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What is Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS)? Microsoft SUS is a free patch management tool provided by Microsoft to help network administrators deploy security patches more easily. In simple terms, Microsoft SUS is a version of Windows Update that you can run on your network. Today corporations have to frequently check the Windows Update site…

Use this table to help you calculate Subnet Masks, available hosts per subnet or number of subnets per class. The table deals with Subnetting of only one octet. # of Masked bits # of Non-masked bits Bit pattern # of subnets =2^M What will the new subnet mask be? # of hosts per subnet (C…

Here is a collection of studying tips I’ve put together for my students. You don’t have to follow them on the word, but doing so will increase your chances of passing the MCSE certification tests – and even better – become a knowledgeable person, not just one of those “Paper MCSE“… Do you have any…

How can I fix STOP 0x7B Error Messages after deploying Sysprep Images? When you prepare an image of a machine with the sysprep tool, the machine resets or you get the stop 0x7B error on the deployed machines even if you used the pnp switch. The message is: ​STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE This is caused because…

Description This command line utility enables an administrator to hide or disable the start button. Requirements: This tool requires Windows 2000/XP/2003. Current version: 1.0 Download Download [this_link_has_been_removed] (3kb) You need to extract the tool/script found in the downloaded file by using WinZip or similar. Syntax ​StartBut /enable | /disable | /hide | /show For example:…

How can I speed-up the very s..l..o..w Start menu in Windows XP? The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing it’s settings from the Registry: Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Locate the following key in the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/ On the Edit menu, click Add…

If you use the TCP/IP protocol and you have a 100mbps network adapter, you may notice slow network performance while you copy files. You may also experience this slow performance while you use Windows Explorer in Windows XP. Note that although the slow performance is known to occur on several 100mbps network adapters, this issue…

To speed up the browsing of your local LAN try this: Open the registry editor. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace Export this key (in order to back it up, just in case) and then delete the key called {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} (Task Scheduler). Close the registry. Be sure to check your ‘Binding Order’ in Network Connections > Advanced. Note:…

One of the most time consuming administrative tasks is the password reset issue. Research shows that help desk calls may consist of up to 40% of password reset related issues. When I’ve learned about a new tool that was designed to help mitigate these issues I wanted to test it out. The tool is called…

Spam Marshall is a server based total email security, anti-spam and anti virus product. Spam Marshall should seriously be considered by email server administrators concerned about his or her company’s email server security and spam emails.  Spam Marshall contains many features which sets it apart from it’s’ competition, one of which was the SMTP Intrusion…