Monday, July 26, 2010 3:24 PM/EST
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...
Thursday, July 08, 2010 8:46 PM/EST
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...
Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:45 AM/EST
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...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:46 PM/EST
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...
Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:01 AM/EST
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...
Friday, June 04, 2010 11:38 AM/EST
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....
Wednesday, June 02, 2010 9:35 AM/EST
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...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:45 PM/EST
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...
Friday, May 14, 2010 12:20 PM/EST
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...
Friday, May 07, 2010 4:56 PM/EST
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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