=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News January 3 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _____________________________________________________________________ ******************** SPONSORED BY: SurfControl **********************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Ask the Expert: Why can our e-mail server receive but not send? - January Tip Contest: Win a set of Sony wireless headphones! - Free Windows Decisions Conference: Apply to see if you qualify - The Missing Link: E-mail glitch blocks Harvard acceptance e-mails _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY IDC: USERS SLOW TO UPGRADE WINDOWS VERSIONS | News: IDG News IDC analysts took a hard look through the Windows and found a few interesting things going on. For one thing, companies seem to be making their moves to Windows XP despite Microsoft's new licensing policies. At the same time, IDC's research shows a lot of companies are still putting in Windows 2000 and won't be thinking about an XP upgrade for a while. http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/01/02/020102hnidcreport.xml FOR MORE INFORMATION: Best Web links on Windows 2000 migration: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax561,00.html Ask our expert about Windows 2000 migration: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid1_tax285115,00.html Featured Topic on making the most of your Windows 2000 rollout: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci558667,00.html _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MANY XP USERS SLOW TO PATCH SECURITY HOLE | News: USA Today The alarm has been sounded and the warnings are out there, but millions of people who use XP still haven't plugged the "universal plug-and-play" hole. Last week the feds got involved, urging XP users to disable the plug-and-play feature if they're not using it. MS MAKES IE SECURITY PUSH THROUGH PASSPORT | News: ENT Magazine Passport has become a sort of mouthpiece for Microsoft. The company has e-mailed .NET Passport services users about a tool that can gauge the vulnerability of their IE browsers. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - "Dragonfly" biz rules to aid .NET services - Web services: Silver bullet or rubber bullet? - The best of the Web on high availability and fault tolerance _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHY CAN OUR E-MAIL SERVER RECEIVE BUT NOT SEND? | Ask the Expert Dear Ask the Expert, We work with Windows 2000 server and Exchange 5.5. Our e-mail server cannot send messages to recipients out of our local area network, but it receives all incoming e-mail. Why can't we send outside the LAN? >>CLICK to read Scott Schnoll's expert response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid428040_tax285117,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN A SET OF SONY WIRELESS HEADPHONES | Tip of the Month Contest The first tip contest of the New Year is here! Get your tip in early for your chance to win this month's prize -- a set of high quality Sony MDR-IF630RK wireless stereo headphones! Check out the prize and submit your Windows-related tip today at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid1_prz764589_cts764586,00.html. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WINDOWS DECISIONS CONFERENCE | Hosted by searchWin2000 You're grappling with Win2k issues like Active Directory, licensing, manageability, security, interoperability and more -- not to mention difficult migration and implementation challenges. Attend the FREE Windows Decisions conference coming to Chicago May 8-10 to get the answers and expert advice you need. Seating is limited at this invitation-only event. Apply today to find out if you qualify. http://www.windowsdecisions.com/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN AN XBOX | Refer a friend Tell your peers about the valuable industry news, technical tips and expert advice you get from searchWin2000 - and a Microsoft XBox video game system could be yours! Click here for details: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/referFriendContest/1,290949,sid1,00.html?promo_code=xbox =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= E-MAIL GLITCH BLOCKS HARVARD ACCEPTANCE E-MAILS | The Missing Link The good folks at AOL must be Yale grads. Harvard had a little problem notifying some applicants of their admission status. The school uses e-mail to tell eager applicants "yes" or "no." Too bad the most important e-mails in the lives of some 75 to 100 young people were blocked and sent back to Cambridge as spam! Crimson-faced AOL still can't explain why. Most of those would-be students and rejects had to go the old fashioned route to find out -- they picked up the phone and called. Source: The Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/01/02/harvard-spam.htm _____________________________________________________________________ ********************** SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS *********************** MARILYN COHODAS, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your original articles and best practices. _____________________________________________________________________ CHRISTINE POLEWARCZYK, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your Ask the Expert questions or post them in our Discussion Forums for a quicker response. _____________________________________________________________________ SARA CUSHMAN, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your tips, white papers and favorite Web sites. _____________________________________________________________________ ED PARRY, News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. _____________________________________________________________________ MIKE KELLY (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED].) >> Contact me to sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ *********************** ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ************************* Created by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2002, All Rights Reserved. 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