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Not sure if anyone still needs one, or is even interested, but I have 100+ to spare. Drop me a PM with your e-mail address and I will send you the link.

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TechNet Radio: Microsoft Services and IT Service Management: MOF vs. ITIL

Yay - go Mitch.

They have got to be joking! Setting up disk protection on SteadyState was a 10 minute job, including the learning curve. Microsoft are now suggesting you should use the tools in MDT 2010 to re-install the computer every night. The MS deployment tools are notoriously complex and impenetrable compared to SteadyState. Surely they are not serious?

Given the spending cuts coming down the road, I'm considering my options for future employment. Wondering if anyone out there would pay for software packaging. I know that a lot of people on here do their own, but perhaps smaller schools would be interested. Any thoughts?

Loved it !! Tim Burton meets Ren & Stimpy !!

Hi. I'm no SharePoint, Kerberos, or ISA expert, but your question intrigues me so I did a little Googling. I'm sure you've done the same, but for the record, here are links to what I found. The phrase 'Constrained Delegation' came up in many posts/articles. Kerberos Constrained Delegation in ISA Server 2006 Kerberos Protocol Transition and Constrained Delegation Configuring ISA Firewalls (ISA 2006 RC) to Support User Certificate Authentication using Kerberos Constrained Delegation (Part 1) – Front-end/Back-end Exchange Server Publishing Scenario If these links are wildly off track then please let me know and I'll remove this post.

Only thing I can think of is a rule that fires when mail has been sent that saves a copy in the Sent Items of the shared mailbox. No idea if this will work.

I'm trying to follow up the keyboard issue with Dell. Their website directed me to send an email specifically for keyboard issues. Today I receive an email saying Dell do not offer email support for Vostros !!! (marge simpson growl). I have heard of protective film that can be fitted to glossy screens that reduces the reflectiveness. Not sure how well this would fare in a school environment.

I have seen something similar to this when I used ROBOCOPY to backup files from a Windows 7 laptop to an external USB hard drive. Certain folders were hidden. At the time, I made a wild guess that Windows was hiding the folder as some kind of security measure, but looking back that doesn't seem very likely.

I would not call myself and expert in Microsoft licensing (who would!), but to my knowledge, the usual requirement to run a copy of Windows XP, on either a physical or virtual machine, is that you own a licence. So, if you run XP on the host and two XP VMs, you should have 3 licences. However, I believe there is some provision within products like Technet and MSDN, which give you access to all the Microsoft products and allow you to use them for testing/evaluation purposes. This means testing/evaluating that MS product, not as a platform for testing other products. Also, if you are signed up to some form of volume licensing (e.g. Schools Agreement), then you may have access to the Microsoft Volume Licensing web portal. I've a feeling that this also gives you access to the products for testing and evaluation. As I said at the beginning though; If you need to put 3 copies of XP into production (physical or VM), you would need 3 licences. I should probably point out that certain versions of Windows 7 (e.g. Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate) allow you to use 'XP Mode' which is essentially a copy of XP running in a VM. Again. My understanding is the the licence for this is included. If you are signed up for volume licensing (e.g. School Agreement), then you may be licensed to use MDOP (Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack), which includes a component called MED-V (Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation). This is the enterprise version of 'XP Mode' and presumably licences the use of 1 (or more?) XP VMs on Windows 7 installations. Have you looked here: Microsoft Volume Licensing - Microsoft Licensing for Virtualization or here: http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/en/us/products-desktop.aspx

It's arrived and very nice it is too. The only complaint I would have to far is that the keyboard is a bit rattly on the right hand side. Not sure if this is a fault or just part of the design. Windows Experience Index = 4.4

Sophos have noted that their protection should tool should be removed before installing the MS patch.

Microsoft will be patching this next week... Stuxnet, malicious .LNKs, ...and then there was Sality - Microsoft Malware Protection Center - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

I managed to stretch my budget a bit and I've just put my order in with Dell for a Vostro 3500. It seems to tick all the boxes; * Core i3-350 * 3Gb 1333MHz DDR3 * 320Gb 7200rpm HDD * Win 7 Pro with XP mode installed Total cost inc. VAT (got free delivery): £527 Big thanks to mavhc for putting me onto this one.

Good call! Much classier than the sort of stuff I was looking at in PC World today... Maybe I can stretch that budget a bit. I notice they come with 7,200rpm HDDs.

I'm looking for a new laptop for home use and have narrowed down to 2 possibles; Advent Roma 4001 - Intel T4400 2.2ghz, 4gb ddr2 ram, 500gb hdd - £399 HP G62-107SA - Intel Core i3 330M 2.1ghz, 2gb ddr3 ram, 250gb hdd - £429 I don't do games so don't care about integrated graphics, but I do want to be able to run up to 2 VMs side by side for my own entertainment/education. My inclination is towards the HP because of the Core i3. I can upgrade the RAM in this if need be. Any advice or other possibles most welcome. I don't mind spending a little bit more, but would say that £450 is absolute limit.

Of course, but that's one of the two things that the Internet is for;)

It looks like Microsoft's lovely 'scheduler' method has some problems... UAC, Logon Scripts, and the Launchapp.wsf workaround - Elevation PowerToys for Windows - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Just came across this TechNet blog by Michael Murgolo. Contains some useful looking bits and pieces to help you work & script around UAC on Vista/7 Create self elevating scripts Drag'n'drop elevation tool UAC, Logon Scripts and Launchapp.wsf workaround Explore as Administrator Elevation PowerToys for Windows - Site Home - TechNet Blogs (mods/admins - do we really still need multiple Windows forums? if so, where should I have posted something that applies to Vista & 7 & Server ?)

OMG! The pictures get pretty weird if you keep scrolling down to page 9/10

In principle, what Synack suggests should work. You could set up a folder on the C: drive e.g. C:\UserProfiles and set permissions such that Users have List/Read. Use a startup script with Robocopy to copy the master networked copy of the profile down to the C: drive at each startup. This should keep the local cache in sync. I've often thought about doing this bet never tried it.

Just buy the licences!! Explain to the boss that this will let you do management tasks from anywhere in the building and this will vastly improve efficiency. You are also gaining experience with setting up a TS which might be very useful in the future. It will also save you time when you need to roll out new or updated tools. I also think I'm right in saying that you need to be a server admin. to log on remotely when not in TS mode. That's not ideal. I'm assuming of course that you don't go around logging in with Domain Admin accounts all the time.....