Time-Saving Tips for Typing URLs in IE
Internet Explorer (IE) has provided URL shortcuts in the past. Microsoft continues that tradition in IE 7.0 with a new URL feature that can simplify your browsing experience. Apostolos Fotakelis
PowerShell Scripting
PowerShell lets you write simple scripts to automate Group Policy administration tasks such as managing and archiving GPOs listed in an Excel spreadsheet. Danny Kim
The Inevitability of IPv6, Part 1
Learn about some of the new features of IPv6, as well as some of the reasons you should care about it—even if you don't plan on implementing it in the near future. John Howie
A Trip to the Store with Exchange 2007
In addition to moving Exchange to a 64-bit platform, Microsoft has improved the Exchange 2007 Information Store by adding features such as log shipping for resiliency and removing outdated features from previous versions. Tony Redmond
Ask the Experts
Learn how to find all the files for which a user has access, learn what application virtualization is, find out how to open multiple pages at IE startup, and more. Mark Russinovich, et al.
Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and PerformancePoint
With Software Plus Services, Microsoft ups the ante in its competition with Google and SaaS. The company still has to protect revenue from traditional software, but it also has a strength competitors can't match. Karen Forster
What You Need to Know About Windows XP SP3
Since Microsoft shipped two service packs for XP (one of them a major OS upgrade) within the product's first few years on the market, it's somewhat surprising that, three years after SP2, we've yet to see an SP3 release. Paul Thurrott
What You Need to Know About Microsoft Silverlight
With regard to Web rendering technologies, Microsoft hasn't been much of a presence, but the company hopes to change its standing with a new technology called Microsoft Silverlight, a platform for developing rich applications that run in the browser. Paul Thurrott
Counting on For
Need a way to generate 501 user accounts? No? I bet you'll want to try it after reading this column. Mark Minasi
Letters@windowsitpro.com
Readers ask about a strange behavior of the Domain Users group, the reason behind a defrag enhancement utility, and more Readers, et al.
NETIKUS.NET EventSentry 2.8
EventSentry 2.8 is an excellent event-log and system-health monitoring and consolidation tool that you should consider closely for your environment. John Green
Paul's Picks
Paul takes a gander at the iPhone and Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 2.0. Paul Thurrott
Meet Me on the Web
In today's global businesses, communication and collaboration is becoming more difficult just as travel and off-site meetings are falling victim to cost cutting. Web conferencing is the solution. Gayle Rodcay
Avoid Disaster with UPS
An essential aspect of any disaster-recovery plan is the UPS. Need to know what to look for if you're in the market to buy one? Begin your search here. Blake Eno
Readers Review Hot Products
Readers highlight favorite products: Sunbelt Software's CounterSpy Enterprise, Security Laboratories' Security Recon, and Alloy Software's Alloy Navigator 5. Jeff James
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