myITforum Daily Newsletter
Daily Newsletter
March 6, 2007

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In this issue, you'll read:
The myITforum.com Newsletter is brought to you by 1E:
Community Notes
myITforum Site Sponsorship
The myITforum.com Monthly SWAG Drawing
Today's Articles
1E - Intelligent Windows Management
Today in the Forums
Today's Site Downloads
Today's Web blog Posts
Today's myITforum.com Reading Room Selection
Today's FAQ Items
Today's Wiki Updates
Today's Job Postings
IT's Potential Realized
Today's Fun Click
MOFWizard 2007 from Dudeworks - 10% discount for myITforum'ers

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Community Notes

Problems posting to the myITforum web-based forums?

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1. Go to the site registration page (http://www.myitforum.com/registration/), and login using your username and password, clicking the Edit Profile button.

2. In the Website Cookie and Forum Cookie sections, select 'No' for both and click the Select button.

3. Once the changes have taken place, log back into your profile (again, http://www.myitforum.com/registration/) and reverse the process.  (Choose 'Yes' for Website Cookie and Forum Cookie and click Submit).

4. Check your ability to navigate the site and post to the forums.

 

When to find myITforum in the Expo area

The welcome reception will be in the expo area on Monday night, and we’ll be there then.  Also, the expo hall will be open from Noon until 5:30pm Tuesday and Wednesday and close after lunch at 2:30pm on Thursday, March 29th. 

 

We have 200 buttons to give out for entrance to the myITforum party.  Once they are gone – they’re gone.  So, show up to the booth early.

 

 

Congratulations to Art Krutsch!

 

Art Krutsch is the winner of the February drawing at myITforum.com.  Art won an Enhansoft $100 gift certificate to Amazon.com, an Enhansoft dress shirt, and a copy of Windows Server 2003 with 25 client licenses.

Art’s comments?

"You know the old saying I never win anything.  Well - I don't.

Don't usually donate to sites either but yours is worth it just for the fun click links alone.  Of course you do a great job on the site with just loads of information daily. 

Worked on DST stuff all day and this really was great after the patch frenzy (and BB push problems)... 

Awesome. thanks alot." 

Stay tuned as we get ready to post the SWAG for the March drawing.  Each month you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the myITforum.com SWAG.

 

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myITforum Site Sponsorship


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The myITforum.com Monthly SWAG Drawing

By helping sponsor myITforum.com, you are also entered into the monthly SWAG drawing. Each month, we hold a drawing for some great SWAG, and your donation ensures that you have the opportunity to win! Based on your donation level, you increase your chances of winning.

Read more about it...



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Today's Articles
System Center Configuration Manager
myITforum/Microsoft exclusive!  Now Is The Time – To Brush-Up On Your PKI
by Carol Bailey - 3/6/2007
A high number of customers have registered for the open beta of Configuration Manager 2007 and will try the recently released Beta 2 in their lab environments. I have a tip for you: NOW is the time to be thinking about the PKI requirements for Configuration Manager.
SMS 2003
One method to confirm DST2007 Changes
by Sherry Kissinger - 3/6/2007
Extending sms_def.mof to report on specific changed elements within the SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\ DaylightStart and StandardStart registry keys
MOM
MOM 2005 Will Not Install With A Higher Version Of Net Framework 1.1 Installed Workaround
by Don Hite - 3/6/2007
When you attempt to install the MOM Administrator console, the Operator console or the MOM Server on a Windows 2003 server or an XP workstation that has .Net Framework 2.0 or Version 3.0 installed you may receive the following error because the MOM install expects to find .Net Framework Version 1.1
Scripting
VB/WMI script to read remote registry to get IP address information
by Ying Li - 3/6/2007
Here is a VB/WMI script to read remote registry to get IP address information for server.
Security
Dictionary for Software Bugs
by John Gormly - 3/6/2007
Homeland Security-sponsored Common Weakness Enumeration aims to create a single list of security bugs and software weaknesses.
Patch Management
One method to confirm DST2007 Changes
by Sherry Kissinger - 3/6/2007
Extending sms_def.mof to report on specific changed elements within the SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\ DaylightStart and StandardStart registry keys
SQL Server
Query MOM 2005 SQL Database Agent And Component Resources
by Don Hite - 3/6/2007
This SQL query will gather information from the MOM 2005 database for all resources that are either running MOM agents or MOM Components. It will also gather information about the SQL Server that holds the MON OnePoint database.
Microsoft Office
Outlook 2007 Previewer Pack
by Benjamin Derr - 3/6/2007
I've been waiting for this for a while, and MS has answered.

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1E - Intelligent Windows Management



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Today in the Forums

Automate introduction of new Software Inventory rule...? SMS 2003
Suppress Full Scan on Symantec AV Install? AntiVirus Products and Best Practices
RE: Group Policy Software Install Active Directory and Group Policy
RE: Pushing DST update to XP SP2 Machines SMS 2003
How to restore SMS Central site installation SMS 2003
RE: Publisher could not be verified when running advert SMS 2003
Change parent site of a secondary site? SMS 2003
Changed security -> problems... SMS 2003
Vista Print Drivers for 2k3 Print Server Windows Vista
RE: Pushing DST update to XP SP2 Machines SMS 2003
Visio Stencil for SMS 2003 SMS 2003
RE: Duplicated records for the same computer in the report SMS 2003
Auditing Local User Group information MOM
Central Site Restore - Security Rights Issue SMS 2003
RE: Configuring Windows Firewall setting on "Local Area Connection"? VB Script
RE: SMSWakeUp 5.0 1E Products
batch file, mif, errorlevel ? SMS 2003
RE: DCM manifests SMS 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM)

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Today's Site Downloads

No download today

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http://www.myitforum.com/downloads/upload.asp

For more information on how to upload, see the following link:

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Today's Web blog Posts

Palm shares tumble?

Shares of Palm Inc., maker of the Treo e-mail device, fell nearly 10% on concern the company might struggle to find a buyer. Morgan Stanley is helping Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Palm evaluate options including a sale of all or part of the company, a person...

 

A better way to read news feeds?

I didn’t think it was possible — but the RSS Reader built into the Windows Vista Sidebar is pretty cool. If you have a lot of screen real estate, where your app windows don’t get in the way, this may beat reading RSS feeds through MS...

 

 

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Today's myITforum.com Reading Room Selection



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Today's FAQ Items

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Today's Wiki Updates

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Today's Job Postings

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IT's Potential Realized



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Today's Fun Click

Kung Fu Grandpa

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MOFWizard 2007 from Dudeworks - 10% discount for myITforum'ers

Are MOF files just too hard to understand? Dudeworks has released MOFWizard 2007 and is giving myITforum members a 10% discount
.

Dudeworks is back in business! And, they've released a brand new piece of software that SMS’ers will definitely want to get a copy of, The MOFWizard 2007

When you purchase the new MOFWizard 2007, use MYITFORUM as the coupon code and immediately receive 10% off.

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  • Inventory from registry keys.
  • Instantly create MOF files for SMS
  • Inventory from WMI Classes.
  • Instantly deploy your new MOF to all your selected SMS Site Servers.
  • Validate sms_def.mof versions on all site servers
  • Backup sms_def.mof versions on all site servers
  • Supports SMS 2.0, 2003
  • Extend SMS inventory data in minutes with just a few clicks.
  • Simplifies creating MOF files
  • No programming knowledge needed at all
  • Advanced features for programmers that do want to play with the code
  • Simple fast wizards
  • Syntax perfect MOF's every time
  • NO TOUCH DEPLOYMENT of your SMS_DEF.MOF
  • Great time savings and ROI
  • Registry browser - For easily selecting registry key values to inventory into SMS
  • WMI Browser - For easily selecting WMI classes to inventory into SMS
  • Simple Step by Step creation process for all wizards
  • Deployment wizard to push out your new MOF and replicate the sms_def.mof to child sites.

With the
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Both packages include: 1 year support and upgrades

Requirements:

  • .NET 2.0
  • Windows Vista RTM
  • Windows XP SP2, 2003
(64 OS bit not supported at this time)

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