Security: Your choice of browser is very important.

The advisory from yesterday (1/18/2010) at the Microsoft Security Response Center is a good read for anyone interested in the latest news on known exploits to Internet Explorer.The bad news: For IE 6, “attacks remain targeted to a very limited number of corporations and are only effective against Internet Explorer 6” The good news: “…at … Continue reading Security: Your choice of browser is very important.

Did you know it’s “Computer Science Education Week”?

 “No, I didn’t know that.”I didn’t either… until just this morning when I received an e-mail about it.  Apparently December 6-12, 2009 is officially Computer Science Education Week.  And it’s about time, if you ask me.Microsoft Research has also joined the cause, and provided resources to encourage and support students in making the choice to … Continue reading Did you know it’s “Computer Science Education Week”?

Best of Questions and Answers from the TechNet Webcast: Automating Windows 7 Deployment Using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2

Greetings!As promised, here are the best of the questions (with answers) from our November 11, 2009 “TechNet Webcast: Automating Windows 7 Deployment Using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2”BIG THANK YOU to John Weston, John Baker, and Dan Stolts for handling the Q&A during the live event.  Most of what follows started with their … Continue reading Best of Questions and Answers from the TechNet Webcast: Automating Windows 7 Deployment Using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2

Resources from the TechNet Webcast: Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2

Greetings!  Here are the resources relating to the TechNet Webcast: “Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2”, delivered November 11, 2009.  I hope you find them useful!-Kevin___Demo Screencasts Demo 1: Using Asset Intelligence Demo 2: Inventory Reporting Demo 3: Adding Windows 7 Packages Demo 4: Deploying Windows 7 to Bare … Continue reading Resources from the TechNet Webcast: Automating Windows 7 Deployments using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 SP2

Breaking News: You want PowerShell 2 on XP? Server 2003? You got it!

I fired up my tweetdeck just a minute ago and saw this tweet from Jeffrey Snover (the architect of PowerShell): “What does it mean?It means that the new version of PowerShell (version 2.0) is now RTW (Released to Web).  And not only PowerShell 2.0, but also WinRM 2.0 and BITS 4.0.  It’s called the “Windows … Continue reading Breaking News: You want PowerShell 2 on XP? Server 2003? You got it!