Because non-native UI sucks, here’s a couple of extensions that help to make Firefox look much better on Windows Vista. These extensions mimic the Internet Explorer 7 interface, including the Windows Vista menus, making Firefox feel far more at home. Install MyFireFox to get the Internet Explorer 7 skin Install Hide MenuBar to hide the [...]
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Firefox,
Windows-Vista
The Short NAP is a quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation related links from around the web. Here are links for Wednesday the 25th of April 2007: This edition of the Short NAP is a little earlier than expected as Microsoft has released a number of guides for configuring Network Access [...]
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NAP
Here’s how to create an unattended installation of VMware Tools which I’ve aimed specifically at Terminal Servers, however you can apply the same concepts for any Windows server installed under any of the VMware virtualisation products. Creating a Transform File When installing a Terminal Server on VMware Server or ESX, you need to ensure you [...]
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Terminal Server,
VMware
On our internal Terminal Servers the CEO has been having an issue whereby files or folders are not sent to the Recycle Bin, rather they are immediately deleted. If you logon with administrative rights on the machine, you can send files to the Recycle Bin. To date, he’d been told that this would be fixed [...]
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Terminal Server
The Short NAP is a quick list of Microsoft Network Access Protection and Server/Domain Isolation related links from around the web. Here are links for Sunday the 22nd of April 2007: Bypassing NAC v2.0 by Ofir Arkin Death by PowerPoint (112 slides..) but a worthwhile read none the less. TechNet Radio – Community Corner: An [...]
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NAP
While things haven’t changed much since Presentation Server 4.0, I’ve put together what you’ll need to create an unattended install for Presentation Server 4.5. First up I’ve made a copy of the installation files from the CD and added them to a single folder. This includes a copy of the administration tools in the same [...]
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Presentation-Server,
Silent,
Unattended
If you are working with PolicyMaker Registry Extension, or any of the other PolicyMaker products, you will find the Microsoft Management Console will crash when you select the User Settings / Registry node when editing the Group Policy on machine that also has Internet Explorer 7 installed. If you look at the crash details you [...]
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Internet-Explorer,
PolicyMaker
The ADM/ADMX templates have been updated and include the fix for the Outlook template. See the download link below to update your templates. When adding the Outlook 2007 ADM template file, OUTLK12.ADM, to a Group Policy object, you may encounter the following error displayed when you view a settings report in the GPMC: The .adm [...]
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Group Policy,
Office