In the August issue of Windows 2000 Magazine, we profile Push, an application service provider (ASP) that uses Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition (WTS) and Citrix MetaFrame to deliver applications to its customers. We highlight the challenges that Push has faced and overcome in application service provision. We also take a look inside the Terminal Services toolkit and show you which tools can help you control user sessions, manage connection settings, and stop runaway applications.
By Sean Daily
Win2K introduces handy functionality that simplifies managing PPTP connections.
By Sean Daily
Here are some tips for securing your network from infected message attachments, identifying potential Win2K upgrade problems, bypassing a bizarre error message, tricking DNS Manager, and navigating the command line.
By Mark Minasi
After you discover this handy utility, you might not be able to live without it.
By Michael Otey
Learn about essential post-release security fixes, third-party compatibility updates, and management utilities available for download from Microsoft’s Web site.
By Kathy Ivens
Because Microsoft integrated Win2K’s print objects into AD, you can easily locate and manage printers from within AD.
By Mark Minasi
You can easily have your install scripts use new or updated hardware drivers.
By John D. Ruley
The trend is clear—NTFS is still a bit slower than FAT16, but only by about 3 percent.
TOC Blurb: NTFS 5.0 offers new features for Windows 2000 users.
By Paul Robichaux
A working example of Exchange Administrator’s export and import features.
By Paul Robichaux
Exchange Administrator’s best-kept secret might be powerful export and import features.
By Jerry Cochran
Exchange 2000’s powerful database engine gives you a variety of backup options for disaster recovery. Here’s the information you need to choose one.
By Ed Roth
Need more control of your hardware, but short on space? Keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switches are a necessary accessory for any place multiple computers exist and space is limited.
By John Green
Remotely administer backups for offsite offices
By Tom Iwanski
Problems tarnish strong security product
By Jonathan Chau
A monitoring tool that scales from minuscule to mammoth networks
By Michael Otey
Web-to-Host products provide host-server connectivity through your client’s Web browser. Our comparative review of nine Web-to-Host products will help you choose the right tool for your system.
By Mark Weitz
Now that Win2K supports USB, vendors are building corporate PCs that eliminate legacy ports. The Windows 2000 Magazine Lab looks at two such PCs.
By John Green
The new PCI-X specifications increase the potential speed of PCI-X devices.
By David Chernicoff
The standardization, reduced cost, and increased speed of WLANs might make them the network of choice for SOHO users and consumer users.
By Barrie Sosinsky
MCSEs perceive the value of the MCSE designation very differently from non-MCSEs. OSU (including Linux) has strong server growth potential but won’t displace Windows server technology. Check out these stories and more.
By Paul Thurrott
Windows 2000 Magazine presents Best of Show awards.
By Paul Thurrott
Microsoft remedies the age-old DLL Hell problem.
By Paul Thurrott
Microsoft expands Windows into the broad computerized-device market.
By Paul Thurrott
The Microsoft split will provide more choices for users and PC manufacturers.
By Mark Smith
Do you really need Windows 2000 Datacenter Server? Mark Smith explains why Datacenter takes Win2K to a new level.
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Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows 2000 Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
By Kathy Ivens
Want to test your know-how? Solve this month's Windows NT problem and gather the accolades of your peers.
By Gary Rosenfeld
To best administer your Win2K network, you need to learn what Operation Masters do, where to place them throughout your network for optimal performance, and what to do if one fails.
By Adrian Ingleson
Careful planning, implementation, and maintenance can make Microsoft Cluster Server pay off in high availability.
By Randy Franklin Smith
Learn to use the system events and policy change security events auditing categories to uncover tampering in the NT Security log and trip up intruders.
By Libby Ingrassia Schwarz
Learn what Win2K functionality and features Notes and Domino offer.
By Paula Sharick
Experiments in a small lab environment demonstrate that the new and legacy Windows technologies work well together.
By Christa Anderson
Peek inside the Terminal Services toolkit to learn which tools to use to take control of user sessions, manage connection settings, stop runaway applications, and more.
By Christa Anderson
Push, an ASP based in Santa Barbara, California, uses WTS and MetaFrame to deliver applications to its customers. This company profile highlights the hurdles Push has faced in its application service provision and the ways the company has cleared them.
By Bob Wells
Use winmgmts.vbs or locator.vbs to access and leverage WMI through the WMI scripting library.
By Sue Mosher
With this useful technique, you can quickly create routines that change only a few Outlook items at a time instead of an entire folder.