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Zubair Alexander

Zubair Alexander is a contributing editor and online columnist for Windows IT Proi>, an MCSE, an MCT, a Novell CNA, and a Microsoft EST. He specializes in design, implementation, and engineering of enterprise network services.

Email: zubair@windowsitpro.com

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Multilanguage Support in Windows 2000 Professional

By Zubair Alexander, 06/12/2000

Take advantage of Win2K Pro's multilanguage features.

Basic and Dynamic Disks

By Zubair Alexander, 04/24/2000

Columnist Zubair Alexander explains Windows 2000's new disk configuration types, which you must understand to effectively configure and troubleshoot disk storage.

Building on the Windows 2000 Glossary

By Zubair Alexander, 04/17/2000

Zubair Alexander presents yet another installment in the occasional series of Windows 2000 Ready columns that he devotes to defining new Windows 2000 terms and concepts.

Power Options for Your Laptop

By Zubair Alexander, 04/10/2000

Columnist Zubair Alexander explains Windows 2000's power options, which can help you conserve laptop battery life.

Internet Information Services 5.0 Authentication Methods

By Zubair Alexander, 03/27/2000

Columnist Zubair Alexander explains the various authentication methods that IIS 5.0 uses. You must understand these methods before you can configure the software properly.

Windows Time Synchronization Service

By Zubair Alexander, 03/20/2000

Zubair Alexander discusses the Windows Time Synchronization Service, the service that Windows 2000 uses to ensure that all computers on your network use a common time.

Publishing Objects in Active Directory

By Zubair Alexander, 03/13/2000

Before users can find network resources such as shared folders and printers, you must publish them in AD so that they are available to AD searches. Columnist Zubair Alexander ...

Scheduling Windows 2000’s Disk Defragmenter

By Zubair Alexander, 03/06/2000

Columnist Zubair Alexander discusses disk defragmentation in Windows 2000 and presents a script that lets you schedule the defragmentation process (the new OS doesn't let you do ...

Cipher Command-Line Utility

By Zubair Alexander, 03/01/2000

Find out how to use the Cipher command-line utility to review or change data encryption on NTFS partitions.

Windows 2000 EFS

By Zubair Alexander, 03/01/2000

Zubair Alexander looks at Windows 2000's Encrypting File System (EFS), which provides file encryption capabilities on an NTFS volume.

Windows 2000 Hardware Requirements

By Zubair Alexander, 02/28/2000

Columnist Zubair Alexander reviews Microsoft's hardware requirements for Windows 2000 and presents requirements that he believes are more realistic.

An Overview of Active Directory

By Zubair Alexander, 02/21/2000

To fully understand Active Directory (AD), you need a good book and lots of hands-on experience with a Windows 2000 network environment. But for now, columnist Zubair Alexander ...

Windows Installer Technology

By Zubair Alexander, 02/14/2000

Columnist Zubair Alexander explains Windows Installer, an important part of IntelliMirror and a core component of Windows 2000's CCM technology.

Troubleshooting Device and BIOS Problems

By Zubair Alexander, 02/07/2000

Columnist Zubair Alexander looks at some hardware-related hurdles you might face when installing Windows 2000.

Kerberos Security in Windows 2000

By Zubair Alexander, 01/31/2000

Zubair Alexander takes a look at Kerberos 5, Windows 2000's primary authentication protocol, and explains how Kerberos security works.

Additional Windows 2000 Glossary Entries

By Zubair Alexander, 01/24/2000

This week, columnist Zubair Alexander presents the fourth in an occasional series of Windows 2000 Ready columns that he devotes to defining new Windows 2000 terms and concepts.

DHCP User Class and Vendor Class Options

By Zubair Alexander, 01/17/2000

This week, columnist Zubair Alexander focuses on the support for user-specified and vendor-specified DHCP options—features that let administrators assign separate options to ...

Upgrading a Windows NT Domain to Windows 2000

By Zubair Alexander, 01/10/2000

Depending on your migration plan, you can take several approaches to upgrade your Windows NT domain to a Windows 2000 domain. This week, columnist Zubair Alexander talks about a ...

Driver Signing and File System Verification

By Zubair Alexander, 01/03/2000

Columnist Zubair Alexander discusses two Windows 2000 features that give you several new options for working with system files.

Using Windows 2000's Run As Command

By Zubair Alexander, 12/27/1999

Columnist Zubair Alexander discusses Windows 2000’s Run As command, which lets you log on as one user (e.g., a member of the Users group) and run programs as a different user ...



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