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List of Windows Registry keys to enable SPNEGO and Kerberos security debug logging on workstations and servers

WhatTookSoLong

It appears the Networking team is looking for feedback on how to improve future releases of the Microsoft DHCP server role in Windows Server.  For me, the first thing that comes to mind is: Add WMI support This has always been one of the "Duh" points in the whole management of network services for me.  [...]

While reading about some of the new enhancements in Windows Vista, this struck me as a potentially useful feature. Windows Vista: Previous Logon Information Essentially,  it provides a way to display certain logon statistics to the logged on user after a successful interactive logon to the workstation. These statistics include: Date and time of the [...]

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So now that the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) are available,  I went to install them on one of my Vista machines, and here are the steps I took to enable them for use.

At long last, the Remote Server Admin Tools (RSAT) for Windows Vista Sp1 have arrived! The download links and Tools descriptions are below.

I came across a post about inability for Windows Server and IIS not being able to handle web sites with large amounts of traffic for Internet companies from a CNN Talkback article.   Of course this is definitely FUD, as some of the big web site names with large volumes of traffic currently run on the [...]

RDP Shortcut Vista

Recently I had updated a machine to Windows Vista SP1, and so far have had nothing but good to say about it.  One thing I noticed since then, is that when I would Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to systems, I would get the "The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections" if [...]

While installing SP1 for Windows Vista tonight, I was presented with the dialog box invited me to click on "Things you should know before installing Service Pack 1", which I decided to click.   This leads to KB Article 936330, which are the Release Notes for the Release Candidate.   It’s pretty standard stuff, but one thing [...]

OSReleaseTimeline

With the release to RTM of Windows Vista SP1, I was curious how Microsoft’s release schedule for OS’s and Service Packs matches up against Apple’s.  So I quickly searched Wikipedia for the release dates, and hopefully they are accurate. I simply mapped the dates for all the desktop OS releases and service packs from 2000 [...]

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