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NT Innovators 1999

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Getting the most from your IS architecture is often what sets your organization apart from your competition. Using Windows NT to its fullest potential can help you gain that competitive advantage. This month, Windows NT Magazine looks at 10 companies in industries ranging from health care to natural resources that are using NT in unique and innovative ways. From the far reaches of Australia to Sweden, these innovators are making the most of NT.


How Safe is PPTP?

By Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, 01/01/1999

Web sites that offer more information about Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP).

Public Key Infrastructure in Windows 2000

By Tao Zhou, 01/01/1999

Windows 2000 gives you the power to design and implement a comprehensive public key security infrastructure for youre interprise. Here's an introduction to the PKI components in ...

Inside the Boot Process, Part 2

By Mark Russinovich, 01/01/1999

Take a guided tour of the phases of NT's initialization process.

Troubleshooting Windows NT Performance

By Curt Aubley, 01/01/1999

Answers to three questions concerning Performance Monitor that will help you use counters, solve memory starvation problems, and optimize CPU usage.

ProLiant 6000 with the Pentium II Xeon Processor

By John Green, 01/01/1999

The quad-Xeon ProLiant 6000 is a solid server with substantial expansion capacity and might work very well for a small business.

Streaming Video Made Easy

By Brian Gallagher, 01/01/1999

The latest installment of the Lab's ongoing examination of videoconferencing products is a review of Microsoft's NetShow 3.0 and Eastman Kodak's DVC323 digital video camera.

Reader to Reader - January 1999

By Readers, 01/01/1999

Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).

1998 Predictions in Review

By Mark Smith, 01/01/1999

Mark Smith reviews and rates his 1998 industry predictions.

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server

By Karen Watterson, 01/01/1999

Discover a way to speed ADO applications, the functionality of local named pipes, a query to find out which service pack SQL Server is running, and options for a SQL Server system ...

How to Rebuild Your Exchange Organization

By Tony Redmond, 01/01/1999

Moving Exchange Server systems used to be almost impossible. The new Move Server Wizard makes reoganization of an exchange environment more feasible.

Auto Netscape

By Goran Sedvall, 01/01/1999

Keep your help desk from flooding by autoconfiguring settings. The author uses Netscape as an example.

The Performance Curve

By Aaron Sakovich, 01/01/1999

A chart of Alpha processors' performance improvement since Microsoft introduced the Alpha version of Windows NT.

Research and Trends

By Randall C. Kennedy, 01/01/1999

This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.

KeyVision 2.0

By Michael P. Deignan, 01/01/1999

IntraSofts's KeyVision 2.0 is an enterprise-leve Registry maintenance utility that lets you use a Web browser to manage your Registries.

Introducing NT into a UNIX Enterprise

By Ellen Beck Gardner, 01/01/1999

Add NT to your network as painlessly as possible.

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

By Bob Chronister, 01/01/1999

Finf out how Microsoft has changed the syntax for performing an unattended installation in Windows 2000, prevent NT 4.0 from creating the My Briefcase desktop application, and ...

Directory Catalog 2.0

By Jim Cole, 01/01/1999

BarnStormer Software's Directory Catalog 2.0 is a handy utility that lets you monitor and analyze your file system's changes.

Leveraging Components

By Bob Wells, 01/01/1999

Third-party components provide an easy way to add functionality to your scripts that WSH and other COM scripting languages don't provide.

Reader Challenge

By Kathy Ivens, 01/01/1999

Solve this month's Windows NT problem and get the change to win $100 or a copy of one of the author's books about NT. Prior month's winner is announced at bottom of page.

Windows 2000 and the Boot

By Mark Russinovich, 01/01/1999

Visible changes in Win2K's boot process.

2nd Annual Labsolutely Awards

By John Enck, 01/01/1999

Find out which products the Lab Guys seleted as their "Labsolutely" favorites of 1998.

Winterm 3315SE

By John Enck, 01/01/1999

Wyse's Winterm 3315SE is a flexible, easy-to-configure, and easy-to-use Windows-based terminal with compelling support for multiple-host connections and the ability to switch ...

Electro What?

By Aaron Sakovich, 01/01/1999

A table showing the Alpha chip's processor designs and corresponding process technologies.

Brian Goes to Camp

By Brian Gallagher, 01/01/1999

Brian Gallagher's personal experiences at the Accelerated Certification Real Education Workshops (ACREW) MCSE Boot Camp.

Editing the Windows NT Registry

By Michael D. Reilly, 01/01/1999

Editing the NT Registry can be scary. Understanding the parts of the Registry and how the Registry editors work makes this task easier.

StreetTalk for Windows NT 8.5

By Michael P. Deignan, 01/01/1999

StreetTalk for Windows NT 8.5 fully integrates security, messaging, and file-and-print services into your network's directory-services structure.

PPTP and Win2K

By Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, 01/01/1999

Microsoft is attempting to make Windows 2000's network connection interfaces easier to set up. Find out whether Microsoft's attempts are working.

ColdFusion 4.0

By T.J. Harty, 01/01/1999

Allaire's ColdFusion 4.0, a deployment platform for delivering Web applications, takes a giant step forward in providing Web developers and administrators more power and ...

Simulating Your NT Network

By Toby J. Velte, 01/01/1999

Use simulation programs and network monitoring tools to proactively monitor your network's devices, WAN links, and LAN.

PCShield

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 01/01/1999

AXENT Technologies's PCShield is a software add-on that adds new features and control mechanisms to your OS's existing security setup. PCShield scales well and fits into most ...

NT Innovators 1999

By Christa Anderson, 01/01/1999

Companies are using Windows NT in unique and innovative ways to solve today's business problems. Find out who's developing innovative NT-based solutions and making the most of ...

seNTry 2020

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 01/01/1999

Soft Winter's seNTry 2020 protects your Windows NT disk subsystems.

ACREW MCSE Boot Camp

By Brian Gallagher, 01/01/1999

One of the Lab Guys goes to boot camp, tests his limits, and earns his MCSE.

How to Raise NT's Price Quietly

By Mark Minasi, 01/01/1999

When Microsoft wants to raise a product'sprice, it foes so unobtrusively, often through the product's licensing provisions.

Browser Monitor and Domain Monitor

By Mark Minasi, 01/01/1999

These tools perform similar functions but with different results.

WorldMark 4300 Terminal Server

By Jonathan Cragle, 01/01/1999

NCR's WorldMark 4300 Terminal Server lets IS departments provide continuous computing through thin-client terminals that access a fault-tolerant central storage system.

Life in the Alpha Family

By Aaron Sakovich, 01/01/1999

Alpha processors now come in many shapes and sizes. Here's a look at differences between Alpha systems and what to expect when you buy an Alpha processor.

The Problem with Certification Programs

By David Chernicoff, 01/01/1999

MCSE certification without practical experience and the availability of wizards are creating a job pool of people who are superficially qualified at best.

Managing VPNs with PPTP

By Eric Pearce, 01/01/1999

Learn how to configure PPTP on common Windows platforms and how to verify PPTP operation.

Migrating to Active Directory

By Sakari Kouti, 01/01/1999

Windows 2000's Active Directory (AD) improves on the NT domain model by expanding admonistrative rights and offering a more flexible structure. Here's a hassle-free way to ...

Observer 5.1

By Jonathan Chau, 01/01/1999

Network Instruments' Observer 5.1 is a helpful network-analysis tool that works well on existing networks.

The Case of the Empty Network Neighborhood

By Mark Minasi, 01/01/1999

If you use RAS to connect Windows NT Workstation or Windows 95 machines to an NT network, you might have noticed that the network's computers don't show up in Network ...


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