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    Today's Articles Search the Articles Online


    System Center Configuration Manager
    Excerpts from the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator’s Companion Chapter 11
    by Microsoft - 1/29/2008
    One of the primary features of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 is its ability to distribute packages to, and run programs on, Configuration Manager client computers. This process consists of three main elements.

    SMS 2003
    Client Health Status Message Information
    by Don Hite - 1/29/2008
    Here you will find a list of all of the specific Client Health Status Messages arranged by their ID number.

    System Center Operations Manager
    Integrate Visio 2007 with System Center Operations Manager 2007
    by Rod Trent - 1/29/2008
    The new Data Graphics feature of Visio 2007 displays the results of server monitoring.

    MOM
    VBScript: Is the MOM 2005 agent installed on these boxes?
    by Scott Moss - 1/29/2008
    I love to automate things I do not like to do. Here is the one thing I like to do the least, checking to see if servers have mom installed on them.

    System Center Essentials
    Creating A SCE 2007 PowerShell Profile
    by Don Hite - 1/29/2008
    OpsMgr 2007 unlike its counterpart SCE 2007 comes with a PowerShell Command Shell console built in by default. However if you have PowerShell for Windows 2003 server installed on your SCE Management Server you can access the PowerShell (.Net) binaries by loading them into your PowerShell profile.

    Scripting
    VBS Script To Cancel All Active Print Jobs On A Local Machine
    by Don Hite - 1/29/2008
    This By Request Vbs script will cancel all of the active print jobs on the computer from which the script is executed on.

    Windows PowerShell
    PowerShell script to list files modified after a certain date
    by Ying Li - 1/29/2008
    Let's say you manage a web farm and there are a lot of front end web servers and they are basically the same.

    Windows
    Controlling Drag and Drop Functionality in Active Directory Users and Computers
    by Marcin Policht - 1/29/2008
    One of the enhancements introduced in Windows Server 2003 administrative consoles was ability to move objects across containers via drag-and-drop. This functionality can be disabled if you consider it too risky.

    SQL Server
    Display Line Numbers In SQL 2005 Queries
    by Don Hite - 1/29/2008
    By default in SQL 2005 line numbers are not shown in the Query pane. You can however add them if you need them quite easily.

    Active Directory and Group Policy
    Controlling Drag and Drop Functionality in Active Directory Users and Computers
    by Marcin Policht - 1/29/2008
    One of the enhancements introduced in Windows Server 2003 administrative consoles was ability to move objects across containers via drag-and-drop. This functionality can be disabled if you consider it too risky.

    Microsoft Office
    Integrate Visio 2007 with System Center Operations Manager 2007
    by Rod Trent - 1/29/2008
    The new Data Graphics feature of Visio 2007 displays the results of server monitoring.

    Hardware and Gadgets
    Finding Your MAC Address on the iPhone
    by Rod Trent - 1/29/2008
    Having trouble locating the MAC address for your iPhone?


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    New Messages Discovery Methods System Center Configuration Manager chiners_68
    New Messages RE: Reboot Pending State - Is update installed SMS 2003 bwilms
    New Messages RE: Strengthening Backup Script Batch ndaniels
    New Messages RE: BDD 2007 Build Fails After Adding Update KB941649 Operating System Deployment slarsen210
    New Messages RE: Advertising to User Groups SMS 2003 skissinger
    New Messages RE: SMS Advanced Client not install SMS 2003 skissinger
    New Messages RE: SMS2003 SP3 Need to swap hardware, best way? SMS 2003 skissinger
    New Messages Site Status System Center Configuration Manager chiners_68
    New Messages Automation/VB.NET/SDK System Center Configuration Manager slecluyse
    New Messages RE: SMS_COLLECTION_EVALUATOR error message ID 620... SMS 2003 MRaybone
    New Messages RE: Error 4909 System Center Configuration Manager chiners_68
    New Messages RE: SQL Query SQL Server kev147
    New Messages SCOM health service alert issue System Center Operations Manager ykg
    New Messages SCCM OSD 64 Bit issue Operating System Deployment bishop
    New Messages RE: MBSA vs. Windows Update SMS 2003 bmason505
    New Messages RE: SQL message 8152 SMS 2003 rbanse
    No New Messages Week Two Check-In myITforum.com's Biggest Loser rporter
    New Messages RE: sms installer IF/AND statement SMS 2003 phenry194
    New Messages RE: Unable to view Reports - Orootnode error Web Reporting cnackers
    New Messages RE: Does PatchInstall.exe have to be run by the SMS program command line? SMS 2003 Eddieduce
    New Messages RE: i need help General Scripting rtruss
    New Messages HTTP 500 Errors Web Reporting scandler
    New Messages keep loosing Cookies SMS 2003 bjohn
    New Messages Moving WSUS DB? System Center Configuration Manager jdavis375
    New Messages PC name in stand-alone deployment Operating System Deployment radekr
    New Messages RE: keep getting corrupt ddr from same machine SMS 2003 eschloss
    New Messages RE: SCCM Setup Step by Step? System Center Configuration Manager jdavis375
    New Messages RE: MBSA vs Windows Update SMS 2003 bmason505



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    Today's Web blog Posts

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    Partner Training: Introduction to Windows Essential Business Server with Essentials 2007

    Register now for the April 4th, 2008 session on the Overview and Introduction to Windows Essential Business Server. Windows Essential Business Server is an integrated server infrastructure solution that...

     

    Great article about my job -- Community Manager

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    My daughter met Mandisa

    At a concert this past weekend, my daughter had her picture taken with Mandisa . Also, had her shoe autographed by her. digg_url='http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2008/01/28/my-daughter-met...

     


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    Today's myITforum.com Reading Room Selection

    Mastering System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Mastering)  Beginning SharePoint Administration: Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server (Wrox Beginning Guides)  Windows PowerShell in Action  Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and Microsoft Platforms in the Virtual Data Center


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    Today's Industry News Read the News


    Cisco unveils data center switching product
    Monday, January 28, 2008
    Reuters
    Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc on Monday launched a new switching product aimed at large data centers, and forecast strong sales despite worries of a slowdown in U.S. technology spending.
    Click here to read this article

    RIM jazzes up BlackBerry for broader appeal

    Monday, January 28, 2008
    Reuters
    Research In Motion has leapt into the retail consumer market with products such as its pink BlackBerry Pearl, a candy bar-shaped e-mail phone stuffed with multimedia goodies, exposing itself to shoppers' fickle tastes and competition from Apple's iPhone.
    Click here to read this article

    Amazon to begin international roll-out of MP3 store

    Monday, January 28, 2008
    Reuters
    Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Sunday it will begin an international roll-out this year of its digital music store that offers songs without copy-protection technology known as digital rights management.
    Click here to read this article

    Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 RTM to third quarter

    Monday, January 28, 2008
    bink.nu
    Visual Studio 2008 went to manufacturing at the end of 2007. Windows Server 2008 is expected to be RTM’d in February. But SQL Server 2008 — the other of the three products Microsoft is slated to launch together on February 27, 2008, in a big corporate event in Los Angeles — is running further behind.
    Click here to read this article

    Microsoft's Redmond HQ Gets Ready For Windows Server Launch

    Monday, January 28, 2008
    bink.nu
    With the clock ticking toward its Feb. 27 product launch -- and cold, snowy weather blanketing its Redmond, Wash., campus -- Microsoft employees are battening down to get Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 out the door.
    Click here to read this article

    Mobile browsing may get a boost with SkyFire and Firefox Mobile

    Monday, January 28, 2008
    ZDNet
    One major weakness of the Windows Mobile platform, compared to S60 and the iPhone, is the rather poor Internet Explorer Mobile web browser.
    Click here to read this article

    Phurnace Announces Support for Enterprise Virtualization Initiatives

    Monday, January 28, 2008
    myITforum.com
    Phurnace Software, Inc., the Java application deployment company, today announced its flagship Phurnace Deliverâ„¢ product can be leveraged to support virtualization initiatives.
    Click here to read this article
    Gates announces Microsoft partnerships aligned to Arab Region quest for social and economic development
    Monday, January 28, 2008
    Al Bawaba
    At the Government Leaders Forum-Arabia in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates highlighted the transformative power of education and the critical role public-private partnerships and information and communication technology (ICT) play to create a strong, vibrant economy across the region.
    Click here to read this article

    Microsoft steps up Windows Mobile consumer push

    Monday, January 28, 2008
    Computerworld
    Microsoft Corp. is working to boost the appeal of Windows Mobile among consumers by appointing a new head of marketing and by supporting a new application for viewing Web content.
    Click here to read this article

    Software Tool Strips Windows Vista To Bare Bones

    Monday, January 28, 2008
    InformationWeek
    vLite is a free download that can cut the operating system's size by half or more.
    Click here to read this article

    Halo effect not enough to prevent Xbox 360 sales decline

    Monday, January 28, 2008
    BetaNews
    Even though Microsoft's best selling game came out right before the holiday quarter, sales of the Xbox 360 console dipped slightly year-over-year.
    Click here to read this article

    Microsoft Revises Its Opinion of Blu-ray

    Monday, January 28, 2008
    bink.nu
    Rumors of Microsoft supporting the Blu-ray format have started to pick up again, especially since the announcement earlier this month that Warner Brothers was backing the fledging optical disc format over HD-DVD for home video.
    Click here to read this article

    Gartner analyst: HD DVD has until the end of 2008

    Monday, January 28, 2008
    BetaNews
    A Gartner analyst today predicted that, based on the numbers of movies expected to be available for the two warring high-def disc formats, that HD DVD will once and for all lose out to Blu-ray by the end of this year.
    Click here to read this article


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