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Simplifying User Profiles

How to simplify your user profile so you can find things easier.
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Converting Event Log Files

Three ways to convert older EVT event logs into the newer EVTX format.

Recording All Activity on a Server

Ever wanted to record everything anyone does while logged on to your server? Here's a product that can help you do just that.

Working with fixed-size virtual hard disks

Three tips for working with fixed-size virtual hard drives when using Microsoft Virtual Server, Virtual PC, or Hyper-V.
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Go shallow on your directory structure for file servers

Don't paint yourself into a corner when designing the directory structure for your file servers!
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Don't move system files onto removable media

Want to quickly bring your Windows system into an unsupportable state? Try moving system files to removable media and then removing the media!
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Finding technical info on Microsoft's web site

Some need-to-know pages on microsoft.com for IT pros who work with Microsoft products and technologies.
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Another script to make Knowledge Base searches easier

Here's a simple scripted Web page you can save onto your hard drive and use to google the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
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Another Use for Diskpart Shrink

In last week's post we saw how to shrink a disk volume using the SHRINK subcommand of the DISKPART command. Today we'll look at another use for this command.
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Shrinking a volume using diskpart

The Diskpart command in Vista lets you shrink a disk volume, but sometimes not very much. Here's a way you may be able to make your volume even smaller.
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If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly

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SVG a graphics format for 21st century

pasmith
Take Chrome OS for a test spin

Sandra Henry-Stocker
Solaris Tip: Have Your Files Changed Since Installation?

sjvn
64-bits of protection?

jfruh
Android fragments vs. the iPhone monolith

mikelgan
What Gizmodo missed about the Pro WX Wireless USB disk drive

 

Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
- mburton325

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