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Essential tools and advice for the Windows administrator. More Tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ADMINISTRATOR TIPS - Admin Tip: Fix DNS spoofing corruption - Admin Tip: Automate roaming to MANDATORY roaming profiles - Admin Tip: Disaster recovery - know what you really need 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Bill Boswell's Admin Corner Puzzle: New puzzle today! - Discussion Day: Best practices for backup - Tip Contest: Win a Philips CD-MP3 player with car kit! - Refer your peers to searchWin2000 and win an Xbox ____________________________________________________________________ ************* SPONSORED BY: SuperScout E-mail Filter *************** FACT: ONE IN EVERY 30 E-MAILS IS LIKELY TO BE INFECTED WITH A VIRUS. It's not enough to rely on antivirus protection. Stop suspicious e-mails at the gateway and prevent them from wreaking havoc on your systems. 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The reason for this is DNS cache pollution through spoofing. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci785769,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AUTOMATE ROAMING TO MANDATORY ROAMING PROFILES | by Kevin Crandall If you've had it with users mucking up NT 4.0 roaming profiles and have decided to make some or all mandatory, here's how searchWin2000 member Kevin Crandall did it in five minutes. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci785417,00.html?FromTaxonomy=%2Fpr%2F5e3 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DISASTER RECOVERY - KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY NEED | by Johanna Ambrosio It would be easy, particularly these days, to be swept up in a frenzy of disaster recovery implementation. But look before you leap, experts advise. Do enough planning, at enough levels of the company, to know what your business really requires to keep running. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid33_gci778033,00.html?FromTaxonomy=%2Fpr%2F288025 ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SOLVE A PROBLEM & WIN A PRIZE | Bill Boswell's Admin Corner Puzzle Charlotte the Engineering Manager is responsible for contracts with two different clients who are archrivals. The files for the two projects are in separate folders under a shared folder She needs you to ensure that neither client will gain access to the other's work. How would you handle Charlotte's request? http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/907!viewtype=threadDate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BEST PRACTICES FOR BACKUP | Discussion Day Who: Liam Scanlon, vp of product development, Bocada Mark Silverman, president and CEO, Bocada When: December 13, 2001, 12:00 - 4:00 PM EST (17:00 - 21:00 GMT) Questions may be posted in advance. Join searchWindowsManageability this Thursday for the Live Expert Discussion Day, "Best practices for backup -- what you need to know about your environment," and get all of your backup questions answered. 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