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[Keith] Welcome to the Mind Of Root. I'm Keith Albright

[Rich] and I'm Rich Niemeier.

[Keith] This is Episode 88 streaming live on Ustream.tv on February 18th, 2008. Today's show is sponsored by Quest Software; Helping you rule your domain. And by the makers of PrimalScript?; Sapien Technologies. Now with 88% more maniacal laughter......Muhahahaha

Chit-Chat - What's going on with you?

[Steve]

[Rich]

[Keith]

  • You may have noticed Steve isn't with us tonight. Unfortunately, the power went out in his underground Fortress of Solitude, so he's trapped until the elevator works again.

Housekeeping Items

[Rich]

[Steve]

[Keith]

  • Congrats to friends Steve and Sathana on the birth of their daughter Caelyn. Steve is a long-time geek friend from college. How geeky? Caelyn's birth announcement came from her own email address.

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  • Windows 7 Is Not Helpful! [KEITH]
-Now that I have your attentions. Apparently, Vista as of Vista, .HLP files are no longer supported. You need to download the 620Kb file to install this function. I found this while testing our Customer Billing app on Windows 7. (Current Build BTW).
-I went to download it and it and it would not install claiming it was not for this version of Windows.
-Link: MS KB Article
  • Windows Fundamentals and Windows Steady State [RICH]
-Using it for location that uses IE to acess an internal web application.
- Anti-Virus updates not saved, need to login as administrator to save updates periodically
- Has numerous limitations, Does not work with Novell Client
-"Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs? is not a general-purpose operating system. It is designed to work with the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection client or third-party clients such as the Citrix ICA client. In addition, it allows for a limited number of workloads to be executed locally, including security software, management software, terminal emulation software, document viewers, and the .NET Framework." From Microsoft Website.
- Problems with Null.sys
-Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs? is exclusively available to Software Assurance customers
- Windows Steady State has Windows Disk Protection (WDP), this is primarily what I am trying to utilize.
- Formerly Shared Computer Toolkit
-Windows Fundamental Link:http://www.microsoft.com/uk/business/licensing/fundamentals.mspx
- Window Steady State Link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F829BB8B-C7A9-426B-A7A4-2B504A6238D2&displaylang=en
- Wikipedia Article Link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SteadyState
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 [KEITH]
-64-bit ONLY...WooHooo?! Finally, they're gettin' it.
-DNSSEC now supported.
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-Steve sent me an interesting article comparing performance of AD functions between 32-bit and 64-bit version. Especially with larger AD implementations where the larger AD DB can be cached in the larger addressable memory space.
-The blog post discussing the pros/cons of using 64-bit windows for your DC throws out two cons of; no 16-bit app support and slower 32-bit apps. At this point, I don't think they should be running on a DC and the shops that will get the most out of the 64-bit generation should be large enough to have dedicated DC hardware. I'm a smaller shop, but my DC's run only that function. (NOTE: DR site is current exception.)
-Link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391932.aspx
-Link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349801.aspx
-Link: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/021809-microsoft-win-server-2008.html?hpg1=bn
-Link: Blog post originally sent by Steve discussing the white papers findings
-Link: MS Whitepaper on performance comparisons
-Link: http://
-Link: http://
  • New Bluetooth standard to bring speed and energy efficiency.....still no security [KEITH]
-They talk about extending use to new devices, but never address the fundamental security flaws.
-Have they learned nothing from the early days of WiFi security?
-Link: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/021809-bluetooth-standard.html?page=1
  • Scan Inbox Issue [KEITH]
-Another change - Now using 'User Logon Name' automatically for the folder name to drop files in.
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-Link: http://

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Listener Feedback

From listener....CD-Man on Episode 83 interview with Jeffrey Snover

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Website Picks

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Keith - http://www.nicecritic.com/

Last Call

Anyone....Anyone....Buehler.....Buehler....

Closing

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