Desperately Seeking Samples
Educate yourself on the design and operation concepts for databases and data warehouses by taking advantage of Microsoft’s sample databases. Although the business scenarios are fictitious, they translate to real-world uses. SQL Server Magazine
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Michelle A. Poolet
The Rise of Whoami
You probably often use the great Whoami account-lookup tool. You'll be happy to know that Windows Vista gives it a new sense of legitimacy, finally making it a fully supported, in-the-box utility. Windows IT Pro
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Mark Minasi
OpenOffice Registry Fix
At an organization that uses Terminal Services, some users have Microsoft Office while others have OpenOffice. An IT pro explains how he makes.doc and .xls files open in Office for some users and in OpenOffice for others. Windows IT Pro
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Readers
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. Windows IT Pro
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Mark Minasi
20 Windows 2003 Command-Line Weapons
Extremely valuable command-line utilities exist for the Windows environment, but they can be difficult to find. Here are more than a dozen essential tools that'll remind you of Windows' command-line strength. Windows IT Pro
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Sean Deuby
[April 26, 2005]
What Content Is Where?
Microsoft's various Web pages have different missions. Kurt Samuelson explains the missions behind www.microsoft.com, TechNet, MSDN, and the Knowledge Base. Windows IT Pro
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Karen Forster
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