Brian W. McCann

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Access Free Virtual Labs from Microsoft
I just found another gem that I'm sure everyone will love. While surfing over at IIS.net I saw that they had 5 virtual labs on IIS, three on IIS 7 and two on IIS 6. These are the real deals where you connect to an actual Virtual Machine and have free...
Update: AdminPak for Windows Vista
I wanted to keep everyone up-to-date on the latest developments of the missing AdminPak for Windows Vista. To catch up on the subject you can look here and then here . I have some good news and some OK news. First the good news: I have been informed by...
AdminPak for Windows Vista
Updated News Here Here is a brief update to a problem a lot of us have encountered, installing the AdminPak on Windows Vista to support your server environment. Take a look here for my previous post on this that has the only supported work around from...
Restore files from older backups on Vista and Longhorn
If you migrating to Windows Vista or playing with Longhorn you may be interested in this newly released utility. The Windows NT Backup - Restore Utility allows you to restore files that were backed up in Windows XP or Server 2003 to Windows Vista and...
New Remote Desktop Connection tool
On the subject of managing your servers, Microsoft recently released the Remote Desktop software to go along with the one that is built into Windows Vista. If you have Windows Vista you don’t need this but if you are using XP SP2 or Server 2003 you may...
Windows Vista AdminPak
Updated here I've been playing more and more with Windows Vista and for the most part like what I see. However one thing is killing me!!!! There is no AdminPak for Windows Vista. How the heck am I or you supposed to manage your AD environment without...