When using Group Policies with Zenworks and Windows XP you may find users are able to create folders and files in root of C:. This is due to the change in default security settings for drives on Windows XP from 2000. You need to use the Security Template editor to create a template restricting rights [...]

EZ GPO is small utility that allows central power policy management through Group Policies. Saving energy, money and the environment. Ideal for school computer labs and staff rooms, as well as business. EZ GPO can be deployed by MSI across the network through either AD or Zenworks. You then add the supplied ADM to a [...]

A great site with a large collection of tools, everything from Active Directory Management and Monitoring through to security, process monitoring and funny screen savers. http://www.sysinternals.com/ SysInternals was taken over by Microsoft so they also have new URL http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ Tags: Active Directory, Management, Monitor, SysInternals, Tools

This is a free X Server that is great for managing Linux servers using SSH and PuTTY from a Windows PC. http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ I wrote an article at Cool Solutions on Remote Management using SSH and X-Forwarding that gives some idea of its use. Tags: Linux, Management, Servers, X server, X11

Adds a Size tab to folder properties, showing the size of all the subfolders. Great addon for Windows. Bring up the properties of a folder and it will calculate the size of all the subfolders. Can be set to sort folders by size and decreasing allowing sysadmins to quickly identify large folders in user drives [...]