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Retail on the Web is flourishing. This month, Windows NT Magazine shows you how to establish an Internet storefront. You'll learn the basics of electronic data interchange and digital signature technology. By combining CyberCash, a powerful freeware program to help you maintain the security of your online transactions, with Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition's tools for simplifying your Web-based business, you can find success on the Internet.


Is the Alpha Dead or Just Resting?

By Mark Minasi, 02/01/1999

If NT is to be a multiple-architecture system, it needs the Alpha for both speed and credibility.

Secure Online Credit Card Transactions

By Gary King, 02/01/1999

CyberCash, a freeware program, helps you maintain online transactions.

Usability Testing

By Lodestone Research, 02/01/1999

A product's usability attributes includes easy installation, unambiguous choices, clear supporting documentation, lets users complete a task without relying on customer support ...

Windows NT Services for UNIX Add -On Pack

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 02/01/1999

Get much-needed interoperability between UNIX and NT systems.

Reader to Reader - February 1999

By Readers, 02/01/1999

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

IPMonitor

By Jonathan Chau, 02/01/1999

IPMonitor proactively monitors servers status and notifies you when systems go down.

SSCE and EDI

By Barrie Sosinsky, 02/01/1999

Many e-commerce software packages now let you transmit electronic data interchange (EDI)-like transactions over the Web.

Hotfixes to Secure Systems

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 02/01/1999

Discover what hotfixes will keep your system secure, and find out where you can get the patches.

WSH Logon Scripts

By Bob Wells, 02/01/1999

If you're looking for a reason to deploy WSH, look no further than your logon scripts.

Eating My Own Cooking

By John Enck, 02/01/1999

One Lab Guy lives and dies by the technology he reviews and recommends in the Lab.

Replication in Windows NT

By Michael D. Reilly, 02/01/1999

Learn how replication works, when to use it, and how to set it up.

Many Vendors Getting on the Bandwagon

By Dave Champine, 02/01/1999

A list of vendors that have announced plans for offering DEN-based products.

Apollo Dual BX 450

By Brian Gallagher, 02/01/1999

The Apollo Dual BX proved to be stable and fast. I was particularly impressed by the monitoring features of the Pentium II processors—nice touches on a very nice system.

Utilities to the Rescue

By Sean Daily, 02/01/1999

Utilities that offer assistance in renaming a domain on NT workstations and servers.

Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4

By Sean Daily, 02/01/1999

SP4 enhances RAS in NT 4.0 to ensure trouble-free remote access.

Digital Signature Technology

By Tao Zhou, 02/01/1999

Secure your electronic documents against forgery and tampering.

TeleVantage 2.0

By John Green, 02/01/1999

Artisoft's TeleVantage 2.0 is a multifeatured telephone system that runs on Windows NT and is recommended for small businesses.

The Right Tool

By Mark Smith, 02/01/1999

Discussion of personal access devices and PCs.

Terminal Server's Application Compatibility Scripts

By Brady Richardson, 02/01/1999

Microsoft lists the Application Compatibility Scripts for applications.

Balanced Cluster Service

By Jonathan Cragle, 02/01/1999

Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition lets users at remote terminals connect to one server.

Dialogic Business Communications Platform Boards

By John Green, 02/01/1999

The MSI/SC Analog Station board and the D/SC Voice Series board are two types of Dialogic Business Communications Platform boards you can use with Artisoft's TeleVantage 2.0.

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

By Bob Chronister, 02/01/1999

Set up a home directory on an NT server for Win95 clients, learn how NT handles DOS-based programs, and discover NT event log Event IDs.

Exchange Server Transaction Logs

By Tony Redmond, 02/01/1999

Don't forget about your transaction logs when you set up your Exchange Server dataprotection systems.

Reader Challenge

By Kathy Ivens, 02/01/1999

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.

SMS Client Architecture Under Terminal Server Multiuser Environment

By Brady Richardson, 02/01/1999

Changes to the to Systems Management Server (SMS) installation process that make SMS and Terminal Server work together.

MultiView 2000

By Michael P. Deignan, 02/01/1999

With several components geared toward easy integration, MultiView 2000 gives you the capabilities you need without forcing you to spend a fortune.

WINS and Domain Renaming

By Sean Daily, 02/01/1999

When renaming a domain on a TCP/IP network, keep in mind that all the domain members need to find the Primary Domain Controller (PDC) to log on to the domain.

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server

By Karen Watterson, 02/01/1999

Learn how to use the DATALENGTH function, install SQL Server SP4, prevent runaway queries, suppress time values, and delete data from a table with FOREIGN KEY constraints.

Research and Trends

By Randall C. Kennedy, 02/01/1999

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.

DEN's Roots

By Dave Champine, 02/01/1999

The Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) adopted the Directory Enabled Networks (DEN) 3.02 and formally incorporated it as an extension to the Common Information Model (CIM) 2.0 ...

Configuring IIS 4.0 Certificate Authentication

By Ramon Ali, 02/01/1999

Create digital certificates and authenticate users for secure Web access. Here's how.

Pick Users' Domain Controller

By Mark Minasi, 02/01/1999

Use an LMHOSTS file to direct your computers' authentication requests to specific domain controllers.

Full-Featured Video Solutions

By Brian Gallagher, 02/01/1999

The Lab looks at three video software products: a unicast steaming video package, an ISDN-based videoconferencing product, and a multiparty videoconferencing server.

Express 2000 Software Manager

By Michael P. Deignan, 02/01/1999

This product helps you inventory, meter usage, and check Y2K compliance for your software.

Microsoft and Beta Testing

By David Chernicoff, 02/01/1999

Testing the latest beta doesn't provide you any benefit other than early exposure to code that might or might not be the final version.

Domino vs. Exchange Server

By David Chernicoff, 02/01/1999

Domino and Exchange Server offer feature-rich platforms for building your messaging infrastructure.

Obtaining and Installing a Digital Certificate

By Gary King, 02/01/1999

A list of steps for obtaining and installing a digital certificate.

U/WIN 1.61

By Michael P. Deignan, 02/01/1999

U/WIN is a software package that you install on top of your existing NT workstations and servers to build a complete UNIX environment.

Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition

By Mark Eddins, 02/01/1999

SSCE provides the tools and capabilities that greatly simplify putting up an Internet storefront.

Managing Terminal Server with Systems Management Server

By Brady Richardson, 02/01/1999

If you need greater management options than you get with Terminal Server, consider adding SMS. Here's how.

EDI, NT, and the Internet

By Barrie Sosinsky, 02/01/1999

Find out how businesses use EDI and how the Internet is changing EDI for many companies.

RoboMon 7.0

By Michael P. Deignan, 02/01/1999

Heroix's RoboMon 7.0 is a system-monitoring utility that can help you monitor your network's performance.

SecurIT FIREWALL 4.11 for NT

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 02/01/1999

Milkywy Networks' SecurIT FIREWALL 4.11 for NT can help you protect your internal network, provide secure access for telecommuters, and manage your firewall remotely.

SETPRFDC

By Mark Minasi, 02/01/1999

Secify which domain controller your network's machines connect to.

How to Rename Your NT Domain

By Sean Daily, 02/01/1999

These steps make changing an NT domain's name fairly painless.

In Focus: Guidelines for Working with ADO

By Karen Watterson, 02/01/1999

A list of tips for working with ADO.

MSMQ to the Rescue

By Charles Caison, 02/01/1999

MSMQ's reliable message-queuing keeps applications online during system maintenance.

Same Domain, New Name

By Joe Rudich, 02/01/1999

St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance proved that changing a master domain's name is not impossible.

The Directory Enabled Network

By Dave Champine, 02/01/1999

Learn what DEN is and how it might affect your network.

Undelete Utilities for Windows NT

By Jonathan Cragle, 02/01/1999

The Lab reviews four utilities that help you recover deleted files.

Inside NT Utilities

By Mark Russinovich, 02/01/1999

A discription of powerful utilities which can be used to learn more about NT's inner workings and troubleshoot problems.

Lotus Domino 5.0

By Greg Neilson, 02/01/1999

Review Domino 5.0's new features: Is it right for your environment?


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