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July 26, 2010

Monday, July 26, 2010 3:24 PM/EST

MoveNow Program Aims to Simplify Windows 7 Migration

If you're captaining the IT ship at a small or medium business, migrating your hearties--er, employees--to Windows 7 just got a little easier, and possibly cheaper as well. Laplink Software, working with Microsoft and distributor Ingram Micro, recently launched the...

July 8, 2010

Thursday, July 08, 2010 8:46 PM/EST

Microsoft Releases Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Update

When it comes to migrating to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the Microsoft Deployment Tookit 2010 (MDT) is one of the best tools an IT manager can possess. What's so great about it? For starters, it can...

July 7, 2010

Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:45 AM/EST

Get X-Setup Pro Registry Tuner for Free

Every so often I like to spotlight utilities that IT admins should keep in their flash-drive toolboxes, like Blue Screen of Death troubleshooter BlueScreenView. If you spend a lot of time inside the Windows Registry, either on your own system...

June 23, 2010

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:46 PM/EST

Windows Server 2008 R2 Spotlight: Three Free Performance-Monitoring Tools

Any seasoned IT admin knows about performance-monitoring utilities like Perfmon, but did you know that Windows Server 2008 R2 comes with several other free tools that work just as well as pricey third-party alternatives? For example, there's Windows System Resource...

June 10, 2010

Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:01 AM/EST

Tweak Windows 7 with Free WinBubble Utility

Want to modify the Windows 7 "Welcome" splash screen to include your company logo? Remove certain icons from users' desktops while adding others? Disable writing to flash drives for security purposes? You can do all that and lots more with...

June 4, 2010

Friday, June 04, 2010 11:38 AM/EST

Five Free Tools for Rescuing Data From Unbootable PCs

As a one-time IT admin, I know the importance of stocking your toolbox with the right tools. You just never know when you're going to need to, say, wipe out a nasty malware infection or recover an accidentally deleted file....

June 2, 2010

Wednesday, June 02, 2010 9:35 AM/EST

Free Utility Helps You Troubleshoot BSODs

Nobody likes the dreaded Blue Screen of Death. They're maddening for end users and difficult at best for IT admins to troubleshoot. And if a BSOD occurs on Windows Server, well, you don't need me to tell you what...

May 19, 2010

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:45 PM/EST

Video: 'The Great Windows 7 Drive'

I don't know about you, but for me the name Symantec is synonymous with products like Norton AntiVirus and Ghost. It's not the company I think of when I think of Windows 7 migration. And I suspect I'm not...

May 14, 2010

Friday, May 14, 2010 12:20 PM/EST

Updated 'Best Practices Analyzer' Delivers Hyper-V Benchmarks

If you've spent any time with Windows Server 2008 R2, you may have encountered (and used) its Best Practices Analyzer--a tool that helps administrators reduce best-practice violations by scanning one or more installed roles. Well, the BPA just got...

May 7, 2010

Friday, May 07, 2010 4:56 PM/EST

Third-Party Tools for Managing Your Windows 7 Migration

When it comes to migration, every organization has different needs. Yours might have 50 seats, or it might have 50,000. Either way, there are tools available that can help you make the move to Windows 7 faster and easier than...



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