Whether you are having problems yourself getting something to work correctly on your computer and are working with tech support, or you’re trying to solve such problems for your customers, friends, or your Mom, you have probably spent hours describing or explaining events over and over again in an effort to deal with the lack [...]
Apr
14
2010
14
2010
Utility Spotlight: Screenrecorder
Apr
5
2010
5
2010
Ask the Performance Team
Introducing the DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant
Are you using DirectAccess or planning a deployment soon? Reduce your support costs and significantly improve your mobile users’ connectivity experience with the newly released Microsoft DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant (DCA).
DCA informs mobile users of their connectivity status at all times; provides tools to help them reconnect on their own if problems [...]
Apr
5
2010
5
2010
Federal Desktop Core Configuration : Viewing and Comparing IE Security Zone Settings
The Security tab of the Internet Explorer Properties dialog shows security settings for the Internet, Intranet, Trusted Sites and Restricted Sites zones. However:
It doesn’t show settings for the Local Machine (Computer) zone, nor for Local Machine Zone Lockdown (LMZL).
When machine settings or other policies are in effect, most of the Security Zones UI is [...]
Sep
22
2009
22
2009
What Internet Explorer Administration Kit Can Do For You | TechNet
Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) enables the most efficient way to deploy and manage Web-based solutions. IEAK is designed to be used by three main customers: Corporations, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet Content Providers (ICPs), and Internet Software Vendors (ISVs). Learn how to tailor a custom browser to meet your customers’ needs.
Corporations [...]
Aug
7
2009
7
2009
Tales from the Datacenter
Thank you Patrick for this useful post
Around the office, most of us are used to using UltraMon to manage our windows on the beautiful 23″ monitors we have. Unfortunately, for the time being, UltraMon doesn’t provide support for 7, so some of us are left manually wrangling windows around.
In a rare moment of helpfulness, [...]
May
28
2009
28
2009
Focus Shift to Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server R2
I’ve spent the last several weeks since MMS getting a feel for the new technologies coming with Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. Our company had a very limited deployment of Windows Vista (mainly is was just IT people), so we never really put a lot of effort into getting the most out of it. [...]
Mar
16
2009
16
2009
Windows 7 Build 7057
Windows 7 Build 7057 — Windows 7, Build 7057, as numerous sites and blogs have reported — is out in the wild. I’ve seen a number of folks speculating this build could end up being earmarked as the Windows 7 Release Candidate. The timing seems about right, as the Windows team seems to favor repeated [...]
Sep
25
2007
25
2007
Synchronizing Offline Files from the command line in Vista
A blog reader recently asked us how to synchronize Offline Files from the command
prompt instead of from the Sync Center as described in a previous
blog post. Good question! Synchronizing Offline Files from the command line is
performed using a WMI script. We have published two example scripts that illustrate
how to do this.
The scripts are:
CscSyncAll.vbs –
Sync [...]
Oct
24
2006
24
2006
IEForge – bends IE to your will | InlineSearch / HomePage
Lots of buzz over why this feature didn’t make it into IE7. Its apparently a
feature in Firefox.
Inline Search v 1.2 is an extremely useful free add-on for Internet Explorer that
mimics Firefox’s search behavior. It turns searching in a web page into a non modal
research experience coupled with a find as you type facility. It integrates [...]
Jun
2
2006
2
2006
Download Windows Server Update Services with Service Pack 1
Windows
Server Update Services with Service Pack 1 (WSUS SP1) delivers updates for WSUS. This
service pack includes support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and the forthcoming Microsoft
Windows Vista operating system, and provides additional stability and performance
improvements. After you install WSUS SP1, you may be required to restart your computer.
You cannot remove WSUS SP1 after you install [...]