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Features that let you isolate applications and stop and restart applications and process make IIS 6.0 more reliable than previous versions of the product.


Bootcfg

By Mark Minasi, 02/24/2004

Use this Windows 2003 and Windows XP tool to easily create and manipulate boot.ini files.

Letters to the Editor

By Editors, 02/24/2004

Readers share their thoughts about problems with SUS clients, the value of certification, plugging mobile worm holes, and reader email habits.

Inside User Profiles

By Darren Mar-Elia, 02/24/2004

By learning how user profiles work, you can more easily troubleshoot them when problems arise.

Windows Web-Hosting Providers

By Jeff Fellinge, 02/24/2004

17 Windows-based Web-hosting providers--find one that meets your needs.

Visual Effects Registry Setting

By Readers, 02/24/2004

Adjust Windows XP’s Visual Effects setting.

Unlock User Accounts

By Readers, 02/24/2004

Give unlock rights to several people in each department.

What's Hot

By Carolyn Mader, 02/24/2004

Readers tell us about their favorite products.

Questioning Terminal Services Behavior

By Sean Daily, 02/24/2004

A reader wonders about changing Terminal Services' direction of .ini calls.

Deactivating Schema Extensions

By Alain Lissoir, 02/24/2004

Find out how Windows 2003 simplifies the complicated process of deactivating AD schema extensions.

Using Event Viewer to Safeguard Your Systems

By Kathy Ivens, 02/24/2004

Monitor your systems' event logs to help prevent problems before they become serious.

Managing Autorun Applications

By Dave Roth, 02/24/2004

Tired of unknown applications installing themselves in your disk directories and registry? Use this Perl script to remove them.

Fixing FrontPage 2002 Connection Failures

By Sean Daily, 02/24/2004

Address problems with remote connections to FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions.

User-State Migration

By Ed Roth, 02/24/2004

Need to perform a mass migration of user-state settings? Learn what the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard and the customizable User State Migration Tool can do for you.

How Recycling Works

By Brett Hill, 02/24/2004

IIS 6.0 uses a feature called overlapping recycling to recycle worker processes.

Finding a POP3 Connector

By Sean Daily, 02/24/2004

Take a look at some POP3 connector options.

New & Improved

By Carolyn Mader, 02/24/2004

Learn more about newly released software and hardware products.

Windows Embraces iSCSI Storage

By Jerry Cochran, 02/24/2004

What is iSCSI and what does the IP-based standard mean for you?

Prioritize Multiple NICs

By Readers, 02/24/2004

Prioritize multiple NICs for maximum Windows 2000 network performance.

Other Outlook Antispam Tools

By Tony Redmond, 02/24/2004

Here are some tips for finding third-party antispam products that work with Outlook.

DNS Server Appliances

By John Green, 02/24/2004

Using a DNS server appliance is a viable alternative to running the Windows DNS Service on a general-purpose server.

Microsoft’s Worst Enemy

By Michael Otey, 02/24/2004

Microsoft's biggest challenge lies in surpassing the performance of earlier versions of its software.

Reasons for Deactivation

By Alain Lissoir, 02/24/2004

There are three possible reasons for deactivating a schema extension. Decide which applies before you begin deactivation.

Check Service Status on Local or Remote Servers

By Christa Anderson, 02/24/2004

Configure GetServiceStatus.vbs to check service status on the local server, a remote server, a group of remote servers, or all servers in the domain.

Working Around Slow Remote Outlook Synchronization

By Sean Daily, 02/24/2004

Sean discusses options for overcoming Outlook's slow synchronization over a dial-up connection.

A Web Server You Can Count On

By Brett Hill, 02/24/2004

Features that let you isolate applications and stop and restart applications and processes make IIS 6.0 more reliable than previous versions.

What You Need to Know About Microsoft Office OneNote 2003

By Paul Thurrott, 02/24/2004

OneNote lets you choose from a variety of input methods to take flexible notes that you can later consolidate into finished documents.

Outlook 2003’s Junk E-mail Filter

By Tony Redmond, 02/24/2004

Discover how Microsoft's new client-side spam filter sifts out the mail you don't want to receive.

Windows XP Support Tools

By Michael Otey, 02/24/2004

From the 100+ utilities in the Windows Support Tools, Michael Otey picks his 10 favorites for administrators.


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