Every new Windows operating system includes some new keyboard shortcuts. If you have been a user of technology for any amount of time, you probably know a few of these yourself. You might even know a few that are not on this list. Keyboard commandos swear by some of these shortcuts. You can just about do anything in… Read More »
Most developers don’t have much of a clue about network fundamentals. What may be a simple thing for a network engineer or system administrator may leave a developer simply scratching his or her head.
Changing an Active Directory user password is not really too difficult. You can even build the function into your own application, by leveraging some Windows API functions.
How can you quickly find the global catalog servers in your domain? Two command-line tools can be helpful here.
Looking to change the behavior of your Windows 7 computer? Maybe you need to enable or disable some functionality, make it run faster, lock it down from prying eyes? This post contains a pile of great registry hacks. If you have been around for a bit, you’ve probably seen a lot of these. However, there might be a… Read More »
If your VMware implementation contains more than a few hosts, managing port groups (or any multi-host settings) can be a real pain. In order to take advantage of cool things like vMotion, your port groups need to match across all hosts in the cluster. If one of them is misspelled, or has a bad VLAN tag, it’s a… Read More »
Batch programming can be a powerful thing. Basically, anything you can run at a command prompt can be run in a batch file. Coupled with task scheduler, process automation nirvana can be achieved. However, one thing that is conspicuously is the presence of a date or time variable. For example, if you wanted to date or time encode… Read More »
Supporting desktops in large organizations has become increasingly complex. Support teams that are looking to streamline support through improved, remote troubleshooting while working in the security constraints of ‘least privilege’ access need to look at how Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, Opalis and System Center Configuration Manager can be configured to work together to provide a single, easy-to-use… Read More »
The first day of any conference is usually pretty hectic. You have to travel to get there, get checked in at the conference, get checked in at the hotel, etc. It’s mainly a travel day. However, there are a couple of good presentations on the first of of MMS that I thought would be useful, and I was… Read More »
As most of the world knows, Microsoft has made available a consumer preview of Windows 8. While this is still considered beta software, I highly recommend you check it out. Some of us technology minded folks are charged with supporting legacy software, developed with Visual Studio 6 (particulary Visual Basic 6), and with the iminent release of Windows… Read More »