It’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday: April 2012

Wed, 18 April 2012

By Justin James April 10, 2012, 12:21 PM PDT Takeaway: Justin James gathers the information you need to make the right deploy decisions when applying Microsoft’s April 2012 patches in your organization. One nice thing about the April 2012 set of patches is that it seems like the issue where opening files on network shares

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First look: Windows Server 8 Storage Spaces

Wed, 28 March 2012

By Derek Schauland Takeaway: Derek Schauland takes Microsoft’s new Storage Spaces technology for a spin in the lab to see what it’s all about. It is part of the Windows Server 8 preview. Microsoft is doing something pretty wild in terms of storage in Windows Server 8. In this post, I’ll look at the new

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It’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday: February 2012

Wed, 15 February 2012

By Justin James February 14, 2012, 1:55 PM PST Takeaway: Justin James gathers the information you need to make the right deploy decision when applying Microsoft’s February 2012 patches in your organization. One unique thing about this month’s Patch Tuesday is the rash of update rollups for the second-level Windows Server products like Home Server

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The 10 dumbest tech predictions for 2012

Mon, 23 January 2012

By Scott Lowe Takeaway: We may not know exactly what’s going to happen in the tech world this year — but a lot of you have strong opinions about what WON’T be happening. Last week, we put out a Call for Feedback asking you, the loyal TechRepublic community, to tell us what you think are

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10 things you can do to boost PC performance

Tue, 13 September 2011

By Justin James There’s so much information out there about PC performance (especially on Windows machines), it’s difficult to be sure what’s right and what’s not so helpful. Here are 10 proven performance enhancements you can make to your computer, many of which are free. 1: Get rid of malware New machines shouldn’t have malware

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Five tips to prevent DNS issues on Windows systems

Mon, 15 August 2011

By Rick Vanover Source Takeaway: DNS is one of the most sensitive areas of IT and is where many configuration issues originate. IT pro Rick Vanover shares a few more tips to prevent issues with DNS for Windows systems. I love DNS, but hate it when things go wrong. So, I’ve taken a few steps

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