Mitch Tulloch

Biography

Mitch Tulloch is President of MTIT Enterprises, an IT content development company based in Winnipeg, Canada. Mitch is a widely recognized expert on Windows administration, networking, and security, and has been awarded Most Valuable Professional (MVP) status by Microsoft for his outstanding contributions in supporting users who deploy Microsoft platforms, products and solutions. Mitch is also a professor at Jones International University where he teaches graduate-level courses in Information Security Management for their MBA program.

Mitch is the author of more than a dozen books including the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking, the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security, Windows Server Hacks and IIS6 Administration. Mitch is a regular columnist on WindowsDevCenter.com, WindowsNetworking.com, and IT World's Windows in the Enterprise newsletter, and he has written articles for many other IT pro sites and magazines including WindowSecurity.com, Windows XP Expert Zone, Windows Vista Community, NetworkWorld Magazine, Redmond Magazine, and BizTech Magazine. Mitch's articles have also been widely syndicated on sites such as ComputerWorld and IT World's Small Business, and have even appeared on CNN.com.

You can find out more about Mitch on his web site www.mtit.com.

Books

Windows Server Hacks by Mitch Tulloch March 2004 $24.95 USD (Read Reviews)	Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell by Mitch Tulloch September 2003 $39.95 USD (Read Reviews)
Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell by Mitch Tulloch February 2001 $39.95 USD (Read Reviews)	Microsoft Exchange Server in a Nutshell by Mitch Tulloch January 1900 OUT OF PRINT (Read Reviews)

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Using Offline Files
Publish Date: Nov. 21, 2006Mobile users need access to their personal files, even when disconnected from the network--and offline files let them do just that. Mitch Tulloch and Chris Sanders show you the ins and outs of setting up and using offline files. How to Deploy Software Using Group Policy
Publish Date: Nov. 14, 2006Deploying software needn't be a chore for network administrators. You can leverage the power of Group Policy and Intellimirror, as Mitch Tulloch and Chris Sanders show you. Mastering Windows' New Firewall, Part 1
Publish Date: Oct. 31, 2006Windows Vista introduces a more powerful, more configurable Windows Firewall. Mitch Tulloch shows you how to master all aspects of it. Implementing Mandatory Roaming Profiles
Publish Date: Oct. 10, 2006System adminstrators often ignore one of their most useful tools: IntelliMirror, which makes sure that users' files, apps, and settings are available wherever they log on. Mitch Tulloch and Chris Sanders show how to use it to implement mandatory roaming profiles. Better Registry Searching
Publish Date: Sep. 26, 2006Finding what you need in the registry is harder than trying to find a needle in a haystack. Mitch Tulloch shows you how to find what you need--fast! Windows XP File Sharing Mysteries: Part 2
Publish Date: Sep. 19, 2006Confused by file sharing in XP? You're not alone. In this second part of a two-part series, Mitch Tulloch brings you under the hood and shows you XP's secrets. How to Remove Startup Programs
Publish Date: Aug. 22, 2006Got a PC that takes a week and a day to boot up? Most likely, it's filled with programs that start at bootup--programs you don't need. Mitch Tulloch shows you all the secrets of how to ferret out and remove these time and resource wasters. Windows XP File Sharing Mysteries: Part 1
Publish Date: Aug. 8, 2006Confused by file sharing in XP? You're not alone. Mitch Tulloch brings you under the hood and shows you XP's secrets, in the first part of a two-part series. Registry Hacks for Servers
Publish Date: Jul. 25, 2006Need to bend Windows Server 2003 to your will? Mitch Tulloch offers great Registry hacks that will help you get more out of your servers. Best Windows Admin Downloads
Publish Date: Jul. 18, 2006There are more than 9,000 tools, templates, white papers, and other items available from the Microsoft Download Center. Which are the best for Windows administrators? Mitch Tulloch clues you in. Build a Virtual Routed Network
Publish Date: Jul. 11, 2006Building a multi-domain, multi-site testbed network with a workstation in each domain and at each site can take about half a dozen machines...unless you follow Mitch Tulloch's advice, and build a virtual routed network on one PC with Virtual PC. How To Recover from Registry Corruption
Publish Date: Jun. 27, 2006What do you do if your system crashes and you've got a corrupt registry? Mitch Tulloch comes to your rescue with advice on how to recover and restore your registry. Inside Vista's New Diagnostic Tools
Publish Date: Jun. 20, 2006Vista comes with a great suite of diagnostic tools for helping your PC run better and avoid crashes. Mitch Tulloch gives you the rundown on what they are and how to use them. The Ultimate Free Windows Toolkit
Publish Date: Jun. 13, 2006You don't have to spend a bundle if you want to keep your network and its servers in tip-top shape. Mitch Tulloch gives you the rundown on the best free tools you can find for system administrators. Designing Small Windows Networks
Publish Date: Jun. 6, 2006It's not as simple as you think to design a network for small business--you need to design for maximum benefit with minimum resources. Mitch Tulloch tells you how to do it, taking into account everything from deploying Small Business Server to rolling your own solution.

Blog

Shameless Self Promotion

December 12 2006

Just a little shameless self promotion–you can now pre-order the Windows Vista Resource Kit from Amazon.com. For about the last year or so, I’ve had the privilege of working as the lead author for this important project together with a top-notch team of other authors (all MVPs like myself). The… read more

Pre-built VHDs

November 06 2006

Want to test drive Windows Server 2003 R2 but don’t have the time or energy to install and configure it? What about Exchange 2007 or SQL Server 2005? Microsoft now has pre-built virtual hard disks (VHDs) you can download from here and spin up in Virtual Server (also free) so… read more

Ho Ho Ho!

October 24 2006

Looks like Santa Claus will be coming after all this Christmas, courtesy of Microsoft. The Express Upgrade page on Microsoft’s Windows Vista site says that if you buy a new PC pre-loaded with Windows XP between the dates of Oct 26,2006 and March 15, 2007 then you may qualify for… read more

Secure? Manageable? Take Your Pick!

October 19 2006

So the vendor of my Tablet PC recommended I install the latest wireless NIC drivers on my machine to resolve an intermittent issue I was having and which was annoying but not really serious. So anyway I went ahead and downloaded the 70 MB update for my wireless NIC and… read more

Not the 90s Anymore

October 19 2006

The new version 7.0 of Internet Explorer is about to be released, and so is Firefox 2.0. The timing sounds like the browser Wars might be happening again, but somehow I doubt if these new releases are going to make much difference to the relative market share of these two… read more

IIS Overtakes Apache

October 11 2006

Well it’s finally happened. Port80 Software reports that IIS 6.0 has now overtaken Apache for hosting corporate Web sites of Fortune 1000 companies. Market share among the different web server platforms is now 27% for IIS 6.0, 28% for IIS4 and 5, and 23% for Apache. Clearly IIS 6.0 is… read more

Symantec and Vista

October 06 2006

Symantec has been making a fuss over the security changes coming in Windows Vista, and there are two good blog posts you should look at if you want to hear a well-reasoned opinion on this issue. First, Jeff Jones discuss the “protection racket” and the irony in Symantec’s position. And… read more

Sysinternals tools

September 29 2006

Every Windows sysadmin worth his or her salt needs to know how to use the free tools available from Sysinternals, which though acquired recently by Microsoft still has its tools freely available for download. A great way to get your feet wet with these tools is to watch this video… read more

Vista RC1 Group Policy Settings

September 20 2006

If your organization wants to get a head start on learning how to manage Vista desktops, you might want to download the Vista RC1 Group Policy Settings spreadsheet available from here. read more

Dear Microsoft

September 18 2006

If you’re a beta tester who has been playing around with Vista RC1, Microsoft wants to hear what you think concerning the product’s features and readiness to ship. There’s also a “Dear Microsoft” page where you can express to your heart’s content anything you like or don’t like about Windows… read more

Vista RC1 Impressions

September 07 2006

Well as Preston said yesterday in his blog, Vista RC1 has arrived, so I want to briefly share my own thoughts on this important milestone. Bottom line? Big improvement, the kind you expect from Microsoft for a Release Candidate of Windows. Installs fast, runs smooth, no driver problems (at least… read more

Waiting for Vista RC1

August 31 2006

Says it all… read more

Putting Lawyers To Good Use

August 22 2006

Lawyers are an easy target for humor, and I recently poked fun at the legal camp of both Google and Microsoft. But it looks like Microsoft is putting their lawyers to good use and are targeting cybersquatters and typosquatters who gunk up the Web with useless ad-only sites. That’s one… read more

Glad I Kept That Day-Timer!

August 16 2006

It looks like Microsoft Outlook 2007 has all kinds of enhanced capabilities for printing your outlook Calendar in various useful and attractive formats. Makes me kinda glad I kept my old three-ring portrait-sized leatherbound brass-nameplated Day-Timer from (what seems like many) years ago. Now if I could only find my… read more

G**gling Lawyers

August 14 2006

So people say that lawyers have too much power these days at Microsoft. But what about Google? The Independent says that Google’s lawyers are now so concerned about safeguarding Google’s trademark name that they are sending legal letters to news media demanding that they stop using “google” as a verb… read more

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