Along with scripting Windows Firewall exceptions, you can also control them through a Group Policy Object. This would give you the broad reach of being able to affect an entire Organizational Unit (OU) without having to add a script or additional code to a login script. In order to create a firewall exception for an application, Create or Edit a Group Policy Object for an … [Read more...]
Archives for 2009
Windows 7 Public Beta Available
The Windows 7 Public Beta is available for download now. Following the Microsoft keynote speech by Steve Ballmer, the Windows 7 Public Beta is available here for preview and testing by the public. I think Microsoft is doing a good job generating hype and publicity for this release to recover from Vista's marketing failure. We can also hope that a beta open to the public will … [Read more...]
Remove Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration
Very rarely is it a good idea to remove built-in security measures, but the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security provided with Server 2003 and Server 2008 is too annoying and interacts with the file system too much for my liking. This is particularly an annoyance if you use the Server OS's as a workstation. You'll end up getting warning messages like the following when you try … [Read more...]