Use Automated Defect Prevention (ADP) as a software management strategy that increases application quality through process improvement.
Microsoft makes managing Office easier done than said, as long as you remember the GPA templates. Plus: quick guide to espresso for admins.
- By Greg Shields
- 12/13/2007
Plus: settling with crooks; malware as a service; more.
What? Windows Explorer as a GUI for admin tasks. Uh, kinda.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 12/12/2007
SQL Server replication questions abound. So, let's take a closer look at what it is and how to do it properly.
- By Eric Johnson
- 12/12/2007
RSS feeds and calendars up Outlook with errors; pesky Passport reminders that work too well.
- By Zubair Alexander
- 12/11/2007
Full-suite log monitoring tools offer gobs of info, but for those times when you just need a nibble, Vista's event log monitor delivers the goods.
- By Greg Shields
- 12/06/2007
Harried by the mundane tasks of configuring and loading desktops? Here's a miracle tool.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 12/05/2007
Plus: Arp spoofing strikes CISRT; how copper thieves can pose threats to your systems.
Vulnerabilities in products from Cisco, Sun Java and Nagios can help hackers into systems via less obvious methods if IT doesn't think creatively.
Are you a bit fat in software and hardware assets? It's time to reassess your IT resources and Microsoft's Core IO can help streamline that process.
- By David E. Yashar
- 12/01/2007
Not ready for PowerShell's Get-Service cmdlet? Get to know SC.exe, which can almost read your mind.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/28/2007
You can copy SQL Server logins from one box to another the hard way, or take the easy route by getting an assist from the SP_HELP_REVLOGIN proc.
- By Eric Johnson
- 11/28/2007
You'll have to look real hard to find those scripts on a Vista machine. Here's a clue.
- By Greg Shields
- 11/26/2007
Try this tip if you're as forgetful as I am when trying to remember what functions reside in your profile script.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/21/2007
Jump-start your Web projects with MOSS 2007.
- By Andrew Gelina
- 11/15/2007
Plus: Check Point BOF; zombies and botnets; and rootkits
Love the command prompt, but hate always using keyboard shortcuts? Put that mouse to work with this tip. Plus: Keeping message unread in Outloook.
- By Zubair Alexander
- 11/13/2007
The disk defrag tool gets better with every OS, it seems. Check out some of the improvements on hand this time around.
- By Greg Shields
- 11/12/2007
Your back-up plan probably relies on something that's been around for ages: tapes. Here's what you need to keep in mind when managing this old but reliable technology.
- By Eric Johnson
- 11/07/2007