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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 software threats, and
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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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