Tim Mintner

All things Management

Getting Operations Manager 2007 Overrides with Powershell

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

Add myITforum Search to IE7

One of the cool features of IE7 is that you can easily add any new search provider to your search...

Date: 11/22/2006

Group Policy in Windows Vista Webcast

I will be posting over the next few months about all of the new management features in Vista. It is...

Date: 11/22/2006

Download the Windows AIK

The Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) is now available for download. This download includes...

Date: 11/22/2006

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Shell

In case you are not aware, you can use Powershell to manage many aspects of Operations Manager 2007....

Date: 11/13/2006

Adminpak on Vista RTM

Wow it has been a long time since I've posted anything. I have been heads down getting my customers...

Date: 11/13/2006

Exciting Times

Wow what a week this has been. In the past week we have released Windows Vista RC1 including the new...

Date: 09/09/2006

Great stuff coming in the System Center family

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

Nice "blogcast" on ImageX

Chris Haaker over at the Blogcastrepository has created a great "blogcast" (screencast for some) on...

Date: 07/16/2006

Great Video on Bitlocker on Channel9

In case you haven't already seen this, Channel9 has posted a great video discussing Bitlocker...

Date: 07/11/2006

Powershell to see what Updates have been installed

I was playing around in Powershell today and ran into this nice set of commands that will show you...

Date: 07/07/2006

Day in the life of

I often get asked, "What is it that you actually do for Microsoft?" Well the short answer is that I...

Date: 07/07/2006

Powershell and Active Directory

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

Use Powershell to add virtual machines to Virtual Server

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

DirectPush with Windows Mobile 5. What to look for to not use Text Messaging

Ok. After the slack I took for my last my post:...

Date: 07/05/2006

Update: Wrong Setting: Beware of Text Messaging and Direct Push email with Windows Mobile 5

Quick Update Thanks to all who posted comments and emailed me. It turns out that the wrong...

Date: 07/03/2006

Use Powershell to find SMS errors

I was working onsite with a client last week and we were testing SMS V4 (SCCM 2007) OS Deployment...

Date: 07/03/2006

Powershell Execution Policy on Vista

If you have downloaded and used RC1 of Powershell you will see that the Execution Policy is set to...

Date: 06/27/2006

Please upload your MOM Reports!

Rod Trent has created an upload area for MOM 2005 reports and Management Packs. I know that creating...

Date: 06/27/2006

Sample Powershell Active Directory Phonebook Script

I have been learning the syntax of Powershell so I thought I would write a simple little script to...

Date: 06/26/2006

Powershell command to see what’s installed

Here is a quick little Powershell script that I find useful to see what I have installed on my...

Date: 06/24/2006

LUA for Windows XP?

One of the more interesting features of Windows Vista is that it limits control of an administrative...

Date: 06/21/2006

BDD 2007 Beta 1 now available on Connect

Now Available: BDD 2007 Beta 1 for Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System The Microsoft...

Date: 06/21/2006

Learning PowerShell

If you are involved with scripting at all you have probably heard about Powershell. Powershell is...

Date: 06/17/2006

SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack Update Release Candidate released to the web

The update to the SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack has been released to connect.microsoft.com. Feel free to...

Date: 06/15/2006

BDD Webcast from Teched

If you weren’t fortunate enough to go to Teched, you can still watch the session presented by...

Date: 06/15/2006

SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack Update for Vista Open Beta

Wow that is a long title..Anyway, the update for the SMS 2003 OSD that will support the native Vista...

Date: 06/15/2006

SMS 2003 R2 is now available

In case you haven’t heard, SMS 2003 R2 is now available for customers with either Software Assurance...

Date: 06/15/2006

I love my Moto Q phone

Well last Friday I took the plunge and bought a Motorola Q and switched to Verizon. I have been...

Date: 06/15/2006

myITforum Creates PowerShell mailing list

Rod and the other folks over at myITforum have created a new email discussion list around...

Date: 05/31/2006

Posting from Word 2007!

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

Auditing BITS 2.0 Settings

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

Troubleshooting SQL Cluster Install

The past couple of days I have had a really frustrating time trying to install SQL 2000 in a...

Date: 04/12/2006

SMS V4 Video

Brian Tucker over at the Blogcastrepository has posted a great introduction video to SMS V4. If you...

Date: 04/11/2006

WMI Diagnosis Utility

If you are a SMS or MOM administrator you live and die based on the availability of WMI....

Date: 04/11/2006

Scripting Center RSS Feed!

I went out to the scripting center tonight on Technet and noticed that they now have a RSS feed for...

Date: 04/11/2006

Check out the BlogcastRepository

Brian Tucker has done an awesome job launching the BlogCastRepository...

Date: 02/04/2006

How to view more Performance Data in the MOM Operator Console

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

HOW TO FORWARD CUSTOM ATTRIBUTES USING THE MOM TO MOM PRODUCT CONNECTOR

If you have a large multi-tier MOM environment you might want to forward attributes from a lower...

Date: 12/18/2005

R2 is RTM!

Windows Server 2003 R2 has been released to manufacturing today. Customers should be able to receive...

Date: 12/06/2005

myITforum Site Move

The web site https://www.myitforum.com is in process of moving their site and is currently not...

Date: 11/30/2005

Update software packages with RSS

Have you seen the WIX toolkit yet? WIX is an open source Microsoft project that allows you to create...

Date: 11/25/2005

New Pricing Model with Virtual Server 2005 R2

In response to our valued customers who are excited about the prospects of virtualizing workloads,...

Date: 11/23/2005

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