December 2007 - Posts

30 December 2007
Microsoft TechNet Forums, will it replace news groups?
It seems Microsoft is trying to move away from newsgroups, and move toward using forums more .. I wonder if it will overtake posting in newsgroups? The SCCM forums are here , lets get posting... Read More...
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20 December 2007
Advertisment status's are not being update in SCCM
I was passed this problem yesterday from a SCCM site. The advertisement status's are not being updated in the console, nothing new is shown, even the counts are not updating. Further investigation found that that the .SVF files are not being processed, thus causing a backlog, in this instance as... Read More...
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18 December 2007
Info On Group policy preferences
Not sure if everyone knows this, but both the Remote Server Admin tools (RSAT) and Client Side Extensions (CSEs) are now available for separate download and can be used for Ws2k3 sp1 and XP sp1.) More details below: At IT Forum in Barcelona, Microsoft announced the upcoming releases of Group Policy preferences... Read More...
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18 December 2007
Announcing the Microsoft Forefront TAP: Forefront codename "Stirling" and new versions of Forefront products
The Microsoft Forefront Technology Adoption Program team is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for participation in the TAP programs for the following products: Forefront Codename "Stirling", Forefront Client Security (FCS), Forefront Security for Exchange Server (FSE... Read More...
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18 December 2007
Windows Server® 2008 Release Candidate 1 Standard Edition is now available for download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b8144eba-9efd-475f-9dd3-a264a00bf5a1&DisplayLang=en This time-limited release of Windows Server® 2008 Release Candidate will expire on June 30, 2008. After this time, you will need to uninstall the software or upgrade to a later release or... Read More...
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06 December 2007
Don't you hate website bots !
Here is one method I have been working on to minimise the chance of getting bots sign up to your website Bots fill in all the text fields on a form, since they fill all parts of the form a good way of detecting whether or not a bot has subscribed is to add a dummy text field to the form and hide it from... Read More...
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04 December 2007
Remove the advanced client
I often get asked how to remove a client (normally advanced) from a remote box. I am sure we all know the method of using ccmclean and psexec.exe share ccmclean then use the following command psexec.exe \\clientname -u domain\adminusername -p password \\share\ccmclean /client /q I then had a thought... Read More...
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