Now this looks interesting: Apparently the design has been around for at least ten years, but later this year, Dell is releasing a notebook/tablet pc that runs Windows 7 on a dual-core Atom N550 processor. Its most striking feature is the ability to transform from a netbook to a tablet via its swivel screen. Not [...]

Picture this scenario: You have a SharePoint farm and its associated Active Directory domain (Domain Controller A) in a traditional perimeter network, sandwiched between an external and internal firewall. Similar to the following diagram”   However, you want to authenticate against the SharePoint web server (which is a member of domain A) using your internal [...]

In Windows Server 2000, and Server 2003 Active Directory, you were limited to one password Group Policy per domain. If you wanted a separate password policy for specific users or groups, you either had to create a custom filter, create another domain for those users, or buy 3rd party software. However, with Server 2008 Active [...]

A reader recently asked me to write up some tips on how to speed up the boot process for Windows XP. So I started compiling from memory, a list of things you can do right now to speed up boot times. I then started googling XP Boot times, and was simply amazed at how many [...]

After a recent OWA upgrade some of my users were experiencing problems connecting via RPC/HTTPS. When I’ve seen this before, I noticed it is often the result of a certificate problem. One way to troubleshoot this is by using the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer. This is an official Microsoft site which you can use to [...]