=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News January 17, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _____________________________________________________________________ ******************* SPONSORED BY: CommVault *************************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Ask the Expert: Setting up Win2k server as BDC on NT4 PDC? - Tip Exchange: Submit a tip and win a prize! - Poll: Is the MCSA a cert worth chasing? - Windows Event: Meet with top industry speakers for free - The Missing Link: Shopping center silences abusive scales _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY GATES MAKES SECURITY TOP FOCUS | News: Mercury News Bill Gates announced that Microsoft is going to make security and privacy its top priorities. He has challenged his employees to change their mindsets when they develop products and start working within the context of security instead of innovation. Security experts have challenged Microsoft to put those words into action. Indeed, the company's future could depend on it. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci797226,00.html Is Microsoft up to the security challenge? Sound off in our discussion forum: http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= FOR MORE INFORMATION: Best Web Links on security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax559,00.html Ask an expert about security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid1_tax285120,00.html _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MICROSOFT FALLING BEHIND IN BROWSER SECURITY FIXES | News: Newsbytes Microsoft may have released the "mother of all IE patches" last month, but security experts say that's not enough -- nine bugs have cropped up in Internet Explorer since the patch came out last month. The experts are even more miffed that Microsoft hasn't even acknowledged the bugs' existence, much less tried to fix them. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci797256,00.html MS EXEC PLEDGES INTEROPERABILITY, EVEN WITH LIBERTY | News: IDG News Is this a Microsoft that plays well with others? The company's Senior Vice President of Platforms and Development told an audience this week that the company has a new development philosophy, part of which focuses on working with, not against, industry-standard software used by other vendors. MS also wants to make its Passport authentication engine work with the competing Liberty Alliance to create a common technology for authenticating users on the Internet. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci797268,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - Microsoft shakes up .NET marketing - Exchange 2000 migration: Why and why not? _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= POSSIBLE TO SET UP WIN2K SERVER AS BDC ON NT4 PDC? | Ask the Expert Dear Expert, I continue to get conflicting information about setting up a Win2k server as a backup domain controller (BDC) on NT4 primary domain controller (PDC). I have read all the notes that say you can't do it, but still some references say that it is possible. Could you let me know if someone has overcome the Microsoft usual limitations for cross platform compatibility for continuing to use NT4? >>CLICK to read Paul Hinsberg's expert response... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid430445_tax285115,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SUBMIT A TIP AND WIN A PRIZE! | Tip Exchange Submit your Windows-related tip for your chance to win this month's super-cool prize -- a set of high quality Sony MDR-IF630RK wireless stereo headphones! Check out the competition and submit your tip today at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid1_prz764589_cts764586,00.html. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IS MCSA A CERT WORTH CHASING? | Poll Is the MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator) a cert worth chasing? >>CLICK to answer and see real-time results! http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/poll/1,289525,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FREE WINDOWS EVENT | Hosted by searchWin2000 Qualify to attend the FREE Windows Decisions conference coming to Chicago May 8-10. Your chance to ask your toughest questions to our top industry speakers: ** Preeminent Windows technologist, Mark Minasi ** Gartner Research Director, John Enck ** IDC's System Software Group VP, Daniel Kusnetzky ** Giga Information Group's Research Director, Laura DiDio ** And many more top experts! Visit http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3776008;5058249;p?http://www.windowsdecisions.com/ today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SHOPPING CENTER SILENCES ABUSIVE SCALES | The Missing Link Talk about a lean, mean, weighin' machine! A smart scale in Australia gave people a real pounding, at least emotionally. The scale not only measured height and weight, it also "weighed in" with some heavily harsh words. One woman got on the scale and came off with a computerized printout that said "Get off fat pig!" Another man, who weighs only 176 pounds, was told "You are a little overweight. Fat %#$@." That's not the kind of warm and fuzzy Richard Simmonsesque motivation these people expected. So, the scale's been removed. Company officials think someone "made the scale do it" because it normally says stuff like "Happy New Year." Source: Reuters http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020116/od/scales_dc_1.html ____________________________________________________________________ ********************** 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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