I'm feeling a bit nostalgic today, so I'll quote (sort of) the great Louie Armstrong
OK, picture me crooning (It's not that bad I have a decent voice... To the tune of What a wonderful World)
I see server rooms going green, and security that's tight
Great Admin tools, and an O/S that works right..
And I think to myself, What "A Better Windows World"
As you may have reasoned, the focus of my blog is on things that can make the Windows enterprise more efficient, functional, and easier for the IT professional. A big component of my blog are the tools and upgrades, both from Microsoft and others.
One great component of that was a company everyone in the Windows world knows, Sysinternals. When Microsoft purchased Sysinternals or more correctly the companies co-founder Mark Russinovich in 2006, like many I thought we were witnessing the end of an error.
Happily, that has not been the case, Microsoft has continued to improve upon and build new tools for the Sysinternals website.
Taking time to develop new tools and update existing tools, Sysinternals remains, in my opinion the IT pros first line of defense when they do not have the tools available to get the job done.
I cannot count how many times I have had a user complain that they could not start Word or Outlook or some other third party application. Thanks to Mark's pskill utility both my staff and I were spared the chore of going to the desktop to stop the 3- 20 instances that are running in the background on the machine. I owe hours of my life to that one tool alone.
It's great to see that the tools are updated and features are added regularly, as this blog goes on, I will take some time to feature some of the tools from time to time. Moreover, I hope to not just feature them but also bring you some unique scenarios that will help you to see why they are so great. On the other hand, if you already know how great they are, perhaps you will build a better appreciation.
Until then remember (this is where I start singing again...)
I watch my son play his Wii and I know
Technology will just continue to grow
And I think to myself, What "A Better Windows World"
Yes, I think to myself, What "A Better Windows World"
OH YEAH!!!
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Ron Barrett is president of RARE-TECH, an IT Training and consulting company. He has been a technology professional for over a decade, working for several major financial firms and dotcoms. Barrett is a specialist in network infrastructure, security and IT management.
He is a co-author of The Administrator's Guide to Microsoft Office 2007 Servers, How to Cheat at Administering Office Communications Server 2007, and the Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 620 Preparation Kit and has been a contributor to Windows 2000 Enterprise Storage Solutions and Exam Cram –70-244-Supporting & Maintaining NT Server 4.
He has also contributed to several industry magazines and was featured in the book Tricks of the Windows Vista Masters. He has worked for Microsoft writing research and analysis documents for Windows Server 2008, Windows HPC, and PerformancePoint Server 2007. He has also created screencasts on Windows Server 2008 Administration for Linux Admins.
Watch for Barrett and his company RARE-TECH at AICPA TECH+ conference in Las Vegas in June.
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