Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0, which is expected to be released in the first half of 2007, will include a more dynamic user interface based on the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) framework and will have several features designed to make the software easier to use, according to Joseph Dadzie, a Microsoft group program manager.

WSUS is a free alternative to Microsoft's Systems Management Server (SMS) product that gives customers a way to control the deployment of Microsoft patches and security updates. It will be shown in public for the first time during an April 27 session at the systems management conference.

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Microsoft plans to jazz up its music player in Windows Vista, the company's next operating system. But at least some of the new features will debut much sooner.

The software, which will be built into Vista, is designed to offer better synching with portable devices, make it easier to scroll through long libraries of music, and be tightly integrated with Urge, a new subscription and download music service co-developed by Microsoft and MTV Networks.

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In order to protect domain controllers from local and network attacks, you should use Group Policy settings. Ideally, you will modify the Default Domain Controllers Policy or create a new Group Policy Object (GPO) and link it to the Domain Controllers organizational unit (OU). In either case, you should configure the following settings to protect your domain controllers.

When Outlook 12 opens, you will immediately notice that it has undergone a rather dramatic facelift. The folder list, inbox, and preview pane all look a lot like what we're used to -- but now there's a fourth column.

Microsoft calls this fourth column the To Do Bar. It consists of a calendar, your upcoming appointments, and task list. You can still view the calendar, contacts, and tasks independently, as you have done in the past, but now you also have the option of a unified view of everything (minus your contacts).

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A while ago a colega of mine browste the internet in search for a shutdownscript. We found it ofcourse an older version that Douglas Brow wrote on www.dabcc.com. After some testing I came to the conclusion that the script wasn't usefull for Metaframe Presentation Server 3.0. It couldn't find services didn't enable logon again etc.