The Windows Deployment Services team has offered a Step by Step Guide to deploying WDS in March 2008. The author, Trina Gorman and editor, Katie Cumming offer good insight into a simple WDS deployment. I point out this Guide at this late date as I have observed a number of Clients who currently use Windows...
There are a number of update documents and tools for Group Policy suited for Windows 2008 and Windows Vista. Here is a compiled listing for configuring Group Policy settings for these (and prior versions) of the Windows Operating System. Templates Administrative Templates for Windows Server 2008 (admx...
The 'netstat' command has been around for many years and on multiple Operating Systems. We will briefly review 3 netstat parameters useful on both Windows 2008 and Windows Vista. If you have ever been asked the question by a colleague, 'How do I tell if RDP is listening on Port TCP 3389 for...
An updated .ISO Image for the Automated Installation Kit for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows 2008 is now available from the Microsoft Download Web Site. The Automated Installation Kit for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows 2008 (or simply AIK for short) provides the Reference Materials and Tools to automate...
I field numerous questions from Clients regarding Security Audit Event values when configuring Security Settings and SC Operations Manager 2007 Monitors and Rules. Finally, a single Worksheet has been generated by Microsoft which begins to document Security Audit Events instead of referencing 3 or 5...