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Top Windows Phone 8.1 Features For Businesses

These are a few of our favorite things… about the new Windows Phone 8.1 update, including improvements to security and management, and more!

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Microsoft Provides Browser Guidance with Edge Enterprise Roadmap

Microsoft has released a roadmap of features for its new Edge browser that enterprise customers can begin testing today.

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Quickly Search Active Directory from the Desktop

How can I quickly perform search operations in AD from my desktop? No problem. Create a new shortcut on your desktop with the following command: ​%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\rundll32.exe dsquery,OpenQueryWindow Give it a name and run it. This is what you’ll get: You can also configure a specific search option, such as a subset of the entire domain…

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Microsoft Ends Support For Its Divisive OS, Windows 8

Support for Windows 8 is coming to an end, which marks the closure of an era for an operating system that cost two executives their jobs and significantly hurt the company’s mobile initiatives.

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Administrative Templates in Server 2008 R2 Group Policy Objects (GPO)

In this post, Michael Simmons explains the functions of the Administrative Templates for Group Policy Objects in Windows Server, specifically, Server 2008 R2. These templates allow a huge range of customization of settings for administrators configuring computers and users in Active Directory.

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Microsoft Edge Integration with Windows 10

Microsoft has already updated current and older versions of Windows 10 to prepare them to integrate with its new Chromium-based Edge browser.

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Disable Shared Documents Folder in Windows XP

What is the Shared Documents folder used for? Can I remove this option from Windows XP? Shared folders are counterparts to your personal folders: My Documents, My Pictures, and My Music. Shared Documents, Shared Pictures, and Shared Music provide a place for you to store files, pictures, and music that everyone on your computer can…

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Tools for Customizing Windows Server 2008 as a Workstation

There are times that you may want to use Windows Server 2008 as your personal workstation OS, and Daniel Petri shows you how.

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Microsoft Retires EMET Security Tool

Find out why Microsoft has discontinued EMET and how Windows 10 mitigates many of the threats that EMET was designed to counter.

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How can I quickly add icons to the Quick Launch toolbar in Windows Vista?

How can I quickly add icons to the Quick Launch toolbar in Windows Vista? Windows Vista is not all about graphical mumbo-jumbo. There are some cool features to it, and as I learn to master it I find that they can really make your working experience easier. One of these gems is the ability to…

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