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• An extended look at Windows file management with PowerShell

  Scripting expert Christa Anderson explains how to use Windows PowerShell to create folders in a temporary directory and populate them from a network share.  Continue Reading

• Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest Edition

  This tool extends the value of Recovery Manager for Active Directory by allowing restoration of the entire forest to a point-in-time before the directory became corrupt.  Continue Reading

• Specops Password Policy 2.1

  Specops Password Policy 2.1 helps enforce better password management for Windows Active Directory  Continue Reading

• ActiveBatch Enterprise Job Scheduling and Event Automation

  The ActiveBatch Enterprise Job Scheduling solution from Advanced Systems Concepts integrates business apps, standalone tasks, processes and scripts across diverse computing environments  Continue Reading

• Exchange Global Address List FAQs

  Get help troubleshooting your Exchange Global Address List (GAL) with this compilation of expert answers to frequently asked questions.  Continue Reading

• Network security assessment for network infrastructure

  In this excerpt from "Hacking for Dummies," read about the consequences of improper network security assessment and why you should test your network infrastructure vulnerabilities.  Continue Reading

• How to use PowerShell to build a disk cleanup utility

  For people interested in how things tick, computers can be a satisfying test medium because the changes you make have an immediate effect. But it's also possible to make changes that can't be reversed or can only be reversed with a lot of pain. ...  Continue Reading

• Exchange Server and Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)

  Learn to install, configure and secure Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) for Exchange Server email communications with these tips, tools, and tutorials.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft network security testing for ARP spoofing

  Learn how to defend your network against address resolution protocol (ARP) spoofing attacks in this excerpt from Hacking for Dummies, 2nd edition.  Continue Reading

• How to get process information with Windows PowerShell

  In this column, Christa Anderson explains how to use Windows PowerShell's get-process cmdlet to retrieve information about the processes on your computer and how to kill the unnecessary ones.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft certification exam layout and design

  Check out this excerpt from MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Cram: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment by Dan Balter and Patrick Regan, to find info on the types of question formats you'll come across when taking a Microsoft ...  Continue Reading

• Exchange public folder restore and recovery FAQs

  Uh oh. You've lost Exchange public folder data. Now what? Refer to this collection of frequently asked questions (FAQs) for some quick technical advice. Whether you need to recover deleted public folder data or subfolders or restore public folders ...  Continue Reading

• Making Windows PowerShell scripts able to accept arguments

  You script a task when you expect to be doing that task more than once. But you probably won't run exactly the same task each time. Rather than saving one script for every eventuality, we'll make the scripts able to accept arguments and assign them ...  Continue Reading

• Hacking for Dummies: Test your firewall rules

  Before someone else hacks your firewall, test your firewall rules during the self-hacking process to test your network's security. Learn about the tools involved in this excerpt from Chapter 9, "Network Infrastructure," from, Hacking for Dummies,...  Continue Reading

• How to save and run scripts with Windows PowerShell

  Learn how to save a Windows PowerShell cmdlet and edit Powershell settings so saved scripts will execute.  Continue Reading

• Filtering output from Windows PowerShell

  With PowerShell, it's pretty simple to browse Windows Management Instrumentation classes without cheating by filtering the content -- all it takes is a new cmdlet and working with variables.  Continue Reading

• Starting a clean install of Microsoft Windows Vista

  Learn why a clean install of the OS is preferred for installing Vista, and review the starting process for a Microsoft Windows Vista clean install.  Continue Reading

• Working with WMI providers to PowerShell

  Microsoft's new shell language, Windows PowerShell, works with data from .NET 2.0. But .NET doesn't always contain the objects you need. In this Scripting School column, Christa Anderson explains how to use PowerShell with Windows Management ...  Continue Reading

• Penetration testing: Five tips in five minutes

  What good is your network security plan if a hacker can simply break through your defenses? By testing your own network's security, you can find (and fix) the holes in your perimeter before an unauthorized attacker can take advantage. Check out ...  Continue Reading