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Raffle: Blackbird recovery for AD – A specialized Active Directory backup software
The Blackbird Group is raffling two license packages of Blackbird recovery for AD, a sophisticated Activate Directory backup tool. The value of each license is $1,800 USD and allows you to back up an Active Directory with 500 users. You will find more information about how to take part in this contest at the end [...]
Windows 7 adoption accelerates | Top 15 most vulnerable applications | Microsoft Research: Easy-to-remember password
Study: Windows 7 Adoption Among Top IT Trends Researchers at Microsoft have come up with a way to create easy-to-remember passwords Top 15 Most Vulnerable Applications Apple Safari and Firefox most vulnerable Copyright © 2006-2010, 4sysops, Digital fingerprint: 3db371642e7c3f4fe3ee9d5cf7666eb0
FREE: Active Directory Explorer – Active Directory Viewer
Active Directory Explorer is a free Active Directory viewer from Microsoft’s Sysinternals tool suite. It allows you to view and edit the Active Directory database. Moreover, you can compare Active Directory snapshots. Active Directory Explorer offers a few useful additional features, which I will review in this article. Active Directory viewer The utility is similar to [...]
Fix Windows shortcut vulnerability | WPA2 vulnerability | Cloud computing adoption surpasses 50% | Brewing coup against Microsoft CEO?
Free Tools Can Fix Windows Shortcut Vulnerability WPA2-secured Wi-Fi networks vulnerability Cloud Computing Adoption Surpasses 50%, But Concerns Loom Brewing Coup Against Microsoft CEO? Copyright © 2006-2010, 4sysops, Digital fingerprint: 3db371642e7c3f4fe3ee9d5cf7666eb0
FREE: Service and Scheduled Task User Manager – Change service accounts passwords
Submitted by Martin Schvartzman – Blog: Scripts, Utilities and Tips for the SysAdmin Sometimes, SOX regulations, customer agreement or your boss, forces you to have the password periodically changed for all service accounts and/or accounts running scheduled tasks. So instead of having a detailed list of who (the user account) runs what (the service or scheduled [...]
Office 2010 home use for VL customers | Service Manager 2010 Configuration Pack | IE least vulnerable browser | SSDs replace HDDs?
Office 2010 at $9.95 for Volume Licensing Corporate Employees’ Home Use System Center Service Manager 2010 Configuration Pack now available Internet Explorer deemed least vulnerable browser Why Solid State Drives Won’t Replace Spinning Disk Copyright © 2006-2010, 4sysops, Digital fingerprint: 3db371642e7c3f4fe3ee9d5cf7666eb0
Migrating to SharePoint 2010
Those running SharePoint 2007 already know the major enhancements that this Software can bring to the corporate culture. With SharePoint 2010 the products strengths are developed further. Here, you can find a short summary of the improvements and new features of SharePoint 2010. Due to the vast positive changes SharePoint 2010 brings, most companies want [...]
System Administrator Appreciation Day | Sysinternals Suite updated | IE8 blocked 1 billion malware downloads | One Win7 license every 10 seconds
11th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day: July 30, 2010 (Last Friday Of July) Sysinternals Updates: TCPView v3.0, Autoruns v10.02, ProcDump v1.81, Disk2vhd v1.61 Sysinternals Suite updated Internet Explorer 8 has blocked 1 billion attempts to download malware! Microsoft sells 10 Windows 7 licenses per second It appears Win7 adoption is accelerating. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 [...]
Free file unlock tool – Unlocker
Unlocker is a free tool that allows you to unlock a file that you can’t delete, rename, or move because it is opened in another program. The unlock tool adds a menu point to Windows Explorer, which makes it quite convenient for getting rid of persistent files. When I tested Unlocker with an opened Word file, [...]
Spiceworks 5.0 beta | Microsoft escapes Apple assault | Secunia ranks Apple first in software insecurity | VMware VDI market share down
Spiceworks 5.0 beta is out! Microsoft reports record fourth quarter results Microsoft escapes Apple assault with record Q4, FY revenue Maybe next year when the iPay will be released… Secunia ranks Apple first in software insecurity Does Microsoft have a secret weapon for Windows Phone 7? VMware VDI market share down to 39% in three years, Citrix up to [...]