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CLIENT 4.9x ADM - Administrative Template for Novell Client 4.9x.

One Giant Leap: Cool Solutions gets some New Digs - Eleven years after launching the first Cool Solutions site, we have just taken a major step forward. We have some new digs - a full-on community site with all the Web 2.0 bells and whistles. Check it out!

Custom Inventory Attributes in ZENworks 10 Configuration Management - Wouldn't it be nice to auto populate the department attribute or site attribute with custom information? Automating this process means that the data is consistent and provides meaningfulness to workstation inventory and reports. Jared Jennings tells you how.

Blocking Web Surfing - In response to an open call, come see some creative ways to keep people from surfing the web via Internet Explorer.

Look for ZENworks at GWAVACon San Diego/Del Mar - Novell Systems and Resource Management has signed on as a sponsor of GWAVACon San Diego/Del Mar which is being held January 27-28, 2008. There are 20 free attendee slots still available, but space is filling up fast for this event.

Roaming Profile for Microsoft Vista in ZENworks 10 Configuration Management - In ZCM 10.0.0, roaming profile policy does not work on Vista. However with the help of group policy, one can still attain the roaming profile policy functionality on Vista. P Silpa shares the solution to make roaming profile policy work on Vista.

Keeping Forced-run Apps Available for Reinstall - Patrick Farrell explains how you can force applications to run one time, but still keep them available for reinstall via Application Explorer.

OPEN CALL: Help a Newbie Setup an MSI Application Object for Office 2000 - Joseph B. is a ZENworks newbie who stands in desperate need of some extremely clear instructions on how to create an Application Object for MS Office 2000. Anyone out there care to help? Freshly updated with some great ideas.

OPEN CALL: Dynamic Login on Restricted Workstations - Freshly Updated with new suggestions. MK is having trouble using Dynamic Login on workstations with restricted DLU access. If you have any suggestions, let us know and you'll earn some of those delightful Novell Rewards points for your trouble.

Helping ZENworks Asset Management Recognize New Programs - Come find out how easy it is to help identify new programs for ongoing updates to the fingerprint knowledgebase used by ZAM.

ZENworks workaround to OpenSUSE Grub Hang - This is a specialist usage, using ZENworks imaging for openSUSE (which we don't support), but it's a nice idea from Dan Wang.

Displaying Apps only if Screen Size is Right - Chris Graham explains how he figured out how to send a NAL app to people only if their screen resolution was large enough to use it. Nifty!

Creating a Menu System using ZENworks 7 SP1 - Hamish Speirs explains how he adapted Art Flores' work to create a menu system using ZENworks 7 SP1, and added a little more flexibility while he was at it. Enjoy!

Deploy Virtual Applications with ZENworks - With this tool you can deploy, update, and delete virtual applications created with Altiris Software Virtualization Solution.

ZENworks 7 Imaging from USB drives using EXT2 partitions - Updated with instructions about using EXT2 partitions. Rich Bryant shares the steps to facilitate using a large external USB Hard drive for ZENworks 7 Disconnected Imaging. It utilizes the ZENworks CD software modified to run on USB storage devices and sets up a data volume to hold your images.