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WTech minus the Snow !

Hi in February I talked about a great Event which was happening at the Savoy in London....

Author: Janelewis Date: 06/12/2009

DNS Devolution update 97188

I have been tracking this  for a while and I think it is important enough to bring this to your...

Author: Janelewis Date: 06/11/2009

RODC Branch Office Guide Ready for download

I have been working with 2008 Forests and customers moving towards this environment quite alot...

Author: Janelewis Date: 06/05/2009

“Badda Bing!”

https://www.bing.com Ok I am looking for suggestions all clean please :). With the launch of Bing...

Author: Janelewis Date: 06/04/2009

Run Run as fast as you can !

Hi I would like to let you know about a charity event I am running in to raise Money for SANDS. This...

Author: Janelewis Date: 06/03/2009

MCT Virtual Conference - See you Virtually There !

  On the theme of going Virtual and saving all those expensive Travel Costs. Then MCT...

Author: Janelewis Date: 06/03/2009

TechNet Conference Virtual Event 19th June 2009

  Hi , I think this is definitely worth a mention. I know that many of your are experiencing...

Author: Janelewis Date: 06/02/2009

New Planning for Active Directory Forest Recovery Guide for Active Directory 2008 Now available for Download !

Hi Everyone, Hot of the press is the new Active Directory Disaster Recovery Guide which has been...

Author: Janelewis Date: 05/22/2009

Microsoft Security Advisory 971492 this may help

Hi Everyone, If you have received this Security Alert 971492 and you wish to verify whether your IIS...

Author: Janelewis Date: 05/20/2009

Some more Windows 7 Learning Resources

Hello, Microsoft Learning has made available some great Windows 7 Learning resources. See below for...

Author: Janelewis Date: 05/13/2009

Schema - What is the Best Practise for Updating ?

This has been a question that has come up with several of my customers recently. Therefore I thought...

Author: Janelewis Date: 05/12/2009

ISTG what happens when it Fails ?

I had an interesting investigation the other day with a customer of mine with reference to the role...

Author: Janelewis Date: 05/07/2009

Upcoming Event @ ADUG (Active Directory User Group )

Hi myself and a colleague Richard Diver will be talking at the upcoming ADUG as run  Mark...

Author: Janelewis Date: 05/06/2009

Windows 7 Release Candidate Resources

Hi, With the release of Windows 7 Release Candidate the back end of last week. Please find below a...

Author: Janelewis Date: 05/05/2009

Revisiting and important question

A little while ago I posted about what is considered best practice with regards to the Default...

Author: Janelewis Date: 05/01/2009

Page File How big is Yours ?

The Question around ideal sizing of a Page File has been a topic of conversation that Customers have...

Author: Janelewis Date: 04/30/2009

Advanced Group Policy Management Planning Guide

Hi, You may not have had a chance to spot this on your travels but the Advanced Group Policy...

Author: Janelewis Date: 03/15/2009

Friday Snowy Roundup Windows 7

Well it is a well know fact that us British are not great when it comes to managing when it snows....

Author: Janelewis Date: 02/06/2009

Making it clear with DFSR for WINDOWS 2008

I was recently onsite with a customer talking around their prospective DFSR deployment. There was...

Author: Janelewis Date: 02/03/2009

W-tech - See you there !

Well I have managed to already break my New Years resolution and have not been blogging enough. Well...

Author: Janelewis Date: 02/01/2009

Active Directory 2008 Operations Guide

The Active Directory 2008 Operations guide is now available for download from this location....

Author: Janelewis Date: 01/14/2009

Its been a while but I am back now

Apologies for my long abstinence from blogging.. However I had a close family bereavement which...

Author: Janelewis Date: 09/05/2008

Dual Booting your Laptop with Bitlocker

Hi, Sorry for the delay since my last post. I have been Mad busy but things are getting onto a bit...

Author: Janelewis Date: 07/22/2008

This made me chuckle !

It is amazing how new gadgets when they are really useful really catch on. Since I have been totally...

Author: Janelewis Date: 06/26/2008

I am Mad for Madagascar and I need your help !

Well I have finally gone bonkers and anyone who knows me personally knows what a determined...

Author: Janelewis Date: 06/26/2008

Virtualization of Domain Controllers part Deux

Hi a few weeks ago I blogged about recommended best practises of Virtualizing your Domain...

Author: Janelewis Date: 06/20/2008

We do the double

Well I was lucky enough to be at both Teched in Orlando last week and also at Teched I.T. Forum Last...

Author: Janelewis Date: 06/19/2008

Teched Orlando Wish me Luck

Well here I am with my colleague Mark Empson busily preparing for our Session "Power of Windows...

Author: Janelewis Date: 06/09/2008

RODC Windows 2008 Compatibility Pack released

If you are going to be utilising RODC in mixed environment (XP and 2003 ), then you need to download...

Author: Janelewis Date: 05/28/2008

Great Couple of days in the Emerald Isle

Apologies for not posting for a couple of weeks but I have been head down doing lots and lots of...

Author: Janelewis Date: 05/26/2008

New switch for Repadmin specifically for RODC

Hi, I have been doing allot of Research around Rodc Servers in recent weeks. I have in my studies...

Author: Janelewis Date: 05/08/2008

For those XP (ers) out there sp3 download site is now available

Hello, I have had a few people expressing difficulty in finding the download site for Windows XP...

Author: Janelewis Date: 04/25/2008

RSAT Tools for Vista SP1 now available in All Languages

Sorry for the break in blogging. However I have been away on my holidays to a lovely part of the...

Author: Janelewis Date: 04/23/2008

2008 what has been removed

I was asked by a Customer recently does 2008 support for "Services for Macintosh" so I did...

Author: Janelewis Date: 04/10/2008

Often Overlooked but VERY important

I have seen quite alot of Windows 2003 Active Directories recently where all the Domain Controllers...

Author: Janelewis Date: 04/09/2008

Great "Grab it while you can offer"

Being a school Governor I am always interested in great offers for Software now Staff at colleges...

Author: Janelewis Date: 04/08/2008

Windows 2008 RODC Tick List for Deployment

Well I am sat in the departure lounge of Aberdeen Scotland Airport after a really interesting and...

Author: Janelewis Date: 04/04/2008

Recommendations for Running a Domain Controller Virtualized Environment using Virtual Server

I have been visiting a few customer sites where they are virtualizing their Domain Controllers. This...

Author: Janelewis Date: 04/02/2008

Another Tool to add to your Group Policy Vista Troubleshooting Kit

Well I have been talking quite a bit around Group Policies recently. Well that is because I have...

Author: Janelewis Date: 03/27/2008

RSAT Tools now fully released and available for download

Hi there. After a refreshing Easter Break being blown around the Gower Peninsula in Wales. Which is...

Author: Janelewis Date: 03/25/2008

Windows 2008 Launch Birmingham ICC U.K. - WOW !

Well it went with a Bang not a Whimper and I can proudly say I was part of it. The Windows 2008...

Author: Janelewis Date: 03/20/2008

Taking Snapshots of your AD DS in Windows 2008

Apologies if you saw the earlier half completed post. F12 in Windows Live Writer I now know...

Author: Janelewis Date: 03/18/2008

Do you want a free pass to It Forum or Teched 2009 ?

I thought that would get your attention. Anyway if you are a leader in in the arena or Unified...

Author: Janelewis Date: 03/14/2008

Group Policy Best Practise Analyzer - Not Sung from the Mountaintops

I have been recently writing a Group Policy Course and have looked at in some detail the Group...

Author: Janelewis Date: 03/14/2008

I see this time and time again

Hi. I get out to a lot and I mean a lot of customer sites. I also see many Active Directories. Some...

Author: Janelewis Date: 03/11/2008

Getting Excited and Palpitations all at once !

I am prepping hard for the Windows 2008 Launch Event in Birmingham which I will be taking a small...

Author: Janelewis Date: 03/09/2008

I was part of something Special

I know I have not blogged for a while. However I am going to start rectifying this starting from...

Author: Janelewis Date: 03/07/2008

A Great Evening and much food for thought ?

I had a great evening the other night representing Microsoft at BCS IT Computer Awards Dinner 2007...

Author: Janelewis Date: 12/09/2007

I thought I would share a few of the useful public links I have come across in my further research...

Author: Janelewis Date: 12/05/2007

Internet Safety and your Child plus other musings

One of the most interesting and thought Provoking sessions I attended @ Teched was by Laura...

Author: Janelewis Date: 11/23/2007

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