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Auditing NT 5.0's Active Directory
If you're planning to migrate to NT 5.0, here's a look at how to view and create auditing entries.
 — Alistair G. Lowe-Norris


NT Server Security Checklist, Part 2
Secure your NT network by restricting remote Registry access, using SMB signing, disabling cached logon credentials, protecting LSA Secrets, and adding a firewall.
 — Sean Daily


NT's Top Security Problems
A security analyst looks at a consulting firm's rating of NT security problems and reaches some conclusions that might surprise you.
 — Randy Franklin Smith


Protect Your Passwords
User passwords can fall through several NT security holes, but you can change a few network and system settings to make your network's passwords harder to hack.
 — Randy Franklin Smith


Proxy Server 2.0
Microsoft significantly improved this product, making Proxy Server 2.0 a viable solution to enhance both the security and the performance of your LAN.
 — Zubair Alexander


Service Pack 4's New Security Configuration Editor
The new SCE consolidates almost all of NT's basic security settings into one interface. Here's what you can expect from SCE in Service Pack 4.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards


Using Exchange Clients Securely
Discover some tools you can use to secure connections to your Exchange server and encrypt messages you send from your Exchange clients.
 — Spyros Sakellariadis

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Building Routing Applications in Exchange
Exchange now offers the tools for developing simple workflow applications. See what Routing Objects can do for you.
 — Tony Redmond


Can a Hybrid Network Work for Your Enterprise
Do you know how to get the most from thin-client technology in your network? Here are some tips for designing a hybid thin-client network.
 — Christa Anderson


Creating System Policies for a Mobile Workforce
You can't force remote users to connect to a server and read the system policy on every boot. But you can enforce system policies by placing them locally. Here's how.
 — Emmett Dulaney


IBM Treats Its Guest to Thin-Client Computing
IBM implements a thin-client system at its Palisades Executive Conference Center to minimize computing problems and maximize training enjoyment.
 — Christa Anderson


Monitoring Windows NT Server's Performance
Find out how you can use two NT resource kit tools, datalog.exe and monitor.exe, to monitor NT Server's performance without tying up your system.
 — Marcia Loughry


Queuing Data with Microsoft Message Queue Server
Learn how MSMQ lets you design an enterprisewide message-queuing system on your NT network that will deliver your transaction-processing data reliably, safely, and in an orderly way.
 — Tao Zhou


Y2K Mission Control, Part 2
Follow this 8-step program to prepare your systems for the new millennium.
 — Jane Morrill

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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 - October 1998
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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Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires
Stop worrying about Y2K, and do something about it.
 — Mark Smith

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[En Garde]

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The Last Windows? Hogwash!
Microsoft won't give up Windows 98 users without a fight.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Internals]

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Inside the Cache Manager
File-system caching is an important operating system performance optimization. Here's how NT's Cache Manager efficiently moves files in and out of memory to allow fast reads and writes.
 — Mark Russinovich

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[Product Reviews]

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AlertPage Enterprise 4.1
AlertPage Enterprise 4.1 is a multi-plantform monitoring tool that lets you automatically monitor system performance and services and other key segments ofyour network.
 — Michael P. Deignan


AltiWare Open Edition 2.0
AltiGen Communications is changing the landscape of traditional business telephony solutions. AltiWare Open Edition 2.0 runs entirely on an NT server. With AltiWare OE, voicemail, email and PBX processing take place in one unit.
 — Brian Gallagher


Digital HiNote Ultra 2000
Digital HiNote Ultra 2000 laptop is one lean, mean machine.
 — Brian Gallagher


GHOST 5.0
General Hardware Oriented Software Transfer (GHOST) is a system duplication tool that lets you transfer the contents of one disk to another with ease.
 — Michael P. Deignan


Internet Scanner 5.2
Internet Security Systems' (IIS's) new comprehensive security assessment tool—internet Scanner 5.2—can find most known NT security risks.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards


ModemShare 32
Use Artisoft's ModemShare 32 to curb the cost of adding modems to your network.
 — Michael P. Deignan


OpalisRobot 3.0
Opalis Software's OpalisRobot 3.0 is an automation suite that handles tape backup and more. With OpalisRobot, you can automate resident Windows NT utility execution and service control, file management, messaging, and database execution.
 — Jim Cole


StarBurst Multicast
StarBurst Multicast, from StarBurst Communications, is a network communications program you can use to reduce the time required to transfer large files to remote sites.
 — Michael P. Deignan


Track 5.0
Soffront Software's Track 5.0, a bug-tracking system, provides a comprehensive technical support database.
 — Michael P. Deignan


WANPIPE Router Card
the WANPIPE router card, a low-cost alternative for high-end WAN routing, is an integrated PC Card that is also a DSU/CSU.
 — Michael P. Deignan

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[Lab Notes]

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Web Security Is Your Responsibility
The Lab Guys learn an important lesson from watching attacks on AS/400 and NT Web security: The owner (not the vendor) is ultimately responsible for system security.
 — John Enck

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[Inside Out]

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Automatically Install Display Drivers
Learn how to incorporate new or unusual display drivers into unattended NT installations.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Getting Started with NT]

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Trust Relationships
Plan ahead to set up effective trusts between domains.
 — Michael D. Reilly

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[Scripting Solutions]

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Unlock Locked User Accounts with WSH and ADSI
Instead of using a prebuilt utility, write a script using WSH and ADSI.
 — Bob Wells

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[SQL Server Savvy]

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Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server
Get a preview of SQL Server 7.0's hattest new features, and learn about finding lost administrator passwords, running SQL SErver on an AS/400, and solving problems with database restores, permissions coordination, and resource blocking.
 — Brian Moran , et al.

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[This Old Resource Kit]

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TWEAKUI
Use this handy GUI to tweak your system's user interface.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Tricks & Traps]

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Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions
Ensure that a BDC authenticates local user logons over a remote network, alter Oplocks to resolve file lock-related problems, resolve an error message after restoring a crashed BDC, hide MS-DOS in the boot menu.
 — Bob Chronister

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[News Analysis]

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NT News Analysis
This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.
 — Craig Barth

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[Lab Feature]

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MCSE CBT Self-Study
This month, the Lab looks at four comprehensive programs that combine study guides, training CD-ROMs, and simulation and sample-examination software.
 — Michael P. Deignan


Tuning Multiprocessor Configurations
For optimal performance, tune your multiprocessor system.
 — John Enck


Video and NT
The Lab continues its examination of videoconferencing products for NT.
 — Brian Gallagher