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March 2006

COVER STORY


 
IIS 7.0 Paves the Way to Webgeek Nirvana
Take a tour through the exciting features and improvements in IIS 7.0
Brett Hill

Fewer Web Servers, More Uptime
Anne Grubb


FEATURES


 
Deflect AD Attacks
Active Directory is a valuable asset that can be vulnerable to several well-known assaults. Take steps to prevent the elevation-of-privileges and Denial of Service attempts described here.
Jan De Clercq

Attack #5: DoS Attack Based on the MaxTokenSize Property
Jan De Clercq


 
3 Ways To Get Wiser Web Access
Use ISA Server 2004 to safeguard application access across the Internet.
Debra Littlejohn Shinder, et al.


 
Reliable RUS
Want email to flow smoothly, regardless of how many addresses your users have? Then get to know the Exchange Recipient Update Service.
Tony Redmond

Ask the Experts
Find out why to specify a WSUS server to use as the basis for an MBSA scan, learn about Office 2003 SP2's junk mail filter and anti-phishing feature, and discover why Outlook 2003 doesn't correctly display the ampersand character (&) in shortcut text.
Sue Mosher

Understanding Office 2003 SP2's Junk Mail Filter and Anti-Phishing Feature
Sue Mosher

Using Ampersands in Outlook 2003 Shortcut Text
Sue Mosher

A Free and Easy Way to Reset Directory Service Restore Mode Passwords
In Windows 2000, the Ntdsutil utility doesn’t offer the Set DSRM Password command. Thus, the system state backup might be rendered useless if you forget the local Administrator password. Here’s how to reset the password.
Readers

DelAge32 Has Old Files Shaking Like a Leaf
If you want to delete old files, try the DelAge32 utility. This freeware lets you delete files based on their age.
Readers

Log On Through the RC Without the Administrator Password
There are benefits and risks associated with being able to log on to a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP installation without knowing the Administrator password.
Apostolos Fotakelis

Surmounting the Unmountable_Boot_Device Error
Here’s how one reader dealt with an Unmountable_Boot_Device error.
Readers


COLUMNS


 
Corporate Insecurity, the Magic Mirror, and the Emperor’s New Clothes
Big Software Company faces a variety of tests and trials in this modern fairy tale. How will it fare?
Karen Forster

Terminal Services Headaches
Do you agree with the reader who told us that Windows Terminal Services licensing "stinks on ice?" Microsoft's TS team responds to your concerns and questions in an interview with Karen Forster.
Karen Forster

Microsoft Answers Your Terminal Services Questions
Karen Forster


 
Beware Personal Data
Does your company adequately secure the personal information it gathers from customers and employees?
Ben Smith


 
Free Burner Software
With a couple resource kit tools and other free utilities, you can create CD and DVD ISO files, and you can burn these ISO files to a CD or DVD.
Mark Minasi


 
Portable Tools
Being a techie, you probably often find yourself volunteering to fix some nontechnical friend's or neighbor's computer. Do yourself a favor and collect these 10 free diagnostic and repair tools on a CD-ROM, then keep it handy.
Michael Otey


PRODUCTS AND REVIEWS

New & Improved
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Atempo's Time Navigator Security and Compliance Manager
Blake Eno

LiveVault InSync and NSI Software's Double-Take
Take a quick tour of two continuous data protection solutions that enable timely, easy-to-restore backups.
David Chernicoff

AVIcode .NET Management Pack Products
AVIcode .NET Management Pack products integrate with MOM’s infrastructure management capabilities to help you manage and monitor .NET applications.
Michael Otey

AVIcode Intercept Studio 2.3
Michael Otey


 
Dell Latitude X1
With power and storage capacities that equaled or exceeded those of desktop machines, the Dell Latitude X1 gave me exactly what I needed—almost.
Jason Bovberg

Paul’s Picks
Two Microsoft Office betas—one for Office 12 and one for Office Live—Paul says you should definitely look at for your small-to-midsized business or enterprise.
Paul Thurrott

Host-Based Intrusion Prevention Systems
A host-based IPS goes a step further than simply detecting intrusions, taking steps to block attacks. Our Buyer's Guide will help you decide which host-based IPS best addresses your security needs.
Renee Munshi

Vendor Briefings
Our editors share insights from their conversations with Symantec, eEye Digital Security, Adomo, Unipress, and LANDesk.
Editors


 
What’s Hot
Readers highlight favorite products: GreenBorder Technologies' GreenBorder Professional, EqualLogic's PS200E, Paragon Software Group's Paragon Drive Backup 7.0 Server Edition, and Network Automation’s AutoMate.
Blake Eno

 
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