It’s time to purchase a new PC and you want to add the most up-to-date Operating System available.
Microsoft Windows Vista is your choice, but you want to install it yourself so that the computer manufacturer doesn’t add free trials of AOL and other wonderful extras, or as I like to call it — […]

Remote Server Administration Tools was released by Microsoft for Windows Vista SP1 users to be able to manage both Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 Servers.
If you had upgraded to Vista in the past and wanted to manage Windows servers with your Vista client, you were able to with some hacks. But all in […]

Robocopy is a nifty little tool that’s been around for a while under the Windows Resource Kit, but Uncle Bill and the gang over at Microsoft have decided that its time has come. Robocopy makes its desktop debut in Vista!

So many of us admins love to pick up another scripting option, and Robocopy is a […]

As a Windows system administrator, I am sure you have used the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) before. However, like me, you may have just gone in, performed your task, and closed it out. In this article, we will learn about the new Windows Vista snap-ins for the MMC and how you can create your […]

The Windows Vista Sidebar is Microsoft’s answer for quick and easy access to simple functionality. The sidebar acts as a dock for mini programs called gadgets. Gadgets are simple applications that provide easy access to frequently used tools and limited, but useful information. The Sidebar gadgets can get updated information from applications or web services.

The […]