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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
Tweak your server's registry to make the Spooler Service a priority
Windows 2000 does so much that print services sometimes aren't as responsive as you'd like when running your server as a print server. Derek Schauland shows how tweaking some registry settings can boost the Spooler Service's performance.One of the benefits of deploying Windows 2000 as a server is that it...
Tags: Printers, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Microsoft Windows 2000, Derek C. Schauland, Spooler Service, server, PortThreadPriority, spooler, print server, registry, job
Technical articles 2002-11-12
Configure IIS 5.0 to support virtual directories for departmental Web sites
You can give every department its own Web site by creating subsites on your main IIS server. Simply use the Virtual Directories feature in IIS 5.0 to easily create Web sites that your users can populate with content.The CIO calls you into a meeting and suggests making Web pages available...
Tags: Web site development, Channel management, Web technology, Internet Information Server 5.0, Microsoft IIS 5.0, Derek C. Schauland, Microsoft IIS Server, virtual directory, Web, Web site, server
Technical articles 2002-10-08
Implement a Web site with Internet Information Server 5.0 and Win2K
Tips and guidance on the planning aspect of this effortIt seems like everyone has a Web site nowadays. If your company has been slow to move onto the Web-site highway, there is no time like the present to rectify that problem. But how exactly do you go about implementing a...
Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Channel management, Linux, Servers, Operating systems, Planning, Derek C. Schauland, Microsoft IIS Server, server, Web site, Web, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows
Technical articles 2002-08-29


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