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Windows 7 Tip and Tricks - A Must Read!

As a Microsoft employee I have been using Windows 7 since the early internal betas. I have been impressed with the operating system (OS) since day one and it has improved with each iteration leading up to release. There are some nice, obvious user interface Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:06 AM by MuadDib | 0 Comments

Favorites syncing on Windows Live Toolbar temporarily turned off... Missing Favorites? Don't Panic! (resolved, sync enabled)

More information can be found at this link - http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!42814.entry Synchronized Favorites are a great feature and I have over 1400 synced between three computers. Like the article listed above say Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 08, 2009 3:21 PM by MuadDib | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Security Essentials

Microsoft Security Essentials released yesterday. Microsoft Security Essentials is a free* download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:10 AM by MuadDib | 0 Comments

WIndows 7 Release is Less than a month Away...

Windows 7 officially goes on sale October 22, 2009. Many people installed the beta and RC versions of the operating system and have been very pleased. I too installed the early betas and eventually the RC code. I have been pleasantly surprised with all Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:45 PM by MuadDib | 0 Comments
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Who Is Logged In?

A few months back one of my customers was trying use RDP to connect to a large number of desktop computers to manually install some security updates. If the computer was being used the admin had to wait until the person using the computer logged out and Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 09, 2009 9:57 PM by MuadDib | 1 Comments
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Cool Gadget - USB to Ethernet Network Adapter

I was traveling last week and found myself without Internet connectivity in my hotel room. If there is one thing a field engineer needs why traveling is Internet connectivity. This is the second time I have stayed at a Courtyard Marriott and had no internet. Read More...
Posted Saturday, June 20, 2009 12:43 PM by MuadDib | 1 Comments
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Windows 7 Release Candidate: Download instructions

The Windows 7 Release Candidate is available for download "free" (see previous post). In Microsoft terms, Release Candidate (RC) code is code that we think is ready for release to our customers but we are still doing some final test and evaluation before Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:27 AM by MuadDib | 1 Comments
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Like the NRBQ Song Says - "Ain't No Free"

I saw this post on the Genuine Windows Blog site today Pirated Windows 7 RC builds a botnet . So let me understand this. Instead of getting the software for free from Microsoft, people prefer to get it from some stranger(s) over the Internet for free Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:01 PM by MuadDib | 1 Comments
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Script Disclaimer

The sample scripts provided here are not supported under any Microsoft standard support program or service. All scripts are provided AS IS without warranty of any kind. Microsoft further disclaims all implied warranties including, without limitation, Read More...
Posted Friday, May 15, 2009 9:24 AM by MuadDib | 0 Comments
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How To Burn ISO Images to Media Using DVDBURN and CDBURN Utilities

Sites that distribute software like MSDN and TechNet make it possible to download ISO images of CDROMs and DVDs. An ISO image allows you to burn an exact duplicate of a piece of media. One of the challenges we all face from time to time is corrupt media. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 07, 2009 7:39 AM by MuadDib | 4 Comments

Hyper-V Error "cannot connect to the virtual machine because the authentication certificate is expired"

This error appeared on one of my Hyper-V servers this morning. A search of TechNet revealed that KB967902 has an update that can be downloaded to correct the issue. The issue occurs because the because the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management service (VMMS) Read More...
Posted Monday, May 04, 2009 1:20 PM by MuadDib | 1 Comments

Group Policy Resources

In the last couple of weeks I have been working with customers on GPO implementations. One of the first things I show them are the Excel spreadsheets that contain all the settings in a search able format. These spreadsheets are useful when you don't know Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 30, 2009 3:04 PM by MuadDib | 2 Comments
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Testing Domain Controller Connectivity Using PORTQRY

One common problem I see with Active Directory implementations is an Active Directory topology that is not fully routable. In a fully routable environment every domain controller (DC) can communicate with every other DC. While most customers "think" they Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:23 PM by MuadDib | 1 Comments
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Finding Scheduled Tasks Configured with Disabled Accounts

One of my customers has undergone a great deal of turnover in the past few weeks on the System Administration team. We discovered that a number of Scheduled Tasks configured on the servers were configured with the accounts of admnistrators (instead of Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:47 AM by MuadDib | 1 Comments
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Using a Logon Script to Install the SMS Advanced Client

One of my customers has an extensive lab environment with multiple forests, domains and workgroup computers. SMS 2003 was deployed to help manage the configuration of all these different systems. Between the locked down security settings (no C$, ADMIN$ Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 19, 2008 9:16 AM by MuadDib | 0 Comments
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