By Alex K. Angelopoulos, 10/17/2001
Discover how one reader uses batch files for easy remote computing.
By Bob Chronister, 10/17/2001
When is Fdisk not enough?
By Elliot King, 10/17/2001
Several studies find that many consumers don't trust the Web with their credit card information.
By Tony Redmond, 10/17/2001
Real-world deployments are the best teachers.
By Michael Otey, 10/17/2001
To keep up-to-date about security vulnerabilities and fixes, take advantage of these impressive Internet resources.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/17/2001
Sun Microsystems' Sun Ray 1 workstations suffer from a hardware glitch, resulting in smoke and popping sounds.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/17/2001
Microsoft Group Vice President Jim Allchin shares the nuts and bolts behind XP.
By Editors, 10/17/2001
Readers share their thoughts on Outlook 2000 security, an Antigen advertisement in the magazine, and where to find Wntipcfg.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/17/2001
Paul Thurrott shares why XP isn't quite so scary and why you should consider upgrading to this latest release.
By Sean Daily, 10/17/2001
Discover how to move files into open folders or running applications.
By Bob Chronister, 10/17/2001
If you've been getting mysterious Dr. Watson errors, discover why your hardware might not be the problem.
By Dick Lewis, 10/17/2001
To help catch a PC-parts burglar operating after hours, Dick's company used a Perl script to ping desktop machines and notify security if one stopped responding.
By Bob Chronister, 10/17/2001
Find out about a simple solution when a PDC and BDC are out of sync.
By Sean Daily, 10/17/2001
Discover how to remove all FrontPage related files off your system once and for all.
By Jordan Ayala, 10/17/2001
Microsoft defines a service as a program, routine, or process that performs a specific system function to support other programs. Learn how to best manage these supporting players.
By Sean Daily, 10/17/2001
Find out how to recover a password-protected document when you've forgotten the password.
By Don Baker, 10/17/2001
Disk-imaging software, Microsoft's Sysprep utility, and a WSH script are your keys to an easy Win2K rollout.
By Sean Daily, 10/17/2001
Find out how to solve a known bug with Logitech's Cordless iTouch Keyboard.
By Mark Minasi, 10/17/2001
Mark explains how your DCs keep track of AD updates on other DCs.
By Bob Chronister, 10/17/2001
Find out how Win2K's NTFS5 deals with fragmentation.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/17/2001
A Microsoft manual takes its place among great literature in an Egyptian library.
By John Green, 10/17/2001
Automate recurring operations.
By Kathy Ivens, 10/17/2001
Too many administrative tasks getting you down? Delegate!
By Elliot King, 10/17/2001
As more people use IM and have access to Microsoft's IM service in XP, corporate IT staffs will have to set policies for its use.
By Sean Daily, 10/17/2001
Learn how you can tell whether a particular Windows 2000 domain controller (DC) is also a Global Catalog (GC) server.
By Bob Chronister, 10/17/2001
Can Win2K have its NAT and your L2TP over IPSec, too?
By Bob Chronister, 10/17/2001
Can you rid your notebook system of an unwanted OS?
By Readers, 10/17/2001
One reader shares his solution for defragmenting a hard disk in Windows 2000 without using explicit administrative rights.
By Tony Redmond, 10/17/2001
Find out why the best way to approach an Exchange 2000 deployment is to test first using a pilot project.
By Sean Daily, 10/17/2001
Learn how to rid your computer of Windows NT 4.0 once and for all.
By Alain Lissoir, 10/17/2001
Find out how to prepare a carefully thought-out plan and implement AD schema extensions--without getting in over your head.
By Don Jones, 10/17/2001
This task is well suited to scripting-based automation--and provides a great opportunity to learn about different scripting capabilities.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/17/2001
Microsoft admits that not all of it's Hotmail servers have switched to 100 percent Windows.
By John D. Ruley, 10/17/2001
Looking for a wireless service for your Windows CE device? Find out what's hot and what's not about OmniSky 2.0.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/17/2001
Learn Microsoft's strategy for picking product code names.
By Readers, 10/17/2001
Find out the little-known feature of the /f batch file command.
By Elliot King, 10/17/2001
Although only about half what it was last year, demand for IT workers will still well outstrip supply in 2001.
By Tom Iwanski, 10/17/2001
The increasing affordability of Gigabit Ethernet has implications for the desktop as well as for network backbones.
By Readers, 10/17/2001
Learn about a bug in Windows 2000 Server that causes the router to make random calls every 4 hours.