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This month, we provide guidelines for using Group Policy to manage your security configuration, for protecting IIS, for monitoring security events, and for using Windows 2003's quarantine feature.


Understanding User Accounts

By Kathy Ivens, 09/23/2003

When you know how to set up user accounts correctly, you can head off problems.

Determining the Size of the Public Folder Hierarchy

By Paul Robichaux, 09/23/2003

Here's an easy way to determine the size of your public folder hierarchy.

What You Need to Know About Windows SharePoint Services 2003

By Paul Thurrott, 09/23/2003

The second generation of Microsoft SharePoint technology recently debuted as Windows SharePoint Services (WSS).

Remote Command Service

By Elias Khnaser, 09/23/2003

The Remote Command Service utility provides a secure, robust way to remotely administer and run command-line programs.

Safeguarding IIS from Attack

By Brett Hill, 09/23/2003

Here is some IIS security folklore that you should steer clear of and concrete IIS security advice you should heed.

Attempting to Recover Data After a Power Surge

By Bob Chronister, 09/23/2003

A reader wonders whether any hope of recovery exists after a serious power surge fries several partitions.

Breaking a SAN Array out of a Continual Boot Cycle

By Bob Chronister, 09/23/2003

Dr. Bob helps a reader work through a boot problem.

Letters to the Editor

By Editors, 09/23/2003

Readers share their thoughts about VoIP security, wireless support, the cost of NAS and SAN, Microsoft patches, .NET, and desktop management.

Monitoring Important Security Events

By Randy Franklin Smith, 09/23/2003

Learn to use your Security log to detect suspicious activity by monitoring logons, important system events, and file access.

Moving Files to an Encrypted Folder

By Randy Franklin Smith, 09/23/2003

If you want Win2K to encrypt a file that you move into an encrypted folder, don't use the GUI to move the file.

Small Business in a Box

By Mark Smith, 09/23/2003

Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 provides robust functionality at a compelling price, making this version a better deal for small businesses than previous versions.

Solving a Conflict Between SharePoint Services and OWA

By Paul Robichaux, 09/23/2003

Find out how to keep the SharePoint Services renderer from automatically rendering URLs.

Enterprise Backup and Recovery

By Ed Roth, 09/23/2003

Purchase a solution to back up your company’s important data.

Capturing IP Addresses for Web Server Logon Events

By Randy Franklin Smith, 09/23/2003

Learn how to retrieve IP address for users logging on to a Win2K Web server.

High-End Servers

By John Green, 09/23/2003

Evaluate new Itanium 2 and Xeon server products from Dell, HP, IBM, NEC Solutions America, and Unisys.

Remote Restart

By Readers, 09/23/2003

Use the MMC to remotely restart a Windows XP or Win2K machine.

Windows XP’s Documents Directories

By Bret Bennett , 09/23/2003

Customize XP’s local user documents directories.

Disabling DHCP Through the Registry

By Bob Chronister, 09/23/2003

Modify the registry to solve a DHCP-related problem.

Resolving a SCSI Timing Problem

By Bob Chronister, 09/23/2003

Find out how to reduce an overly long boot cycle.

The TPC-C Numbers Tell the Tale

By Michael Otey, 09/23/2003

The TPC-C is a useful yardstick for comparing application platforms and shows that Windows can scale to match any available system.

Intel Centrino Mobile Technology

By Ed Roth, 09/23/2003

Intel introduces a chip designed specifically for mobile systems.

What You Need to Know About Microsoft Office Project 2003

By Paul Thurrott, 09/23/2003

Microsoft Office Project 2003 is an interesting upgrade that addresses key customer requests and offers deep integration with other Microsoft products.

GPO Security

By Darren Mar-Elia, 09/23/2003

Learn how to use group policies to deploy and manage your security configuration, and get the most out of some useful Windows security policy settings.

Arrest Suspect Clients with Windows 2003’s New Quarantine Feature

By Allen Jones, 09/23/2003

Don’t let your network’s remote Access Points fall victim to new viruses and other intruders’ attacks. Use Windows 2003’s Network Access Quarantine Control feature.

Configuring a Shortcut to Prompt for Credentials

By Randy Franklin Smith, 09/23/2003

Make best-practice adherence as easy as possible for your systems administrators.

Event Viewer Helps Solve Problem

By Readers, 09/23/2003

Event Viewer helps a reader discover a problem with a NIC’s UTP cables.

Solving an Exchange Backup Problem

By Bob Chronister, 09/23/2003

Learn how to resolve conflicts between Exchange and Backup Exec.

Sending Meeting Requests to POP Clients

By Paul Robichaux, 09/23/2003

Discover why meeting requests show up as .ics attachments for POP users on Exchange 2000.

What's Hot

By Carolyn Mader, 09/23/2003

Readers tell us about their favorite products.

New & Improved

By Carolyn Mader, 09/23/2003

Learn more about newly released software and hardware products.

Hottest Processors

By Michael Otey, 09/23/2003

Moore's Law is still in effect, making it tough to keep up with processing capability. Here's a cheat sheet to today's hottest processors.

NetMeeting

By Readers, 09/23/2003

NetMeeting is superior to other remote control tools.

Windows Server 2003 DNS

By Mark Minasi, 09/23/2003

Learn how Windows 2003 DNS's stub zones and conditional forwarding improve on the capabilities of Win2K's DNS.


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