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[Focus]

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Connecting Peripheral Devices to Windows 2000 Professional
Win2K Pro lets you connect devices that offer speed, convenience, and innovation.
 — Barrie Sosinsky , et al.


Home Networking with Windows 2000 Professional
Set up a home network between desktops without using a server.
 — Barrie Sosinsky , et al.


Leveraging Windows Management Instrumentation in Win2K Pro
Learn how to leverage WMI to create data management solutions.
 — Darren Mar-Elia


Mobile Computing with Windows 2000 Professional
Should you migrate your laptop to Win2K? Three powerful new features make the trip worthwhile.
 — David Chernicoff


Multibooting Windows 2000 Systems
Plan, create, and maintain a multi-OS Win2K system.
 — Sean Daily


Windows 2000 Professional Compatibility
Before you jump into Win2K Pro, check your system’s speed, memory, peripherals, and applications. Not everything is a perfect match.
 — John D. Ruley


Windows 2000 Professional Features
Find out why Win2K Pro is the best Windows desktop OS for business and mobile users.
 — Paul Thurrott

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[Reader to Reader]

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

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[Editorial]

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Microsoft’s Windows 2000 Certification Logos
Mark Smith helps you sort out Microsoft's latest certification logos so you can get the best value for your Win2K investment.
 — Mark Smith

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[Outlook VBA on Demand]

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Working with an Item
Learn how to use Outlook’s ActiveWindow object to build a GetCurrentItem() function that always returns the selected item.
 — Sue Mosher

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[ForefroNT]

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Installing Windows 2000
Be prepared for a lengthy installation process.
 — David Chernicoff

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[En Garde]

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Open Source in the NT World
Mark suggests a low-risk way for Microsoft to experiment with open source in the NT world.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Product Reviews]

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Diskeeper 5.0
Set it and forget it.
 — Michael Norian


OmniBook 900 F1770W
A subnotebook that acts like a full-sized laptop.
 — Mark Weitz

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[Lab Notes]

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Windows 2000 Gets Complicated
Windows 2000 might improve systems administration, but what about NT's simplicity?
 — Lab Guys

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[Inside Out]

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Linux's Smbclient Command
This command lets you send messages to workstations, display browse lists, and connect to SMB shares.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Watch Your RAS]

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Integrating Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 RAS
Learn how to incorporate NT 4.0 RAS servers into your Win2K environment.
 — Sean Daily

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[This Old Resource Kit]

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Supplement 4's VBScript Tools
Find out how to monitor system state and inventory machines on your network.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Tricks & Traps]

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Ask the Doctor
Learn about Proxy Server 2.0 behind a firewall, bloated roaming profiles, and Outlook’s junk-email filter.
 — Bob Chronister , et al.

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[News Analysis]

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E-Books Might Be Your Type
By 2005, more than half of the information used worldwide will be in digital form. The demographics are right to move the bulk of what we readnewspapers, magazines, and booksinto digital form.
 — Barrie Sosinsky

Intel Moves Ahead with SpeedStep
Intel’s SpeedStep technology brings desktop CPU speeds to laptop users when you plug the computers into an AC line. The chip steps down its processor speed when you’re running on battery power.
 — Barrie Sosinsky

Neptune: Merged or Purged?
Microsoft is streamlining its plans for a consumer and professional version of Win2K into one Win2K-based effort that will likely be a professional product. A consumer-oriented revision of Windows 98 is also in Microsoft’s plans.
 — Barrie Sosinsky

Transmeta Unveils Long-Life Mobile Chip
Transmeta is developing a new family of high-performance, low-power microprocessors that it hopes will run the next generation of handheld and laptop computers, mobile devices, and Internet terminals.
 — Barrie Sosinsky

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[TOP 10]

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Handy Administrative Utilities
Simplify administration with the latest resource kit VBScript tools.
 — Michael Otey

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[Buyer's Guide]

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Windows 2000 Desktop Replacement Notebooks - Buyer's Guide
Find out which vendors offer desktop replacement notebooks specifically built for using Windows 2000 and which features you should look for when shopping.
 — Mark Weitz

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[Lab Comparative]

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Windows 2000 Desktop-Replacement Notebooks
IBM and Dell offer powerful, well-designed portable computers for people who need desktop capabilities on the road.
 — Mark Weitz

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[Lab Feature]

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Stream Anywhere
create streaming media content in RealMedia and windows Media formats simultaneously.
 — David Chernicoff


Test-Driving Windows 2000 Professional
Win2K Pro improves upon NT Workstation 4.0 by incorporating some of the Win9x's finer features, but Win2K requires more memory to perform as well as NT.
 — John D. Ruley

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[Exchange & Outlook Troubleshooter]

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Selecting an Exchange Server Client
Outlook 2000, IMAP4, and OWA all work perfectly on Win2K Pro. Which will you choose as your new email client when you refresh your desktops?
 — Tony Redmond