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Monday, February 27, 2006 1:43 PM

Put Your Users On a Crash Diet

You already know about the script center's user- submitted scripts, right? Every Monday is new script day - wouldn't an RSS feed on that page be tasty? (hint, hint). Put your users on a crash diet with this script that deletes files older than 90 days.
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Monday, February 27, 2006 9:29 AM

Remote Access Quarantine Tool for ISA 2004 ready for download

Get the newly posted Remote Access Quarantine Tool for Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004. Quarantine control holds remote access client computers in quarantine, after authentication, until their configuration settings are validated.
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Monday, February 20, 2006 9:50 AM

<low tech content warning> Brushach

You remember those Rorsach ink blot tests? Ever heard those "brush with fame" stories? I'm coining the term "Brushach" for a brush with someone who looks like someone famous. You know, where you turn around and go "Hey, isn't that <someone famous>
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Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:32 AM

NEW Antigen site on TechNet

The Antigen TN site is live, althought the download link takes you to Sybari and requires registration information. Antigen is a server-level antivirus, anti-spam and content filtering solutions that helps businesses protect their e-mail and collaboration
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:18 PM

Seven Rules for Making a (Science) Movie, or techie blog

Cool NOVA site on "the Ghost Particle". Check out the producer's 7 rules for making a good science movie. Good advice for blogging I think, especially tech blogging. Pretty much just replace "movie" in your head with "blogging" as you read.  
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Monday, February 06, 2006 1:49 PM

LUA Lower Now

A new paper from the MSSC to help you LUA:  Applying the Principle of Least Privilege to User Accounts on Windows XP. Blurbage: A defense-in-depth strategy, with overlapping layers of security, is the best way to counter malicious
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Monday, February 06, 2006 12:29 AM

Nifty User-Submitted Scripts

First, you have seen the new User-Submitted Scripts section of the TN Script Center, right? Mark your calendars - every Monday is new script day. Next: Check out this nifty script that returns the following information for a computer: operating system
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Friday, February 03, 2006 8:59 AM

The BattlePlan is Clear

This CNNMoney article has a focus on what Vista might do to Microsoft stock price. But this quote at the end makes the battleplan for Microsoft IT Pro marketing super-clear <emphasis added>: "However, public demonstrations have been full of cool
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Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:35 AM

FEMA Children's R&R Guide

FEMA has a brochure and webpage to help kids prepare for and cope with disasters. It includes advice such as: You can create a Family Disaster Plan by taking four simple steps. First, learn what hazards exist in your community and how to prepare for
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006 10:52 AM

New TechNet Interop & Migration Center is live

The new TechNet Interop & Migration Center is live. Check it out. Why? It's new, it looks like the Desktop Deployment Center and the Security Center, and it will help folks interested in the new Government Interoperability initiative with implementation.
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