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Everyone wants Windows NT servers and workstations to run as fast as possible. This month, Windows NT Magazine shows you how to coax the best performance out of your NT solution. You'll learn the basics of WINS and DHCP preventive maintenance, as well as the fundamentals of network segmentation. By grouping similar disk activities and tailoring your storage methods, you can improve NT's overall performance.


Open File Manager 5.1

By William Wong, 03/01/1999

Handle open files during backup with Open File Manager 5.1

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server

By Karen Watterson, 03/01/1999

Learn about MCDBA certification, Unicode strings, ISQL/w query results, ODBC driver installation, DUMP TRAN commands, and the new Index Tuning Wizard.

Using COMTI to Connect NT and IBM Mainframes

By Tao Zhou, 03/01/1999

COMTI integrates Component Object Model technology with IBM mainframe transaction programs. Here's how you can use COMTI to deliver mainframe data to NT and your Web applications.

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

By Bob Chronister, 03/01/1999

Larn about source routing in a mixed network environment, upgrading Win9x workstations to NT 4.0, and creating an unattended installation of SP4.

PPTP Provides Secure Connectivity to Your Corporate Network

By Paula Sharick, 03/01/1999

PPTP offers an inexpensive alternative to a corporate WAN. Learn about PPTP's improvements in SP4.

Aelita Enterprise Suite

By Michael P. Deignan, 03/01/1999

Manage your NT enterprise environment with Aelita Enterprise Suite's collection of programs.

SMP--It's Not Just for the Server Anymore

By David Chernicoff, 03/01/1999

NT and SMP can finally make the most of vendor applications.

Nokia 500Xa

By Brian Gallagher, 03/01/1999

Flat panel display comes of age with the Nokia 500Xa

Reader to Reader - March 1999

By Readers, 03/01/1999

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

Panda Antivirus 6.0

By Michael P. Deignan, 03/01/1999

Panda's antivirus solution detects viruses in email clients.

Tuning NT Server Disk Subsystems

By Curt Aubley, 03/01/1999

Keeping your disk subsystem in shape can improve your overall NT performance. Learn how to group similar disk activities, apply the appropriate allocation unit size, and load ...

NET Commands

By Michael Otey, 03/01/1999

The author reveals his 10 favorite NET commands and offers tips for each of them.

Dog Food to Go

By John Enck, 03/01/1999

This Lab Guy's persistence pays off as he learns that he can live with Terminal Server and MetaFrame to handle day-to-day computing.

Microsoft Connection Manager

By Sean Daily, 03/01/1999

Microsoft Connection Manager can simplify establishing dial-up connections and automate remote client phone book updating.

ClickNet Y2k 5.0

By Michael P. Deignan, 03/01/1999

ClickNet Y2K is an inexpensive, automated program that collects information about your hardware and software infrastructure and identifies potential Y2K-compliance problems.

WINS and DHCP Preventive Maintenance

By Darren Mar-Elia, 03/01/1999

NT 4.0 administrators can prevent network problems by properly maintaining the WINS and DHCP databases.

Optimizing NTFS

By Sean Daily, 03/01/1999

Examine your storage needs and tailor your NTFS volumes accordingly to increase your NTFS volumes' performance.

NT School MCSE Boot Camp

By Jonathan Cragle, 03/01/1999

One of the Lab Guys attends boot camp in Florida, feels the pain, and obtains his MCSE.

Streaming Video from End to End

By Brian Gallagher, 03/01/1999

This month, one of the Lab Guys reviews RealNetwork's RealSystem G2 network-based video distribution software, and Sony's PCR-DC1 Digital Handycam camcorder.

WrapUp-98 2.1a

By Marty Scher, 03/01/1999

A tool that helps complete tasks during logoff.

The Browser Service

By Michael D. Reilly, 03/01/1999

The browser service is more complicated than you might think. Learn how it works and how to maximize its efforts.

What to Look for When Selecting a Scalable RAID Array

By Curt Aubley, 03/01/1999

There are several things to consider when looking for a robust and scalable RAID array solution to store your important enterprise data.

Reader Challenge

By Kathy Ivens, 03/01/1999

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.

Toward More Reliable Software

By Mark Minasi, 03/01/1999

The final release of Windows 2000 will have 40 million lines of code. The average commercial software has 15 bugs per 1000 lines of code. This statistic means we can expect Win2K ...

Embrace and Extend

By Mark Smith, 03/01/1999

Oracle's Larry Ellison thinks Microsoft's monopoly will end soon.

I-Gear 2.8

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 03/01/1999

Uncontrolled Internet access can lead to situations that damage your business so controlling and tracking Internet use is paramount to protecting your business.

Moving Mailboxes Between Servers

By Tony Redmond, 03/01/1999

Use Microsoft utilities to move user mailboxes between servers in the same site or in different sites.

Migrating NT Workstations to a New Domain

By Michael Atalla, 03/01/1999

Three logon scripts let you move NT workstations between domains without requiring user or administrator action at the client desktop.

In Focus: The Many Versions of SQL Server 7.0

By Karen Watterson, 03/01/1999

Here's a brief marketing-free summary for readers who find the many versions of SQL Server 7.0 confusing.

NETDOM

By Mark Minasi, 03/01/1999

Make and break trust relationships from the command line.

Segmenting Your Network

By Douglas Toombs, 03/01/1999

To get the most out of performance tuning your software, make sure your network is running efficiently.

10 Keys to MCSE Boot Camp Success

By Jonathan Cragle, 03/01/1999

Attending an MCSE boot camp is stressful. To succeed mentally and physically, follow these 10 suggestions.

Service Pack 4

By Mark Minasi, 03/01/1999

NT 4.0's SP4 offers several fixes that make NT networking easier for administrators.

DHCP Recovery

By Mark Minasi, 03/01/1999

What would you do if DHCP server failed? Prepare now to make restoring the DHCP database fairly painless.

PC-DVD Encore Dxr2

By Jonathan Chau, 03/01/1999

A DVD-ROM multimedia solution for PCs

Inside NT Networking

By Mark Russinovich, 03/01/1999

By peeling away the layers of NT's network architecture, I'll show you how this architecture implements network programming APIs.

NT-Mainframe Single Sign-On

By Tao Zhou, 03/01/1999

SNA Server 4.0 includes a host security integration feature that integrates Windows NT domain security and mainframe security and provides a single sign-on (SSO) function.

Microsoft Articles About PPTP Installation and Troubleshooting

By Paula Sharick, 03/01/1999

Microsoft articles about PPTP installation and throubleshooting

Tombstones Mark the Coming of the End for WINS

By Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, 03/01/1999

Microsoft has improved WINS in Windows 2000. Even though TCP/IP is the chosen protocol of the Internet, you might work with WINS on your desktop OSs for a while. Here's how the ...

Professional Workstation SP700

By Brian Gallagher, 03/01/1999

Parallel architecture provides performance

PowerEdge 6300

By John Green, 03/01/1999

Get quad-Xeon performance in a space-saving design


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