I continue to be surprised by the number of people still using Windows 95/98/ME. I asked people earlier to let us know if they were interested in a 9x patch (For New Zealand), and we have gotten so much email we have had a hard time answering it all.
Your wish has been answered and we have released a new 9x patch that includes New Zealand.
We were looking for many ways to automatically refresh the DST tables, but all of them have their flaws - They simply bring up the date and time window instead of refreshing.
So you will need to do this by hand. It is simple to do.
1. Apply the patch
2. Open your date and time by double clicking on the time in the corner
3. Click OK on the date and time window
Now your system is updated.
Also this patch can be called with the /qinstall and /quinstall command line arguments.
Here is the download link:
http://www.intelliadmin.com/DaylightSavingFix98.exe
Written by Steve Wiseman on October 1st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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With Windows Server 2008 (Codename Longhorn) you will notice a new container called "Starter GPOs" inside the GPMC (version 2.0 - BTW this version will also be available as a separate download for Windows Vista with SP1).
This new container can hold what I would call "templates" for creating new GPO's - with the limitation that only Administrative Template settings are available. When creating new GPO's you can choose to use a Starter GPO as the source (read: template) - which makes it easy and fast to create multiple GPO's with the same baseline configuration.
But, the very cool thing is that you can now "export" those GPO templates (Starter GPO's) to a Cabinet file (.CAB) and then import into another environment - completely independent of the source domain/forest! So, you can create the PERFECT Starter GPO and then bring it around the world, share it on the Internet (if legal?), deploy it on all systems you can get a hold on etc. etc.
When you 'enable' Starter GPO's in the domain for the first time, a folder called "StarterGPOs" is created inside the SYSVOL folder (\\domain.com\SYSVOL\domain.com\StarterGPOs) - this is where all the "magic" is done... For each new Starter GPO you create, you will see a new folder below this StarterGPOs folder - each will have a unique GUID (just like normal group policies). So, when you create a new GPO with a Starter GPO as source a nice and simple COPY process is actually performed - the subfolders and files from the Starter GPO's GUID folder is just copied into the \\domain.com\SYSVOL\domain.com\Policies\[SomeNewGUID] folder - and wupti, you are ready to deploy...
Well, it may not be the same as the Templates we got with AGPM (Advanced Group Policy Management from Desktop Optimization Pack) - but, even if you don't have the required DOP license you still get a few cookies for "free"...
One last thing - remember to create a separate backup process for Starter GPO's, as they are not backed up though the GPMC "Backup All" method you have for the regular GPO's - the yhave a seperate backup procedure. So far there's no script for backing up the Starter GPO's, but I'm pretty sure it will show up (just like the "BackupAllGPOs.wsf script).
And don't worry - if you should get an error like this:
"The overall error was: The system cannot find the path specified. Additional details follow"
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"[Error] The backup configuration file [C:\xxx\Backup.xml] cannot be saved. The following error occurred: The system cannot find the path specified."
when performing a backup of your Starter GPO's you are probably testing the RC0 release... That build has a known bug which has been corrected already (RC1)!
But besides from this minor detail I say: Thumbs up for Starter GPO's!
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Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg on October 1st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Hi,
Microsoft MVP, Jeremy Moskowitz, has 2 video interviews out there... Check them out:
Part 1 &
Part 2_
Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg on October 1st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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XPAntiVirus Descriptions:
XPAntiVirus, also known as XP Antivirus, is counterfeit anti-spyware software. XPAntivirus usually installed itself onto your PC without your permission, through Trojan and virus. XPAntivirus will display fake security alerts or notifications to trick user to buy the paid version of XPAntivirus .
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Written by Brian on October 1st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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With Software As A Service (SaaS), eg Google Docs getting more and more popular, Microsoft needs a way to counterattack Google’s offering, and to prevent users from moving to Google Docs/Spreadsheets.
As of Oct 1st, 07 onwards, Microsoft is rolling out Office Live Workspace beta.
Office Live Workspace is, in Microsoft’s words, “a new web-based feature of Microsoft Office which lets people access their documents online and share their work with others.â€Â
Office Live Workspace is not a hosted version of Microsoft Office. Instead, it is — like the rest of the Office Live family — an extension to the client-based version of desktop productivity software. Interestingly, Office Live Workspace isn’t just an extension to Microsoft Office 2007, but also third-party-developed office programs like OpenOffice, StarOffice and more, as well as Office XP.
More information about Office Live Workspace can be found:Â http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officelive/fx102390721033.aspx
Written by Jabez Gan [MVP] on October 1st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Logmein has been around long enough to be taken very seriously when it comes to remote administration. We all know its strengths and weaknesses (especially the free version) But that is not what I want to discuss here.
The trouble with Logmein is deploying it to a lot of users!
I want to talk about sending mails to users to add their computer to a pool of computers (without you having to do anything besides adding the user as an administrator)
Go to your logmein page as normal and there go to the link [Users].
There select [Add New Administrator]
Fill in the Email Address of the user you want to add his her pc.
Now comes the part that I love: give the user only right to [create installation links]
Specify the group where the user must add his or her pc and you are set.
I know this only works if a user is at least power user or higher, we have software here that requires just that so on my network its not a problem.
I hope this helps you in deploying logmein for your administration tasks.
Written by Teus on October 1st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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