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The things that are better left unspoken

a blog by Sander Berkouwer

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Remotely managing your Server Core using WinRM and WinRS
I've already shown you how to remotely manage your Server Core installations of Windows Server Core using the Remote Desktop Protocol , but using Windows Remote Management (WinRM, Microsoft implementation of WS-Management ) in combination with WinRS might Read More...
Bitlocker revisited
A while ago I wrote a blog post on BitLocker Drive Encryption and why I thought it wasn’t ready for prime time yet. While reading up on BitLocker I found out two of my eight reasons are history or will be history in the near future. BitLocker Drive Encryption Read More...
Imperfections of BitLocker 1.0
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition and Windows Vista Enterprise Edition offer BitLocker Drive Encryption as a method to encrypt the contents of your hard drive. While working with BitLocker Drive Encryption I experienced a couple of imperfections and weaknesses. Read More...
Dutch localization of Windows Vista
I've been wrestling with Dutch localized versions of Windows Vista for a little while now. My conclusion so far: I don't consider it to be a finished product. (Yes, I know you've heard it before) Furthermore I think it's a disgrace Microsoft markets the Read More...
the Non-Existence of Virtual PC Express
According to older news Windows Vista Enterprise and Windows Vista Ultimate would both have a feature called Virtual PC Express. In fact both versions of Windows Vista do not ship with this feature. Clearly the cause of this is the new virtualization Read More...
Using Service Pack 1 as a marker
Microsoft today sent an e-mail today to Technology Adaptation Partner (TAP) testers announcing to release ServicePack 1 for Windows Vista in the second half of 2007 (H2 2007) to collide with the launch of Microsoft Windows Server codename "Longhorn". Read More...
Business Desktop Deployment 2007 available
This morning I received a much anticipated e-mail stating the Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007 is now available. What is BDD 2007? As many of you might have read in my post about Deploying Windows Vista Centrally this tool Read More...
Conserving energy with Active Directory
Treehugger magazine has a very clear statement on Microsoft Windows XP and its "high-performance" yet "energy-consuming" default settings this week. They boldly state Microsoft Windows XP wasted $25 billion of Energy with the help of Foreign Policy . Read More...
Windows Vista Group Policy Reference available
The Group Policy Settings Reference for Microsoft Windows Vista is available here (as the SBS diva pointed out ). Now we can finally look at the Group Policies that will be available for administrators instead of guessing on the information that was available Read More...
Deploying Windows Vista centrally
Microsoft Windows Vista has been designed from the ground up to be easy to deploy. The guys introduced a couple of new technologies to help you accomplish an organization wide deployment. Along with the technologies that we already had to our disposal, Read More...
A look at the Windows Vista Security Guide
Microsoft made version 1.0 of the Microsoft Windows Vista Security Guide available on the same day the product went Release to Manufacturing . The guide provides instructions and recommendations to help strengthen the security of desktop and laptop computers Read More...
Windows Vista RTM (Build 6000)
Microsoft Windows Vista reached Release to Manufacturing (RTM) status today ! Read More...
Everyday is a winding road
On the Microsoft Windows Vista team website Microsoft announced the strategy to supply consumers with Microsoft Windows Vista (and Microsoft Office 2007) for Windows Vista Capable PC 's they buy during the holiday season, called the "Express Read More...
Vista RC2 Build 5744 (Updated)
I've been seeing a couple of Microsoft Windows Vista Release Candidate 2 (RC2) Build 5743 rumors on the net since yesterday. These mainly had their origin in an article Paul Thurrott wrote as a web exclusive for the Windows IT Pro WinInfo website: Read More...
Who's testing Windows Vista?
If you're serious about testing Microsoft products you'll want to be in the Microsoft Connect program . But who's in it? Where are they located? With how many are they? This information is now available on the Microsoft Windows Vista program! Read More...
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