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The time is almost here. We are getting ready to release our first beta of Remote Control LAN Edition – compatible with Vista, and 64 bit windows. We have been accepting beta application requests for almost a year now, and over 5000 people have asked to be on the list. We have setup a private […]
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I have been looking for a “best practices” document to use when setting up Vista in a business environment. While searching the MS website I came across these three security guides: Windows Vista Security Guide Windows XP Security Guide Windows 2003 Security Guide They offer a tremendous amount of information that can help you get […]
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If you are like me, you were brought to Windows Vista kicking and screaming. All of the flash and lights just do not seem to be worth all of the broken drivers, slow boots, and frequent crashes. Microsoft is trying to sunset XP as quickly as they can, and after June 30th it will be […]
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Microsoft has announced a beta of Sysinternals Live – a service that allows you to execute Sysinternals tools directly from the web without searching for and downloading them. Simply enter a tools Sysinternals path into windows explorer or a command prompt like this: And believe it or not, after clicking the go button, a share […]
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I have been struggling with a strange DNS issue on my network for the last month. I have tried everything under the sun, and nothing has worked. The problem was that many times you would need to go to a site twice before it would resolve properly. Then I heard yesterday that ICANN (The organization […]
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If you have not heard about it already, many people are having big problems with Windows XP SP3. I just want to remind everyone that we have had a tool out since January that will delay the automatic install of SP3 for 12 months. You have 4 options for preventing the automatic install of SP3: […]
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There have been many times while working on a problem that I have found files that look suspicious, or are not part of the standard windows install. Microsoft has provided an excellent resource for researching executable files within windows. It is called the DLL Help Database Search So for example…you are working on your server, […]
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VMWare has announced the release of Beta 2 of their server product. It is supposed to have improved performance, and include these new key features: – Update VMWare Infrastructure (VI) Web Access management interface – Independent virtual machine console – Support for USB 2.0 devices – Multi-Tiered permissions – New Hardware editors – Automatically start […]
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We have a support contract with one of our software vendors. From time to time they need to login via Remote Desktop and make changes or updates for us. I setup a special account that will notify me when they login to our server – that way I always know when they are on our […]
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Service Pack 1 for Vista was released a few weeks ago. For now, it is an optional update. Beginning mid April, SP1 will start automatically downloading to PCs – Only on machines that have automatic updates turned on. Not to fear, it will download but not install automatically. If you are not familiar with the […]
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