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AppLocker – Fact Sheet

This is the first in a small series of articles about AppLocker, a technology built into Windows that enables administrators to audit and optionally block application execution.

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by Helge on Jul 18, 2012
  • Security

HowTo: ReACLing a File Server in a Domain Migration with SetACL 3.0

When you are planning a migration of user accounts between domains one task always pops up pretty quickly: reassigning the permissions of the users in the source domain to the […]

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by Helge on Jul 11, 2012
  • Helge's Tools

Benchmarking Windows 7 Offline Files Transparent Caching

Windows 7 comes with several features that promise to greatly improve file access over a WAN. One of them is version 2 of the SMB protocol, another transparent caching. This […]

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by Helge on Jun 26, 2012
  • Performance/Sizing

Recommendation for a USB 3.0 JBOD Enclosure

A drive enclosure for 4 SATA drives, connected to the host via USB 3.0 and presented as JOBDs is a great and inexpensive method of adding a lot of hard […]

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by Helge on Jun 5, 2012
  • Hardware
  • Storage

Benchmarking a $11,699 HP Enterprise Performance SSD

[Update on 29/06/2012: added tests 5 and 6 with RAID controller cache and Atlantis Ilio] When a 400 GB SSD comes nearly at the price of a small car, you […]

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by Helge on May 30, 2012
  • Performance/Sizing

Solved: Deleting Copied Executable Files Fails – Temporarily

I had a very interesting case recently where copied EXE files could not be deleted. They would simply remain in the folder like zombies, only to disappear a few minutes […]

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by Helge on May 16, 2012
  • Troubleshooting

Setting up Mobile Broadband (WWAN) on HP Elitebook 8560p

Configuring an HP Elitebook with integrated HS2340 mobile broadband module to use the 3G connection can be a little tricky. Here is how it works – without third-party dialer software!

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by Helge on May 9, 2012
  • Windows General

Authentication Fails Trying to Send Mail via Google Apps SMTP from PHP

As you may know helgeklein.com also hosts a forum where I help people who have questions related to my software. The forum is configured to send out e-mails when new […]

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by Helge on May 2, 2012
  • Website

Removing “Eject VMware Virtual disk SCSI Disk Device”

The HotPlug functionality of VMware ESX(i) 4 and 5 has the negative side effect that it is easily possible to “eject” hardware devices from inside the virtual machine, completely removing […]

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by Helge on Apr 25, 2012
  • Virtualization & Containers

Solved: Disabling the BitLocker Service via GPP Fails

If you want to disable the BitLocker service via Group Policy Preferences, you will find that you cannot. The service’s startup mode stays at “manual” and the following event is […]

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by Helge on Apr 17, 2012
  • Permissions

Walkthrough: Creating a UE-V Settings Location Template

In this article I explain how to create a template for Microsoft User Experience Virtualization. For details on how UE-V works please see my earlier article Microsoft User Experience Virtualization […]

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by Helge on Apr 12, 2012
  • User Profiles

Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V): Facts and Review

16 years after roaming profiles made their debut in Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft takes another stab at synchronizing user settings across devices – a very different one. As we will […]

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by Helge on Apr 5, 2012
  • User Profiles

Windows Offline Files Survival Guide

Windows Offline Files have a bad reputation. Many an administrator can tell a story where Offline Files caused issues that sometimes even required a reinstallation of the affected PC. But […]

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by Helge on Apr 3, 2012
  • Networking
  • Windows Internals

Windows 8 Storage Spaces: Bugs and Design Flaws

When I first read about Storage Spaces in the Windows 8 blog, I was enthusiastic. Finally a replacement for the drive extender technology Microsoft let die so cruelly. Having used […]

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by Helge on Mar 26, 2012
  • Storage

Dead Simple Wake-on-LAN for Your Windows Server at Home

Having a server at home is a great luxury, but having a computer running 24×7 is an extreme waste of energy. Turning it on and off manually is not very […]

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by Helge on Mar 22, 2012
  • Windows General

Do Shadow Keys Still Work in Server 2008 R2?

Shadow keys have been around forever, since way before Terminal Services were renamed to Remote Desktop Services (does anybody use that name?). It seemed they would stay in the OS […]

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by Helge on Mar 20, 2012
  • Citrix/Terminal Services/Remote Desktop Services

Windows 8 Storage Spaces – a First(-Hand) Look at Performance

Did I mention I love the new Task Manager in Windows 8? It is brilliantly designed, conveying tons of meaningful information while looking very good. This article is not about […]

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by Helge on Mar 14, 2012
  • Performance/Sizing
  • Storage

Building a Low Power, High Capacity Home File Server

I have wanted an energy-efficient multi-terabyte home file server for a long time, but until recently such a system was too expensive for my taste, in terms of both energy […]

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by Helge on Mar 12, 2012
  • Hardware
  • Storage

You’ve Got a New Verisign Authenticode Certificate – Now What?

The good news first: You can get a Verisign Authenticode code signing certificate for $99. Just check out https://sysdev.microsoft.com/ for details. This price even applies to the renewal when the […]

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by Helge on Mar 9, 2012
  • Software development

Speaking Engagements 2012

As in previous years I will be speaking at several conferences this year.

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by Helge on Mar 6, 2012
  • Conferences

Get Rid of Active Setup

Are you still using Active Setup to distribute per-user files or registry values? If so, stop! There are better ways to manage initial user settings.

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by Helge on Mar 1, 2012
  • Windows Internals

Solved: “Other” Eating Up Gigabytes of iPad Storage

In preparation for next week’s MVP summit I wanted to fill my iPad with movies for in-flight entertainment when I noticed that a large part of my iPad’s storage capacity […]

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by Helge on Feb 27, 2012
  • Miscellaneous

Half a Million Downloads of SetACL

Last month SetACL reached the magic number of 500,000 downloads. That is a lot, especially for a command-line tool which is focused on a very specific aspect of system administration. […]

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by Helge on Feb 21, 2012
  • Helge's Tools

How to Troubleshoot Failed MSI Installs

I was given the Aventail VPN client software to install on a customer’s Windows 7 x64 computer. That failed miserably. Here is what I did to find the root cause […]

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by Helge on Feb 16, 2012
  • Troubleshooting

What Remains of Magic Speed Improvements

Doesn’t every IT pro dream of finding a secret switch, a switch that increases clock speed, doubles the amount of RAM or makes the PC boot faster? Some do, and […]

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by Helge on Feb 13, 2012
  • Performance/Sizing

How to Speed Up Your Windows 7 Boot Time by 20%

[What I wrote here is wrong. Please read this follow-up article.] Here is a very simple way to reduce the time it takes to boot Windows 7 by around 20% […]

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by Helge on Feb 7, 2012
  • Windows General

Access Based Enumeration on Windows 7

Access Based Enumeration (ABE) is a well-hidden feature even in Windows Server, where it can be configured per share, but only in the Share and Storage Management MMC and not […]

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by Helge on Feb 3, 2012
  • Windows Internals

How to Make Google Chrome Search via SSL/HTTPS by Default

A while ago I wrote about the dangers of using unencrypted Wi-Fi networks. Right now I am connected to such a network and trying hard not to give away authentication […]

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by Helge on Feb 1, 2012
  • Security

Geek Fashion

This is what I’ll be wearing at next week’s WINone: And yes, the letters are made up of actual source code ;-)

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by Helge on Jan 27, 2012
  • Miscellaneous

Analysis: Require Domain Controller Authentication to Unlock Workstation

Among the many security options that are configurable via Group Policy, there is a setting Interactive logon: Require Domain Controller authentication to unlock workstation. For security reasons, this is often […]

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by Helge on Jan 26, 2012
  • Security
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