By Emmett Dulaney, 10/01/1998
You can't force remote users to connect to a server and read the system policy on every boot. But you can enforce system policies by placing them locally. Here's how.
By Brian Gallagher, 10/01/1998
Many videoconferencing solution providers are adopting Microsoft's NetMeeting 2.1 as the backbone of collaborative communications between nodes in a videoconference.
By Marcia Loughry, 10/01/1998
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit offers a performance tool. PerfLog, that captures performance data and writes it to a file.
By Brian Gallagher, 10/01/1998
Digital HiNote Ultra 2000 laptop is one lean, mean machine.
By Mark Joseph Edwards, 10/01/1998
Internet Security Systems' (IIS's) new comprehensive security assessment tool—internet Scanner 5.2—can find most known NT security risks.
By Spyros Sakellariadis, 10/01/1998
Discover some tools you can use to secure connections to your Exchange server and encrypt messages you send from your Exchange clients.
By Mark Russinovich, 10/01/1998
File-system caching is an important operating system performance optimization. Here's how NT's Cache Manager efficiently moves files in and out of memory to allow fast reads and ...
By Michael P. Deignan, 10/01/1998
Use Artisoft's ModemShare 32 to curb the cost of adding modems to your network.
By Michael P. Deignan, 10/01/1998
StarBurst Multicast, from StarBurst Communications, is a network communications program you can use to reduce the time required to transfer large files to remote sites.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 10/01/1998
User passwords can fall through several NT security holes, but you can change a few network and system settings to make your network's passwords harder to hack.
By Karen Watterson, 10/01/1998
How to create a blocking monitor.
By Bob Chronister, 10/01/1998
Ensure that a BDC authenticates local user logons over a remote network, alter Oplocks to resolve file lock-related problems, resolve an error message after restoring a crashed ...
By Mark Minasi, 10/01/1998
Microsoft won't give up Windows 98 users without a fight.
By Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, 10/01/1998
A how-to task list to enable auditing.
By Christa Anderson, 10/01/1998
Creating user profiles on a large scale is tricky because user profiles include application paths and other user-specific information. Here is how to simplify user profiles.
By John Enck, 10/01/1998
How processes and threads are dispatched by Windows NT.
By Christa Anderson, 10/01/1998
Do you know how to get the most from thin-client technology in your network? Here are some tips for designing a hybid thin-client network.
By Readers, 10/01/1998
Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
By Mark Minasi, 10/01/1998
Use this handy GUI to tweak your system's user interface.
By Mark Smith, 10/01/1998
Stop worrying about Y2K, and do something about it.
By Michael P. Deignan, 10/01/1998
Soffront Software's Track 5.0, a bug-tracking system, provides a comprehensive technical support database.
By Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, 10/01/1998
If you're planning to migrate to NT 5.0, here's a look at how to view and create auditing entries.
By John Enck, 10/01/1998
AIM Technology bases its Server Benchmark for Windows NT on a mix-and-load modeling scenario, in which you run a predefined primary application mix that resembles the tasks an NT ...
By Christa Anderson, 10/01/1998
Art Williams thoughts about the process of implementing the IBM Network Sation Series 300s throughout the Palisades Executive Conference Center.
By Jane Morrill, 10/01/1998
Follow this 8-step program to prepare your systems for the new millennium.
By Brian Gallagher, 10/01/1998
Two protocols make videoconferencing and interactive collaboration possible.
By Sean Daily, 10/01/1998
Secure your NT network by restricting remote Registry access, using SMB signing, disabling cached logon credentials, protecting LSA Secrets, and adding a firewall.
By Michael P. Deignan, 10/01/1998
the WANPIPE router card, a low-cost alternative for high-end WAN routing, is an integrated PC Card that is also a DSU/CSU.
By Jim Cole, 10/01/1998
Opalis Software's OpalisRobot 3.0 is an automation suite that handles tape backup and more. With OpalisRobot, you can automate resident Windows NT utility execution and service ...
By Randy Franklin Smith, 10/01/1998
A security analyst looks at a consulting firm's rating of NT security problems and reaches some conclusions that might surprise you.
By Karen Watterson, 10/01/1998
Get a preview of SQL Server 7.0's hattest new features, and learn about finding lost administrator passwords, running SQL SErver on an AS/400, and solving problems with database ...
By Mark Minasi, 10/01/1998
Learn how to incorporate new or unusual display drivers into unattended NT installations.
By Marcia Loughry, 10/01/1998
Find out how you can use two NT resource kit tools, datalog.exe and monitor.exe, to monitor NT Server's performance without tying up your system.
By Tao Zhou, 10/01/1998
Learn how MSMQ lets you design an enterprisewide message-queuing system on your NT network that will deliver your transaction-processing data reliably, safely, and in an orderly ...
By John Enck, 10/01/1998
The Lab Guys learn an important lesson from watching attacks on AS/400 and NT Web security: The owner (not the vendor) is ultimately responsible for system security.
By Kathy Ivens, 10/01/1998
Winners and solution revealed in the July Reader Challenge.
By Christa Anderson, 10/01/1998
IBM implements a thin-client system at its Palisades Executive Conference Center to minimize computing problems and maximize training enjoyment.
By Kathy Ivens, 10/01/1998
Solve this month's Windows NT problem and get the change to win $100 or a copy of one of the author's books about NT. Prior month's winner is announced at bottom of page.
By Brian Gallagher, 10/01/1998
The Lab continues its examination of videoconferencing products for NT.
By John Enck, 10/01/1998
For optimal performance, tune your multiprocessor system.
By Michael D. Reilly, 10/01/1998
Plan ahead to set up effective trusts between domains.
By Craig Barth, 10/01/1998
This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.
By Zubair Alexander, 10/01/1998
Microsoft significantly improved this product, making Proxy Server 2.0 a viable solution to enhance both the security and the performance of your LAN.
By Michael P. Deignan, 10/01/1998
General Hardware Oriented Software Transfer (GHOST) is a system duplication tool that lets you transfer the contents of one disk to another with ease.
By Sean Daily, 10/01/1998
Hotfix, lm-fix, demonstrated compatibility problems and is removed from the Microsoft Web site.
By Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, 10/01/1998
Five frequently asked questions about NT 5.0 Post-Beta 1 release and the answers.
By Michael P. Deignan, 10/01/1998
AlertPage Enterprise 4.1 is a multi-plantform monitoring tool that lets you automatically monitor system performance and services and other key segments ofyour network.
By Mark Joseph Edwards, 10/01/1998
The new SCE consolidates almost all of NT's basic security settings into one interface. Here's what you can expect from SCE in Service Pack 4.
By Bob Wells, 10/01/1998
Instead of using a prebuilt utility, write a script using WSH and ADSI.
By Emmett Dulaney, 10/01/1998
With system policies, making changes for users is much simpler.
By Tony Redmond, 10/01/1998
Exchange now offers the tools for developing simple workflow applications. See what Routing Objects can do for you.
By Brian Gallagher, 10/01/1998
AltiGen Communications is changing the landscape of traditional business telephony solutions.
AltiWare Open Edition 2.0 runs entirely on an NT server. With AltiWare OE, ...
By Michael P. Deignan, 10/01/1998
This month, the Lab looks at four comprehensive programs that combine study guides, training CD-ROMs, and simulation and sample-examination software.