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Tag Archives: windows 7
Reliability Monitor and Windows 7 (How it saved my life!)
Ok, so maybe it didn't save my life, but it sure does help me discover what's really happening on my users' computers. No longer do I have to rely on answers from the users. I can simply look at the history of their computer and see new installs, crashes and other valuable information.
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Disabling System Restore in Windows 7
At times and for many reasons, you may want to disable system restore in Windows 7 systems. Windows 7 creates restore points or recovery points on a scheduled basis and when you install software or upgrades by default. You can change when and how it does this and even completely disable system restore, if you desire. I'll explain more about system restore in this post. Continue reading
ICACLS Syntax for ACL Management
One of the great new tools in Windows Vista and Windows 7 is the ICACLS command line command. While I’m very annoyed with Microsoft for not supporting the old CACLS syntax and adding the features of ICACLS (all our old CACLS-based batch files break), I have to admit that a few capabilities are very welcome. One such capability is the function used to export and import ACLs from and into objects. Continue reading
IPv6 Network Utilization on Windows 7
OK. For about a year now I've been telling you all that Windows 7's implementation of IPv6 by default will cause quite a bit of unnecessary activity on your network if you're not actually using it yet in the infrastructure. The numbers will be in soon. Continue reading
