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In the January 2001 issue of Windows 2000 Magazine, we begin the new year by sharing authors' favorite tips and tricks for Win2K and Windows NT. We tell you strategies for using the registry to solve functionality problems, and we explain how to back up your registry keys before you change them. We also answer your questions about Microsoft Exchange Server, SQL Server, and IIS.


IIS 5.0's Hidden Differences

By Brett Hill, 12/20/2000

Knowing IIS 5.0's secrets will make your upgrade more safe and secure.

What About the At Command?

By Kenton Gardinier, 12/20/2000

Win2K's Task Scheduler doesn't replace NT's At command. Instead, Task Scheduler provides added functionality and works with the At command to offer a new task scheduling GUI.

The Usual Suspects

By Paul Robichaux, 12/20/2000

Several common scenarios provide good examples of typical client-related problems and their solutions.

Using Conditional Statements

By Readers, 12/20/2000

Learn the value of the MS-DOS IF statement.

Clustering Exchange 2000, Part 2

By Jerry Cochran, 12/20/2000

With an understanding of Microsoft Cluster service under your belt, you're ready to take the next steps in planning an Exchange cluster deployment.

IIS Answers

By Brett Hill, 12/20/2000

Enable pass-through authentication, precede your URL with an icon, and recover a corrupted metabase.

MaX Compression 4.5

By John Green, 12/20/2000

Make .zip or .exe compression of email attachments automatic.

Creating User Accounts

By Kathy Ivens, 12/20/2000

Win2K changes the process for creating new user accounts.

Lega Saga Continues

By Paul Thurrott, 12/20/2000

Microsoft wins a battle with the Supreme Court's decision to send the software company's case to the Court of Appeals.

Deleting Recurring Appointments

By Sue Mosher, 12/20/2000

Learn how to remove recurring appointment items and how to purge only items that occurred before a specific date.

Daily Answers

By Sean Daily, 12/20/2000

Find the Logical Disk object in Win2K, restore the Server service's autotuning functionality, fix a Standby problem, and find server tools in Win2K.

Win2K Command-Line Utilities

By Michael Otey, 12/20/2000

Take stock of Win2K's most valuable utilities that you run from the command line.

Microsoft Spreads .NET over Future Releases

By Paul Thurrott, 12/20/2000

.NET Enterprise Servers might have made their appearance, but don't hold your breath for a full Microsoft .NET integration.

Customizing Unattended Win2K Installations

By Sean Daily, 12/20/2000

Manage the chaos inherent in installing and configuring client OSs on your network workstations.

The Best of Daily Answers

By Sean Daily, 12/20/2000

Find out about Win2K software-compatibility problems, Setprfdc, and bloated roaming profiles.

Reader Challenge

By Kathy Ivens, 12/20/2000

Want to test your know-how? Solve this month's Windows 2000 and Windows NT problem and gather the accolades of your peers.

PictureTaker Enterprise Edition 3.1

By Rob Schenk, 12/20/2000

Keep the software on networked PCs up-to-date.

SQL Server Solutions

By Brian Moran, 12/20/2000

Employ a fast data-load mechanism, transfer integers to event class names, view connections inside a transaction, and more.

The Problem with Pocket PCs

By Ed Roth, 12/20/2000

These little devices might be handy, but they have a long way to go before they're indispensable.

Back Up Before You Hack

By Kathy Ivens, 12/20/2000

Be sure to back up registry keys before you make changes. You can use either registry editor to perform a backup.

Permcopy and Share.vbs File Server Migration Tools

By Mark Minasi, 12/20/2000

Migrating to Win2K? These tools will help.

Product Delivery on the Internet

By David Chernicoff, 12/20/2000

Is using the Internet as a deployment tool a good idea?

Registry Secrets

By Kathy Ivens, 12/20/2000

Use the registry to solve mysterious functionality problems, secure paging files, and more.

ClusterX 3.0.1 for MSCS

By Tom Iwanski, 12/20/2000

ClusterX can help improve your management of MSCS clusters.

Microsoft Celebrates 25th Anniversary

By Paul Thurrott, 12/20/2000

Microsoft parties like it's...1975. The company celebrates 25 years and looks to the future.

Filtering Users

By Kathy Ivens, 12/20/2000

Several common scenarios provide good examples of typical client-related problems and their solutions.

Whistler Solves the Upgrade Dilemma

By Paul Thurrott, 12/20/2000

Find out why Whistler is a midtransition replacement on the way to .NET and why it's worth investigating.

Useless Services in a Non-Networked NT 4.0 Workstation

By Apostolos Fotakelis, 12/20/2000

Learn how to disable services on non-networked workstations and save memory and system resources.

Binary Numbers and Subnet Masks

By Bill Heldman, 12/20/2000

This refresher course on binary numbers will help you understand how subnet masks work.

Complete Your NAT Router

By Mark Minasi, 12/20/2000

Mark completes the NAT router configuration. Plus--work around WFP!

Troubleshooting Client Problems

By Paul Robichaux, 12/20/2000

When client problems arise, you don't need to give users the third degree--a few simple questions and diagnostic steps can increase the odds of a quick solution.

Fax Servers

By John Green, 12/20/2000

The fax is alive and well with a wealth of options to serve large and small organizations.

Win2K Task Scheduler

By Kenton Gardinier, 12/20/2000

Use this new graphical tool to simplify task scheduling on local and remote computers.

Exchange Server Tips & Tricks

By Paul Robichaux, 12/20/2000

Determine space in the IS, export the GAL, move transaction logs, and understand mail queing.

HOBLink JWT 2.1

By Jonathan Chau, 12/20/2000

A Java-based Terminal Services client solution.

RAS Meets Terminal Services

By Sean Daily, 12/20/2000

Discover how Win2K's Terminal Services complements Outlook's Offline Files feature.

Microsoft Looks Past the PC for Future Profits

By Paul Thurrott, 12/20/2000

Can Microsoft really make money from .NET? The software giant has a few other tricks up its sleeve, just in case.

Dr. Bob's Gems

By Bob Chronister, 12/20/2000

Learn about the Microsoft Browser Service, password-expiration messages, and timestamp updating.

Quota-Management Tools

By Ed Roth, 12/20/2000

The lab looks at four quota-management products to see how well they manage disk space and how successfully they ease your administrative burden.

Ask Dr. Bob

By Bob Chronister, 12/20/2000

Automate security monitoring, rename default objects defining NT's user and kernel modes, compare running Oracle on NT versus running it on UNIX, and solve Win2K driver problems.

Changing Passwords over the Web

By Ken Spencer, 12/20/2000

Examine how ADSI lets users change their passwords through a Web interface.

Changing Win2K Professional Computer Names

By Readers, 12/20/2000

Discover a caveat a reader shares when trying to ghost an image to install Windows 2000 Professional on 25 workstations.

Hanging Out with the Classless Crowd

By Bill Heldman, 12/20/2000

Learn how to subnet your network and master classless subnet notation.

Remotely Control Any NT Machine

By Readers, 12/20/2000

Learn how you can remotely control any NT machine that doesn't have a remote control program installed.

Better than a Dual-Boot

By John D. Ruley, 12/20/2000

Run two OSs on your computer with VMware.

Best Practices for Maximizing Disk I/O

By Jerry Cochran, 12/20/2000

Use these rules of thumb when you plan storage and configuration for your cluster nodes.


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