By Editors, 11/08/2001
We answer your letters about Windows XP, the whois.cmd command, and adding CPUs to a Win2K system.
By Mark Minasi, 10/18/2001
Mark explains how AD avoids endlessly replicating an update among DCs.
By Michael Otey, 10/18/2001
Learn 10 essential keyboard tricks for the application you probably use the most.
By Kathy Ivens, 10/18/2001
Maximize your storage power through Remote Storage Service.
By Sean Daily, 10/18/2001
Discover the essential tools for configuring a basic administrative Win2K Pro workstation.
By Sue Mosher, 10/18/2001
The Wizard's new run a script action and a new BodyFormat property give you the tools you need to convert HTML messages to plain text.
By Tony Redmond, 10/18/2001
If you usually ignore Microsoft's advice to install separate server products on separate servers, you need to reconsider.
By Tom Iwanski, 10/18/2001
Use carrier networks for wide-area wireless connectivity.
By Mark Weitz, 10/18/2001
Windows XP's conferencing component, Windows Messenger, provides a good desktop videoconferencing experience.
By Mark Weitz, 10/18/2001
Videoconferencing is coming of age. Mark Weitz provides an overview of desktop and conference room systems and points you to some key products and vendors.
By Mark Weitz, 10/18/2001
System Restore has improved in XP--but the feature still isn't as good as it should be.
By David Chernicoff, 10/18/2001
The exploding wireless market expands the connections you manage way beyond the hard-wired network.
By Elliot King, 10/18/2001
Development managers cite obstacles to open-source development.
By Elliot King, 10/18/2001
Despite the potential liability, many companies don't have effective email policies in place.
By Elliot King, 10/18/2001
Computer viruses cost companies billions, and IT professions have been slow to react.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/18/2001
A review of 2001 gives guidance for the high-tech market in 2002.
By Rod Trent, 10/18/2001
SMS is a complex and comprehensive product, and planning carefully to implement it in your organization is crucial.
By Melissa Mendick, 10/18/2001
To ensure that users don't abuse NT's user rights, activate Use of User Rights auditing.
By Melissa Mendick, 10/18/2001
Learn how to use NT's 11 standard and 16 advanced user rights to maximum advantage.
By Siegfried Jagott, 10/18/2001
Try this real-world approach to more granular control of AD permissions.
By Tim Huckaby, 10/18/2001
The latest version of the standard promises increased security.
By Shon Harris, 10/18/2001
The confidential information you're sending across your wireless network might not be as secure as you think. Learn about 802.11's inherent weaknesses.
By Tao Zhou, 10/18/2001
Familiarize yourself with this name-lookup tool.
By Tao Zhou, 10/18/2001
Get the basics of using BIND on Win2K or NT.
By Tao Zhou, 10/18/2001
Be sure to update your BIND servers to recent BIND versions to avoid several bugs that exist in older versions.
By Tao Zhou, 10/18/2001
Use several basic BIND settings to boost security.
By Barrie Sosinsky, 10/18/2001
Several vendors have released Web or Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances based on Win2K.
By Barrie Sosinsky, 10/18/2001
Vendors offer boxes optimized for Web serving, file serving, and other targeted tasks.
By Readers, 10/17/2001
A solution that lets you use just one version of common task scripts for a mixed workstation environment.
By Readers, 10/17/2001
A reader uses a script to configure remote users' laptops to connect to an internal network behind a proxy server.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/15/2001
The RedEscolar project's plan to use Linux seems to have fizzled out.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/15/2001
Dell gives up on Linux for desktop systems.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/15/2001
The software company tries to pull the plug on PCs for Kids' use of Win95 on recycled computers.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/15/2001
The Pocket PC's benefit to the enterprise will be the deciding factor in its emergence over Palm machines.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/15/2001
Both sides call foul in the battle over preloaded XP desktop icons.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/15/2001
Intel makes good on its promise of a 64-bit processor.
By Sean Daily, 10/15/2001
A new command-line utility simplifies the installation of multiple hotfixes
By Sean Daily, 10/15/2001
Configure Exchange Server 5.5 to automatically archive message copies to individual public folders.
By Sean Daily, 10/15/2001
A registry change can enable an error-count display for your LAN connection.