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• Prof. PowerShell: All the Time in World

That New-TimeSpan cmdlet watches the clock for you, so you can attend to important tasks in a timely manner.

by Jeffery Hicks

July 2008

• Weekly quickTIP: Security That Looks Good on Paper

Microsoft's Security Assessment Tool offers a comprehensive lesson in what security processes are working -- and not working -- in your systems.

by Greg Shields

July 2008

• Security Watch: The Dumb Security Ideas Edition

Some real stupid events in IT security have come out of hiding and back onto your systems.

by Russ Cooper

July 2008

• Prof. PowerShell: The Old Local Admin

Short of learning .NET, here's a way to script something against the ADSI to find out some interesting data about the servers you're working with.

by Jeffery Hicks

July 2008

• Weekly quickTIP: VMware's File Extensions Explained

What lurks behind each of those files that VMware creates? Greg tells all.

by Greg Shields

July 2008

• Security Watch: Criminals on Autopilot

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by Russ Cooper

July 2008

• Prof. PowerShell: Where Do You Want to Go Today?

Too much information! Make it less complicated with the Where-Object cmdlet.

by Jeffery Hicks

July 2008

• Weekly quickTIP: Running With Scissors

Vista's snipping tool lets you say in pictures that which often takes a thousand words.

by Greg Shields

July 2008

• Prof. PowerShell: Do You Measure Up?

Use the Measure-Command cmdlet to get a better idea of your Powershell efficiency.

by Jeffery Hicks

July 2008

• Weekly quickTIP: Rolling Through IT Blogs

A popular meme ask how you got your start as an IT admin.

by Greg Shields

June 2008

• Security Watch: Hacktivist Turf War

Plus, parking permit system compromised; inside the SQL Injection attacks; more.

by Russ Cooper

June 2008

• Prof. PowerShell: Picky,Picky,Picky

To minimize the visual clutter, the Select-Object cmdlet lets you view only those properties that you're interested in viewing.

by Jeffery Hicks

June 2008

• Security Watch: I'm Thinking of a Number

OpenSSH flaw in Debian and derivatives not as serious -- yet. Also, IE printing flaw; Belgium and India attack China; more.

by Russ Cooper

June 2008

• Weekly quickTIP: Vista EXE Deep Dive, Part 3

Listing all the GUI-based wizards and control panels that you can get to quickly in Vista.

by Greg Shields

June 2008

• Prof. PowerShell: All The Time In The World

Stay on top of schedule with the New-TimeSpan cmdlet.

by Jeffery Hicks

June 2008

• Security Watch: Data Breaches and the Importance of Patching Tools

Among other things, our study points to the speed with which vulnerabilities are exploited and the speed with which admins patch systems.

by Russ Cooper

June 2008