======================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS July 19, 2001 More headlines at: http://www.searchwin2000.com/searchWin2000_News_Page/0,2008,,00.html ==================================================================== SPONSORED BY: Winternals Software -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tools no serious systems administrator should be without! Recover dead systems and retrieve lost data on Windows 2000/NT systems throughout your network with the six utilities in Winternals Software's Administrator's Pak. Now with new Disk Commander! For more info and free demos, visit http://www.winternals.com/25 ==================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Mac OS X gets its own Windows Media Player" Microsoft has developed a version of its Windows Media Player for Mac OS X. The software will allow users of the latest Apple Computer operating system to play Windows Media audio and video files. SOURCE: Infoworld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/19/010719hnmediaosx.xml User da3 is working in a mixed Mac and PC network. He can't seem to login in ADS-Mode. Give him some help at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/86. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: More information on streaming media is available at this Best Win2000 Web Links site: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax598,00.html Information on Windows and Mac computers is available at this Best Win2000 Web Links site: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax5ba,00.html Only two days left to catch Ed Tittel, searchWin2000's certification expert in the Administrator Discussion Forum. Make sure you have all the bases covered before taking that exam. Post your question at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee83d68 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ----------------------------------------------- [1] Product suite lets admins see storage [2] Microsoft seeks rehearing in antitrust ruling [3] Microsoft to ease new Windows anti-piracy measures [4] Glitches hinder Hotmail upgrade [5] Set up a .Net test server [6] Microsoft ships MOM management tool [1] "Product suite lets admins see storage" StorageCeNTral gives you a bird's eye view of what your users are storing on Windows NT/2000 servers. SOURCE: searchWindowsManageability http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci754100,00.html [2] "Microsoft seeks rehearing in antitrust ruling" Microsoft has asked a U.S. appeals court to re-examine its ruling that the company illegally commingled computer code of its Internet Explorer browser and the Windows operating system. The filing does not address a motion filed by government prosecutors last week asking the appeals court to expedite the case back to the U.S. District Court ahead of schedule. Some antitrust attorneys said Microsoft's motion may be a tactic designed to slow it down. SOURCE: Reuters http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/wire_story.html?uri=/dailynews/199/technology/Microsoft_Seeks_Rehearing_in_A:.shtml [3] "Microsoft to ease new Windows anti-piracy measures" Microsoft will ease up on planned anti-piracy measures in its upcoming Windows XP operating system amid criticism that the company will needlessly hassle innocent users. The move centers on a new feature called Windows product activation that asks for a unique code when first using the product, effectively tying the software to a single machine. Microsoft said it will alter product activation and publish some technical data about how activation works. SOURCE: Reuters http://siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1342608l.htm [4] "Glitches hinder Hotmail upgrade" Hotmail's face-lift went awry and Microsoft quickly withdrew an upgrade amid technical problems. The upgrade was to be an improvement on the free e-mail site's user interface and e-mail filtering and spam-control tools but after launching the upgrade it was withdrawn almost immediately. Microsoft declined identifying the problems. SOURCE: CNET http://cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6606771.html?tag=mn_hd [5] "Set up a .Net test server" Microsoft's .Net framework for Internet development is more than just C#, the new programming language. It incorporates serious changes to VB.Net as well as a host of improvements on the server side. Here are some tips to help set up a.Net test machine and prepare a simple database in Microsoft SQL with which to experiment. SOURCE: CNET http://cnet.com/webbuilding/0-3882-8-6547691-1.html?tag=ld [6] "Microsoft ships MOM management tool" Microsoft's new server management package, Microsoft Operations Manager 2000, is now available. MOM monitors the performance and availability of servers and applications. The software runs on Windows 2000-based servers and will also work with .Net Enterprise servers. The costs $849 per processor for each server. 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Will it increase your salary? Will it increase your employer benefits? Here is a look at the benefits of becoming Microsoft certified and how specific certifications can affect your career. Also included is a brief overview of the value a Microsoft certification can have in the job market. SOURCE: GoCertify http://gocertify.com/article/value.shtml --------------------------------------------------------- BUYER'S GUIDE --------------------------------------------------------- Visit Luminate in TechTarget's new Buyer's Guide. Luminate is a leading Management Service Provider (MSP) whose revolutionary Internet-based systems management platform is fundamentally changing the way companies manage their critical systems and applications. This revolutionary platform provides sophisticated monitoring, diagnosis, and reporting as a subscription-based service delivered over the Internet. 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Please include your name, title and company name. ------------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK ------------------------------------------------------- A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "The driving nightmare - the car that talks back" It's hard enough battling the kids for control of the car radio, but now, thanks to IBM, you have to contend with the car itself. Big Blue has developed an "Artificial Passenger" to keep travel weary drivers awake at the wheel. The system changes radio stations to see if the driver notices, cracks jokes, and includes a conversation planner program that asks questions and measures response times to determine if you're dozing in the driver's seat. If the computer receives a sluggish response, it squirts a chilling shot of ice water in your face. Suggestions for an optional Three Stooges package that sprays seltzer instead of water and then calls you a "knucklehead," have been dismissed. 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