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IT administrators need an arsenal of tools to keep business systems running when disaster strikes. In this issue, we demonstrate how to use scripting to cope with email worms, how to use Windows 2003's Dcpromo, and how to use Dfs to recover data.


IPv6

By William Sheldon, 08/27/2003

Take a look at IPv6 support in software, hardware, and migration services.

DCPROMO Fails to Create FQDN in DNS

By Readers, 08/27/2003

A DC’s DNS suffix doesn’t match the domain name that the DC belongs to.

Solving a Dell/VERITAS Backup Problem

By Sean Daily, 08/27/2003

Discover the cure for a backup problem that afflicts a popular configuration.

Letters to the Editor

By Editors, 08/27/2003

Readers share their thoughts on redirecting folders to a Microsoft Dfs volume when managing user data and settings, the licensing maze, and securing your wireless network.

Determine Most Recent Reboot

By Readers, 08/27/2003

Figure out when your machine was last rebooted.

SAN Management Software

By Ed Roth, 08/27/2003

Purchase a solution to help you manage your complex SAN environment.

Disaster Recovery with Dfs

By Douglas Toombs, 08/27/2003

Although Dfs won't work for all file types, this affordable, reliable mechanism can help you recover data in times of disaster.

Clearing a Blocked Exchange SMTP Message Queue

By Sean Daily, 08/27/2003

Learn how to get messages flowing again when an Exchange server's SMTP message queue becomes blocked.

Running /DomainPrep Against the Root Domain When No Exchange Servers Are in the Domain

By Paul Robichaux, 08/27/2003

Find out why you must run /DomainPrep against the root domain even when no Exchange servers are in the domain.

Supercharging Windows File Services

By Jerry Cochran, 08/27/2003

The combination of IntelliMirror, Remote Storage Service, and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service technologies gives users and administrators world-class file-sharing ...

Solving DNS Problems

By Mark Minasi, 08/27/2003

Getting DNS to cooperate with AD can be challenging. Mark takes a look at some interesting new DNS features in Windows 2003 and has some Win2K tips to share.

What's Hot

By Carolyn Mader, 08/27/2003

Readers tell us about their favorite products.

Differentiating Event ID 530 Logon Failures

By Randy Franklin Smith, 08/27/2003

Find out how to determine whether a logon failed because a user tried to log on outside the allowed time of day or because a user left a computer running outside the allowed time ...

Exchange 2003 RPC over HTTP Access

By Kieran McCorry, 08/27/2003

Outlook 2003 offers new functionality that lets you access your Exchange mailbox from any network.

Asking Questions, Seeking Solutions

By David Chernicoff, 08/27/2003

Microsoft's easily accessible product information is an invaluable resource to systems administrators and end users.

Windows 2003 Dcpromo

By Jesse Sutela, 08/27/2003

Windows 2003's Dcpromo vastly improves on earlier versions by letting you force demotions regardless of connectivity to the domain and by permitting promotions from media.

New & Improved

By Carolyn Mader, 08/27/2003

Learn more about newly released software and hardware products.

Windows 2003: An Out-Of-Band Experience

By Michael Otey, 08/27/2003

Instead of forcing customers to wait until the next major product release or service pack for added functionality, Microsoft is making new features available to customers through ...

Joining a Win2K System to an Existing NT Domain

By Sean Daily, 08/27/2003

Find out what you need to do to move from an NT PDC to a Win2K PDC.

An Easier Way to Name Log Files with the Current Date and Time

By Readers, 08/27/2003

Windows NT's Date and Time commands let you automatically name log files.

Running Exchange 2000 on Windows 2003

By Paul Robichaux, 08/27/2003

Find out whether you can run Exchange 2000 on Windows 2003.

NetMeeting for Remote Administration

By Readers, 08/27/2003

NetMeeting outperforms other remote administration tools for PCs.

SOAP/XML Firewalls

By Randy Franklin Smith, 08/27/2003

Web services introduce vulnerabilities that could let intruders penetrate to the core of your crucial business systems. A new type of firewall offers protection.

Using GPOs to Customize and Lock Down Workstations

By Randy Franklin Smith, 08/27/2003

Learn how to use GPOs to customize workstations without having DCs inherit the policies.

Monitoring AD Changes

By Randy Franklin Smith, 08/27/2003

Two Domain Controllers Policy settings give you a wealth of information about AD events, if you know where to look in the Security log.

The Soul of Windows Revisited

By Mark Smith, 08/27/2003

Microsoft has launched several initiatives to win back the loyalty of Windows administrators.

What You Need to Know About the Interim WinPE

By Paul Thurrott, 08/27/2003

Microsoft is planning to release an interim version of the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE). This stripped-down OS, which will be available for Windows 2003 and XP, ...

Hiding the My Documents Folder Icon

By Sean Daily, 08/27/2003

Get instructions for editing the registry to hide the My Documents folder icon on a Win2K machine.

The Promise of Web Services

By Randy Franklin Smith, 08/27/2003

Execute transactions on many different systems within your organization or over the Internet without being limited by OS, programming language, or other integration concerns.

Connecting to Printers

By Readers, 08/27/2003

Use Robocopy and Con2prt to direct users to printers.

Windows XP PowerToys

By Michael Otey, 08/27/2003

Add functionality to your XP system with these 10 add-on utilities.

Crisis-Mode Scripting

By Bob Wells, 08/27/2003

Scripting can play an important role when you need to react to an unforeseen crisis such as the SQL Slammer worm.


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