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Forum Topics Posts Last Post Moderator(s)    Announcements     MR&D News This forum lets us tell you about company news, new products, and projects under way. 64 436 09/12/2008 11:39:37 AM by: Curt  wkasdo    General Forum     Cool Links A place to put a URL and a short description of some good link. It could be a link to a discussion here or to anything useful! 244 1197 10/06/2008 9:58:39 PM by: Mark Minasi  wkasdo   Forum Meetings Threads about those times when we actually get together IN PERSON 74 1435 10/06/2008 12:03:25 PM by: DennisMCSE  ebrux, JamesNT, wkasdo   Frequently Asked Question Suggestions Finding the same questions asked over and over? Summarize the question in the subject and put the answer in the body, and put it in here. If it's a real FAQ, we'll move it over to the "Frequently Asked Questions" section and we'll all benefit! NOTE: PLEASE do not post questions here; only questions WITH ANSWERS. This is a forum for sharing SOLVED problems. (We'll have to delete any others.) If you DON'T have the answer, then please ask... but not in this particular forum. (Note all the others here!) Thanks. 5 17 10/04/2008 08:38:29 AM by: mitachu  adegutis, anthony, arek73, callahan, Christa, clarinathan, Curt, dmarelia, Doug G, ebrux, JamesNT, mjbarry, ptwilliams, ukinahan, wkasdo   Frequently Asked Questions Those oft-asked problems... with solutions! 50 136 08/28/2007 06:19:50 AM by: downtime  adegutis, anthony, arek73, callahan, Christa, clarinathan, Curt, dmarelia, Doug G, ebrux, JamesNT, mjbarry, ptwilliams, ukinahan, wkasdo   Microsoft News A place for the Microsoft-watchers to comment on current Redmond news. No cussing in here, keep it clean! 704 5311 10/06/2008 10:03:18 PM by: Mark Minasi  wkasdo   Miscellany (Technical) Discuss anything technical in here that doesn't fit in any of the other forums... If you want to go way off topic, there is a seperate section for Off topic below! 2985 23342 10/06/2008 3:36:10 PM by: JSCLMEDAVE  wkasdo   Our Books, Seminars, Etc. Post comments or questions about Mark's books, audio seminars, live seminars or talks. 138 780 04/29/2008 5:06:11 PM by: Curt  wkasdo   Post Book Errata Let us know where we goofed... book errata. PLEASE only post errata for the latest editions, and thanks! 103 351 10/01/2008 06:59:55 AM by: Mark Minasi  wkasdo   Tips and Tricks Post your tips and tricks here. 132 613 08/26/2008 2:35:28 PM by: mitachu  wkasdo    HALP! Questions on Windows and Windows Server     Active Directory Post your problems and solutions on Active Directory here. 3456 20518 10/06/2008 10:09:04 PM by: Mark Minasi  ptwilliams, wkasdo   Group Policies Possibly Active Directory's most powerful feature, but oftimes its most complex. Bring your GP tips, tricks, questions and solutions here. 1243 6874 10/05/2008 08:50:41 AM by: ptwilliams  dmarelia, wkasdo   Internet Information Server Webslingers unite! Post your IIS admin, ASP etc questions (and, with hope, answers) here. 329 1420 10/05/2008 03:09:25 AM by: Doug G  wkasdo   NT 4 Desktop Post questions and answers here about administering and deploying NT 4.0 desktops. 36 159 01/29/2008 09:33:38 AM by: AndyUK  wkasdo   NT 4 Server Post questions and answers about NT 4.0 Server planning, administration, management, and troubleshooting. 252 1178 09/02/2008 10:35:14 AM by: Curt  wkasdo   Windows 2000 Professional Query the experts with a question about rolling out and managing Windows 2000 Pro or demonstrate your expertise by ANSWERING someone's question. 566 2707 07/03/2008 05:50:08 AM by: allan67  wkasdo   Windows 2000 Server Post questions and answers here about Windows 2000 Server planning, administration, management and troubleshooting. 2268 10660 09/22/2008 8:58:27 PM by: clayshek  wkasdo   Windows XP Professional Discuss the Xcruciating and Xciting aspects of XP here. (And no, there's no XP Home forum for the same reason that Mark never wrote a Windows ME book.) 1679 8657 10/06/2008 01:15:18 AM by: rogerdodger  wkasdo   Deployment: Windows and apps Anything on Windows Deployment Services, MDT, RIS, ADS, BDD, Ghost, Sysprep, ImageX, WinPE and other tools which help to get the work done more efficiently - post your questions and answers here! 205 1250 10/01/2008 9:11:50 PM by: arek73  arek73, wkasdo   Macintosh integration Making Macs work wonderfully with Windows 100 587 10/03/2008 2:19:42 PM by: queengeek  wkasdo   Microsoft Data Protection Management 2006 3 13 12/09/2007 09:54:52 AM by: allen  wkasdo   Office Discussion on the Microsoft Office Product Range. 213 837 10/04/2008 06:41:20 AM by: jbarrett  wkasdo   PowerShell Discuss Microsoft's "C#script" language, a powerful tool for controlling .NET-based programs. 86 626 09/27/2008 9:21:27 PM by: rharmer  wkasdo   Printing Everyone's got a printer question... and with hope others have some printer answers. 211 782 10/04/2008 03:57:54 AM by: Xenophane  wkasdo   Scripting Tell us how you scripted your way out of trouble, or get help on scripting 925 4632 10/06/2008 10:30:04 AM by: dkumar  Christa, dmarelia, wkasdo   Scripting Archive A collection of useful scripts and scripting examples 72 312 09/11/2008 10:57:26 AM by: jpatton.412  Christa, dmarelia, wkasdo   Small Business Server Mark doesn't use it, but Nick does... This is the place for your Small Business Server 4.x, 2000, 2003, 2008 questions. 823 5564 10/05/2008 3:39:23 PM by: slister  nickw, wkasdo   Storage: Dfs, RAID, NTFS, disks and more If it spins (or simulates something that spins) then it goes here. 318 1659 10/06/2008 9:31:54 PM by: Phil Marcum  wkasdo   Terminal Server / Services Moderated by Terminal Services expert Christa Anderson, this is the place to talk about TS under NT, 2000, XP or .NET 1007 4535 10/06/2008 07:33:00 AM by: Playwell  Christa, wkasdo   Windows Home Server Windows Home Server forum 37 178 10/03/2008 03:08:38 AM by: KAD  ebrux, slindquist, wkasdo   Windows Server 2003 Talk about the latest member of the Windows server family. 2587 13278 10/06/2008 10:13:50 PM by: Mark Minasi  wkasdo   Windows Server 2003 R2 The new guy in town, at least until Longhorn. There's not MUCH different in R2, but there's enough. R2 questions and answers here, please! 228 1340 10/06/2008 2:44:42 PM by: brbandeira  wkasdo   Windows Server 2008 Questions, comments, observations and help about Windows Vista Server 2008!<g> 139 813 10/06/2008 11:22:59 AM by: timberk  wkasdo   Windows Vista Call it XP's little brother, call it NT 6.0 workstation, call it Windows 2006 Professional, or call it Vista, it's the latest desktop. Share your experiences and questions here! 396 2787 10/05/2008 1:45:34 PM by: ptwilliams  wkasdo    OTHER HALP! Linux, Hardware, and Anything Else     All things Virtual! Virtual Server, VMWare, GSX etc. 301 2372 10/06/2008 10:17:15 PM by: Mark Minasi  clarinathan, wkasdo   Hardware and Hardware Upgrades Found some equipment that the rest of us can't live without? Figured out how to make that tenth EIDE drive work on NT 3.51? Share your hardware joys and seek assistance with your hardware woes here. 217 1222 09/03/2008 8:54:04 PM by: smeogul  wkasdo   IP routing Your network "don't mean a thing... if it ain't got that PING!" Give or get help here on hooking networks up to each other and to the Internet via DSL, wireless, dialup or whatever. 232 1151 09/17/2008 10:24:50 AM by: clayshek  wkasdo   Linux How you're using Linux, what you found worked, problems solved or posed. 139 849 10/06/2008 10:12:10 PM by: Mark Minasi  Doug G, wkasdo   Networking Hardware You can't even THINK about loading 2000, .NET or whatever without first conquering NICs, hubs, switches, routers, wireless... 189 1133 09/11/2008 4:03:26 PM by: itechsolutions  wkasdo   Security That job we all love to hate. 337 1514 09/17/2008 02:01:33 AM by: rmardo  wkasdo   SUS / WSUS, HFNetChk ....and other ways to automate "love to hate" job we all deal with when applying security patches and updates. 165 795 10/02/2008 01:36:30 AM by: harshalmitkari  wkasdo   Viruses, worms, and spyware advice When viruses and worms hit, they hit hard and fast. Got some news or want to ask a question about whether or not you're being hit? Well, we're not McAfee, Trend or Symantec, but here's the place to talk to other admins about latest evilware. 127 765 10/06/2008 6:53:30 PM by: don2007  mjbarry   XBox and Games for Windows We all work hard, and some of us play hard too! Discuss XBox, games and the like right here! 15 78 09/30/2008 09:18:10 AM by: Mark Minasi  wkasdo    Carbon-Based Issues: Management, Compliance, Etc     Compliance: SOX, HIPA and more Dealing with the technical and human aspects of using computers to assist clients with staying in compliance. Bring us your questions, your tips and tricks, and, best of all, your horror stories! 18 68 09/16/2008 10:06:41 PM by: AMoonsong  ukinahan, wkasdo    Email, Databases, Sharepoint and more     Exchange Mark doesn't use it so he can't help... but a LOT of people have trouble with it. Exchange experts, please help folks with questions here! 2591 14548 10/06/2008 6:49:34 PM by: NSFEddie  clarinathan, ebrux, wkasdo   Forefront A corner to discuss all things relating to Microsoft’s Security Products 7 22 05/12/2008 3:29:33 PM by: aval  ukinahan, wkasdo   ISA Server We don't know Proxy Server or ISA server but if anyone does then any help would be appreciated by the huddled masses yearning to make the thing work! 169 801 09/04/2008 03:31:50 AM by: Jazzy  wkasdo   Microsoft Dynamics CRM /Dynamics Great Plains Microsoft Dynamics GP and Dynamics CRM Answers. 125 370 09/21/2008 11:48:45 AM by: Curt  Curt, wkasdo   Non-Exchange Email Servers Some of us don't have the staff and patience to run Exchange... 5 27 07/29/2008 3:06:14 PM by: Seth  wkasdo   SQL Server Given that our e-mail databases, many Web data stores and (in Longhorn) even the FILE SYSTEM will soon be SQL, we've all got to get smart on this. 282 1211 09/02/2008 1:38:50 PM by: Wiseman82  wkasdo   Systems Management Server (SMS) Roll up, Roll up, Roll Out... A new forum for discussion about Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS). Moderated by our very own Anthony Garmont. 120 660 09/26/2008 1:10:46 PM by: Jake Mueller  anthony,