July 1999 - Magazine Archive

[Focus]

IntelliMirror Adds Manageability
IntelliMirror's AD and Group Policy contain revolutionary Windows management technology.
— Darren Mar-Elia

Mastering Multibooting Madness
Guidelines and techniques for successfully configuring NT to cohabit with other OSs.
— Sean Daily

Novell's New NTClient
Novell NetWare Client 4.6 for Windows NT comes with a new network management product called the Z.E.N.works Starter Pack.
— L. J. Locher

NT Workstation Tune-Up
Simple tweaks to maximize your NT Workstation's network performance.
— Sean Daily

[Feature]

Directory Integration and the Metadirectory
Directory administration is time-consuming and costly. These tools and techniques can help you take the bite out of this vital task.
— Tao Zhou

Global Site
A company with global operations decreased message delivery times and simplified administration by putting all its Exchange servers in one site.
— Ian Tweedie

SBS & Site Server Secure Installation
If you're thinking about using SBS and Site Server Commerce Edition for your small business' ecommerce Web site, you need this information about securing your SBS and Site Server installation.
— Andrey Kruchkov

Setting Up Visual InterDev 6.0
How to configure servers to work with Visual IterDev 6.0.
— Ken Spencer

[Reader Challenge]

Reader Challenge
Solve this month's Windows NT problem and get the change to win $100 or a copy of one of the author's books about NT. Prior month's winner is announced at bottom of page.
— Kathy Ivens

[Reader to Reader]

Reader to Reader - July 1999
Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
— Readers

[Editorial]

Windows 2000 Magazine
Learn how Microsoft's decision to change the name of Windows NT to Windows 2000 effects Windows NT Magazine.
— Mark Smith

[ForefroNT]

The Dumbing Down of Windows
Microsoft has decided to target the inexperienced user with Windows 2000.
— David Chernicoff

[En Garde]

Positively Certifiable
A look at why we should reconsider who hands out cerifications.
— Mark Minasi

[Internals]

Inside Encrypting File System, Part 2
Learn how Win2K encrypts and decrypts files.
— Mark Russinovich

[Product Reviews]

CommandView Internet Manager 4.7
Learn how to curb unwanted Internet usage.
— Mark Joseph Edwards

CyberGauge 2.0
Accurately measuring the megabits per second that transfer across the connnection to assess bandwidth is a problem. To solve this problem, Neon Software's CyberGauge 2.0 accurately measures transfer rates over network connections.
— Jonathan Chau

Emailflow for Exchange/SMTP
You can save a significant amount of time by automating your workload flow. GFI FAX & VOICE Emailflow for Exchange/SMTP is the tool you need to do it.
— Michael P. Deignan

InLook
Monitor and report on Exchange Server activities.
— Jeff Bankston

IntelliStation M Pro
IBM's first Pentium III system offers solid performance.
— John Green

LapLink Enterprise Exchange Accelerator
Learn how to speed up your dial-up email access.
— John Green

NetCracker Designer 2.0
Design networks and simulate traffic with NetCracker Design 2.0.
— Jonathan Cragle

Network ServaNT 3.2
Learn how to manage your NT network more effectively.
— Michael P. Deignan

NspecTreScope
Get an overall view of your NT security.
— Mark Joseph Edwards

NTscript 2.01
Streamline your script writing with NTscript 2.01.
— Marty Scher

PC-TC
Make your old PC into a thin client.
— Christa Anderson

PC2000
Tally System's PC2000 combines the company's Cenergy desktop asset management suite with Centennial 2000, a product that provides Year 2000 services and tools.
— Jonathan Chau

WhatsUp Gold 3.5
Network monitoring and notification with WhatsUp Gold 3.5.
— Jim Cole

[Lab Notes]

Embedded NT
Microsoft releases Windows NT Embedded 4.0 and goes up against UNIX for a piece of the embedded market.
— David Chernicoff

[Inside Out]

Understanding Client Access Licensing
CAL requirements can be complex. Mark provides a few tips to help you stay legal.
— Mark Minasi

[Getting Started with NT]

Setting NT System Policies
By setting proper systems policies, you can reduce Help desk calls, increase security, and possibly increase productivity.
— Michael D. Reilly

[Scripting Solutions]

Scripting 101, Part 2
Learn how to create and structure the declaration and initialization section of WSH scripts.
— Bob Wells

[SQL Server Savvy]

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server
This month, Karen and Brian discuss SQL Server Profiler, Oracle data type incompatibility, multiple indexes for the same table in one query, and database migration resources.
— Brian Moran , et al.

[Watch Your RAS]

Optimizing RAS TCP/IP Sessions
Learn how to boost RAS TCP/IP performance using SP4 enhancements.
— Sean Daily

[This Old Resource Kit]

ShareUI
If you need to find a share's path given only the share name, or control shares on another computer, ShareUI can help.
— Mark Minasi

[Tricks & Traps]

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions
Find out how to establish IIS security, perform an unattended installation of SP4, adding licences to SBS, change NT's default print spool directory, and maintain network connections.
— Bob Chronister

[TOP 10]

NT Command-Script Techniques
Simplify administrative tasks at the command line.
— Michael Otey

[Buyer's Guide]

NT Notebooks for Less Than $3500
Discover which inexpensive laptops come with NT Workstation 4.0 preinstalled.
— Editors

[Lab Feature]

Discovering DVD-RAM
The Lab explores the basics of DVD-RAM and tests two products that employ this technology.
— Jonathan Cragle