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- SolutionBase: Monitor Vista Key Management Servers from MOM
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.Windows Vista introduces new challenges for networkadministrators when it comes to activating the OS. You either use limited-use MultipleActivation Keys or implement a key management server. Key management serverssound like a good idea, but they present special problems and require quite abit...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, monitor, HereÂ, Brien M. Posey MCSE, management server, key management server, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Technical articles 2007-05-30
- Stand out, bulk up with Small Business Specialist Certification
- If you support small businesses and seek a competitive edge,you likely owe Microsoft's Small Business Specialist Certification a look. Butnot for the reasons you might think.Small businesses, of course, form the majority of UScompanies. Numerous information technology professionals service the sector,either as full-time employees or independent consultants. Earning SmallBusiness Specialist...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, small business, partnership, Microsoft Corp., certification, MicrosoftÂ, Small Business Specialist certification, marketing
- Technical articles 2007-04-03
- What does your e-mail say about you?
- By Paul GlenEvery day, we send email to our colleagues and clients, butdo you ever take a moment to think about what your messages really say aboutyou? I'm not talking about the messagethat you’re trying to send to someone else, but what the form and format ofyour emails communicate unintentionally. Too...
- Tags: donÂ't, e-mail, Paul Glen
- Technical articles 2007-01-03
- How do I? Configure firewall security on a SonicWALL device?
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download. A supporting photo gallery is also available.SonicWALL firewalls are a staple of the small and medium businessmarket. Everyone from small nonprofit organizations to medium-size andenterprise class businesses depend upon SonicWALLdevices to secure their network communications.SonicWALL's proprietary SonicOS operatingsystem powers its firewall...
- Tags: Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, firewall, security, Setup Wizard, SonicWall
- Technical articles 2006-10-10
- How Do I? Connect Microsoft Windows systems to a Macintosh network?
- Soyou've got an accountant insisting on adding a Windows system to a Macintoshnetwork due to QuickBooks consistency issues between the two platforms. Or,maybe a developer, engineer or sales representative has some Windows systemsyou wish to network with a graphics team or other department.HereÂ’swhat you need to know to connect Windows...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, Microsoft Windows, network, window
- Technical articles 2006-08-29
- Death by printing and political maladies
- HereÂ’s a dilemma thatÂ’s frustrated many an IT pro foryears. If we truly are in the electronicage and everything is becoming digitized, why, oh why, are we spending so muchtime troubleshooting and accommodating printing issues? Printing is the bane of our existence, alwaysrearing its ugly head when we...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., itÂ, printer, printing
- Blog posts 2006-08-22
- 10 ways to give a bad presentation
- By Paul GlenAs IT professionals, eventually, we are all called upon todeliver presentations to clients, users, supervisors, or peers. It's not something that tends to comenaturally to us. We’d much rather bewriting code, doing project plans, or even writing documentation. Almost anything is better than getting up infront of a...
- Tags: preparing. ItÂ, wonÂ't notice.Â, youÂ're
- Technical articles 2006-08-22
- Winternals Administrator's Pak collects multiple enterprise-class utilities in single toolkit
- Varioustool and utility software suites are available to help information technologyprofessionals administer and recover failed systems. iolo technologies' System Mechanic 6Mobile Toolkit is one such example. While a competent suite for smallbusiness troubleshooters, System Mechanic doesnÂ’t necessarily scale well toenterprise-size environments in which remote administration and ActiveDirectory configuration are often...
- Tags: ERD Commander 2005, Remote Recover, Pak, Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, CD, AdministratorÂ, System Mechanic, tool, WinternalsÂ
- Technical articles 2006-06-21
- Creating a query-based distribution group with Exchange 2003
- By virtue of its tight integration with Active Directory, you can create granular query-based distribution groups using Exchange. Here's how. By virtue of its tight integration with Active Directory, you can create granular query-based distribution groups using Exchange. With a group of this type, you do not...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, E-mail, Scott Lowe MCSE, Directory services, E-mail servers, HereÂ, ItÂ, distribution group, E-mail Administration Tips Newsletter, Exchange, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications
- Technical articles 2006-01-13
- Is your incident response plan scalable?
- You may not have ever considered scalability in regard to your incident response plan, but it's important to have IR policies and an IR team that can adapt to organizational growth and to the severity and scope of each incident. Most enterprise-level businesses and many medium-sized ones have...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, SECURITY, NETWORKING, HereÂ, incident response plan, network, attack, incident response policy, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Team, Incident Response, Member, Incident Response Team, Team Management, Management
- Technical articles 2005-10-24
- Tutorial: Creating and distributing custom forms with Outlook
- All Outlook users are familiar with built-in forms: themessage form for e-mail messages, the calendar entry forms for recording eventsand appointments, meeting request forms, task forms, contact forms, and soforth. But users aren't limited to these predefined forms. One of thegreatest—and least utilized—of Outlook's collaboration features is the abilityto create...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, default form, Microsoft Outlook
- Technical articles 2005-07-19
- Use BizTalk Explorer to the fullest to isolate business logic in distributed processes
- One of the mixed blessings of BizTalkServer 2004 is the orchestration feature, a graphic process configurationtool with few equals. Incredibly flexible and exceedingly well-suited tobusiness process design and integration, its correct usage is unfortunatelyalso opaque in many applications and woefully under-documented (so far, anyway—we'llkeep hoping!)Another positive of BizTalk Server is...
- Tags: BizTalk Explorer, business logic, Microsoft BizTalk Server, orchestration, Scott Robinson
- Technical articles 2005-01-12
- Explore old data for business enhancement solutions
- Data warehouse information can unveil hidden connectionsbetween business and environmental events, influencing the success or failureof business processes. Graphing chosen factors over time and comparing them canyield valuable business intelligence for your client. Here's how you can useyour organization's database to find real solutions to improvebusiness.Exploring data warehousesHereÂ’s a quick...
- Tags: interval, itemÂ, Key item, Scott Robinson
- Technical articles 2004-12-22
- Troubleshoot hard drive failures in seven easy steps
- Fora comprehensive look at how to diagnose and resolve hardware problems, checkout Tech Toolshed's new PDF resource, Essential Guide:Troubleshooting PC Hardware.Whena hard disk fails and the computer doesnÂ’t boot, the frenzy to save importantcompany data ensues. When faced with such a problem, donÂ’t panic. Just rememberthese simple hard drive troubleshooting...
- Tags: Faithe Wempen, hard drive, Molex Inc., PC
- Technical articles 2004-10-29
- Service Pack 1 for OneNote offers more than bug fixes
- Service packs for applications are usually not veryexciting; they fix a few bugs and perhaps enhance performance. With Microsoft'srecently released Service Pack 1 for OneNote 2003, though, thereÂ’s more goingon. SP1 does fix a host of issues, but thatÂ’s not all it does. It also adds anumber of features in...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, service pack, SP1
- Technical articles 2004-09-17
- Grab these security policies to protect users, the network
- If you’re looking for thecomplete ‘policy’ book, check out TechRepublic’s detailed ITProfessional's Guide to Policies and Procedures, Third Edition. Not only doyou get the critical e-mail and Internet usage policies, but new tools forfighting virus prevention and protecting users’ privacy.Threatsto network and desktop security are continually increasing—just this past weekcomputer...
- Tags: e-mail, IM, Internet-Usage Policy, Judith N. Mottl, network, security, security policy, virus
- Technical articles 2004-07-02
Additional Resources
- What are your most common desktop support issues?
- Every once in a while, I'll walk through the office and ask everyone how their computers are behaving, if the network is working all right for them, if they have any ideas for improving things, or if they need anything, in general, to make their computing business life any easier....
- Tags: AutoCAD, Request, Desktops, CAD, Hardware, Software, Joe Rosberg
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- Honeystick
- I came across a great project by the UK Honeynet Project. For those who have not heard of ‘honeynets’ yet, to put it simply they aresmall, often virtual networks which are created purely for the purpose of divertingattention from real networks and learning about techniques/exploits in the process....
- Tags: honeynet
- Blog posts 2005-11-24
- 100 best Linux apps
- This has received many Diggs since it was posted in the Ubuntu forum, but just in case you missed it, here's a list of the "Top 100 Open-Source Linux Apps" as compiled by TheWiseNoob. It's still being updated with installation info and additions, but this list is obviously a very...
- Tags: Linux, App, Selena Frye
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- Intel is working on anti-cheat technology
- It looks like Intel is working on an anti-cheat technology, although this is only a research project at the moment and hardly ready for prime time. The concept is simple: A chipset records all input from the keyboard and mouse at the hardware level -- the game...
- Tags: Concept, Winamp, Intel Corp., Chipsets, Games, Keyboards, Mice, Digital Music, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Peripherals, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-07-01
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