with half as much RAM - I’ll miss you Windows 2000…)
As with the previous [...]

Microsoft has written the Fundamental Computer Investigation Guide for Windows. If you have suspicions and need more data - but you are not yet ready to call in someone for a complete forensic investigation - this guide will help you to investigate further using forensic principles. Using forensic principles will preserve evidence for [...]

Here’s a free application that is “Internet filtering and [a] control solution for the home. K9 puts YOU in control of the Internet so you can protect your kids.” I have no experience with this software - but members of a technician’s mailing list I’m subscribed to liked it.

Now this is an interesting download! Previously, the only programs that allowed you to transfer a program from one PC were aftermarket ones like PCmover. This program will only transfer programs between a Windows XP Service Pack 2 computer and a Windows Vista computer. It says it’s only available in the [...]

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Download planning, building, and technical guidance, templates, and scripts to facilitate deployment of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system.
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Microsoft Windows PowerShell command line shell and scripting language helps IT Professionals achieve greater productivity. Using a new admin-focused scripting language, more than 130 standard command line tools, and consistent syntax and utilities, Windows PowerShell allows IT Professionals to more easily control system administration and accelerate automation. Windows PowerShell is easy to adopt, learn, and [...]