Tim Mintner
All things Management
I am currently on an Operations Manager 2007 project and it's been a lot of fun so far. One of the...
Date: 12/06/2006
One of the cool features of IE7 is that you can easily add any new search provider to your search...
Date: 11/22/2006
I will be posting over the next few months about all of the new management features in Vista. It is...
Date: 11/22/2006
The Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) is now available for download. This download includes...
Date: 11/22/2006
In case you are not aware, you can use Powershell to manage many aspects of Operations Manager 2007....
Date: 11/13/2006
Wow it has been a long time since I've posted anything. I have been heads down getting my customers...
Date: 11/13/2006
Wow what a week this has been. In the past week we have released Windows Vista RC1 including the new...
Date: 09/09/2006
Well I am back after having a week at Techready 3 in Seattle and a week of vacation. I have caught...
Date: 08/08/2006
Chris Haaker over at the Blogcastrepository has created a great "blogcast" (screencast for some) on...
Date: 07/16/2006
In case you haven't already seen this, Channel9 has posted a great video discussing Bitlocker...
Date: 07/11/2006
I was playing around in Powershell today and ran into this nice set of commands that will show you...
Date: 07/07/2006
I often get asked, "What is it that you actually do for Microsoft?" Well the short answer is that I...
Date: 07/07/2006
Mow posted another great blog entry on how to access User properties in Active Directory with...
Date: 07/05/2006
Thank you Rod for all of the links to my blog posts. Rod stated here...
Date: 07/05/2006
Back to a topic that I know I won't get dinged on. :) I was playing arround with the list of...
Date: 07/05/2006
Ok. After the slack I took for my last my post:...
Date: 07/05/2006
Quick Update Thanks to all who posted comments and emailed me. It turns out that the wrong...
Date: 07/03/2006
I was working onsite with a client last week and we were testing SMS V4 (SCCM 2007) OS Deployment...
Date: 07/03/2006
If you have downloaded and used RC1 of Powershell you will see that the Execution Policy is set to...
Date: 06/27/2006
Rod Trent has created an upload area for MOM 2005 reports and Management Packs. I know that creating...
Date: 06/27/2006
I have been learning the syntax of Powershell so I thought I would write a simple little script to...
Date: 06/26/2006
Here is a quick little Powershell script that I find useful to see what I have installed on my...
Date: 06/24/2006
One of the more interesting features of Windows Vista is that it limits control of an administrative...
Date: 06/21/2006
Now Available: BDD 2007 Beta 1 for Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System The Microsoft...
Date: 06/21/2006
If you are involved with scripting at all you have probably heard about Powershell. Powershell is...
Date: 06/17/2006
The update to the SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack has been released to connect.microsoft.com. Feel free to...
Date: 06/15/2006
If you weren’t fortunate enough to go to Teched, you can still watch the session presented by...
Date: 06/15/2006
Wow that is a long title..Anyway, the update for the SMS 2003 OSD that will support the native Vista...
Date: 06/15/2006
In case you haven’t heard, SMS 2003 R2 is now available for customers with either Software Assurance...
Date: 06/15/2006
Well last Friday I took the plunge and bought a Motorola Q and switched to Verizon. I have been...
Date: 06/15/2006
Rod and the other folks over at myITforum have created a new email discussion list around...
Date: 05/31/2006
Last night I took the plunge and upgrade my laptop to Vista Beta 2 and Office 2007 Beta 2. So far...
Date: 05/31/2006
SMSUtils has a great tool to audit and report on your BITS 2.0 settings for your SMS 2003 Advanced...
Date: 04/12/2006
In special situations or if you have large amounts of bandwidth between sites, you can change the...
Date: 04/12/2006
The past couple of days I have had a really frustrating time trying to install SQL 2000 in a...
Date: 04/12/2006
Brian Tucker over at the Blogcastrepository has posted a great introduction video to SMS V4. If you...
Date: 04/11/2006
If you are a SMS or MOM administrator you live and die based on the availability of WMI....
Date: 04/11/2006
I went out to the scripting center tonight on Technet and noticed that they now have a RSS feed for...
Date: 04/11/2006
Brian Tucker has done an awesome job launching the BlogCastRepository...
Date: 02/04/2006
The MOM Operator Console allows you to create some pretty neat Performance history reports....
Date: 12/20/2005
Great song to appreciate what we do: https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7193470719293309352
Date: 12/18/2005
If you have a large multi-tier MOM environment you might want to forward attributes from a lower...
Date: 12/18/2005
Windows Server 2003 R2 has been released to manufacturing today. Customers should be able to receive...
Date: 12/06/2005
The web site https://www.myitforum.com is in process of moving their site and is currently not...
Date: 11/30/2005
Have you seen the WIX toolkit yet? WIX is an open source Microsoft project that allows you to create...
Date: 11/25/2005
In response to our valued customers who are excited about the prospects of virtualizing workloads,...
Date: 11/23/2005