Posted Tuesday, 25 March 2008 by Michael Khanin
Microsoft is providing free phone support for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 users through March 2009.
The toll-free call-in number in the U.S. for Vista SP1 help is (866)-234-6020.
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Posted Friday, 21 March 2008 by Algo
Ntrights.exe from Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools can help you to give some privilege to limited users if you do not have Active Directory or XPpro.
One of them for exemple: Limited user can't get access to change system time and date in tray. With Ntrights tool you can grant privilege to change system time and date.
*This command requires Administrator rights and does not run on NT 4.0
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Posted Wednesday, 05 March 2008 by Cornel
IBM System Packs for SCCM provides firmware and driver updates for Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manger by:
- Using UpdateXpress System Packs to provided updates to SCCM for System x servers.
- Leveraging SCCM administrators can quickly evaluate systems for firmware and driver updates available.
Source: IBM Support and http://www.xanalisys.com/System-Management/IBM-System-Packs-for-Microsoft-System-Center-Configuration-Manager-SCCM.html
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Posted Monday, 24 March 2008 by Michael Khanin
New features in VMware Workstation include:
Windows Vista support: Users can deploy Windows Vista as a guest or host operating system, facilitating re-hosting of legacy systems, enabling upgrade and migration projects with minimal end-user disruption and simplifying Windows Vista evaluations.
Multiple monitor display: Users can configure one virtual machine to span multiple monitors or multiple virtual machines to each display on separate monitors with this industry-first capability, enhancing desktop productivity.
USB 2.0 support: Users can take advantage of high-performance peripherals such as Apple iPods and fast storage devices.
ACE authoring capabilities: As a companion to VMware Workstation 6, VMware now offers a VMware ACE Option Pack, which enables VMware Workstation 6 users to create secure, centrally manageable virtual machines. Mobility is one of the primary benefits of this Option Pack, as it allows users to securely transport virtual machines on portable media devices such as USB memory sticks.
Integrated Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) functionality: Users can create a virtual machine in minutes by “cloning” an existing physical computer.
Integrated virtual debugger: Users can deploy, run and debug programs inside a virtual machine directly from their preferred integrated development environments (IDE’s), accelerating debugging with this industry-first integra-tion with Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio.
Background virtual machine execution: Users can run virtual machines in the background without the VMware Workstation user interface for an unclutte-red user experience.
Automation APIs: Users can write scripts and programs that automate and help quicken virtual machine testing with support for VIX API 2.0.
In addition, VMware Workstation 6 advances the state of the art in virtualization technology with groundbreaking new capabilities including:
Continuous virtual machine record and replay (experimental): Users can record the execution of a virtual machine, including all inputs, outputs and decisions made along the way. On demand, the user can go “back in time” to the start of the recording and replay execution, guaranteeing that the virtual machine will perform exactly the same operations every time and ensuring bugs can be reproduced and resolved.
Virtual Machine Interface (VMI) support (experimental): VMware Workstation 6 is the first virtualization platform to allow execution of para-virtualized guest operating systems that implement the VMI interface.
VMware Workstation 6.0.3 Release Notes.
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Posted Monday, 10 March 2008 by Michael Khanin and Yevgeniy Tokman
I believe that these days it is not necessary to explain what SharePoint is. Everyone at least heard the name. I would like to talk about how to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and how to configure it to work in Form Base Authentication mode. You can ask me why Form Base Authentication Mode? There are several reasons for choosing it. One of them was to provide a Web Hosting with SharePoint enabled service. By using Form Base Authentication mode Webmaster can manage users directly through web interface. In this mode all users stored in MS SQL database, so webmaster does not need to have any permission on server or entire network.
So, let’s start from scratch, step by step.
The first step is to Install Internet Information Service (IIS). To do this I really recommend using “Manage Your Server” from Administration Tools and add a new role, Application server (IIS, ASP.NET). Please keep in mind NOT to do all this stuff on Domain Controller, please install WSS 3.0 on Member server. After IIS successfully installed, start installation of Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package. If Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package was already installed, please reinstall it after IIS installation. When we finish with Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package, we have to install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package. If Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.0 Redistributable Package was already installed, please reinstall it after IIS installation. So far, so good. We are ready to start MS SQL 200x installation process. It is really straight forward process, so I’m not going to explain how to press NEXT NEXT NEXT :).
By this point, we already have IIS 6 and MS SQL Server installed on our server. Before we continue, PLEASE install last windows updates, at least for IIS and MS SQL.
When all new updates installed we are ready to start installation of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS 3.0). On “Chose the installation you want” screen select “Advance”.
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Posted Wednesday, 05 March 2008 by Michael Khanin
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Posted Wednesday, 05 March 2008 by Michael Khanin
Hi folk,
At present I’m at Novell, Provo UT, USA.
I’m on NTT - Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management training. If somebody of you would like more information about this product (if you worry about security you should take a look on this product), please let me know and I’ll publish more information about this very cool product :).
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Posted Wednesday, 05 March 2008 by Michael Khanin
Microsoft Search Server 2008 RTM’ed yesterday, the express edition is free!
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Posted Thursday, 17 January 2008 by Michael Khanin
Three ways to be a hero. One event to launch them.
As one of the unsung heroes of technology, you do work that helps your company be more competitive. Now, Microsoft is launching three powerful new products that help make it even easier for you to be a hero every day, including:
• Windows Server® 2008 operating system;
• Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008; and,
• Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008.
See the applications in action. Attend break-out sessions and meet with product experts. Get answers to your questions and leave with a promotional kit that includes versions of the three new products.
Click Here to learn more and see all available event cities or click below to register directly now.
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Posted Tuesday, 04 March 2008 by Michael Khanin
Join Mark Russinovich and a panel of experts at 9:00 A.M. Pacific Time, March 5th for a live, interactive discussion on adopting Windows Vista into a desktop infrastructure. The panel will feature subject-matter experts and IT pros from around the world who have tackled Windows Vista deployment—hear about the challenges, workarounds, and tips & tricks they have learned along the way. Ask your questions live during the event or e-mail your question in advance to
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. The panel will answer as many questions as they can during the 60-minute event so take advantage of this opportunity to ask THE EXPERTS and find out what you want to know about Windows Vista adoption.
For access to guidance, resources, tools, and straight-talk articles today, visit the Springboard Series for Windows Vista.
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Posted Tuesday, 04 March 2008 by Michael Khanin
Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 is now released.
More information can be found here:
Description of Update Rollup 1 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
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Posted Thursday, 28 February 2008 by Michael Khanin
Yesterday was the first Windows 2008 event in Canada. The first event was in Toronto and had almost 3000 attendees. Twenty MVPs participated in Ask-The-Expert and I was one of them :). One of the commonly asked questions was question about “What NAP is and how it works?“
So, I’d like to show what posted on TheLazyAdmin.com about NAP:
With the recent launch of Windows Server 2008 you are no doubt spending all your free time playing around with everything new. One thing you might be playing around with is Network Access Protection. There is a great document on getting a DHCP based NAP lab set up but one thing the document is missing is how to configure the NAP client in XP SP3. In Windows Vista you simply start the service then enable the client through the NAP Client Configuration MMC (napclcfg.msc) but XP SP3 does not include the MMC. So how does one configure the NAP Client without a Nap Client configuration tool? Netsh, that is how!
To enable the NAP Client on XP SP3 you need to do the following:
- Start –> Run –> Services.msc
- Change the Network Access Protection Agent service to start automatically
- Start the Network Access Protection Agent service
- Start –> Run –> CMD.exe
- Type netsh nap client set enforcement ID = ##### Admin = “Enable”
- Start –> Run –> GPEdit.msc
- Drill down to Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Security Center
- Enable the Security Center
- Start –> Run –> Services.msc
- Start the Security Center service
You will need to replace the ##### with the ID based on whichever enforcement method you are using. You can use the following IDs for the various enforcement methods:
- DHCP = 79617
- RAS = 79618
- IPSec = 79619
- TS Gateway = 79621
- EAP = 79623
For more labs and information see:
Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate IPsec NAP Enforcement in a Test Lab
Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate 802.1X NAP Enforcement in a Test Lab
Step-by-Step Guide: Demonstrate VPN NAP Enforcement in a Test Lab
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Posted Thursday, 28 February 2008 by Michael Khanin
 Steve Ballmer made an interesting statement during his keynote: "Microsoft is Democritizing Virtualization" bringing another player in the high-end virtualization market. With System Center Virtual Machine manager you will be able to deploy and manage Novell and Suse Linux VM's and Microsoft Hyper-V, Vmware ESX and Citrix virtual hosts.
Source: bink.nu
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