By Zubair Alexander, 06/12/2000
Take advantage of Win2K Pro's multilanguage features.
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.
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.
By Zubair Alexander, 04/10/2000
Columnist Zubair Alexander explains Windows 2000's power options, which can help you conserve laptop battery life.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
By Zubair Alexander, 02/07/2000
Columnist Zubair Alexander looks at some hardware-related hurdles you might face when installing 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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...