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[Focus]

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Exchange 2000's Conferencing Service
Many third-party vendors offer expensive and complicated conferencing software. Check out the built-in, easy-to-use conferencing feature that Exchange 2000 provides.
 — Spyros Sakellariadis


Troubleshooting with NetMeeting
Discover how you can use NetMeeting on your LAN as a Help desk tool.
 — L. J. Locher

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[Feature]

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Generating Deployment Reports
Create simple scripts to automate Excel 2000 and generate reports. The scripts use Active Directory Service Interfaces to query Win2K's Active Directory.
 — Alistair G. Lowe-Norris


Introducing the NT Security Log
Learn how to get the most benefits out of your NT security log.
 — Randy Franklin Smith


Tweaking NT and IIS for ASP Applications
Get out your performance checklist and add Ken Spencer's suggestions for tuning IIS and NT.
 — Ken Spencer

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[Reader Challenge]

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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

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[Reader to Reader]

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Reader to Reader - March 2000
Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
 — Readers

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[Editorial]

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The Business Internet
Find out why Microsoft is branding Windows 2000 (Win2K) as "the business Internet" and whether this vision holds true.
 — Mark Smith

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[Outlook VBA on Demand]

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Handling Blank Fields
Find out how to detect an incoming message that has a blank From or To address field.
 — Sue Mosher

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[ForefroNT]

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Multimedia Mania
Check out the fascinating new developments in multimedia technology and the new uses this technology offers.
 — David Chernicoff

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[En Garde]

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Comdex 1999
After skipping Comdex for 10 years, Mark attended the fall conference in 1999, and he noticed several interesting trends.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Internals]

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Inside Storage Management, Part 1
Learn how Windows NT manages disks.
 — Mark Russinovich

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[Product Reviews]

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CyberwallPLUS-SV 5.1.1
Kernel-level protection against intruders.
 — Jonathan Cragle


Norton Speed Disk 5.0 for Windows NT Server
Hard disk defragmentation for the enterprise.
 — Michael Norian


ON Command CCM 4.5
Install, repair, or configure OSs and applications on remote PCs.
 — Tom Iwanski


ProLiant 8000
Is an 8-way server worth the premium price?
 — John Green


STAT 2.0
A bare-bones security scanner.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards

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[Lab Notes]

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Windows 2000 and Linux
The Lab Guys are reserving judgment about how well the release version of Win2K will perform.
 — Lab Guys

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[Inside Out]

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NT vs. Linux
Although Linux might not be the OS of your dreams, it has some benefits over NT.
 — Mark Minasi

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[SQL Server Savvy]

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Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server
Learn about the paging file's importance, SQL Server 7.0 evaluation version's hazards, build numbers, DBCC DBREINDEX and fragmentation, mysterious indexes, permissions problems, and performance tuning.
 — Brian Moran , et al.

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[Watch Your RAS]

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Troubleshoot and Log RRAS Connections
Enable Poiny-to-Point Protocol logging and NT 4.0 device command logging to troubleshoot PPP-based RAS and RRAS connections.
 — Sean Daily

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[This Old Resource Kit]

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More About Srvany
Dig deeper into how to use the resource kit's Srvany tool.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Tricks & Traps]

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Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions
Learn about a blue screen at startup, case-sensitive passwords, the browser service, a dual-boot foible, NetWare-attached printers, and Super Hidden Files.
 — Bob Chronister

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[News Analysis]

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Allchin's Quest to Fix Windows NT
Microsoft set the goal to make Win2K the most reliable OS available and put Jim Allchin, Microsoft vice president of the Platforms Group, in charge.
 — Barrie Sosinsky

Novell's Window of Opportunity
Novell has the maturity of NDS and the late release of Win2K working to its advantage. Now Novell needs to broaden its installed base to stay ahead of the competition.
 — Barrie Sosinsky

The Data Center of the Next Millennium
Unisys and a consortium of industry partners created The Data Center of the Next Millennium to prove that Win2K is ready for prime time in the data center.
 — Barrie Sosinsky

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[Getting Started With Win2K]

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Group Policy
Although Win2K's Group Policy is far more complex than NT's system policies, Group Policy might lower Win2K's TCO.
 — Michael D. Reilly

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[TOP 10]

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Web Resources
Discover the most helpful places to go on the Web if you have a problem with NT.
 — Michael Otey

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[Buyer's Guide]

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Firewall Hardware
Find out which firewalls offer as much automatic configuration and ease of use as possible.
 — David Chernicoff

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[Lab Comparative]

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Streaming Media
Does RealNetworks' RealServer 6.1 boast sufficient power and usability to conquer Microsoft's free Windows Media Services 4.1?
 — Larry J. Seltzer

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[Windows 2000 Pro]

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Windows 2000 Professional Deployment Options
Explore the many ways you can roll out Win2K Pro systems on your desktop or throughout your organization.
 — John D. Ruley

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[Exchange & Outlook Troubleshooter]

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Exchange 2000 and SMTP
Exchange 2000's extension of Win2K's basic SMTP service provides tight integration between the messaging server and the OS.
 — Tony Redmond