By Dustin Puryear, 10/26/2004
Managing a Linux system is probably in your future—if it hasn't happened already. Here’s the essential information you need to administer Linux in a Windows environment.
By Carolyn Mader, 10/26/2004
Readers highlight favorite products: Sonic Mobility sonicadmin, Qurb Qurb, and NoSPAMProxy.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 10/26/2004
Learn what you need in an event-log management tool, then take a look at offerings from three companies—Dorian Software Creations, Omnitrend Software, and Prism Microsystems.
By Ed Roth, 10/26/2004
Using XP’s file association Web service can lead to frustrated users and IT staff alike. Here’s how to head off any problems.
By Michael Otey, 10/26/2004
Does point-and-click slow you down? Supercharge your Web browsing with keyboard shortcuts.
By Karen Forster, 10/26/2004
Microsoft's Group Policy team listens to and encourages customer feedback and incorporates it in the technology.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 10/26/2004
You need to check the Security event logs on a workstation to determine a user's logon time and logoff time.
By Readers, 10/26/2004
You can use UNIX’s date.exe as a substitute for Windows’ Date and Time commands.
By Paul Robichaux, 10/26/2004
Learn about read receipts and why they aren’t a reliable indication of whether the user actually read the message.
By Ed Roth, 10/26/2004
These 10 products provide general Group Policy management assistance and extend and enhance Group Policy's basic functionality.
By Dustin Puryear, 10/26/2004
Learn about the man command, which you use to access Linux's extensive system of online documentation.
By Bob Chronister, 10/26/2004
Find out how NTBackup backs up open files in Windows 2003 and Win2K.
By Mark Joseph Edwards, 10/26/2004
Three wireless Intrusion Detection Systems—AirDefense, AirMagnet, and Red-Defense—tell you who's on your network.
By Elliot King, 10/26/2004
For an organized approach to reaching and sustaining compliance, follow these seven steps.
By Apostolos Fotakelis, 10/26/2004
You can use the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit’s uptime.exe program to determine when a machine was last rebooted.
By Paul Robichaux, 10/26/2004
Exchange and Outlook don’t currently support non-ASCII names, but RFC 3490 explains how applications can convert non-ASCII characters to an ASCII representation.
By Bill Stewart, 10/26/2004
Some of the NTBackup command’s options aren’t self-explanatory. Here’s what you need to know to run the NTBackup utility from the command line.
By Mark Russinovich, 10/26/2004
Tired of dealing with autostart programs? Use this free tool to find them and deal with them.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/26/2004
Learn more about NAP, a client-quarantine feature that will ship with the Windows 2003 R2 update.
By Anne Grubb, 10/26/2004
Learn how InfoShare, the IT organization of healthcare provider AtlantiCare, consolidated numerous servers onto virtual machines (VMs) running on a mere two physical servers.
By Editors, 10/26/2004
Our editors share insights from their conversations with vendors about storage.
By Paul Thurrott, 10/26/2004
Paul Rates the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition beta and Virtual PC.
By Readers, 10/26/2004
SID filtering can cause problems with trusts.
By Bill Stewart, 10/26/2004
Various upgrades to NTBackup have improved this tool, but they also left it riddled with idiosyncrasies, which make it confusing to use. Here’s a guide on how to use NTBackup, no ...
By Elliot King, 10/26/2004
IT pros for public companies are racing to meet the Sarbanes-Oxley deadline. But they won't be finished with compliance tasks after it's passed.
By Ben Smith, 10/26/2004
Increase your chances of getting a bonus or raise by following Ben's helpful guidelines.
By Carolyn Mader, 10/26/2004
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace.
By Janet Robbins, 10/26/2004
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