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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 8:34 AM

RTM’d today: Windows Server 2008 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant, Second Edition

Good news: William Stanek has updated his Windows Server 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant , which we released in early 2008. That book averages 4.5 stars at Amazon. William’s update— Windows Server 2008 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant, Second
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:37 AM

William Stanek: Windows 7: Inside Track, Part 3 “More on Upgrades and Migrations”

"There are a few more gotchas in the upgrade process we should talk about before we go into migrations."
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:19 AM

William Stanek: Windows 7: Inside Track, Part 2 “Upgrades and Migrations”

"Let's start looking at what upgrade and migration options are available for Windows 7."
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:23 AM

William Stanek: Windows 7: Inside Track, Part 1 “64-bit and more”

"Last week, James Gaskin from ITworld called and asked me to give him the inside scoop on Windows 7."
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 3:47 PM

Free e-book: Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2

Another free e-book, Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2, by Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker with the Windows Server Team at Microsoft, can be downloaded here.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:53 AM

William Stanek: Beam me up, Scottie—we’re off to editing states

"William here. Answers to a few reader questions before getting back to our regularly scheduled discussion on configuring special preferences using editing states."
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Friday, October 16, 2009 9:25 PM

Free e-book: Deploying Windows 7, Essential Guidance

Microsoft Press and Microsoft TechNet Magazine have teamed up to create a free e-book: Deploying Windows 7, Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:50 AM

William Stanek: He’s dead, Jim, so why continue to flog him?

"By now you know a disk quota problem can cause some serious issues and those serious issues can look an awful lot like many other problems."
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:08 PM

RTM’d today: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant

William Stanek strikes again: released to the printer today is Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735627123; 688 pages), a 17-chapter Exchange Server extravaganza!
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:48 AM

William Stanek: Okay here’s what happened (and why tunnel vision isn’t good)

"By now you’ve probably figured out what happened or you have a few guesses. Or, if you’re like me, you created a test network and set up a similar environment to see this issue first hand."
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Thursday, October 08, 2009 8:52 AM

William Stanek: Story from the trenches & a few answers

"William here. Remember the story from Tuesday? So was there a disk quota problem or not? Was I just going out on a crazy limb? What do you think?"
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009 7:48 AM

William Stanek: We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast

"William here. I know I promised to continue the discussion of Group Policy preferences. Next up was supposed to be a look at configuring special preferences by using editing states, but trust me you’re going to appreciate this interruption just as much."
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Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:02 AM

William Stanek: Digging in to special preferences

"William here again. Now that we’ve talked about what Group Policy preferences are and how you can use them, let’s dig deeper into ways you configure preferences. In addition to preferences you manage using C-R-U-D, there are preferences you manage using an interface similar to the actual Control Panel interface."
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:17 AM

William Stanek: Applying Group Policy Preferences with CRUD

"Unlike Group Policy settings, which you set to an Enabled, Disabled, or Not Configured state, you configure most preferences by using one of four actions."
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Monday, September 28, 2009 9:21 AM

Andrew Levicki: Subnetting (and certification) tips

Today Andrew shares some advice on Exam 70-291 and Exam 70-293 and a technique for how to do subnetting during an exam.
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