By Mark Minasi, 01/31/2012
SOPA and PIPA are well-intentioned but still very bad ideas. Read on for a couple of alternative solutions that make a lot more sense.
By Mark Minasi, 01/21/2012
An AD attribute called Lastlogontimestamp helps you search for people who haven't logged on to a domain in a while—but it’s got some quirks.
By Mark Minasi, 12/22/2011
When Apple made it clear that the company had no intention of letting the Adobe Flash conspiracy pollute the iPhone/iPad universe, I figured that a popular outcry would eventually ...
By Mark Minasi, 12/20/2011
It’s time to get serious with this useful PowerShell cmdlet. Here’s how to accomplish a rather tricky query. Can you feel your PowerShell skills improving?
By Mark Minasi, 11/22/2011
Microsoft has a new Windows OS on the way, and many long-time Windows users have some strong opinions about it. Now is the time to share your opinion of Windows 8 with Microsoft.
By Mark Minasi, 11/17/2011
Now that you know some Get-ADUser basics, let’s dive further into the tool and see how to get the most out of PowerShell AD queries.
By Mark Minasi, 10/25/2011
Metro is fun, but Mark isn't very optimistic about how competitive Windows 8 can really be.
By Mark Minasi, 10/24/2011
Learn how to use the OS's AD-related PowerShell cmdlets for remote administration.
By Mark Minasi, 09/27/2011
Before Microsoft's Windows Server 8 Reviewers Workshop, Mark Minasi had some definite ideas about what he wanted to see in the newest Windows OSs.
By Minasi, Mark, 09/23/2011
Get-ADUser is a helpful member of Windows Server 2008 R2’s 76-cmdlet PowerShell team that lets you retrieve AD user objects. Here’s how it works.
By Mark Minasi, 08/30/2011
Microsoft is about to release a beta of the next version of Windows, code-named Windows 8, which will have three different desktops.
By Minasi, Mark, 08/24/2011
In this useful application of previously covered power tools, you’ll combine the WAIK, ImageX, and Bcdedit to create a more fixable OS deployment.
By Mark Minasi, 07/26/2011
Cloud vendors tout two main advantages to their products: cost and agility. Let’s talk about the kind of agility that I want all cloud users to possess: the power to make a quick ...
By Mark Minasi, 07/24/2011
In the interest of simplifying some troubleshooting and disaster recovery tasks, Mark begins a series of articles about creating a dual-boot WinPE and Windows 7/Server 2008 system ...
By Mark Minasi, 06/28/2011
Last month brought yet another big “cloudtage,” as Microsoft’s BPOS had a bad day on May 10 and then two days later on May 12, but I think in this case, the cloud did show ...
By Mark Minasi, 06/22/2011
Bootmgr gets its marching orders from a binary file called the BCD, and Bcdedit is how you configure BCD.
By Mark Minasi, 05/31/2011
EC2 failed on April 21 around 5 AM Eastern time, and in nearby Virginia. That failure left many customers without their cloud services, including Reddit, Foursquare, Netflix, and ...
By Mark Minasi, 05/22/2011
If you have a non-booting system, sometimes it's best to get back to basics. Here's how to use Bootsect to investigate the MBR and the so-called "Windows Boot Record" for ...
By Mark Minasi, 04/26/2011
Gosh, we're sorry, but we held onto your email because, well, because we could. Unfortunately, however, we were too lazy to keep track of your email address ourselves despite our ...
By Mark Minasi, 04/25/2011
Learn how to install a second OS on the hard disk so that you have a sleek, maintenance-focused “onboard emergency kit.”