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The FEK, AES and FIPs: Acronym Heaven!

I’ve had several blog posts about the improved security in Windows Vista and Server 2008, particularly around cryptography. Here’s one more, albeit a short one. This post is about how, generally, Encrypted File System (EFS) works using Advanced Encryption Standards (AES) encryption algorithms to encrypt...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-04-2008
These are a few of my favorite things... (Part 4)

Just some more tricks/tools I use frequently... Scale-to-Fit in Perfmon If you deal a lot with perfmon you know you can have a ton of different counters in one line graph or in one bar graph and that the scale is usually 0-100 which really isn't applicable in some cases. Now you can just alt click the...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-21-2007
Server 2008 and Windows Vista: Encryption Better Together

A while back I did a blog post about some problems that were seen with people testing Windows Vista and then “rolling back” to Windows XP and some problems that could be seen when using the same computer object (also known as account) in AD. If you didn’t get a chance to read it here’s the post. What...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-02-2007
Vista Issue: Vista to Vista Terminal Service Logon Failing

Some of my colleagues recently had a real puzzler of an issue. When they are that good I want to share it out with everyone so that they don’t have to take the time themselves. The symptoms were when attempting to connect via terminal services from one Vista computer to another Vista computer the connection...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-07-2007
A little bit more about installing Vista - or Server 2008

Matt McSpirit IM'd me a couple of days ago to ask if I'd built a custom Windows Vista installation DVD. And I had to confess that I'd only looked at it briefly - I know Microsoft IT have an image we can burn to a DVD, and I've done about every other install (boot and manually run imageX, install from...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-01-2007
Other useful commands for those running ServerCore.

I pointed out in my last post a reference to the step by step guide for server core but here's a few other tips for those playing with the GUI-less OS. Remote management with MMCs: Enable remote management in the firewall so you can connect to the dang thing. Actually this goes for LH in general if you...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-11-2007
I'm comin' back to Cali...to Cali....to Cali.....

I will be in my old stomping grounds of Southern California to deliver some Technet Briefings next week. On Tuesday, May 1st I will be in West Hollywood at the Hyatt. On Thursday, May 3rd I will be in Irvine at the Spectrum Theater. I will be covering Vista, Forefront, and Longhorn. I will be back in...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-27-2007
Longhorn Beta 3 available for download....

I will be grabbing this as soon as I get home and have something better than dial-up....<j/k> Longhorn Beta 3 Download Cheers!...( read more )

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-25-2007
Why can't it 'just work'?...

(subtitled - Isn't technology supposed to be making our lives easier? Simpler? Less complicated?) I hear that all the time - why can't it just work ? I say it all the time - why can't it just work ? Examples..... I am watching TV last night. Actually I am watching a PVR recorded episode of 'Lost' when...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-20-2007
Information from Deploying Windows Vista Webcast...

Great questions on the webcast yesterday, folks! I am sure some of you will email in with more but I am going to post some of the answers here. Q - Where can I download WinPE 2.0? A - WinPE 2.0 is included with the downloadable Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) . You can also download the WAIK...

Posted to External News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-18-2007

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