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NEWS AND TOP STORIES - XP: An OS is born - XP launch -- New features at a glance - Systems management vendors supporting Windows XP - XP offers 20MB package of downloads - ENT review: Windows XP - Users' reaction to Windows XP is mixed, at first blush - Windows XP: What the real users say - Mac, Linux, DOS fans: Enough with XP! - Road Runner: We don't do Windows XP 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - SearchWin2000 Poll: What's your take on IIS? - Best Web Links: Terminal Services - Know IT All Question: #52 - Discussion Day in the Forums: 24 hours of Windows XP - The Missing Link: New play is a dotcomedy of manners ____________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************** LEAD STORY GATES TAKES WRAPS OFF OF WINDOWS XP | searchWin2000 Bill Gates' new bundle of joy may be the most important Windows release in six years; a foundation of Microsoft's Web services plan. But baby XP enters a world of jitters, pink slips, tight checkbooks, bitter competition and watchful trust busters. What do you need to know about XP? Should you even care? High-tail it to our featured topic section on XP, and decide for yourself what the OS means to you. Oh, and be sure to share your thoughts with us! http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci778142,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news XP LAUNCH - NEW FEATURES AT A GLANCE | IDG News Can you use any of these? Windows XP's new features include a new user interface, increased up-time, anti-piracy measures, remote assistance and desktop, improved security and driver and technology support. SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT VENDORS SUPPORTING WINDOWS XP | InfoWorld Tivoli and McAfee have taken their places on XP's coattails. Tivoli's Enterprise Console and Distributed Monitoring tools, Software Distribution and Tivoli Inventory, Storage Manager SAN backup and recovery tool, and SecureWay Security Manager will support XP -- with more stuff to come. McAfee has a new version of VirusScan for XP. The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news :::::::::::::: ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS STORIES ::::::::::::: All headlines below and others are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - XP offers 20MB package of downloads - ENT review: Windows XP - Users' reaction to Windows XP is mixed, at first blush - Windows XP: What the real users say - Mac, Linux, DOS fans: Enough with XP! - Road Runner: We don't do Windows XP ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS :::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 POLL | What's your take on IIS? What's been your IIS experience? Good? Bad? Ugly? Other? Go to http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/poll and tell us. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TERMINAL SERVICES | Best Web Links Terminal Services (TS) can be a great solution for cash-strapped companies looking for better performance, more memory or a quick and easy way into the world of Win2k. To find out if TS is something your company should consider, read this collection of resources we put together just for you. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax585,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KNOW IT ALL QUESTION | #52 At this level of normalization, each column in a table that is not a determiner of the contents of another column, must itself be a function of the other columns in the table. a) 1NF b) 2NF c) 3NF d) DKNF >>CLICK to see if you are correct: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci778039,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DISCUSSION DAY IN THE FORUMS | 24 hours of Windows XP Who: Site expert Bill Boswell When: All day today, Friday, October 26. Join Bill Boswell in the Administrator Forum and post your questions and comments about Windows XP. Bill is eager to hear about XP features people find "interesting or frustrating." Plus, he'll have answers to many of your questions. http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand>= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | New play is a dotcomedy of manners As if there hasn't been enough dot-com drama over the last year, here comes...a dot-com drama. "Ctrl+Alt+Delete" tells the tale of the Internet boom and bust from 1998 to 2000 on a Silicon Valley stage. The story may ring a large and loud bell: A geeky kid comes up with a gadget, takes it public, makes a mint, then watches it all disappear before he can say "market saturation." You may be saying "show me the fiction!" since this play plays more like a digital age documentary. But bundled into the plot is the question "what now?" 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