My “Vista goodbye” article evoked emotions among some 4sysops readers. Publicly defending Vista is still a dangerous thing to do. I can understand that very well, considering how many headaches must have been caused by malfunctioning device drivers, high hardware demands and broken applications. I have been a Vista advocate since its first beta version. [...]
In the last post of this series, I outlined the changes that the Active Directory Recycle Bin introduces to Windows Server 2008 R2 when it comes to restoring Active Directory objects. Today, I will give you an overview of how the Recycle Bin can be used. Upgrade the Active Directory functional level to Windows Server [...]
In the last article in this series, I recapitulated briefly how Active Directory objects have to be restored in Windows Server 2003/2008. Today, I will explain how the new Active Directory Recycle Bin feature works and the changes that comes with it. Let’s see first in what way the Recycle Bin improves AD object restores. [...]
Active Directory Recycle Bin is a new Windows Server 2008 R2 feature that allows you to easily restore accidentally deleted Active Directory objects. When I first heard about this feature, I thought that the Active Directory User and Computer Interface (ADUC) would just provide a Recycle Bin like the one we know from Windows Explorer. [...]
In a few weeks, Vista will be history. Even though, it will still be running for quite some time on many machines out there, most IT pros will focus now on Windows 7. Of course, no IT pro will start using Vista now. But I am sure many are still running XP on their own [...]
By Michael Pietroforte - g+ - Wed, September 30, 2009 - 8 comments