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Configure Windows 2008 Server Core without typing any commands

Mayki — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:40:00 GMT

Stanislas Quastana on the French blog dedicated to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, we shared a very interesting since it allows you to configure Windows Server 2008 Core version without typing any commands. The package has a whole script written in Visual Basic and a simple graphical interface (Setup file-core.wsf). You can in minutes set up your server without spending time writing scripts for automation.

Among the possibilities, Server Core Configurator can:

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       Setting everything concerning the product key.
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       Configure network settings
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       Setting ISCSI
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       Install or remove roles
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       Setting permissions for users and groups
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       Create or delete shares
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       Configuring the Firewall
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       Set display
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       Add or Remove drivers
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       Set the screen saver
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       Configure and use Windows Updates (including WSUS)

Download Server Core Configurator: Here

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Check the consistency of your system!

Mayki — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:03:00 GMT

Microsoft has to provide a tool to verify the compliance of your system (registry database, files and data in memory ...) facing the next installation of updates, service packs and software. The analysis tool line installation of updates to the system will check the files and registry keys are in:

     *% SYSTEMROOT% \ client \ Packages
     *% SYSTEMROOT% \ WinSxS \ Manifests
     * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Components
     * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Schema
     * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Component Based Servicing

The information resulting from the implementation of the program are located in:% SYSTEMROOT% \ Logs \ CBS \ CheckSUR.log

It is for the operating system: Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit) and Windows Server 2008 (32, 64-bit Itanium).
Download package for

     * Windows Vista: Here
     * Windows Vista for x64: Here
     * Windows Server 2008: Here
     * Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based systems: Here
     * Windows Server 2008 for x64 systems: Here

For more information, visit: Here

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It's official Windows HPC Server 2008 is available

Mayki — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:58:00 GMT

Hi,

Windows HPC Server 2008 is available starting today. It is the successor to Windows Computer Cluster Server 2003 and relies on operating system Windows Server 2008 cluster configured. Windows HPC Server 2008 can be deployed on a large scale for this, it includes a new planner, a node from the Windows Deployment Services, an interface for the exchange of messages very quickly that includes support for Direct Network And a new administration interface.

Windows HPC Server 2008 works with other Microsoft products to increase productivity HPC and improve the overall experience of the user. Thus, cooperation is strengthened through Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows Workflow Foundation. The administration is simplified and more efficient through integration in Microsoft System Center solutions. Via its compatibility with WCF (Windows Communication Foundation), Windows HPC Server 2008 enables developers to develop SOA (SOA) to harness the power of parallel computing.

With this new version, Microsoft hopes to gain market share in a key sector of large enterprises.

You can download an evaluation version (180 days) of Windows Server 2008 HPC: Here

Whitepapers associates:

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       Windows HPC Server 2008: V1/V2 Compatibility: Here
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       Installation procedure for a Linux-based HPC cluster package: Here
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       The Windows Server 2008 HPC Cluster in a Linux Environment: Here
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       Installation of Fedora 8 Linux Access to a Windows Server 2008 HPC Cluster: Here
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       Windows HPC Server 2008 Technical Overview: Here
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       Windows Server 2008 HPC Job Scheduler: Here
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       Windows Server 2008 HPC System Management Overview: Here
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       Windows Server 2008 HPC Job Templates: Here

The site Windows HPC Server 2008: Here

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Tricks SCCM >> SCCM Query for Virtuals

Mayki — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:05:00 GMT

Hi,

Trick which allows via a query of identification systems in your virtual architecture SCCM (valid for VMware technology, Hyper V, Virtual PC and Virtual Server 2005 R2.
Here is the request to copy:

select SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.Manufacturer, SMS_R_System.SMSAssignedSites, SMS_R_System.IPAddresses, SMS_R_System.IPSubnets, SMS_R_System.OperatingSystemNameandVersion, SMS_R_System.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, SMS_R_System.LastLogonUserDomain, SMS_R_System.LastLogonUserName, SMS_R_System.SMSUniqueIdentifier, SMS_R_System.ResourceId, SMS_R_System.ResourceType, SMS_R_System.NetbiosName from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM on SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.Manufacturer in ("VMware, Inc.","Microsoft Corporation")

It is possible to link this request to a collection.

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Tricks SMS/SCCM >> Move SMSPKGC$ folder to another location SCCM / SMS

Mayki — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:49:00 GMT

Hi,

Tips so cool :

Stop SMS_Executive and SMS_SITE_COMPONENT services
Open Computer Management
Go to the existing SMSPKGC$ folder, which in our example is on the C drive
Document the existing share and security permissions: Share = Everyone (Full) / Security (not inherited) = Administrators (Full Control), Users (Read & Execute), Guests (Read & Execute)
Document the permissions of package folders and files: Administrators (Full) / Users (SiteServer\Users) - Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read
Right-click the package share (SMSPKGC$) and select Stop Sharing
Copy the SMSPKGC$ folder to the new drive, which in our example is the D drive
Recreate the permissions as they existed in steps 4 and 5 above
Rename C:\SMSPKGC$ to C:\SMSPKGC$-OLD
Highlight D:\SMSPKGC$, right-click and select Sharing and Security.
Select Share this folder - Keep share name (SMSPKGC$)
Select Permissions and give "Everyone" Full Control of the share.
Go to the Security Tab and verify that the permissions are the same as what was recorded in step 4.
Go to the new package folder and verify that the permissions on the folder and files are the same as what was recorded in step 5
Restart the SMS_Executive and SMS_SITE_COMPONENT services

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Windows Seven Beta 1 for the month of December

Mayki — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:32:00 GMT

Hi,

According to Mary-Jo Foley, the publisher should have completed the first beta version of Windows 7 from the month of December. The final version for client is planned for late 2009 - no later than January 2010.

A limited group of testers already has access to a first version of windows 7: there are two versions M (milestone), thus named "Build M1 and M2." The M3 should follow in the coming days.

Before submitting its Beta 1, Microsoft will offer these testers a "Community Technology Preview (CTP) Build this fall.

The development of new OS is therefore much faster than Vista.

As Bill Gates said: "The technological breakthrough between 7 and Windows Vista will be less important as Vista and Windows XP, Windows will turn 7 with PC 2008." We will take into account the installed base rather than 'anticipate the evolution of components as we did with Vista. "

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Microsoft Launches Windows Server 2008 HPC September 22

Mayki — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:49:00 GMT

HI,

The September 22 date will be the official launch of Windows Server 2008 HPC, which will take place at the conference "High Performance on Wall Street in New York. HPC means High Performance Computing and High Performance Computing in French.
HPC Windows Server 2008 and the successor to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. Windows Server 2008 HPC inclût different characteristics vantées by Microsoft during the past year:
-- Broadband Network
-- Tools to manage clusters evolving
-- Resumed advanced functions (failover)
-- A Task Scheduler based on a service-oriented architecture
-- Supports Filesystems cluster partners

Microsoft has launched the Beta 1 of Windows Server 2008 HPC in November 2007. In June 2008, is a quasi-finalized version (version release candidate 1, or RC1), which was launched by Microsoft.
The biggest competitor of Microsoft in the field of high performance calculations is Linux. The research organizations and companies on Wall Street are part of the biggest users of technology HPC.

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The components of Linux integration Hyper-V available in RTM

Mayki — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:35:00 GMT

The components of Linux integration are finally emerging version RTM (Release To Manufacture). These tools enable a better care system by providing the drivers necessary to implement it. The tools are available in 12 languages including french.

This version allows:

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       Support Drivers for generic devices: the integration components include Linux support of many network controller and disk controller.
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       Hypercall adapt: Hypercall adapter is a thin layer of software that translates the function calls Xen-virtualization.
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       Fastpath Support Boot: The boot devices take advantage of VSC to gain performance.

The full support of the mouse will arrive in a future update.

You can download these components on Microsoft Connect: Here

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After SoftGrid 4.2, Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 goes RTM !!!

Mayki — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:54:00 GMT

Hi,

After SoftGrid 4.2 RTM spent in the past year, 1 virtualization product released by Microsoft but under its former name, it is the turn of Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 to be ready!

This time griffée Microsoft, this solution allows for recall and like its predecessor, streamer applications only, without the office, which was done with Terminal Services without SoftGrid.

Obviously, contributions are noteworthy:

     * Streaming via HTTP with IIS 6 and 7
     * Full integration with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2
     * Presence of a Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 to monitor servers App-V
     * Increase cache client 1TB with removal of the oldest applications if the cache is full
     * Internationalization of the product with 12 languages supported

Other additions are described on the team blog App-V.

You will find guides and Full StandAlone for the establishment of environments tests on the site microsoft.com, but also articles on setting up more detailed on the blog Technet VirtualWorld.

A very useful documentation was also published on Technet, including especially the release notes, guide planning and deployment and administration.

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Microsoft distributes Linux and triggers a rise in sales of mini laptop appointed notebook>Revolution or not?

Mayki — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:00 GMT

Hi,

The sale of Mini portable PC is increasing every month and these types of machines running with a Linux operating system known, innovative and whose disibution is provided by Microsoft

Microsoft distribute Xandros Linux
Agreement on intellectual property, technological cooperation and marketing alliance, the two companies announced a partnership similar to the one signed between Microsoft and Novell.

Microsoft will he become the largest distributor of the Linux operating system? Seven months after the partnership with the American Novell, a new agreement signed this time with Xandros, the American company that publishes the Linux distribution of the same name, seems to indicate.

Version client and server version

At the conclusion of this agreement for five years, Microsoft is committed to market to its customers distributions Xandros Desktop (for desktops) and Xandros Server (for servers). On a technical level, the two companies will also improve the interoperability of their respective server software (interoperability servers and management systems).

Xandros will also, through its distribution Desktop converters to make the bridge between the Open XML format, proprietary format used in Microsoft Office 2007 and ODF (open document format) format used in the free office suite Open Office.

Finally, the two companies signed a non-aggression pact which excludes one or the other commits a trial related to intellectual property covering patents implemented to ensure the interoperability of their products.

Concern for the community "open source"

The agreement is similar to the one signed with Novell: on the one hand, the Redmond company sells Suse Enterprise Server to its customers on the other, it will not pursue Novell for questions intellectual property. The partnership is in addition to the one reached last November with Zend, publisher of specialist language open source PHP.

All these reconciliations confirmed, if necessary, the essential place occupied now open source software in the enterprise. They should not reassure the open source community, worried that the software giant offer our customers the means to protect themselves against a possible legal offensive that could lead to large scale against free software.

French:

Microsoft va distribuer le Linux de Xandros
Accord de propriété intellectuelle, coopération technologique et alliance marketing, les deux sociétés ont annoncé un partenariat similaire à celui signé entre Microsoft et Novell.

Microsoft va-t-il devenir le principal distributeur du système d'exploitation Linux ? Sept mois après le partenariat conclu avec l'américain Novell, un nouvel accord signé cette fois avec Xandros, la société américaine qui édite la distribution Linux du même nom, paraît l'indiquer.

Version client et version serveur

Au terme de cet accord conclu pour cinq ans, Microsoft s'engage à commercialiser auprès de ses clients les distributions Xandros Desktop (pour les PC de bureau) et Xandros Server (pour les serveurs). Sur un plan technique, les deux sociétés vont également améliorer l'interopérabilité de leurs logiciels serveurs respectifs (interopérabilité des serveurs et des gestionnaires de systèmes).

Xandros fournira en outre, via sa distribution Desktop, des convertisseurs permettant de faire le pont entre le format Open XML, format propriétaire de Microsoft utilisé dans Office 2007, et ODF (open document format), format utilisé dans la suite bureautique libre Open Office.

Enfin, les deux entreprises ont signé un pacte de non-agression qui exclut que l'un ou l'autre engage un procès lié à la propriété intellectuelle portant sur les brevets mis en oeuvre pour assurer l'interopérabilité de leurs produits.

Inquiétude de la communauté « open source »

L'accord ressemble à s'y méprendre à celui signé avec Novell : d'un côté, la firme de Redmond commercialise Suse Enterprise Server auprès de ses clients, de l'autre, elle s'engage à ne pas poursuivre Novell pour des questions de propriété intellectuelle. Le partenariat s'ajoute à celui conclu en novembre dernier avec Zend, éditeur spécialiste du langage open source PHP.

Tous ces rapprochements confirment, s'il le fallait, la place incontournable qu'occupent désormais les logiciels libres dans l'entreprise. Ils ne devraient toutefois pas rassurer la communauté open source, inquiète de voir le géant des logiciels proposer à ses clients les moyens de se protéger contre une éventuelle offensive juridique qu'il pourrait mener à grande échelle contre les logiciels libres.

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Starting flashpoint for Windows Seven!!!

Mayki — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:50:00 GMT

Hi,

On the blog official Windows Seven, Michael Fortin, systems engineer, said that a very good system should "start in less than 15 seconds." Microsoft now has a team dedicated to the performance, seeking to optimize the startup time.

Currently, the start time varies greatly depending on the material on which the operating system. Thus, only 35% of systems with Vista SP1 start in less than 30 seconds (according to data from the Customer Experience Improvement Program).

A startup time exceeds 60 seconds is due to a hardware, software or network. Windows Seven will present a number of improvements aimed at reducing the time to start, including utilities diagnosis quickly identifying such problems.

More information on the official blog devoted to Windows Seven: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/08/29/boot-performance.aspx.

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Windows Small Business Server 2008 goes RTM

Mayki — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:47:00 GMT

Hi,

Windows SBS 2008 has just passed a statute RTM (Release To Manufacturing), which means that development is completed.
The 2 versions will be available as planned on November 12.

As a reminder, Small Business Server is a version of Windows Server specially designed to satisfy the needs of small businesses by offering them a range of complementary services such as messaging Exchange or the intranet SharePoint ...

As for the vintage 2003, 2 versions will be available, Standard and Premium, the latter adding SQL Server to the list of features.

For info, it is always possible to test in SBS 2008 Release Candidate: http://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/evalcenter/cc184870.aspx

SBS Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/08/21/sbs-2008-released-to-manufacturing.aspx
Site SBS2008: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/essential/sbs/default.mspx
Site SBS2003: http://www.microsoft.com/france/sbserver/default.mspx

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Incompatibility between SP3 Windows XP and Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 !

Mayki — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:44:00 GMT

Hi,

Upon its release in Beta 1, IE8 had already made about him because it was impossible to remove the Internet browser after installing Windows XP SP3. Well it seems that the problem resurfaced with the Beta 2.

For those who would be "stuck" with the Beta 1, and who might be tempted or who think that by installing over Beta 2, it would resolve the concern, they all wrong. Indeed, they will be unable to uninstall the beta 2 of the browser.

For unrest facts argue that the Redmond company would have found the right seam to impose its Internet browser, a message appears when installing the beta 2: "The installation system has detected the presence of a new Service Pack since the installation of Internet Explorer 8. After completing the installation, you will not tighten longer able to uninstall Internet Explorer 8 "

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System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 goes RTM available to ALL! :-) Version Eval!

Mayki — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:27:00 GMT

Hi,

After a brief stint with the rights, here that the RTM version is available to everyone!

Good download!

To download the trial version (in English) System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, visit: Here

More information on Virtual Application Packages: here
More information about Forefront Client Security Integration: here
More information on SQL Reporting Services: here
More information about Operating System Deployement (OSD): here

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Download and Test Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2!

Mayki — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:11:00 GMT

Hello,

Five months after launching the first beta of Internet Explorer 8 and more than 2 million downloads, Microsoft confirms its ambition to release a final version of its browser before the end of the year with the release of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. This beta confirms the progress of the development team as it is presented in 4 languages (English, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese), 21 other languages including french follow in the next few days!

With this version of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft has taken a giant step on the interoperability of its browser and care standards by the latter. As a reminder, this version represents an improvement of some services such as anti-phishing filter, but also new services such as WebSlides, the bar favorites, the automatic restoration after a crash. The beta 2 provides stability and performance (up to 10% less CPU on all treatments can be made when navigating), which sorely lacked the beta 1, enabling it to address a other than developers. They are also standards like CSS 2.1 are now fully supported by the browser. Close collaboration took place between the teams development of Internet Explorer 8 and the working group dedicated to CSS. The team provides more than 2500 additional tests to the test suite dedicated to CSS 2.
The Beta 2 also introduces functionality in-private "in ensuring privacy. A user can erase traces of his research on the machine in question.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is available for owners of Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 2008 Server, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP SP3 (novelty for this beta 2), Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

Download Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2: Here or Here

The FAQ for companies (in English): here
Some good advice for the installation or uninstalling (in English): Here
The full list of new features (in English): Here

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SQL Server 2008 Express and Report Builder 2.0 RC1 available

Mayki — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:57:00 GMT

Hello,

Microsoft has to make available SQL Server 2008 Express and Report Builder 2.0 version RC1 (Release Candidate 1). SQL Server 2008 Express contains the Basic tool Management Studio Express to manage graphically SQL Server 2008 Express.

SQL Server 2008 Express provides:

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       Support LINQ (Language-Integrated Query, or Requêtage integrated language)
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       Support EDM (Entity Data Model, ensures the independence between the entities and model of persistence and authorise a very powerful mapping)
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       Support for ADO. NET (this is a set of classes that expose services access to data programmer. NET).
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       New types of date with the support of time zone
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       Support for spatial data, HierarchyID and File Streams
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       Support MERGE, GROUPING SETS
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       New features import and export

It differs in two versions free: SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools, and SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services.

To install these versions of SQL Server 2008 Express, you must have installed Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2008 and. NET Framework 3.5.

Report Builder is a software that extracts data and generates reports in Office. Companies have accumulated over the years volumes of data very important. Thus, small businesses that can not invest in a dedicated software or who lack the technical expertise for the exploited, which are covered by Microsoft with this tool.

Download:

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       SQL Server 2008 Express With Tools: Here
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       SQL Server 2008 Express With Advanced Services: Here
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       Report Builder 2.0 RC1: Here

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Privacy with IE 8

Mayki — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:16:00 GMT

According to a recent communication services Microsoft in charge of developing the new version of Internet Explorer 8, the Redmond company wants to emphasize the privacy of its users.

To do this, IE 8 should include new features, compared with IE 7, or the user can control the various interactions it is obliged to meet when sail on the canvas. For example, IE 8 will allow users not to safeguard their historic pages visited, but also to erase all his personal information that could have been led to understand.

Microsoft also says that IE 8 will have a feature that would alert users when a website attempts to gather information on his person in order to effectively control the behaviour of the site vis-à-vis its visitors.

Currently, IE 8 is available in BETA version and the next version is expected by the end of the month. The final version, it will normally be scheduled before the end of the year.

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Beta 1 refresh for the Cross Platforms Extensions of SCOM 2007

Mayki — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:51:00 GMT

Hello,

Une mise à niveau de la version beta des CPE (qui rappelons-le étendent le périmètre d'Operations Manager 2007 aux plateformes dites "hétérogènes" ) est disponible via Connect :

https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=446

Cette mise à jour apporte notamment :

OpsMgr 64-bit Support
Gateway role support
AIX 5.3 support

Le processus de mise à niveau est le suivant :

Uninstall the Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions Beta (no need to delete the imported Management packs).
Install the new Beta Refresh.
Import the Unix Library MP (and AIX if you need to monitor AIX Systems).
Extract the UnixAgents Zip file to \Program Files\System Center Operations Manager 2007\AgentManaged (make sure it extracts into the UnixAgents folder).

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