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[Focus]

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Arrest Suspect Clients with Windows 2003’s New Quarantine Feature
Don’t let your network’s remote Access Points fall victim to new viruses and other intruders’ attacks. Use Windows 2003’s Network Access Quarantine Control feature.
 — Allen Jones


GPO Security
Learn how to use group policies to deploy and manage your security configuration, and get the most out of some useful Windows security policy settings.
 — Darren Mar-Elia


Monitoring Important Security Events
Learn to use your Security log to detect suspicious activity by monitoring logons, important system events, and file access.
 — Randy Franklin Smith


Safeguarding IIS from Attack
Here is some IIS security folklore that you should steer clear of and concrete IIS security advice you should heed.
 — Brett Hill

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[Feature]

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Remote Command Service
The Remote Command Service utility provides a secure, robust way to remotely administer and run command-line programs.
 — Elias Khnaser

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[Reader to Reader]

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Event Viewer Helps Solve Problem
Event Viewer helps a reader discover a problem with a NIC’s UTP cables.
 — Readers

NetMeeting
NetMeeting is superior to other remote control tools.
 — Readers

Remote Restart
Use the MMC to remotely restart a Windows XP or Win2K machine.
 — Readers

Windows XP’s Documents Directories
Customize XP’s local user documents directories.
 — Readers

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[Editorial]

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The TPC-C Numbers Tell the Tale
The TPC-C is a useful yardstick for comparing application platforms and shows that Windows can scale to match any available system.
 — Michael Otey

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[Inside Out]

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Windows Server 2003 DNS
Learn how Windows 2003 DNS's stub zones and conditional forwarding improve on the capabilities of Win2K's DNS.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Tricks & Traps]

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Attempting to Recover Data After a Power Surge
A reader wonders whether any hope of recovery exists after a serious power surge fries several partitions.
 — Bob Chronister


Breaking a SAN Array out of a Continual Boot Cycle
Dr. Bob helps a reader work through a boot problem.
 — Bob Chronister


Disabling DHCP Through the Registry
Modify the registry to solve a DHCP-related problem.
 — Bob Chronister


Resolving a SCSI Timing Problem
Find out how to reduce an overly long boot cycle.
 — Bob Chronister


Solving an Exchange Backup Problem
Learn how to resolve conflicts between Exchange and Backup Exec.
 — Bob Chronister

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[TOP 10]

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Hottest Processors
Moore's Law is still in effect, making it tough to keep up with processing capability. Here's a cheat sheet to today's hottest processors.
 — Michael Otey

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[Buyer's Guide]

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Enterprise Backup and Recovery
Purchase a solution to back up your company’s important data.
 — Ed Roth

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[Letters to the Editor]

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Letters to the Editor
Readers share their thoughts about VoIP security, wireless support, the cost of NAS and SAN, Microsoft patches, .NET, and desktop management.
 — Readers , et al.

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[Market Watch]

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High-End Servers
Evaluate new Itanium 2 and Xeon server products from Dell, HP, IBM, NEC Solutions America, and Unisys.
 — John Green

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[Windows Client]

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Intel Centrino Mobile Technology
Intel introduces a chip designed specifically for mobile systems.
 — Ed Roth

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[Need to Know]

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What You Need to Know About Microsoft Office Project 2003
Microsoft Office Project 2003 is an interesting upgrade that addresses key customer requests and offers deep integration with other Microsoft products.
 — Paul Thurrott


What You Need to Know About Windows SharePoint Services 2003
The second generation of Microsoft SharePoint technology recently debuted as Windows SharePoint Services (WSS).
 — Paul Thurrott

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[What's Hot]

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What's Hot
Readers tell us about their favorite products.
 — Carolyn Mader

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[Ask the Experts]

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Capturing IP Addresses for Web Server Logon Events
Learn how to retrieve IP address for users logging on to a Win2K Web server.
 — Randy Franklin Smith


Configuring a Shortcut to Prompt for Credentials
Make best-practice adherence as easy as possible for your systems administrators.
 — Randy Franklin Smith


Determining the Size of the Public Folder Hierarchy
Here's an easy way to determine the size of your public folder hierarchy.
 — Paul Robichaux


Moving Files to an Encrypted Folder
If you want Win2K to encrypt a file that you move into an encrypted folder, don't use the GUI to move the file.
 — Randy Franklin Smith


Sending Meeting Requests to POP Clients
Discover why meeting requests show up as .ics attachments for POP users on Exchange 2000.
 — Paul Robichaux


Solving a Conflict Between SharePoint Services and OWA
Find out how to keep the SharePoint Services renderer from automatically rendering URLs.
 — Paul Robichaux

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[Fast Forward]

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Small Business in a Box
Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 provides robust functionality at a compelling price, making this version a better deal for small businesses than previous versions.
 — Mark Smith

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[Getting Started with Windows Administration]

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Understanding User Accounts
When you know how to set up user accounts correctly, you can head off problems.
 — Kathy Ivens

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[New & Improved]

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New & Improved
Learn more about newly released software and hardware products.
 — Carolyn Mader