If your computer starts to run slower than it once did, it may be an indication that it has become infected with a virus or malware. Instead of spending fruitless hours trying to rid your system of an infection, it may be simpler and more effective to just reinstall the operating system. Reinstallation will wipe out any infection and remove any unwanted malware that may be eating away at your system's resources. This book will show a person of any computer skill level how to reinstall Windows XP with ease, and secure it against future infections, by following simple and visually illustrated steps.

Efficiently administer and maintain your development environment with Windows PowerShell About This Book * Explore scripting and automation techniques with Windows PowerShell * Gain concrete knowledge of Windows PowerShell scripting to perform professional level scripting * Discover the benefits of the Configuration Management Platform with this step-by-step guide that includes real-world scripting examples Who This Book Is For If you are an IT professional or developer who has worked on the .Net platform and you want to learn automation using Windows PowerShell, then this book is for you. This self-start guide takes you from the basics and gradually moves to an intermediate level to show you how to perform professional scripting. What You Will Learn * Understand the concepts of building PowerShell scripts and the basics of programming * Manage the LYNC, Exchange, and SharePoint platforms * Create a Pull server using a SMB file share and HTTP and HTTPS * Use .NET classes in Windows PowerShell and C# to manage Exchange Online * Use PowerShell in C# to manage Exchange Online and work with .NET classes in PowerShell * Automate LYNC clients, consuming Client Server Object Models to administrate SharePoint Online In Detail Windows PowerShell 5.0 for .NET Developers is your self-start guide to performing automation using Windows PowerShell. This book will help you to understand the PowerShell syntax and grammar and will also teach you techniques to remove the rough edges of manual deployments. Packed with PowerShell scripts and sample C# codes to automate tasks, it also includes real-world scenarios such as administrating office servers to help you save time and perform deployments swiftly and efficiently. The book begins with the Windows PowerShell basics, explores the significant features of Windows Management Framework 5.0, covers the basic concepts of Desired State Configuration and the importance of idempotent deployments. By the end of the book, you will have a good understanding of Windows PowerShell's features and will be able to automate your tasks and manage configuration effectively. Style and approach This is an easy-to-follow step-by-step guide with text-enabled screenshots. Each topic is explained with codes and examples. It also includes multiple approaches for a number of tasks to let you choose the best one for you depending on your scenario.

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Anyone working with Windows computers can use Group Policy to simplify the application of common and repetitive tasks as well as unique tasks that are difficult to implement manually but can be easily automated. Group Policy includes both managed settings, referred to as policy settings, and unmanaged settings, referred to as policy preferences. Group Policy is in fact a collection of preferences and settings that can be applied to user and computer configurations.

Regardless of whether you are an IT manager, developer, administrator or an advanced user, this Fast Start guide will help you learn the essential concepts needed to successfully work with Group Policy.

Covers Group Policy for Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2.

Cookbook with recipes based on real life examples. This book is written to assist the daily tasks for systems administrators, engineers, and architects working with Windows Server 2012.

Get this Fast Start guide to quickly learn Active Directory fundamentals. Active Directory is the extensible directory service included in Windows Server that enables centralized management of network resources, allowing you to easily add, remove, or relocate accounts for users, groups, and computers as well as other types of resources. Nearly every task you perform in a Windows Server environment affects Active Directory in some way. Regardless of whether you are an IT manager, developer, administrator or an advanced user, this Fast Start guide will help you learn the essential concepts needed to successfully work with Active Directory. Covers Active Directory for Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2.

"Windows Server 2012 Unified Remote Access Planning and Deployment" is a quick start tutorial full of step-by-step instructions to guide you through planning and deploying Unified Remote Access; the successor to DirectAccess. If you are a System Administrator or Engineer who has strong knowledge of networking and deployment for the Microsoft family of operating systems and software, then "Windows Server 2012 Unified Remote Access Planning and Deployment" is for you. You should have a sound understanding of TCP/IP networking, as well as deploying and supporting Windows Server and Client operating systems.

"Learning PowerCLI" is written in a friendly and practical style with a focus on getting you started and automating daily tasks quickly and efficiently. If you manage or administrate a vSphere environment, and want to make that easier and more efficient, then this book is for you! This book is ideal for you if you want to learn how to automate your VMware vSphere infrastructure, by getting the most out of PowerCLI. It's assumed that you have some experience in administrating a VMware vSphere environment. Knowledge of Microsoft's Windows PowerShell is not a prerequisite.

This cookbook is full of immediately useable recipes showing you how to administer System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and understand how to solve particular problems/scenarios. In addition to its cookbook style, which ensures the solutions are presented in a clear step-by-step manner, its explanations go into great detail, which makes it good learning material for everyone who has experience in System Center Configuration Manager and wants to improve. The book is designed in such a way that each recipe is presented as a separate, standalone entity and reading of other, prior recipes is not required. If you are an intermediate to advanced administrator who wants to administer System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and understand how to solve particular problems/scenarios, then this book is for you. You should have a working knowledge of System Center Configuration Manager, however, knowledge of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is not necessarily required.

This is a Packt Cookbook, full with over 75 recipes for VMM users to carry out vital tasks quickly and easily. This book is written for solutions architects, technical consultants, administrators, and any other virtualization lover who needs to use Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager in a real world environment.