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| Accessing and Using Your Network : Learning Some Common Network Tasks |
| If you see a network resource name twice, once in the Computer category and again in the Media Devices category, it means that computer has activated Media Player’s new media sharing feature . Double-click the Media Devices version of the computer name to open the computer’s media library in the Media Player window. |
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| Collecting Vista Events |
| Windows Vista includes an updated implementation of Microsoft's remote management infrastructure: Windows Remote Management (WinRM). The Vista Event Log uses WinRM along with the Windows Event Collector service as the engines for collecting events from remote machines and sending them to a central event collector system. |
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| Automating Vista Events |
| When you manage events, you often wish you could generate automatic actions when specific events occur. For example, it would be nice if you could automatically delete temporary files and send a notification to desktop technicians when PC disk drives get too full. |
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| Exploring the Vista Task Scheduler |
| Event management includes close ties to system automation because you often need to generate automatic actions when specific events occur. For example, one of the most common tasks that is related to events is the automatic deletion of temporary files when disk drives get too full. |
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| Managing Change through Group Policy (part 3) - Working with GPO tools |
| GPOs are managed through a series of different tools. You've already had a look at the Local Security Policy console and you've created a custom console for the management of multiple LSPs. Each of these tools gave you a foretaste of central GPO management. Now, you can access the best GPO management tools. |
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| Managing Change through Group Policy (part 1) - Working with Local Policies |
| Each Windows computer system includes a local Group Policy, called the Local Security Policy (LSP). The local GPO is read each time the computer is started. However, if the computer is part of a domain — a network managed by Active Directory (AD) — this local GPO is often superseded by domain or central GPOs. |
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| Participating in Internet Newsgroups : Some Usenet Basics |
| Most Usenet-equipped Internet service providers give you access to all the mainstream hierarchies. In addition, a huge alt (alternative) hierarchy covers just about anything that either doesn’t belong in a mainstream hierarchy or is too wacky to be included with the mainstream groups. |
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| Managing Client Protection : Microsoft Forefront Client Security |
| In beta at the time of this writing, Microsoft Forefront Client Security (FCS) is enterprise security software that provides protection from malware in addition to many other threats. While Windows Defender is designed for consumers and small businesses, FCS is designed to be deployed throughout large networks and managed efficiently. |
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| Maintaining Desktop Health : Using Performance Information And Tools |
| Performance Information And Tools is a new Control Panel item that allows users to view performance information about their computer, diagnose and resolve performance related issues, make better purchasing decisions by comparing system metrics to software requirements using the System Performance Rating (SPR) score. |
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