Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell have released their first major utility since Sysinternals was purchased by Microsoft. The tool named Active Directory Explorer 1.0 allows you to browse through raw Active Directory data.

It is the perfect tool to use when writing scripts that access Active Directory via LDAP queries. It allows you to find fields that you never even knew existed.

Additionally it allows you to save snapshots of an Active Directory database for offline viewing and comparison. When you load a saved snapshot you can browse it as if you were connected to an Active Directory server.

Get your free copy here

After covering setting up dual-boot Dos/Linux and Vista/Linux systems (where Windows was installed first), I decided it was time to take a look at how easy it is to install Vista onto a PC where a Linux distro was already installed. Turns out it’s not all that difficult, but it’s easier if Windows is installed first.

Now, I think it’s realistic to say that there’s going to be more people who want to install linux onto a Windows PC than Windows onto a Linux system, but since a number of people contacted me privately by email asking for pointers, I still think that there’s an audience for this kind of information (most seem to want to set up Windows on a Linux PC so that they can play games on the system).

Installing vista onto a system that already has a Linux distro installed (say, for example, Ubuntu) isn’t difficult as such, but it certainly is more complicated than adding a Linux partition to a drive with

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Today Microsoft released the latest version of Microsoft Office Outlook connector.  With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to access and manage your Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail accounts, including e-mail messages and contacts for free!.

Outlook Connector Beta enables you to use your Live Hotmail accounts within Outlook:

• Read and send your Office Live Mail/Windows Live Hotmail e-mail messages.
• Manage your Live Mail Contacts.
• Use advanced options for blocking junk e-mail messages.
• Manage multiple e-mail accounts in one place.

With a paid subscription, Outlook Connector Beta enables these additional features:
• Manage, share, and synchronize your Windows Live Calendar in Outlook.
• Access your Tasks and Notes. For download link just visit the Microsoft’s Latest Releases section.