Microsoft execs aren't exactly shouting, "Head 'em up, move 'em out," as Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Yates character did in the '60s TV series, "Rawhide," but their long drive to bring Windows Server "Longhorn" to market continues.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/16/2006
Using the command-line task scheduler to lock up inactive desktops automatically.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/15/2006
Microsoft made several milestone announcements regarding its database products Wednesday at its SQL PASS conference in Seattle.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/15/2006
Microsoft launched the beta test of its new Forefront Client Security product that aims to help protect business desktops, laptops and server operating systems from viruses, spyware and other threats at its IT Forum conference in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/14/2006
Eighty-six percent of IT decision makers say they plan to adopt Windows Vista, and 20 percent say they will move to the new operating system within the next year, according to a new tracking poll sponsored by CDW Corp.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/14/2006
Need to know who are members of each local administrator’s group? Here’s a script that can help.
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
Microsoft announced it released Windows Vista to manufacturing on Wednesday, putting it on schedule to ship to volume customers by November 30, and confirmed that Vista will go to consumers on January 30, 2007.
- By Ed Scannell and Stuart Johnston
- 11/08/2006
Microsoft Corp. said Monday it has wrapped up work on its delayed Office 2007 suite and released the code to manufacturing.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/07/2006
The virtualization marketplace heated up this week with announcements from both Microsoft and chief competitor VMware. Both announcements came at VMware's VMworld conference in Los Angeles.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/07/2006
Police nab suspects responsible for hacking into goverment sites in South America, Asia and United States.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/06/2006
Use scripts to determine the contents of MSI setup files.
Analysis: Once bitter rivals now working on a peaceful relationship in business and desktop realms.
- By Ed Scannell and Stuart Johnston
- 11/03/2006
With the corporate delivery of Windows Vista imminent, Microsoft is also rolling out a new volume licensing scheme for business customers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 11/02/2006