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This month, Windows NT Magazine offers tips to help you get the most out of your NT workstations. You'll learn how to successfully configure and manage a muli-OS environment. We'll put the spotlight on NT Workstation and show you tweaks to maximize network performance. We'll highlight the Z.E.N.works Starter Pack, a new network-management product that Novell NetWare Client 4.6 for Windows NT features. And with the arrival of Windows 2000 just around the corner, we'll look at the OS's management technology.


Reader to Reader - July 1999

By Readers, 07/01/1999

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

Repairing a Blown-Out NT Boot Sector

By Sean Daily, 07/01/1999

Learn how to restore access to NT's boot loader.

PC-TC

By Christa Anderson, 07/01/1999

Make your old PC into a thin client.

Directory Integration and the Metadirectory

By Tao Zhou, 07/01/1999

Directory administration is time-consuming and costly. These tools and techniques can help you take the bite out of this vital task.

The Dumbing Down of Windows

By David Chernicoff, 07/01/1999

Microsoft has decided to target the inexperienced user with Windows 2000.

Global Site

By Ian Tweedie, 07/01/1999

A company with global operations decreased message delivery times and simplified administration by putting all its Exchange servers in one site.

WhatsUp Gold 3.5

By Jim Cole, 07/01/1999

Network monitoring and notification with WhatsUp Gold 3.5.

Optimizing Your Browser Service

By Sean Daily, 07/01/1999

Learn how to optimize your browser service.

Discovering DVD-RAM

By Jonathan Cragle, 07/01/1999

The Lab explores the basics of DVD-RAM and tests two products that employ this technology.

InLook

By Jeff Bankston, 07/01/1999

Monitor and report on Exchange Server activities.

NT Workstation Tune-Up

By Sean Daily, 07/01/1999

Simple tweaks to maximize your NT Workstation's network performance.

NspecTreScope

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 07/01/1999

Get an overall view of your NT security.

Password Synchronization and Security

By Archie Reed, 07/01/1999

ShareUI

By Mark Minasi, 07/01/1999

If you need to find a share's path given only the share name, or control shares on another computer, ShareUI can help.

NT Command-Script Techniques

By Michael Otey, 07/01/1999

Simplify administrative tasks at the command line.

Are You Getting Your Mail the Fast Way

By John Green, 07/01/1999

Microsoft Exchange clients, including Outlook 98, can connect to the Exchange server in two ways. Do you have it set up the fastest way?

IntelliMirror Adds Manageability

By Darren Mar-Elia, 07/01/1999

IntelliMirror's AD and Group Policy contain revolutionary Windows management technology.

NT Notebooks for Less Than $3500

By Editors, 07/01/1999

Discover which inexpensive laptops come with NT Workstation 4.0 preinstalled.

Optimizing RAS TCP/IP Sessions

By Sean Daily, 07/01/1999

Learn how to boost RAS TCP/IP performance using SP4 enhancements.

NetCracker Designer 2.0

By Jonathan Cragle, 07/01/1999

Design networks and simulate traffic with NetCracker Design 2.0.

Setting NT System Policies

By Michael D. Reilly, 07/01/1999

By setting proper systems policies, you can reduce Help desk calls, increase security, and possibly increase productivity.

Emailflow for Exchange/SMTP

By Michael P. Deignan, 07/01/1999

You can save a significant amount of time by automating your workload flow. GFI FAX & VOICE Emailflow for Exchange/SMTP is the tool you need to do it.

CommandView Internet Manager 4.7

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 07/01/1999

Learn how to curb unwanted Internet usage.

Triple-Booting and Direct-Booting NT, Win95, and DOS

By Sean Daily, 07/01/1999

Learn about different booting options.

Inside Encrypting File System, Part 2

By Mark Russinovich, 07/01/1999

Learn how Win2K encrypts and decrypts files.

Windows 2000 Magazine

By Mark Smith, 07/01/1999

Learn how Microsoft's decision to change the name of Windows NT to Windows 2000 effects Windows NT Magazine.

Network ServaNT 3.2

By Michael P. Deignan, 07/01/1999

Learn how to manage your NT network more effectively.

Setting Up Visual InterDev 6.0

By Ken Spencer, 07/01/1999

How to configure servers to work with Visual IterDev 6.0.

IntelliStation M Pro

By John Green, 07/01/1999

IBM's first Pentium III system offers solid performance.

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

By Bob Chronister, 07/01/1999

Find out how to establish IIS security, perform an unattended installation of SP4, adding licences to SBS, change NT's default print spool directory, and maintain network ...

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server

By Karen Watterson, 07/01/1999

This month, Karen and Brian discuss SQL Server Profiler, Oracle data type incompatibility, multiple indexes for the same table in one query, and database migration resources.

SBS & Site Server Secure Installation

By Andrey Kruchkov, 07/01/1999

If you're thinking about using SBS and Site Server Commerce Edition for your small business' ecommerce Web site, you need this information about securing your SBS and Site Server ...

NTscript 2.01

By Marty Scher, 07/01/1999

Streamline your script writing with NTscript 2.01.

Embedded NT

By David Chernicoff, 07/01/1999

Microsoft releases Windows NT Embedded 4.0 and goes up against UNIX for a piece of the embedded market.

CyberGauge 2.0

By Jonathan Chau, 07/01/1999

Accurately measuring the megabits per second that transfer across the connnection to assess bandwidth is a problem. To solve this problem, Neon Software's CyberGauge 2.0 ...

Novell's New NTClient

By L. J. Locher, 07/01/1999

Novell NetWare Client 4.6 for Windows NT comes with a new network management product called the Z.E.N.works Starter Pack.

Understanding Client Access Licensing

By Mark Minasi, 07/01/1999

CAL requirements can be complex. Mark provides a few tips to help you stay legal.

Positively Certifiable

By Mark Minasi, 07/01/1999

A look at why we should reconsider who hands out cerifications.

BootPart Enhances NT's Boot Loader

By Sean Daily, 07/01/1999

See how Gilles Vollant Software's BootPart can enhance NT's boot loader.

Benchmarking Utilities

By Sean Daily, 07/01/1999

To determine whether system configuration changes increase network performance, you must have a nethod for benchmarking your system.

Mastering Multibooting Madness

By Sean Daily, 07/01/1999

Guidelines and techniques for successfully configuring NT to cohabit with other OSs.

Scripting 101, Part 2

By Bob Wells, 07/01/1999

Learn how to create and structure the declaration and initialization section of WSH scripts.

Reader Challenge

By Kathy Ivens, 07/01/1999

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.

PC2000

By Jonathan Chau, 07/01/1999

Tally System's PC2000 combines the company's Cenergy desktop asset management suite with Centennial 2000, a product that provides Year 2000 services and tools.

LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator

By John Green, 07/01/1999

Learn how to speed up your dial-up email access.


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