Tag: GURU-Tip
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Disable Adding USB Drive and Memory Sticks via Group Policy and Group Policy Preferences
If you do not have Group Policy Preferences installed see Install Group Policy Preferences. This link tells you how to do it in a 2003 domain. In a 2008 domain it is much easer as all you have to do is enable the feature. See “The Steps” section below if you need a step by…
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Installing and Managing Group Policy Preferences on a Windows Server 2003 Domain
It is possible to run Group Policy Preferences on a Windows Server 2003 Domain. This post will step you through the process so you can get it deployed in your organization if you have not yet upgraded your domain to Windows Server 2008. I am a huge fan of Windows Server 2008 so if you…
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Virtualization Webcast for All IT Pros – Online Training – What You Need To Know About The Hottest Virtualization Topics
Our team of IT Pro Evangelists including: Kevin Remde, Matt Hester, Chris Avis, Chris Henley, and Yung Chou is getting ready to start delivering a 20-part webcast series on Microsoft Virtualization Solutions on January 14, 2009. The objectives of this series are not only to help you develop technical depth on various virtualization solutions with…
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Awesome Must Have System Tools – Windows Sysinternals (Every IT Pro should have in their toolbox)
At the Windows Server User Group in Waltham MA this week we talked about system tools that IT Pro’s use to make their life easier. Many tools were presented by many people. Many of these tools were part of the Sysinternals tool set so I thought I would make a post to organize these tools…
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Migrating Windows Server 2003 R2 Virtual Guest from Virtual Server 2005 R2 to Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 or Hyper-V Server Using System Center Virtual Machine Manager
There are several things you must consider before migrating a machine from Virtual Server 2005 to a Hyper-V Host. I thought I would make a post giving the quick list of how to do this so you do not miss any steps. These steps will produce a very clean machine on your destination host and…