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New & Improved

By Carolyn Mader, 10/25/2005

Windows Storage Server Appliances

By Anne Grubb, 10/25/2005

These Windows Storage Server NAS appliances use a familiar environment to simplify your storage needs.

SQL Server 2005: The Last 5-Year Release Cycle?

By Karen Forster, 10/25/2005

Can MSN help Microsoft improve its dismal release-cycle record?

Ask the Experts

By Editors, 10/25/2005

Learn about the Authenticated users group, find out how to stop users from sending forged SMTP mail, learn how to exclude files from being backed up in NTBackup, and more.

What You Need to Know About IE 7.0 Security Features

By Paul Thurrott, 10/25/2005

IE 7.0's antiphishing and Protected Mode features and Windows Vista's User Account Protection and malware detection features provide compelling reasons to evaluate these upcoming ...

Learning About RAID 6

By Bob Chronister, 10/25/2005

RAID 6 adds stability and redundancy to a RAID array.

Stopping Users from Sending Forged SMTP Mail

By Paul Robichaux, 10/25/2005

A simple cure to an unpleasant problem.

Paul's Picks

By Paul Thurrott, 10/25/2005

Paul reviews WinFS Beta 1 and Vista Virtual Folders.

Don't Miss the Virtualization Boat

By Ben Smith, 10/25/2005

Virtualization technology can deliver immediate gains in cost savings and reliability improvements.

The Perfect SMB Network

By Michael Otey, 10/25/2005

This introduction to our new series of Solutions Plus articles, in which we outfit the perfect SMB network, lays out the basics of what to expect.

Does Your Network See Dead People?

By Karen Forster, 10/25/2005

Manually keeping user information in synch across multiple data repositories isn't for the faint of heart. Microsoft offers products to help and clarifies the benefits of those ...

Vendor Briefings: Insights from the industry

By Editors, 10/25/2005

Our editors share insights from their conversations with Symantec, Blue Lane Technologies, Utimaco Safeware, and BlueCat Networks.

XP Power Scheme Fix

By Bret Bennett , 10/25/2005

If your users have been experiencing problems with XP, the problem might lie with the PowerCfg registry subkey.

Excluding Files from Being Backed Up in NTBackup

By Bob Chronister, 10/25/2005

Learn how you can specify files that you don't want to include in a backup.

Lucid8 GOexchange Preventative Maintenance 3.1.2

By Adam Carheden, 10/25/2005

Simplify offline maintenance for Exchange.

What's Hot

By Carolyn Mader, 10/25/2005

Readers highlight favorite products: NetSupport’s NetSupport Manager, Ceratec’s XWall, Faronics’s Deep Freeze, and Microsoft’s LoadSim.

Robocopy Over the Network

By Mark Minasi, 10/25/2005

Let's dig a little deeper into Robocopy, which offers some beneficial functionality in support of networked systems.

Letters@windowsitpro.com

By Readers, 10/25/2005

Readers write in about hardening IIS 6.0, Windows Error Reporting, and WinFS in Windows Vista.

Crouching Server, Hidden Memory Leak

By Curt Spanburgh, 10/25/2005

An IT pro relates a suspenseful tale of how he discovered—and fixed—the cause of a small-business customer's repeated server crashes.

Hardware Essentials in the Perfect SMB Network

By Ed Roth, 10/25/2005

A few rudimentary physical components are common to most SMB networks. These are the pieces that help you move the data that keeps your company in business.

The Ins and Outs of Windows Vista

By Michael Otey, 10/25/2005

You need a scorecard to keep track of which features will and won't be included in Windows Vista. Here's the latest tally.

DesktopStandard PolicyMaker

By Adam Carheden, 10/25/2005

PolicyMaker is an easy-to-use product for enforcing standards and an excellent alternative to complicated logon scripts.

Understanding the Authenticated Users Group

By Randy Franklin Smith, 10/25/2005

Learn which accounts belong to Authenticated Users and discover alternative methods for granting access to resources.

Just Browsing

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 10/25/2005

Get the low-down on the four most popular browsers.

Exploring Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2

By Tony Redmond, 10/25/2005

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack (SP2) doesn't introduce any earth-shattering changes, but it includes many welcome improvements that will make life easier for Exchange ...

What You Need to Know About Windows Vista Beta Security Features

By Paul Thurrott, 10/25/2005

User Account Protection and anti-malware technology are two important security features of the upcoming Windows Vista OS. Here's what you need to know about security improvements ...


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Get your Windows 7 deployment off to the right start by implementing PC lockdown. A locked-down environment is easier and cheaper to support since users are less likely to make unnecessary changes to the core system configuration - read more here!

Essential Guides

Is your iSCSI "lossy"? The reality is that most off-the-shelf Ethernet hardware deployed for iSCSI can lose packets, resulting in slow performance or application downtime. Learn how to assess your current iSCSI infrastructure and engineer an advanced iSCSI SAN infrastructure.

Web Seminars

What's the best way to keep your network safe from malware? In this web seminar, security expert Greg Shields suggests an alternative method to the traditional blacklisting approach that is common with anti-virus and anti-malware solutions.

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We bring the experts direct to you to share their real-world perspective and expertise. During each event, three sessions stream in real time, so you can learn, ask questions, and get solutions.
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