I suppose, many working with Vista now are considering disabling User Account Control in Vista. There is at least...
Yesterday, I described how to start an application at an elevated level, i.e. with Administrator privileges under Vista. Unfortunately,...
Some days ago, I promised to write about the different ways of elevating an application, i.e. to run it...
I've tried quite a few desktop managers, and VirtuaWin is my favorite one, so far. The Open Source tool...
I just downloaded VMware Workstation 6.0, and upgraded from VMware Workstation 5.5. The new version has some nice features,...
Yesterday, I discussed a case where UAC was the reason why one of Microsoft's own application, which is supposedly...
User Account Control (UAC), the SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack and other Vista traps
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Before I was just upset by these concentration destroying UAC pop-ups. When I played these past days with the...
Some days ago I wrote about the limited support of SMS 2003 SP2 for Windows Vista. Today, I deployed...
I just stumbled upon Microsoft's latest Group Policy Settings Reference. You probably know the old one for Windows XP/2003....
FileAlyzer is a free tool that analyzes the properties of a file and its contents. The tool can be...
Windows Connected has six useful tips for admins dealing with Vista's new imaging technology: Script Everything, Automate Your Installs,...
BDD 2007 is now feature complete. Thus, it is really time to get acquainted with it if you plan...
Microsoft SMS 2003 SP2 (Systems Management Server) only offers limited support for Windows Vista. You have to wait for...
You might have realized in the past days that 4sysops was unreachable sometimes. There have been content spam attacks...
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you probably know my favorite worst Vista feature: UAC. Now,...
SearchWinIT has a good article summarizing arguments for and against Vista migration. What I like is that Bernie Klinder,...
TrackWinstall: track installations of Windows programs
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TrackWinstall is a free tool that informs you about the changes a setup program made to your Windows installation....
New RDP client: Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 for Windows XP
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Microsoft released Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 for Windows XP. Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 (RDC) is already part of Windows...
I just stumbled upon Microsoft's technical guidance for Windows Vista Volume Activation 2.0. Oh my! Taking the length of...
Paul Thurrott wrote an excellent article about Vista's new security features. After reading it, you might get the impression...
