The windows path completion is a great feature. It has been in variants of Unix forever.

Here is how it works. You start typing a path at the command line:

Then hit the Tab key and it finds the first folder that matches. Keep hitting tab and it will cycle through all of the matches. (Hold shift while tapping tab and it will go in reverse)

I find myself on Windows 2000 workstations more often than I would like to admit, and get annoyed because this feature is not available.

I was convinced it was an XP only feature. I was looking through the registry on a 2000 Workstation for something totally different - and I came across this key:

If you change CompletionChar and PathCompletionChar to 9, then it will work under Windows 2000 too.

While writing this article I did some research and came across some information that indicates that this feature was enabled in later distributions of Windows 2000, and disabled…

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The Windows BitLocker Design and Deployment guides describe the various aspects of planning for deploying Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption for Windows Vista® Enterprise and Windows Vista® Ultimate computers in an enterprise environment. The document is organized in two guides, and you should carefully consider each guide before you deploy BitLocker Drive Encryption.

Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Design Guide
This guide provides a systematic approach when planning for BitLocker deployment and highlights the main decision points. This guide is intended for use by an infrastructure specialist or system architect. It assumes that you have a good understanding of how BitLocker and TPM work on a functional level.

Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Deployment Guide
This guide provides detailed instructions on how to prepare Windows Vista images for BitLocker and how to deploy BitLocker in an enterprise environment. This guide is intended for use by a deployment specialist or deployment team. It assumes that you have a good understanding of how automated Windows deployment, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) schema extension, and Group Policy works.

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It’s time to get ready to update your certifications to Windows Server 2008. The upgrade exams will be available on October 29, 2007.
Listed below are the topics covered in the exam. If you want more drill down into the topics go to Exam 70-648: Upgrading Your MCSA on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 and Exam 70-649: Upgrading Your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008.

Preparation Guide for Exam 70-648
TS: Upgrading Your MCSA on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist

Exam topics covered
The following list includes the topic areas covered on this exam. The percentage indicates the portion of the exam that addresses a particular skill.

70-640: TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring

• Configuring Server Roles (30 percent)
• Maintaining the Active Directory Environment (32 percent)
• Configuring the Active Directory Infrastructure (38 percent)

70-642: TS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring

• Configuring Network Access (49 percent)
• Deploying Servers (51 percent)

Preparation Guide for Exam 70-649
TS: Upgrading Your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist

Exam topics covered
The following list includes the topic areas covered on this exam. The percentage indicates

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Unfortunately, significance today’s digital world, computers are befitting an increasingly supereminent ambition tailor-made to criminals confident to designate pipeline or bring off maul to your business, people, or customers. Sophisticated social engineering attacks can trick your employees into revealing confidential information, or target your customers and damage your reputation. On top of

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