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[Focus]

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DNS Strategies
Richard Reich explores the fundamentals of the Domain Name System and the strategies to follow to set up your own DNS.
 — Richard Reich


Registry Secrets
Paula Sharick shows you how to alter the Registry. Beware, however! You're treading in dangerous territory!
 — Paula Sharick


SMS: A Well-Kept Secret
Goodney Zapp points out the benefits to be gained from Microsoft Systems Management Server.
 — Goodney Zapp


Take a Number
John Enck shows how automatically assigning IP addresses with DHCP works better than manually assigning them.
 — John Enck


The Unicenter of the Universe
John Enck describes the contributions Unicenter brings to the Windows NT environment and how to integrate the two.
 — John Enck

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Performance Tuning Your Network
Mark Minasi shows you how the Performance Monitor can help you fine tune your Windows NT installation.
 — Mark Minasi


VB 4.0 in the Flesh
Keith Pleas examines the new release of Visual Basic and some of its exciting new features involving OLE.
 — Keith Pleas


Windows NT: A Key Component in IT Reorganization
Paula Sharick tells the story of CommNet Cellular and its choice to implement a service-based architecture.
 — Paula Sharick

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[Editorial]

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Where Are We Headed?
History repeats itself.
 — Mark Smith

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[Product Reviews]

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A-Talk for Windows NT
It's more than a basic communications package.
 — Joel Sloss


Virus Scanners
A review of three virus scanners.
 — Tim Daniels


Windows NT Resource Kit
Everything you always wanted to know about Windows NT.
 — Andy Smith

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[Book Reviews]

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Windows NT Unleashed
Four authors concentrate on the features that make NT attractive to the individual power user and the corporate systems administrator.
 — Michael D. Reilly

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[Chaos Corner]

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Mysterious Problems
Alex Pournelle thought things were fine until his PC stopped in mid-boot. Finding out why opened a whole new can of worms.
 — Alex Pournelle

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[Rash Opinions]

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Flying High
Wayne Rash tells how four vendors working together saved the airshow for the Experimental Aircraft Association.
 — Wayne Rash

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[Lab Feature]

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Ataman Provides Telnet and Rlogin Services for Windows NT
Ataman TCP Remote Logon Service release 1.7 contains server implementations of the Internet TCP Telnet, Rlogin, and Rexec protocols.
 — Tim Daniels


Navigating WinZip Is a Breeze
WinZip lets you view, run, extract, add, delete, and test archived files.
 — Tim Daniels


NEC RISCServer 2200
The NEC RISCServer 2200 is a fast, powerful machine capable of housing a number of upgrade options.
 — Joel Sloss