Spice up your scripts with a graphical interface.
Using the command-line task scheduler to lock up inactive desktops automatically.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/15/2006
Need to know who are members of each local administrator’s group? Here’s a script that can help.
Also: The danger lurking on USB thumb drives and in social networking sites.
Administer the ADUC through the command line tools. First up: DSADD
- By Greg Shields
- 11/13/2006
Stop me if you've heard these before: more command line script tips.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/08/2006
Vista rolls out, in some sense, without support coming from the Developer Division.
- By Mike Gunderloy
- 11/07/2006
Also: UK bank's security works for only one browser; trusting trust certs.
Use scripts to determine the contents of MSI setup files.
A review of Lars Powers and Michael Snell's "Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Unleashed."
- By Rita Zurcher
- 11/01/2006
You can get lots of info with the CLI, so what you need is a CLI GUI to view it all.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/01/2006
Here’s one other aspect of local administrator password management that may scare you.
Carry your files with you, but make sure they're also encrypted and safe with this nifty tool from Cypherix.
- By Zubair Alexander
- 10/30/2006
Plus: Formation of an ID standards panel, update on the U.S. ID Theft Task Force and why banks might be an unsafe place for your money.
Some command-line tips from my TechMentor Conference session.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/25/2006
With this handy tool, you can carry your personal XP OS and programs with you on your pen drive.
Using these handy markers to tell you and to limit how often often code is executed.
Also: ATMs working like greased slot machines; QuickTime, Flash Player invite hackers to your machine.
A backup plan that won't bog down your admin routine.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/18/2006
Run VMware VMs from your pen drive. All it takes is the quick installation of a nifty tool called moka5.