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I came across an interesting bunch of statistics the other day when researching a problem I was having. These are the maximum limits for Active Directory -Maximum number of GPOs that can apply to a user/computer: 999 -Maximum number of DNS servers in an AD-integrated zone (without manually adding the details): 850 (Windows 2000), 1300 […]
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Microsoft released the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to MSDN subscribers on Tuesday. In a few postings found on Microsoft Blogs they indicated that the service will not only update Vista, but will also work with 2008 Server. I decided to take a peek at my MSDN account, and indeed it is available […]
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Security researchers at Microsoft last week warned of a significant increase in exploits of the SMB flaw in Windows. The flaw was patched with an emergency fix last month. Microsoft again urged users to install the patch if they have not already done so. The patch can be found here Microsoft’s malware protection center said […]
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I am using the Thanksgiving holiday as a perfect time to upgrade our internal servers. I had already installed 2008 at our main site, and the backup site. Since everything was already running I could do it from home using our IntelliAdmin Remote Control. Within a few hours I got all the files in place, […]
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I lied. This is not the 5 sins of Windows 7, but the 5 sins of Vista undone. When Vista was first released I wrote an article titled “The 5 Sins of Vista” Each Sin was a bug or issue with Vista that I thought needed to be fixed. Lets look at all 5 of […]
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It has been a busy week for email. Received another good question yesterday: Saw an article you wrote on IntelliAdmin and wanted to ask a follow-up. I have a set of 12 local Windows XP machines and I’d like them all to use the same set of Favorites (without users being able to add or […]
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Last weekend I was digging through the attic to get Christmas lights. It was time to start fixing the ones that are not working anymore. In the container of lights I have these boxes that plug into the wall and allow me to turn the lights on and off with a remote control. On the […]
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I just received an email from Mike: Hi, I have a 10-year-old daughter, and I’m concerned that she might be doing some shady things on her computer. I was told about “Intelliadmin” to discreetly watch her computer from my own on the same network. Is this something you can provide? Please give me some information… […]
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Back in 2007 I wrote an article on how to backup your auto-complete data in Outlook. This tip is for Outlook 2003 – even though I don’t mention it – it works for Outlook 2007 too. What is Auto-Complete? When you start typing out an email address, outlook will automatically start filling it out for […]
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I found a plugin that fixes the feed issue. I have tested it in Google Reader, Outlook, IE, and FireFox….My FireFox still shows the truncated feeds…but I think this is because they are cached. If you are still having problems reading the full feed try to clear your cache and reload.
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