Windows IT Pro Innovators Share Their Successes
This year's Windows IT Pro Innovators award winners find inventive solutions to problems ranging from automating Web-site creation to auditing access to applications to meet compliance mandates. Anne Grubb, et al.
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Use Netsh to Easily Change IP Addresses
If your users have to change IP addresses often, you can create a batch file that contains just three Netsh commands. After you put that batch file on users' desktops, they can change their IP address with a simple double-click. Apostolos Fotakelis
Printer Management Essentials
Manage your printers more efficiently by knowing how to properly share a printer, install extra drivers, use snap-ins and command-line utilities, configure pools and permissions, and more. Orin Thomas
Extending Virtual PC with Virtual Server
Microsoft’s virtualization architecture paves the way to an almost seamless integration and interoperability between Virtual PC and Virtual Server. Download the free products and begin your virtual experience. Desmond Lee
Using Deployment Workbench
Looking for a no-muss, no-fuss way to create and deploy a new Vista or XP installation? Microsoft’s Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment’s (BDD’s) Deployment Workbench tool is the solution you’ve been waiting for. Rhonda Layfield
Automating Office 2007 Deployment
Unlike previous Office versions, deploying Office 2007 using GPSI is not practical or pain-free. Here are some cost-effective alternative ways to deploy Office 2007 to client computers. Dan Holme
Ask the Experts
Learn about problems associated with moving a software package to a new server, find out how to convert an ADM file to an ADMX file, and follow along as Mark Russinovich troubleshoots a file compression failure. Mark Russinovich, et al.
What You Need to Know About Google Apps
In this month's Need to Know, Paul takes an in-depth at Google products and services that might be workable alternatives to more expensive Microsoft offerings. Paul Thurrott
The Final For
In this last of three For columns, learn how the tool's /f option lets you tell Windows to apply a single command to a specific list of files. Mark Minasi
Essential Windows PowerShell Commands
Windows PowerShell is the wave of the future of Windows scripting. These commands get you started performing basic tasks such as reading or writing to a file, starting a debugger, and retrieving Windows event logs. Michael Otey
More Mysteries of the
AdminSDHolder
Tony Murray’s article “Demystifying
the AdminSDHolder Object”
(June 2007, InstantDoc ID 95834)
was excellent. Coincidentally, I
read it just a few days before I Readers, et al.
PRODUCTS AND REVIEWS
New & Improved
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: VMware's ESX Server 3i Editors, et al.
Paul's Picks
Can Google Pack with StarOffice match Microsoft Office, and is Windows Vista SP1 worth the wait? Check out Paul's reviews this mont to find out. Paul Thurrott
Radmin 3.0
Microsoft Remote Desktop is fine for occasional use, but for heavy-duty user support, our reviewer much prefers Famatech's Radmin 3.0 remote-control utility is preferable. Replete with useful features, Radmin offers great performance and solid security. John Green
BioPassword Enterprise Edition 3.2
BioPassword Enterprise Edition 3.2 improves network security by monitoring user biometrics: It senses how users type their passwords, then evaluates typing rhythm and cadence to make sure that only authorized users are using those passwords. John Green
3 Tools to Manage Group Policy
If change management is as important in your organization as managing Group Policy, here’s our take on three products that help you do both. Eric B. Rux
Exchange Server Monitoring Tools
Exchange Server administrators rarely have the time or resources to keep their environments running smoothly all the time. Find an Exchange monitoring solution to help accomplish this task. B. K. Winstead
Readers Review Hot Products
Readers highlight favorite products: SourceForge.net's PDFCreator, the OpenDNS online service, and Thinstall Virtualization Suite. Jeff James
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