Windows Vista has the built-in ability to automatically reduce the potential of security breaches in the system. It does that by automatically enabling a feature called User Account Control (or UAC for short). The UAC forces users that are part of the local administrators group to run like they were regular users with no…
One of the many upgrades to Windows Vista is the Reliability and Performance Monitor. The following is the description of the Reliability and Performance Monitor from the help file: “You can use Microsoft® Windows® Reliability and Performance Monitor to examine how programs you run affect your computer’s performance, both in real time and by collecting…
Windows Mail is an excellent client-based email application bundled into Windows Vista and described by Microsoft as the following: “Windows Mail in Windows Vista addresses today’s serious concerns about junk mail, e-mail, and phishing attacks, while adding new features that help you search and manage the increasing volume of e-mail messages that you receive. If…
An .ISO file is a file that contains the complete image of a disc, either a CD or a DVD. Such files are often used when transferring CD and DVD images over the Internet (for example, most MSDN downloads that are available from the MSDN subscriber downloads page, AND the files that are delivered monthly…
After a long delay, this is a part 4 of my MCSE and System Administrator job interview sample questions. See previous parts at: Part 1 – Networking Part 2 – Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Part 3 – Exchange Server 2003 This article set is targeted at both the interviewer (who needs a pool of…
You’ve read my “Using Backup Status and Configuration in Vista” article (if you haven’t I urge you to do so). You might have also read my “Restore Ntbackup Backups from Windows XP to Windows Vista” article, but you kept wondering why not have the full Windows XP Ntbackup functionality in your Windows Vista computer. Well,…
Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) enables IT administrators to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server 2008 from a computer that is running Windows Vista with SP1. It includes support for remote management of computers that are running either a Server Core installation option or a full installation option of Windows Server 2008….
When working with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 one could easily select which updates they did NOT want to be installed on their computer, and then un-check the V in the appropriate checkbox near the specific update they did not want to receive.For example, I’ve used this method to block the installation of Internet…
Windows Vista has a Visual Basic script built-in that will allow you to extend the trial period of Windows Vista by 30 days. You can use this script a total of three times which will extend your trial period up to 120 days. This process is known as “rearming” and it utilizes the “slmgr.vbs” script…
The Command Prompt is a native Windows program that lets you execute commands without using a GUI. You can accomplish pretty much every task in the Command Prompt as you can with the GUI and a mouse. The Command Prompt gets its roots (arguably) from a combination of UNIX and MS-DOS. Consider it “Windows without…