Disable IE Enhanced Security Configuration Windows 2008

its not in control panel anymore but can be turned off in server manager from the root of the console

and then turn on or off for different types of users.

MetaData Cleanup in W2008… its Easy !!

Looks like no more ntdsutil for Windows 2008 and Windows 2008R2, I have seen a few mentions of this and spotted the technet article today.

Extract —

Metadata cleanup is a required procedure after a forced removal of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). You perform metadata cleanup on a domain controller in the domain of the domain controller that you forcibly removed. Metadata cleanup removes data from AD DS that identifies a domain controller to the replication system. Metadata cleanup also removes File Replication Service (FRS) and Distributed File System (DFS) Replication connections and attempts to transfer or seize any operations master (also known as flexible single master operations or FSMO) roles that the retired domain controller holds. These additional processes are performed automatically. You can use this procedure to clean up server metadata for a domain controller from which you have forcibly removed AD DS.

On domain controllers that are running Windows Server 2008, you can use Active Directory Users and Computers to clean up server metadata. In this procedure, deleting the computer object in the Domain Controllers organizational unit (OU) initiates the cleanup process, which proceeds automatically.

technet Link

Windows 2008 and Vista SP2 released

just spotted this on a few blogs..

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/resultsForCategory.aspx?nr=50&sortOrder=Descending&sortCriteria=Date&period=30&stype=ss_nd&sterm=All+Categories

 

and the extract from the ms site

Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista is an upcoming update to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. It will provide customer and partner feedback-driven fixes into a single service pack, minimizing deployment and testing complexity. In addition to all previously released updates since SP1, SP2 will support new types of hardware, and will add support for several emerging standards.

As of April 28^th, 2009 the Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Vista SP2 Beta program has concluded, thank you for your participation and feedback.

Group Policy – Windows 2008 Group Policy Spreadsheet

 released a little while ago the Windows 2008 Group Policy Spreadsheet, this contains all the information you require about all the GPOS availabled under 2008:

 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2043b94e-66cd-4b91-9e0f-68363245c495&displaylang=en

Windows Server 2008 – Poster Guide

 Spotted these a while ago  on the Microsoft web site , pretty good poster guide to some of the improvments in AD 2008 and Server 2008:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c2b9e44e-0bbd-47cb-bc09-b3d48be7f867&DisplayLang=en