Monthly Archives: August 2008

Get Ready Now To Deploy Internet Explorer 8

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Aaron Parker

Unless you’re hell bent on deploying Firefox in your corporate environment (and managing it with Group Policy), here are some reasons why you should plan for Internet Explorer 8 now and deploy it when the final version is released: Compatibility … Continue reading →

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My Product Code Is Bigger Than Yours..

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Aaron Parker

I thought 25 character product keys where a pain in the proverbial, but this one takes the cake. I won’t tell you which application this authorisation code is for, but it’s a whopping 93 characters long.. (I’ve changed the code … Continue reading →

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WSUS Update for Server Manager in Windows 2008

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Aaron Parker

Microsoft have made available an update for Windows Server 2008 that integrates the WSUS 3.0 console into Server Manager. By default, Windows Server 2008 includes several server roles. Server Manager enables integration of additional roles and features that are available … Continue reading →

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Managing Control Panel in Windows Vista

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Aaron Parker

At some point in your migration from Windows XP to Windows Vista you’ll no doubt be looking to manage which Control Panel applets are available to users. Controlling access to applets is no different than earlier version of Windows, but … Continue reading →

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Disable Office User Interface Elements

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Aaron Parker

Group Policy allows you to disable certain UI elements within Office applications, which you might want to do in the case of the Information Rights Management feature built into Office 2003 and 2007. I’m picking on IRM in this post … Continue reading →

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