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- SolutionBase: Get familiar with GFI LANguard's built in tool set
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner is a vulnerabilityscanner, aimed to tell you where problems may exist in your environment. Thescanning features and filtering capabilities are amazing, and allow for a greatdeal of information to be collected right from your desk. Once the...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Patches, Network administration, NETWORKING, GFI Languard Network Security Scanner, Derek C. Schauland, LNSS, SNMP, tool, patch management, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Corp.
- Technical articles 2007-06-07
- SolutionBase: Customize Firefox using about:config
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.Internet surfers everywhere seem to be taken with Mozilla's browser offering, Firefox (now in release 2.0.x).This is partly due to the browser's speed and extensibility; but Firefox alsohas the ability to completely customize its configuration. This article willcover the last of Firefox's...
- Tags: Web browsers, Derek C. Schauland, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser
- Technical articles 2007-06-06
- SolutionBase: Watching your network with LANguard
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.Many tasks face a typical network administrator daily, fromnormal duties to -- in smaller shops -- user support. In situations like these,all the help an application can provide is welcome to relieve some of the dailywork load of the administrator or support...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, NETWORKING, network, Derek C. Schauland, LANguard Network Security Scanner, LANguard
- Technical articles 2007-06-05
- SolutionBase: Finding the hidden bells and whistles in Firefox
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.Mozilla Firefox, now in release 2.0, has made hugeadvancements in Web browsing. Tabbed browsing and anti-phishingprotection are its most visible improvements. Other features can be added intothe browser through extensions, making this browser do more of users' bidding.These features are great and...
- Tags: Web browsers, Derek C. Schauland, Mozilla Firefox
- Technical articles 2007-05-16
- SolutionBase: Deploying applications using GFI LANguard
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.Installing applications in a corporate environment can bequite an endeavor. Running from PC to PC with software in hand is an option, albeitnot a good one. Using applications like Microsoft Operations Manager or SystemsManagement Server to handle deploying the application is also...
- Tags: Figure B, Derek C. Schauland, Start LNSS, Tools Section, LNSS
- Technical articles 2007-05-15
- SolutionBase: Managing file types on Windows Storage Server with file screening
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.Have you ever noticed the number of unnecessary files thatsome users and perhaps even you manage to store on file servers? People willsave just about anything: some people save MP3 files; some, JPEG images once thoughtfunny. In the meantime, this extra stuff...
- Tags: Storage, Derek C. Schauland, Windows Storage, Microsoft Windows Storage Server, storage server, File Screening, server, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Windows
- Technical articles 2007-04-10
- SolutionBase: Implementing directory quotas in Windows Storage Server
- You know the old saying about data expanding to take up allavailable storage space: The more room you give users, the more room they'lltake up on your server. You probably don't want your brand-new terabyte drivestaken up by useless information. Fortunately, you can apply limits to users onWindows Storage Server...
- Tags: Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hardware servers
- Technical articles 2007-04-06
- Get familiar with Windows Storage Server administration tools
- When you're considering a Windows-based NAS and WindowsStorage Server WSS, one of the things you're probably most worried about ishow difficult it is to connect it to the network, as well as its maintenanceand administration overhead. Simple administration is apparently a hot buzzwordthese days; but who wouldn't want a network...
- Tags: Storage, Servers, System Version, Derek C. Schauland, server, Microsoft Windows Storage Server, Windows Storage, storage server, Microsoft Windows, network
- Technical articles 2007-04-03
- Expanding storage options with Windows Storage Server
- Storing files and data efficiently has arguably been aproblem since paper files were put in cabinets. For computer-based file storage,Microsoft has created a Windows server platform to expand the available optionsfor network storage in Windows Storage Server. This article will present anoverview of the product and how it operates; I...
- Tags: Servers, storage, Derek C. Schauland, server, Windows Storage, Microsoft Windows Storage Server, storage server, Microsoft Windows
- Technical articles 2007-03-29
- Increase scripting power with ExeScript
- Scripts are typically created for automating user tasks at logon orlogoff, or by administrators to add things tomultiple PCs at once. VBS scripts are handy for assisting Windows SystemsAdministrators in getting these day-to-day tasks accomplished. What if therewas a tool that would allow you to compile script files from VBS...
- Tags: Printers, Scripting languages, Derek C. Schauland, ExeScript, printer, Microsoft Windows
- Technical articles 2007-03-26
- Create VBS scripts in no time flat with VBSEditor
- Systems Administrators seem to get tasked with all kinds ofrandom everyday help items to make the average office employee more productive. This usually means helping them perform tasksthat they could easily handle, shortcut creation and general file move/copyoperations come to mind. Things like this might be pulled into a batch...
- Tags: Derek C. Schauland, Go-To Line, Koan Software, Running VBSEditor, VBSEditor
- Technical articles 2005-10-06
- Keep a close watch on your network with IP Sentry alerts
- Have you ever been in a restaurant and witnessed several people around you abruptly leave their table to check their multitoned pagers? With IP Sentry and a pager, you can be one of those pager-checking people too. This is not necessarily a bad thing because when IP Sentry pages you,...
- Tags: Derek C. Schauland, IP Sentry, modem, monitor, network, pager
- Technical articles 2005-01-07
- Employ the Custom Installation Wizard to accelerate multiple Outlook 2003 deployments
- Installing Microsoft Office 2003 on a single workstation isn'tthat difficult. But if you have to deploy Office 2003 on multiple workstations,the task can quickly become overwhelming. That's where the Custom InstallationWizard in the Microsoft Office Resource Kit comes in. Here's how you can usethe Custom Installation Wizard to install a...
- Tags: wizard, Microsoft Office, Custom Installation Wizard, MST, Derek C. Schauland, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook 2003
- Technical articles 2004-06-21
- Making Excel and SQL Server talk to each other
- This TechProGuild solution is being featured on TechRepublic for a limited period of 30 days. After 07/10/04, this article will go back to being accessible only to TechProGuild members. To get full-time access to this and other time-saving resources and in-depth content, we invite you to become a TechProGuild subscriber.Many...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, server, Derek C. Schauland, Microsoft Excel, database
- Technical articles 2004-06-10
- Making Excel and SQL Server talk to each other
- Many companies today are using SQL Server to handle data about products, services, and support calls—just about anything you can imagine. Usually companies that have SQL Server have very large and expensive software applications dedicated to entering and retrieving data from the databases. While these applications are useful, and required...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, server, Derek C. Schauland, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, database
- Technical articles 2004-03-31
- Keep a close watch on your network with IP Sentry alerts
- Have you ever been in a restaurant and witnessed several people around you abruptly leave their table to check their multitoned pagers? With IP Sentry and a pager, you can be one of those pager-checking people too. This is not necessarily a bad thing because when IP Sentry pages you,...
- Tags: IP Sentry, Derek C. Schauland, modem, monitor, network, pager
- Technical articles 2004-02-23
- TechRepublic Guided Tour: Monitor your network with IP Sentry
- Not long ago, babysitting a computer network after-hours seemed unreasonable. No one needed network access after the office was closed, and little was being done other than network backups. Today, however, it is increasingly important to have 110 percent availability of all systems 24/7, from the mail server to the...
- Tags: IP Sentry, Derek C. Schauland, monitor, network, server
- Technical articles 2004-02-19
- Get IT Done: Simplify server administration with UltraAdmin
- As a network administrator, you have access to an administration utility for almost every piece of software on your network: User Manager For Domains, Active Directory Users And Computers, System Manager, and on and on. UltraAdmin, a shareware utility that will perform all the tasks an administrator needs, can help...
- Tags: Derek C. Schauland, Get IT Done, PC, selected PC, server, UltraAdmin, window
- Technical articles 2003-08-21
- Get IT Done: Troubleshoot the browser service with browstat
- Keeping tabs on computers on your network can be quite a task. Many of the networks operating today are segmented, meaning they have routers that split them into smaller sections, or segments. To locate computers on a given segment of your network, you can use the browser service.The browser service...
- Tags: browser service, computer, Derek C. Schauland, Get IT Done, network, Web browser
- Technical articles 2003-05-29
- Optimize NTFS hard disk performance in Windows servers
- At the heart of your Windows NT or Windows 2000 server’s file system is NTFS, short for the NT file system, the default file system for Microsoft Windows NT and 2000. NTFS controls where Windows NT/2000 locates files on the server’s hard drive. It also controls security and access privileges...
- Tags: cluster, Derek C. Schauland, disk, file system, hard drive, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, NTFS, performance, server
- Technical articles 2003-03-04
