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This is a pretty cool one liner that is of tremendous help. You can get the serial number of most PCs via PowerShell remotely. This includes Dell service tags. Command: Get-WMIObject -Class "Win32_BIOS" -Computer computername | select SerialNumber Example:
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Cool new tool by Microsoft to help you troubleshoot IPsec. Get it here . Overview Microsoft IPsec Diagnostic Tool checks for common network problems on the host machine and if found, suggests repair commands. Further, it collects IPsec policy information
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The Performance team put together a good post about Windows Server 2008 Upgrade Paths, Resource Limits and Registry Values. Check it out here .
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Pricing isn't that bad for 2008. Quick Shot: Windows Server 2008 Standard: $999 (with five Client Access Licenses, or CALs) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: $3,999 (with 25 CALs) Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: $2,999 (per processor) Windows Server 2008
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Looks like it is now in Q1 of 2008. More info here .
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I have a client where he manages his invoicing software that is a DOS-based application remotely from one of his other locations. He needed to print to a local printer at the site he is at form a machine that he is remotely connected to. The problem arises
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The Microsoft Performance Team has released a basic guide to debugging an application crash. This is a great way to troubleshoot crashes and have a close to exact reason on why it happened. Basic Debugging of an Application Crash ASKPERF - Ask the Microsoft
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Although this is only completely useful for US customers, Microsoft has published a calculator to determine the costs and the licenses associated with virtualizing a data center. Pretty neat tool. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/calculator.msp
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Microsoft released a new RDP client (Terminal Services Client 6.0) that has the features that are introduced with Windows Vista and Windows "Longhorn". You can view the knowledge base article here . Some of the new features: Network Level Authentication
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This is sweet. Virtual Server 2005 R2 is now a free download. Even though Microsoft has said this is not in response of EMC offering VMWare GSX Server for free, but it seems to me that it is. In my opinion, Virtual Server is just as good as GSX server.
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Now normally I don’t knock on others “helpful” tips, but this just made me sit back and say “WOW!” While reading through the massive amount of emails I get on a daily basis, I came upon an email that came to me last week from MCPMag.com. The article was
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If you are anything like me, installing Windows is one of your pain points. It is not that I don’t know how to install Windows, it’s the fact that it does take some time and babysitting. About a year ago I started using answer files to install my production
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Itching for Longhorn and Vista Information? I know I am. I am more looking forward to Longhorn server as opposed to Vista as I am more of a Server OS kind of guy. However, any information is good information. Microsoft released a document about the new
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Tim Rains at Microsoft has developed a tool to detect network sniffers running on Windows systems. This tool essentially checks to see if the nework card is running in promiscuous mode. There are both a GUI and command line version. Links: Tim Rains's
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