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Remote Administration–Covering Your Bases

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In the April 2001 issue of Windows 2000 Magazine, we cover remote administration on Windows-based networks. We tell you about remote administration through Win2K Server Terminal Services and give you suggestions for remotely administering the rest of your network. We discuss Win2K's Telnet service, and we provide information about five utilities for Win2K and five utilities for Windows NT that will help make remote administration easier for you.


KIX Script for Printing

By Readers, 03/19/2001

Learn about a KIX script that checks for group membership and then sets an appropriate printer.

Superior RIS: Customizing Win2K Installs

By Douglas Toombs, 03/19/2001

Tweak RIS's OSChooser screens to ask the right questions.

Remote Task Manager 3.5.2

By Cris Banson, 03/19/2001

Tools for monitoring and supporting your network's CPUs.

The Battle of Brad32.exe

By Sean Daily, 03/19/2001

If you're running IIS, find out about brad32.exe and how to minimize its adverse effects on system performance.

Netserver LT 6000R

By Ed Roth, 03/19/2001

The Windows 2000 Magazine Lab reviews the scalability, manageability, and availability of this 6-way server.

A Registration File Drawback

By Kathy Ivens, 03/19/2001

Using .reg files to make registry changes can leave your registry bloated with old data.

VPN Gateways

By Michael Norian, 03/19/2001

Environments large and small will gain valuable information from comparing these VPN gateway solutions.

Bad Disk Sectors

By Bob Chronister, 03/19/2001

Find out how to salvage an Outlook personal folder from a hard disk with bad disk sectors.

Securing Exchange Server

By Paul Robichaux, 03/19/2001

Investing your time, effort, and even money in precautions against attacks can prove priceless when you want to protect your Exchange Server organization.

2001: The Year of Digital Convergence?

By Paul Thurrott, 03/19/2001

Find out how the enterprise is catching up to home users when it comes to multimedia.

Folder Redirection

By Kathy Ivens, 03/19/2001

Win2K's new feature lets you move user folders onto a server, thus ensuring document backups and simplifying file access for mobile users.

Synchronization Software

By John D. Ruley, 03/19/2001

John D. Ruley kicks off his Mobile & Wireless column with an introduction to PDAs and synchronization software.

10 Resource Kit Remote Administration Tools

By Darren Mar-Elia, 03/19/2001

Five utilities for Win2K and 5 utilities for NT take the pain out of remote administration.

Shut Down Button Elimination

By Bob Chronister, 03/19/2001

Find out how to eliminate the Shut Down button from the Start menu.

What About Win2K?

By Michael Norian, 03/19/2001

Consider Microsoft's VPN functionality upgrades in Win2K.

Exchange Server Error on HP NetServers

By Sean Daily, 03/19/2001

Learn how to correct an error that is common to Hewlett Packard HP NetServers.

Remotely Manage Your Win2K Servers

By Sean Daily, 03/19/2001

Learn how Microsoft enhanced Windows remote administration support in Win2K through the OS's built-in Terminal Services feature.

Corrupted Catalog File in Backup Exec

By Bob Chronister, 03/19/2001

Learn how to repair a corrupted catalog file that can occur when using Backup Exec 8.5 and Backup Exec 8.0.

Pocket PC Makes a Strong Showing

By Paul Thurrott, 03/19/2001

The Pocket PC gains market share, but can it give the Palm OS a run for the money?

ASPs in the Real World

By David Chernicoff, 03/19/2001

To succeed in the long term, ASPs must expand their customer base.

Win2K Registry Tweaks

By Michael Otey, 03/19/2001

Use these behind-the-scenes tips to streamline your system.

NT Migration from the D Drive to the E Drive

By Bob Chronister, 03/19/2001

Learn why migrating NT can be a less than satisfying experience.

Registry References

By Sean Daily, 03/19/2001

Get some tips on where to look for Win2K and NT registry information.

The Freedom of Telnet

By Douglas Toombs, 03/19/2001

Discover how you can remotely manage Win2K systems anywhere with Win2K's Telnet service.

New Windows Media Technologies Come into Play

By Paul Thurrott, 03/19/2001

Microsoft introduces new media formats that will accompany Whistler.

Dell C600 CD-ROM Drive Glitch

By Bob Chronister, 03/19/2001

Find out about a problem with Dell C600 notebooks that shipped with Samsung CD-ROM drives.

Keeping Time with Win2K

By Mark Minasi, 03/19/2001

Keeping an accurate system time on your server is much easier with Win2K than with NT.

European Commission Merges Microsoft Investigations

By Paul Thurrott, 03/19/2001

The EC has combined two antitrust investigations into Microsoft's activities in Europe.

Secure4U 5.0

By Steve Manzuik, 03/19/2001

An application firewall to protect workstations in your network.

The Great Antivirus Crusade

By Tony Redmond, 03/19/2001

Antivirus vendors have been working around Exchange Server's MAPI interfaces for years. Could their quest for a more reliable API finally be over?

Learning Samba for File Sharing

By Dustin Puryear, 03/19/2001

Put free, flexible software to work to give your Linux server file-sharing capabilties for Windows clients.

Lost Passwords

By Readers, 03/19/2001

Learn how to recover a system when users lose their passwords.

Redirection of Folders on Client PCs

By Sean Daily, 03/19/2001

Uncover a mysterious redirection that occurs when you use a direct Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) path to a remote special Windows Explorer folder.

IPSec and IKE: New VPN Standards

By Michael Norian, 03/19/2001

Before you implement a VPN solution, you need to understand these key concepts.

Read-only Attribute Setting

By Bob Chronister, 03/19/2001

Learn how to disable the read-only attribute setting on files from the NT Server 4.0 distribution CD-ROM.

Distributing Registry Changes

By Kathy Ivens, 03/19/2001

Use .reg files, regini.exe, or .adm templates to distribute registry hacks across your network.

Make the Connection

By Kathy Ivens, 03/19/2001

See how SPE relates to the registry.

Locking Windows

By Readers, 03/19/2001

Learn how to create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer in one easy step.

Remote Administration for the Rest of Your Network

By Sean Daily, 03/19/2001

Discover remote administration options for non-Win2K Server machines in your network.

Image Backups

By Bob Chronister, 03/19/2001

Learn what an image backup is and when to use it.

Stop the Presses

By Mark Weitz, 03/19/2001

A product's price is no guarantee of quality documentation.

More Fun with Dates

By Sue Mosher, 03/19/2001

Date handling is a popular Outlook VBA subject. Here are 3 more date procedures for your arsenal.

Folder Redirection vs. Offline Folders

By Kathy Ivens, 03/19/2001

Don’t confuse Win2K’s folder redirection feature with its offline folders feature. Mobile users love offline folders but can’t take advantage of folder redirection.

Microsoft Ships BizTalk Server 2000

By Paul Thurrott, 03/19/2001

Microsoft debuts the RTM version of BizTalk Server 2000, as well as the final version of the BizTalk Framework 2.0 architecture.

Backup Tape Formats

By Bob Chronister, 03/19/2001

Discover the differences between Linear Tape-Open (LTO), Super DLTape, adn AIT-2 tape formats.

Remote Control Software

By Larry J. Seltzer, 03/19/2001

Find out what features to look for when shopping for remote control software.

Mining the Win2K Security Log

By Randy Franklin Smith, 03/19/2001

Track changes to user accounts, groups, and policies.

Germany and Executive Software in Battle over Win2K Utility

By Paul Thurrott, 03/19/2001

Microsoft has become embroiled in the bitter relations between the German government and the Church of Scientology.

TS.Census 1.2 beta

By Paul Thurrott, 03/19/2001

Track your network workstation's hardware and software inventory.

Command Output in a Variable

By David England, 03/19/2001

One reader shares his tips for using batch files to generate filenames that include date or time information.

Email-to-Fax Capability

By Sean Daily, 03/19/2001

Learn about a resource that provides a comprehensive listing of Win2K and NT fax products.

Registry Data Types

By Kathy Ivens, 03/19/2001

Familiarize yourself with five common data types that you'll run into during your registry maintenance tasks.


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