Minimize the laborious task of searching for specific events with Event Comb.
Auditors think this admin should turn DCs into file and application servers. Is this a good idea?
- By Bill Boswell
- 12/21/2004
Who ever heard of knocking before entering?
Command-line script for checking out service pack deployments.
Configure Windows Firewall to accept incoming traffic.
Admin wants to do unattended installs as smoothly as possible without "faking" it.
- By Bill Boswell
- 12/14/2004
Heads shake to as why but nod to the results.
Fixing last week's slow file copy problem required taking bigger bites.
- By Bill Boswell
- 12/07/2004
Just like their biological brethren, the computer kind mutate, too.
Welcome to a new column on scripting!
Take command with CSC and Group Policy.
Even honest disclosure can incur the wrath of the Man.
Frame sizes? Fine. DS3 configuration? Check. So, what's causing slow-as-molasses file copying across this admin's WAN?
- By Bill Boswell
- 11/30/2004
The bad guys might not be as smart as we fear they are.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 11/29/2004
Microsoft arms itself and users against hackers.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 11/22/2004
Get your house in order with ADM templates.
BOFRA! Excuse me, but that was my Internet Explorer.
DomainPrep exposed a well-hidden Active Directory mess from a previous, failed Exchange migration. A call to PSS took care of the problem.
- By Bill Boswell
- 11/16/2004
Check abuse of administrative privelages with GPOs.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 11/15/2004
Sysprep doesn't automatically include all mass storage drivers, causing imaged desktops to get spooked by blue screens.
- By Bill Boswell
- 11/09/2004