Archive for April, 2007

Vista Problems with ISA Firewall and SBS Premium

Friday, April 27th, 2007

If you have Vista users that need to access ISA Firewall or SBS Premium you can get an updated firewall client for Windows Vista.
Download - Firewall Client for ISA Server
Taken from the site here is what the client is for:
Firewall Client for ISA Server can be optionally installed on client computers protected by Microsoft ISA [...]

Changing Where Windows Explorer Opens By Default

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

You will find one of the things that takes the most getting used to in Vista is the way the explorer window now looks and acts. Windows Explorer by default opens the the logged in users documents folder as you can see:

If you want to have more control and have it open in other locations [...]

Get Your CCNA for Free!

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Not exactly Vista related but there is a great promotion going on over at Train Signal. They are going to be giving away the following:
2 Routers
1 Switch
1 hour with a CCIE
Train Signal CCNA Training
Cost of Exam
All you have to do in return is blog about your training experience and test while you study.
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Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool Released

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Thanks to a post by Stuart over at The Unofficial Blog of the Unofficial Guide to Windows Vista I saw that Microsoft released a tool that can show what types of technology your current home router using NAT may be able to support from the Windows Vista operating system. Lets run through and see [...]

Revert Back to CTRL+ALT+DELETE for the Vista Logon Screen

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

For the 99% of you that have been using Windows OS systems most of your lives the standard login for several versions have been to use Control+ALT+DELETE key combination to login. This quick walk through will show you how to enable CTRL+ALT+DELETE for Windows Vista.
First go to the start menu and type in netplwiz

This [...]