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By automating repetitive IT tasks, you can increase productivity and reduce costs. This month, we provide tools and scripts to help you deploy software patches, conduct network-database lookups, and accomplish other tasks quickly and efficiently.


Keeping a Message from Archiving Automatically

By Sue Mosher, 10/21/2002

Learn how to set a message so that Outlook won't automatically archive the message from your Sent Items folder.

Desktop Backup Software

By Ed Roth, 10/21/2002

Regularly backing up mobile users' computers is a healthy habit. Here are solutions that help.

Microsoft Palladium

By Paul Thurrott, 10/21/2002

Palladium will manifest Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative—but not until 2005 at the earliest.

Exchange 2000 SP3

By Tony Redmond, 10/21/2002

Exchange's most recent service pack reduces network demand, improves memory management, and enhances security.

Connect to a Citrix Server from the Command Line

By Alex K. Angelopoulos, 10/21/2002

Use this command-line script to connect to a Citrix server.

Preventing Access by Clients on Unauthorized Subnets

By Randy Franklin Smith, 10/21/2002

Win2K support for SMB file and printer sharing can explain why clients on unauthorized subnets circumvent packet filtering. Here's the solution.

Locating Time Servers

By Kathy Ivens, 10/21/2002

Learn where to find external Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers on the Internet.

Creating a Template with Some Names in the To Box and Some in the Cc Box

By Sue Mosher, 10/21/2002

Find out how to make a project message form with some names in the To box and some in the Cc box.

SUS to the Rescue

By David Chernicoff, 10/21/2002

Microsoft's new Software Update Services simplifies the task of delivering frequent software patches to your XP and Win2K computers.

WLANs Go the Last Mile

By Elliot King, 10/21/2002

WLANs are springing up all over, bringing broadband Internet access to homes and small offices everywhere.

Letters to the Editor

By Editors, 10/21/2002

Readers share their thoughts on system state restores, ensuring that delelted data stays deleted, and resources for constructing a two-node cluster.

Evaluating Half-Height PCI Multiport Serial Adapters

By Bob Chronister, 10/21/2002

Dr. Bob recommends a few adapters that work with both Win2K and Red Hat Linux.

Assigning Multiple Mailboxes in Exchange 2000

By Bob Chronister, 10/21/2002

Find out how to get around Exchange 2000 Server's one-mailbox-per-domain account restriction.

What's Hot

By Carolyn Mader, 10/21/2002

Readers provide nominations for hot products that help them do their jobs.

Web Services a Reality

By Elliot King, 10/21/2002

Many companies are incorporating Web services into their internal applications.

Fixing a Post-Nimda Problem with Mirrored Disks

By Bob Chronister, 10/21/2002

Dr. Bob helps a reader figure out a problem with disappearing mirrored disks.

Upgrading a RAID Configuration: Reader Feedback

By Bob Chronister, 10/21/2002

Dr. Bob passes along a reader's alternative solution for a previous Q&A.

Perfect Timing

By Kathy Ivens, 10/21/2002

Learn how to implement the Windows Time service on your network.

Command-Shell Scripting Lives On

By Michael Otey, 10/21/2002

They're not flashy, but command-shell scripts often do the trick--and for that reason, Microsoft can't leave them behind.

Trigger Your Logon Script

By Darwin Sanoy, 10/21/2002

For many organizations, logon scripts provide the best way to run management tasks on thousands of computers. To do so, however, they must be triggered reliably.

SonicWALL Global Management System 2.2

By Jeff Fellinge, 10/21/2002

Discover how SonicWALL’s Global Management System 2.2 lets you extend your corporate security perimeter and manage your remote employees’ firewalls.

Uses for the Configure Your Server Wizard

By Michael Otey, 10/21/2002

The Swiss Army knife of GUIs links to many management tools.

Create a TFTPD Server in Win2K

By Readers, 10/21/2002

Install the TFTPD service without a third-party server.

Generating a Notification When Someone Posts to a Public Folder

By Paul Robichaux, 10/21/2002

Discover how to create one notification when someone posts to a public folder, even if that person posts multiple items at the same time.

Investigating Cisco AVVID Features

By Bob Chronister, 10/21/2002

Dr. Bob investigates the existence of a few additional features.

Acer TravelMate 100

By John D. Ruley, 10/21/2002

Here's a first glimpse at Microsoft's new Tablet PC. Will the format make sense in your environment? Let John be your guide.

CRM Sales Flat

By Elliot King, 10/21/2002

Even "customer-facing" applications can't attract investment dollars.

Self-Service Account Administration

By Thomas Eck, 10/21/2002

Use ADO, ADSI, and ASP to create a self-service application that can free up your IT staff members' time or increase Help desk security.

The Linkd Utility

By Mark Minasi, 10/21/2002

Combine junction points with Linkd, and you get a simple way to expand a drive.

Disabling Outbound ESMTP in Exchange 2000

By Bob Chronister, 10/21/2002

Find out how to disable outbound Extended SMTP in Exchange 2000 Server.

Micronotebooks: More Than a Handheld

By Joe Rudich, 10/21/2002

When you travel, do you carry a PDA and a laptop? Consider a micronotebook instead.

Network-Database Lookups Made Easy

By Paul Niser, 10/21/2002

Netlookup.bat ties together three command-line tools to query network-service databases.

Internet Connection Callback Feature

By Readers, 10/21/2002

Prevent telephone charges when you connect to the Internet.

Wireless Networking and Security

By Paul Thurrott, 10/21/2002

An inherent lack of security makes today's wireless networking technology unsuitable for enterprise deployment—unless you take certain steps.


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