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Access Based Enumeration (ABE)
Neither the concept, nor the implementation are new-so why blog about it? Well,it seems that ABE received a lot less attention then it should have. Most networked operating systems will allow you to share information, and based on your permissions you...

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www.microsoft.com on Hyper-V
There is nothing better then dogfooding to prove that you believe in your product. I stumbled upon a post on the Windows Server Division Blog describing the process of moving the microsoft.com website to Hyper-V: http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver...

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UC practical demo
I stumbled upon a video that demos the abilities of Microsoft UC. It looks at it from the lighter side by building upon the plot of the “Devil Wears Prada”. I found this demo to be one of the better demos I have witnessed, it simply shows how technology...

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MacBook Air with Vista
It was bound to happen. I even thought of doing it but obviously someone managed to beat me to it. For the full review (by X-bit labs)of how it preformed take a look at: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mobile/display/apple-macbook-air.html

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Group Policy Preferences - Client Side Extensions
If you want your clients to be able to process GPO Preferences then you will need the following client side extension: GPP CSEs for Windows Vista (KB943729) GPP CSEs for Windows Vista x64 Edition (KB943729) GPP CSEs for Windows Server 2003 (KB943729)...

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Vista Rulez!!!
Found this on the web...made me smile:

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Microsoft SharedView
Found this relatively useful tool from Microsoft (still in Beta) that allows you to share your desktop in a virtual meeting with friends colleagues or anyone else for that matter. The installation is simple (very lightweight-4MB), easy to setup with a...

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Reclaiming disk space after Vista SP1 installation
After thinking about it, I came to the conclusion that this deserves a post of it's own. The installation process of SP1 for Vista backs up all the files that it replaces to allow you to uninstall it. If you are in dire need of free disk space you...

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Vista SP1 deployment rants...
So since SP1 is finally final, I started playing around with it. One of the most important features for me was the ability to deploy it. So,wanting to hear it from the horses mouth, I downloaded the Windows Vista SP1 Guides for IT Professionals . After...

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Tweaking Vista
Visa has tons of tweaking options. You can customize and personalize your environment by gathering the tweaks manually or using an application I stumbled upon called: WinBubble. This application provide a simple GUI to tweaking Vista. For additional details...

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Microsoft to buy Yahoo! ??
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aLsamJL6qUQY&refer=news It seems that Microsoft has made an offer of 44.6 billion (the 0.6 being important) for Yahoo!. The search world has always been an interesting one, I can still remember...

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The Compare campaign
Microsoft has built an area in it's Windows Server website called Compare. Basically this area will provide content that compares Windows Server to other environments. There several interesting screencasts and Webcasts there,take a look: http://www...

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Netscape abandoned
Even though I am a true fan of Microsoft when I saw this my heart missed a beat. http://www.techtree.com/India/News/AOL_to_Abandon_the_Netscape_Browser/551-85565-643.html

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Security Vulnerability Research & Defense Blog
A new Microsoft blog, dealing with security and by judging from the first two posts it seems quite interesting and is well written: http://blogs.technet.com/swi/default.aspx

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An Interview with Mark Russinovich (Channel 9)
I heard Mark Russinovich speak at Tech-Ed Europe in Barcelona (2003) and I found it to be a great experience, now that he is a part of Microsoft what he has to say has additional weight since he is a part of the team that works on the Windows kernel and...

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System information at the command line
Ever wanted to get information about your system at the command line? You could try using the 'systeminfo' command that provides a lot of technical information about the local system, or remote systems. Among the information provided you can find...

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Outlook Sidebar Gadgets for Outlook
When the Vista sidebar was released, I was a bit skeptical. It reminded me of the old Office toolbar(ok,but not a big hit-at least not with me). Lately I have started to view it in a different light-you can actually have quite a useful gadget attached...

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Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) Beta is now available
Basically provides you with remote management tools for Windows 2008. http://connect.microsoft.com/windows/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=9561 Also,check out the post on the Windows Server Division Blog.

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Exchange 2007 SP1 (available for download)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=44C66AD6-F185-4A1D-A9AB-473C1188954C&displaylang=en

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HEROES happen {here}
A new site dedicated to the launch events of Windows 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 has been unveiled. According to the site it will: " Coming soon this site will provide you the portal for all launch information, event registration...

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