[Focus]
Advanced Patch Management
Arm yourself with the advanced techniques and resources needed to keep your crucial servers up-to-date.
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Mark Burnett
Patch Testing
Some tips and scripts help you build a test lab and automate the process of testing OS and application patches.
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Jason Fossen
[Feature]
AD Branch Office Design
Use these design principles to determine whether a branch office needs a site, DC, or GC.
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Sean Deuby
Powering Databases with MySQL
Lower your licensing and operating costs with this powerful, comprehensive, and free database solution.
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Dustin Puryear
[Reader to Reader]
Logon Rejection
Read about a password problem that prevented even the administrator from logging on.
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Apostolos Fotakelis
Windows 2000 Professional Home Setup
Learn which services you can set to Manual to improve your home PC’s performance.
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Readers
[Editorial]
Unreasonable Expectations
Keeping systems safe from security exploits takes too darned much time! Mike looks at how to make the patch process more manageable.
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Michael Otey
[Inside Out]
Automating Dcpromo
Learn how to use answer-file scripts that automate the Active Directory Installation Wizard.
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Mark Minasi
[Tricks & Traps]
Comparing SATA RAID and SCSI RAID
Look at the pros and cons of SATA RAID and SCSI RAID.
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Bob Chronister
Finding Exchange Clustering Alternatives
Find some high-availability solutions to traditional Exchange clusters.
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Bob Chronister
Performing an Authoritative AD Restoration
Discover the difference between authoritative and nonauthoritative AD restorations and how to perform the former.
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Bob Chronister
[TOP 10]
New Features in Longhorn
The most important changes to the next version of Windows include a new file system, graphical architecture, and communications subsystem.
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Michael Otey
[Buyer's Guide]
Web Content-Filtering Solutions
Products that restrict employee Internet access use techniques that range from blocking URLs to making dynamic policy changes on the fly. These 19 Web content-filtering solutions offer you a variety of capabilities and techniques.
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Brett Hill
[Lab Feature]
Honeypots for Windows
By offering a target too sweet to resist, you can help protect your Windows network.
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Roger A. Grimes
[Mobile & Wireless]
Living with a Tablet PC
Discover the advantages and limitations of working with a slate-style Tablet PC as your primary computer.
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John D. Ruley
[Letters to the Editor]
Letters to the Editor
Readers share their thoughts about using event tracing, using reg.exe, and controlling the Recent Documents folder.
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Readers
, et al.
[Need to Know]
What You Need to Know About Microsoft SmartScreen Technology and the Exchange Intelligent Message Filter
Microsoft's new antispam SmartScreen Technology is based on Bayesian-like machine learning technology that uses a probability-based algorithm to determine whether email is spam.
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Paul Thurrott
What You Need to Know About Windows Update Services
Find out about Microsoft's revamped patch-management technology in the new Windows Update Services application.
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Paul Thurrott
[What's Hot]
What's Hot
Readers highlight favorite products: JAM Software's TreeSize Professional, Flowerfire's Sawmill, and MailFoundry's MailFoundryEP.
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Carolyn Mader
[Storage Admin]
The Magic of Mount Points
Mount points are useful tools that overcome drive-letter limitations and simplify directory navigation of your storage systems.
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Jerry Cochran
[New & Improved]
New & Improved
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace.
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Carolyn Mader
[Windows Admin 101]
Taking Control of Group Policy
Discover how to reduce the number of policies you apply to maintain control over your domain environment.
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Kathy Ivens
