Microsoft is holding a week of Windows PowerShell scripting webcasts. Worth checking out if you are into scripting or Windows PowerShell (if you’re not you should be!). Click on the link for more information:
Windows PowerShell Week
November 6 - 10, 2006
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Windows PowerShell Scripting Week
Published by November 1st, 2006 in Utilities, Windows and Microsoft. 0 Comments
Windows Server x64 Edition Resources
Published by November 1st, 2006 in Windows and Microsoft. 0 CommentsI’ve been looking into Windows Server x64 Edition server deployment and came across a couple of good white papers from Microsoft. they are not new or anything, but definitely recommended reading if you are planning on working with Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition. Here are the links:
Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Deployment Scenarios
Benefits of Microsoft Windows x64 […]
Windows Server x64 Edition White Papers
Published by November 1st, 2006 in Windows and Microsoft. 0 CommentsI’ve been looking into x64 edition server deployment and came across a couple of good white papers from Microsoft. they are not new or anything, but definitely recommended reading if you are planning on working with Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition. Here are the links:
Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Deployment Scenarios
Benefits of Microsoft Windows x64 Editions
Some other […]
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
Published by October 18th, 2006 in Windows Vista, Windows and Microsoft. 0 CommentsAnnounced today on the Windows Vista Team Blog Microsoft will make available the Desktop Optimization Pack that brings together many of the technologies that Microsoft has acquired recently through companies like Softricity, DesktopStandard and others. This will be available to Software Assurance Customers using Vista Enterprise Edition. Here are some of the details:
Microsoft Desktop Optimization […]
New iPod feature for Windows: iVirus
Published by October 18th, 2006 in Windows and iPod & iTunes. 0 CommentsJust heard that Apple shipped thousands of video iPods with a Windows virus onboard:
Small Number of Video iPods Shipped With Windows Virus
We recently discovered that a small number - less than 1% - of the Video iPods available for purchase after September 12, 2006, left our contract manufacturer carrying the Windows RavMonE.exe virus. This known […]
Windows Vista RC2 Available for Public Download
Published by October 8th, 2006 in Windows Vista, Windows and Microsoft. 0 CommentsGet your fresh meat here:
Windows Vista RC2, English 32-Bit EditionWindows Vista RC2, English 64-Bit Edition
Microsoft Acquires DesktopStandard
Published by October 4th, 2006 in Windows and Microsoft. 0 CommentsThis week it was announced that Microsoft has acquired the better part of DesktopStandard. You can read the press release about this here.
If you manage Group policies in an enterprise environment then you know how MAJOR this announcement is. Using Group Policies without a proper GPO management tool is a little like baking cookies without a pair of […]
Microsoft Releases New Vista Build 5728
Published by September 23rd, 2006 in Windows Vista, Windows and Microsoft. 0 CommentsMicrosoft has made and updated RC1 build available to the public. You can download build 5728 here:
Windows Vista RC1 update (5728), English 32-Bit Edition
Is Paul Thurrott right this time?
Published by September 22nd, 2006 in Windows Vista, Windows, Blogs and Microsoft. 0 CommentsI have just read Paul Thurrott’s article The Dark Side of Windows Vista RC1 and, although I don’t always agree with Paul’s assessments, I have to agree with him on many of the items that he raises here. I hope that some of these can be resolved by the release of Vista.
For balance, here’s Paul’s […]
Robocopy now part of Windows Vista
Published by September 19th, 2006 in Windows Vista, Utilities, Windows and Microsoft. 0 Comments…also discovered via Tim Sneath’s blog…
I see that the Robocopy command line utility has been upgraded from a mere resource kit utility to a fully fledged member of \Windows\system32\. Read Tim’s full post here.
I also have been using Robocopy for many years and drop it into the system32 folder of every new machine. It is […]
