September 28th, 2007

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GPMC Script Samples

Overview:The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) can be scripted by using a built-in COM object.This package contains a great deal of script examples:BackupAllGPOs.wsfBackupGPO.wsfCopyGPO.wsfCreateEnvironmentFromXML.wsfCreateGPO.wsfCreateMigrationTa…

Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Populate the Central Store?

If you are in a large international organization you might want to upload Vista ADML files for the different languages used on management computers to the Central Store.Now you can download both ADMX and ADML files for Vista in a single package:http://…

Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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GP related changes - good MS article

Check out this article, it’s really good for a “quick” summary of the GP related changes in Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn)http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/5ae8da2a-878e-48db-a3c1-4be6ac7cf7631033.mspx?mfr=true

Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Best World Clock Software - Qlock

I work with all the people around the world, mainly UK, Toronto, and San Jose. I used to manually calculate the time based on the time-zone difference. It is completely inefficient! This is even confusing when there is daylight savings in United State….

Written by ChampDog on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Why Microsoft must abandon Vista to save itself

While Vista was originally touted by Microsoft as the operating system savior we’ve all been waiting for, it has turned out to be one of the biggest blunders in technology.With a host of issues that are inexcusable and features that are taken from the …

Written by Madhukara H on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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How to fix Vista’s network bottlenecks

As much as I enjoy using Vista, I’ve definitely noticed that in some networking activities, it definitely seems to struggle. Particularly compared with Windows XP.For the most part it’s not a problem – I just assumed that Vista’s beefy network …

Written by Madhukara H on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Vista file copying showdown: RTM vs SP1 (updated2)

Copying files is the Achilles’ heel of Windows Vista, “calculating time remaining…” the blue screen of death equivalent. If anyone tells you Windows Vista isn’t slow at copying files across the network, then they obviously haven’t downloaded any DVDrips and tried to move it onto another computer. Local file copying has already been improved in [...]

Written by Long Zheng on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Set Multiple home pages for IE 7 from the command line

After creating the IE 7 Tweaking tool we seem to get loads of questions about IE 7. One of the latest was about setting multiple home pages in IE 7 from the command line. Hmm. Before someone asked I never had thought about it. If you look into the set…

Written by Steve Wiseman on September 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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