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The Summer 2000 issue of Windows 2000 Magazine highlights Windows 2000 Professional. To begin, we cover Win2K Pro’s features and fill you in on why the OS is the best Windows desktop OS for business and mobile users. We help you decide if your system is ready for the jump to Win2K Pro and also give you three reasons why you should migrate your laptop to the OS. We explain how to leverage Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) in the OS. We detail how Win2K Pro lets you connect peripheral devices that offer speed, convenience, and innovation. We show you how to plan, create, and maintain a multi-OS Win2K system. We also tell you how to use Win2K Pro to set up a home network.


Supplement 4's VBScript Tools

By Mark Minasi, 06/06/2000

Find out how to monitor system state and inventory machines on your network.

Integrating Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 RAS

By Sean Daily, 06/05/2000

Learn how to incorporate NT 4.0 RAS servers into your Win2K environment.

Handy Administrative Utilities

By Michael Otey, 06/05/2000

Simplify administration with the latest resource kit VBScript tools.

Linux's Smbclient Command

By Mark Minasi, 06/05/2000

This command lets you send messages to workstations, display browse lists, and connect to SMB shares.

Selecting an Exchange Server Client

By Tony Redmond, 06/05/2000

Outlook 2000, IMAP4, and OWA all work perfectly on Win2K Pro. Which will you choose as your new email client when you refresh your desktops?

Windows 2000 Desktop Replacement Notebooks - Buyer's Guide

By Mark Weitz, 06/05/2000

Find out which vendors offer desktop replacement notebooks specifically built for using Windows 2000 and which features you should look for when shopping.

OmniBook 900 F1770W

By Mark Weitz, 06/05/2000

A subnotebook that acts like a full-sized laptop.

Diskeeper 5.0

By Michael Norian, 06/05/2000

Set it and forget it.

Stream Anywhere

By David Chernicoff, 06/05/2000

create streaming media content in RealMedia and windows Media formats simultaneously.

Test-Driving Windows 2000 Professional

By John D. Ruley, 06/05/2000

Win2K Pro improves upon NT Workstation 4.0 by incorporating some of the Win9x's finer features, but Win2K requires more memory to perform as well as NT.

Windows 2000 Gets Complicated

By Lab Guys, 06/05/2000

Windows 2000 might improve systems administration, but what about NT's simplicity?

Windows 2000 Desktop-Replacement Notebooks

By Mark Weitz, 06/05/2000

IBM and Dell offer powerful, well-designed portable computers for people who need desktop capabilities on the road.

Open Source in the NT World

By Mark Minasi, 05/25/2000

Mark suggests a low-risk way for Microsoft to experiment with open source in the NT world.

Installing Windows 2000

By David Chernicoff, 05/25/2000

Be prepared for a lengthy installation process.

Neptune: Merged or Purged?

By Barrie Sosinsky, 05/25/2000

Microsoft is streamlining its plans for a consumer and professional version of Win2K into one Win2K-based effort that will likely be a professional product. A consumer-oriented ...

E-Books Might Be Your Type

By Barrie Sosinsky, 05/25/2000

By 2005, more than half of the information used worldwide will be in digital form. The demographics are right to move the bulk of what we readnewspapers, magazines, and ...

Intel Moves Ahead with SpeedStep

By Barrie Sosinsky, 05/25/2000

Intel’s SpeedStep technology brings desktop CPU speeds to laptop users when you plug the computers into an AC line. The chip steps down its processor speed when you’re running on ...

Transmeta Unveils Long-Life Mobile Chip

By Barrie Sosinsky, 05/25/2000

Transmeta is developing a new family of high-performance, low-power microprocessors that it hopes will run the next generation of handheld and laptop computers, mobile devices, ...

Microsoft’s Windows 2000 Certification Logos

By Mark Smith, 05/25/2000

Mark Smith helps you sort out Microsoft's latest certification logos so you can get the best value for your Win2K investment.

Reader to Reader - Summer 2000

By Readers, 05/24/2000

Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows 2000 Magazine readers (including Microsoft).

Home Networking with Windows 2000 Professional

By C. Thi Nguyen, 05/24/2000

Set up a home network between desktops without using a server.

Mapping a Network Drive

By C. Thi Nguyen, 05/24/2000

Some applications can't use the Uniform Naming Convention sharename to access folders over the network. You can use mapping to make those applications work correctly.

Multibooting Windows 2000 Systems

By Sean Daily, 05/22/2000

Plan, create, and maintain a multi-OS Win2K system.

Useful Dual-Boot Tools

By Sean Daily, 05/22/2000

Use these third-party tools to achieve the maximum level of file-system flexibility from your multiboot system configuration.

7 Steps to Prepare Your System for Windows 2000

By Sean Daily, 05/22/2000

Ensure that your system is Win2K-ready by following this checklist of system-preparation steps.

Connecting Peripheral Devices to Windows 2000 Professional

By Steve Juntunen, 05/22/2000

Win2K Pro lets you connect devices that offer speed, convenience, and innovation.

Setting Up Your Home Video Studio

By Steve Juntunen, 05/22/2000

Win2K Pro supports several devices that you can use to create a home video studio. You’ll need a high-end PC, digital video camera and desktop-editing software, and an IEEE 1394 ...

Leveraging Windows Management Instrumentation in Win2K Pro

By Darren Mar-Elia, 05/22/2000

Learn how to leverage WMI to create data management solutions.

Windows 2000 Professional Compatibility

By John D. Ruley, 05/22/2000

Before you jump into Win2K Pro, check your system’s speed, memory, peripherals, and applications. Not everything is a perfect match.

Compatibility Resources

By John D. Ruley, 05/22/2000

Use these tools and lists to decide if Win2K Pro will work on your system.

Mobile Computing with Windows 2000 Professional

By David Chernicoff, 05/22/2000

Should you migrate your laptop to Win2K? Three powerful new features make the trip worthwhile.

Windows 2000 Professional Features

By Paul Thurrott, 05/22/2000

Find out why Win2K Pro is the best Windows desktop OS for business and mobile users.

Ask the Doctor

By Sean Daily, 05/17/2000

Learn about Proxy Server 2.0 behind a firewall, bloated roaming profiles, and Outlook’s junk-email filter.

Working with an Item

By Sue Mosher, 05/17/2000

Learn how to use Outlook’s ActiveWindow object to build a GetCurrentItem() function that always returns the selected item.


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