A Security Baseline Resource for Windows 7–Internet Explorer and Windows 7 Firewall
If you are looking for some ideas how to secure your Windows 7 clients, have a look at the USGCB (The United States Government Configuration Baseline). The USGCB has been developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Read More …
Retrieve Group Policy size in SYSVOL folder with PowerShell
Needless to say that there are quite some benefits in using a central store for Group Policies, one of them is that you can prevent the so-called SYSVOL bloat. A good description of the SYSVOL bloat is described here. So Read More …
Wakeup Your Computer And Do Something
Assume you need to start a file transfer, a download or just execute a batch file once or on a regular basis in the middle of the night. What would you do? Most people will probably use some scheduling software Read More …
BITSAdmin is deprecated in Windows 7 and 2008 R2
Just recently when I created a script using BITSAdmin, I noticed the following text when running the BITSAdmin executable: BITSADMIN is deprecated and is not guaranteed to be available in future versions of Windows. Administrative tools for the BITS service Read More …
Restricting the use of Windows Virtual PC
Windows Virtual PC is a great feature of Windows 7, but unfortunately Microsoft did not consider to provide any Group Policy settings to control the use of it. In an enterprise or small business environment you might want to do Read More …
ToolTip: Soluto–Improve your Windows Boot Performance
Hey here’s another cool application that can help improving Windows startup boot times. The Application is called Soluto and can be downloaded from here. Using Soluto is a no-brainer, just install it, and reboot. Soluto will show you the applications Read More …
Mute Windows System Volume
I came across a forum post where someone asked how to programmatically mute the Windows System volume. So this is what I have found: NirCmd NirCmd from NirSoft is a small command-line utility that contains many smart functions like muting Read More …
ReadTip: General (Windows) activation concepts (KMS/MAK)
A great article from Kevin Ledman – Microsoft Platforms Support, covering the following topics around Windows activation: What is KMS? What is MAK? What do you consider your ‘current operating systems? How do I know what I have available to Read More …
ReadTip: Planning guide for Microsoft Office 2010
For anyone who is somehow involved in a Office 2010 deployment planning I strongly recommend reading the Planning Guide for Microsoft Office 2010. Microsoft just released an updated version. Don’t be shocked, the document counts 458 pages, but does contain Read More …