Last week I was in New Orleans for TechED North America. I had the privilege of working on the Security and Identity Access stand answering Active Directory related questions. When I was not working on the stand, I managed to attend a few breakout sessions, one of these sessions was by Marcus Murray. If you [...]
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UK TechDays and the Red Screen of Death.
April 16, 2010
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This week saw the UK have its first ever TechDays event (TechDays deliver content similar to that of TechED, but are free and a lot smaller). As part of the TechDays week Microsoft asked community leads such as myself and Mark Wilson to organise Microsoft technology “fringe events”, but what topic do we chose for the fringe event [...]
Read moreSecurity Compliance Manager (Guidance on how to harden your Windows environments).
April 8, 2010
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The Security Compliance Manager is a free Solution Accelerator from Microsoft which has been designed to enable organisations to take advantage of the experience of Microsoft security professionals and reduce the time and cost required to harden Windows infrastructure. The Security Compliance Manager provides access to the complete database of Microsoft recommended security settings; using this information [...]
Read moreCritical – Out of Band Security Patch for Internet Explorer 6 and 7
March 30, 2010
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There will be a Critical (As the vulnerability allows remote code execution) Out of Band Security Patch for Internet Explorer 6 and 7 later today. Executive Summary Microsoft is investigating new, public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7. Our investigation has shown that the latest version of the browser, Internet Explorer [...]
Read moreWindows XP SP2 – The end is nigh.
March 17, 2010
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This year there are a few versions of Windows which will go out of support. If you continue to use these version of Windows beware; it is effectively be the same as driving a Ford Capri around town; it works, everyone of a certain age knows what it is, but good luck if it goes wrong. Windows 2000 Professional [...]
Read moreApplication Compatibility Update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (oh and Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 too).
March 10, 2010
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Application Compatibility Update for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2: February 2010 Application Compatibility updates often go under the radar and only surface when people start to experience issues. This update is the latest one from Microsoft and addresses multiple issues. If anyone ever sees me playing Looney Tunes Merrie [...]
Read moreFree Event: Windows Crash Dump Analysis and Windows Performance Troubleshooting and Analysis
March 9, 2010
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The [WSUG] Windows Server User Group that I run with Mark Wilson has the pleasure of hosting Dan Pearson, from David Solomon’s Expert Seminars, http://www.solsem.com/ Dan is in London teaching the week of TechDays UK and has kindly agreed to present on the evening of Tuesday 13th April (18:30-21:00 at Microsoft, Cardinal Place, London) to the community. Registration: [...]
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Books that every IT Admin should own.
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Active Directory: Designing, Deploying, and Running Active Directory
