Microsoft introduced and clarified what Windows 8 Enterprise brings to the table for those business customers with Software Assurance agreements. As discussed earlier this week in the discussion of the four SKUs of Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise includes all the features of Windows 8 Pro while adding some features "IT organization that enable PC management and deployment, … [Read more...]
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 now available
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is one of Microsoft's solution accelerators. These products are available for free and are supported by Microsoft. The various solution accelerators cover a number of different aspects to managing Microsoft technologies. The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is the tool that I am most familiar with. Paired with Windows Deployment Services on a Windows … [Read more...]
McAfee DAT 6682 crashing systems
Just shy of the two year anniversary of when a McAfee antivirus definition contained a false positive that crippled Windows XP systems around the world, it seems the company is at it again. A McAfee Knowledge Base article describes the issue DAT 6682 is having with McAfee security for certain email products. McAfee has confirmed that incremental DAT 6682 may trigger message … [Read more...]
Best Practices in Active Directory
Microsoft TechNet Edge has a great collection of videos. One that I would like to call your attention to is this Active Directory Best Practices: Ten Years Later. If you touch the AD at all, I'd encourage you to watch the 55 minute video. It's broken down into different sections like organizing OUs, managing sites, and extreme consoles. Even if you have been using the Active … [Read more...]
Simple Tip: Windows 7 includes Copy as Path on the context menu
I was a bit bummed when setting up my work computer recently that one of my trusty favorites, the Lammer Context menu, caused Windows Explorer.exe to crash on every right-click. (It still works well at home though.) I was disappointed to not have this tool for the two things I use frequently out of it: Copy the file's path and calculate checksum. Be bummed no more! Windows 7 … [Read more...]