======================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS April 30, 2001 More headlines at: http://www.searchwin2000.com/searchWin2000_News_Page/0,2008,,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: SurfControl ======================================================== WARNING: Networks bottleneck & costs climb as workers squander hours on-line casual surfing, listening to the radio via the Internet, downloading MP3s, video & other bandwidth hogs. Install SurfControl on your network & in 20 min you'll know exactly WHO is doing WHAT, WHEN & WHERE on the Internet. SurfControl monitors, records & manages all TCP/IP protocols. You've got responsibility for the network, download an easy way to manage it. Try SurfControl FREE for 30 days. http://www.surfcontrol.com/promo/TTDN0430 ======================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Microsoft denies talk of Windows XP delay" A denial from Microsoft that it has delayed the latest version of its Windows operating system, rebuffing comments from an analyst that sent shares in the software giant down about 3 percent. Publicly, Microsoft has said only that the software, called Windows XP, will be released in the second half of the year, and a company spokesman said that has not changed. SOURCE: Reuters http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt_top.jsp?cat=TOPBIZ&src=202�ion=news&news_id=reu-121219&date=&alias=/alias/money/cm/nw How do you think Windows XP will affect your organization? Do you plan on installing it immediately or waiting a bit just in case? Share your thoughts and plans in our new Administrator discussion forum at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee83d68. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Learn more about Windows XP including some of the pitfalls at http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?src=search&id=r00220010327eng01.htm. Have questions about Windows XP? Let William Boswell, searchWin2000's Administration Expert, answer your questions at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateAnswers/0,289620,sid1_tax285114,00.html. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ----------------------------------------------- [1] WinXP delayed? How it could slip beyond October [2] Quick Takes: Leave it to the NetPros [3] Microsoft to formally launch Office XP on May 31 [4] Microsoft to grow .NET with developer program [1] "WinXP delayed? How it could slip beyond October" Windows XP may or may not have been delayed until October; it depends how you look at it. According to an internal schedule obtained by Robert Stein of Activewin, XP is currently intended to be in the shops in October. Apparently pouncing on the same schedule, Rob Enderle of Giga Information Group interpreted this as two months slippage from the August date he'd earlier been given to understand. SOURCE: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18597.html [2] "Quick Takes: Leave it to the NetPros" When it comes to the care and feeding of Active Directory, leave it to the NetPros. The company has an insightful tool for tackling some of the more tedious AD issues. Read all about it and a discount that's certainly not to be discounted in this week's Quick Takes. SOURCE: searchWin2000 http://www.searchwin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci548232,00.html [3] "Microsoft to formally launch Office XP on May 31" Bill Gates will formally unveil Office XP to the marketplace at an event in New York May 31. Office XP is the first version of the Microsoft application suite to incorporate voice-recognition technology. Users will be able to open and close files, save documents and perform other common tasks via voice command, executives have promised. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=26163 [4] "Microsoft to grow .NET with developer program" Microsoft has launched a program designed to help independent software vendors and developers build hosted applications. The most recent addition to Microsoft's .NET strategy, the Hosted Applications Development Community, is intended to be a roadmap of sorts, whereby a company looking to enter the ASP market can leverage advice from Microsoft to get their hosted applications to market quickly. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4433 If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. --------------------------------------------------------- WEB LINKS OF THE DAY --------------------------------------------------------- [1] "Monitor your servers with the Windows NT Event Viewer" Event Viewer is a standard utility of NT server and workstation that allows you to monitor and troubleshoot your system. This article explains the use of Event Viewer and shows you how to get the most out of the tool. Topics covered include viewing event logs, refreshing log files, clearing event logs, viewing event logs remotely, and archiving event logs. SOURCE: TechRepublic http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?src=search&id=r00220010227tho01.htm [2] "Service pack management" Windows 2000 Magazine explains the standard, two-step approach for applying service packs or hot fixes, but says the real way to go is to use a timesaving service pack management program. Installing a service pack or hot fix on 100 computers suddenly becomes as simple as installing on one. Note: A review of several service pack management programs called "Ahead of the Service Pack" is available in Windows 2000 Magazine's November 2000 issue, but can only be accessed by registered users. 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Just click on this link to take the survey NOW. http://www.insightexpress.com/ix/showSurvey.asp?id=26642&accessCode=5477574934&noemail=true ------------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK ------------------------------------------------------- A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "Global sites left out of Webby nods" The Webby Awards are the Internet's answer to the Oscars. This year's nominations give a nod to music, spiritualism and the downright odd. But they are neither particularly worldly nor especially wide. The 350-member International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has put an overwhelming focus on English-language, U.S.-centered sites. Still, the gala July awards ceremony is expected to draw more than 3,000 technology industry figures wearing some of the same outrageous fashions as their film industry counterparts. The best news is award winners must work within a five-words-or-less acceptance speech limit. 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