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One Needle, Many Haystacks

Minimize the laborious task of searching for specific events with Event Comb.

Everything But the Kitchen Sink

Auditors think this admin should turn DCs into file and application servers. Is this a good idea?

Microsoft Drops Ball on Patch Notification

Who ever heard of knocking before entering?

Service Pack Check-Up

Command-line script for checking out service pack deployments.

Unleash the WMI Within

Configure Windows Firewall to accept incoming traffic.

RIS on the Run

Admin wants to do unattended installs as smoothly as possible without "faking" it.

Malware Not Taking Hold

Heads shake to as why but nod to the results.

Sliced Too Thin

Fixing last week's slow file copy problem required taking bigger bites.

A Virus by any Other Name

Just like their biological brethren, the computer kind mutate, too.

First Person Impersonate

Welcome to a new column on scripting!

Managing Offline Files

Take command with CSC and Group Policy.

Petco Punished for Doing the Right Thing

Even honest disclosure can incur the wrath of the Man.

Without a Trace

Frame sizes? Fine. DS3 configuration? Check. So, what's causing slow-as-molasses file copying across this admin's WAN?

Equal-Opportunity Stupidity

The bad guys might not be as smart as we fear they are.

Ill News for Illwill

Microsoft arms itself and users against hackers.

Making Everything Manageable

Get your house in order with ADM templates.

New Malware Threat Emerging

BOFRA! Excuse me, but that was my Internet Explorer.

7 Steps to a Clean Slate

DomainPrep exposed a well-hidden Active Directory mess from a previous, failed Exchange migration. A call to PSS took care of the problem.

Deny Local Logon—Even to Admins

Check abuse of administrative privelages with GPOs.

Ghost of a New Machine

Sysprep doesn't automatically include all mass storage drivers, causing imaged desktops to get spooked by blue screens.

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