THIS WEEK: Our tips for writing user tips

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>>About this e-mail:  >>Receive this e-mail as text�  February 19, 2002  In this Issue >> From the editor: How to write a tip >> Featured Topic: The patch-go-round >> Expert Technical Advice: Configuring Windows 2000 without Active Directory >> Site Highlights: Real-time vendor connection: Mastering group policies Submit a tip and win a prize Attend free Windows Decisions conference  From the Editor: by Dave Gabel Executive Technology Editor You've seen tips on this site, and you've seen us solicit tips from users like you. But you might think, "I'm not a writer. I'm a programmer, or an administrator or an engineer." But I'm an electrical engineer, and I'm writing this. You can write a tip for us too. All you need is the desire; you already have everything else. First, think back on all the tricks that you've picked up in your professional life. Some you have learned by just plain hard work; some came from someone else. For example, maybe you know some esoteric Windows keyboard shortcuts. Write those down: You just wrote a tip. The subject matter will vary depending on your area of expertise. It might have to do with TCP/IP settings for a Win2000 server. It might be something about setting up routers, or using UDP for bulk file transfer. It might be about running IIS, or configuring a firewall. We don't know your job, especially what makes it easier. But you do. And just as you know your job, we know how to get information published. Because we're editors, and that's our job. Once you get the info onto the computer screen and send it in, our job starts. We turn that information into a tip that is easy to understand. We'll edit your tip so that knowledgeable people will understand it. If we don't understand your tip, we'll e-mail you back asking for an explanation, and, in some cases, we'll send you the edited tip to make sure we got it right. Then we'll post the tip on our site, you'll get a shot at our Hall of Fame and you'll start sharing your hard-earned trick with your peers. You and our entire community win. All because you decided to share some of your knowledge. Why not do it today? Dave Gabel  Featured Topic: The patch-go-round by Ed Parry News Editor Microsoft -- the company with more patches than a quilt factory. Some of the patches pose problems themselves! How do you stay afloat in the flood of fixes flowing forth from the Pacific Northwest? We've got a lifejacket inside. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: James Michael Stewart, LANWrights, Inc. Category: Administration and Performance Stewart is the latest addition to our pantheon of searchWin2000 experts. View all Stewart's answers This Week: In the forums >> Shepley needs advice about migrating from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000. Share your experience with him in the searchWin2000 Exchange forum. Tip of the Week: Win2k sans AD Author Carol Bailey answers user questions on an AD-less Windows 2000 deployment in this follow up to her Feb. 7 live expert Q&A. >> Making the most of Windows 2000 without Active Directory  Site Highlights Real-time Vendor Connection: Mastering Group Policy, The Secrets Revealed Secure your environment and decrease Windows 2000 costs. Join us on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 2:00 PM EST (19:00 GMT) and learn how to easily manage group policies in Windows 2000/Active Directory. Sponsored By: NetIQ Submit a Tip to Win: On the go? Take your tunes with you. Win a RioVolt SP100 Portable CD/MP3 Player if your Windows 2000 tip is chosen as our February Tip of the Month. Attend Windows Decisions--FREE Are you a senior-level Windows decision maker? Attend Windows Decisions on May 8, 2002 -- free to qualified delegates-- and get everything it takes to prepare yourself for the next generation of Windows hardware and software solutions. 3-Month Course, $30 Sign up now for Win2000 Server: Installing and Upgrading and gain the skills necessary to install, upgrade and troubleshoot the Windows 2000 Server. Register Now Did You Win? The TechTarget Xbox contest results are in... Are you one of our winners? Click on the link below and find out! Click Here Free ITSM Whitepaper Login in and download "A Practical Approach to IT Services Management Assessment" from searchSystemsManagement. Read More A B O U T  T H I S  E - M A I L : This e-mail is brought to you by TechTarget where you can get relevant search results from over 20 industry-specific Web sites. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter simply reply to this message with "REMOVE" in the subject line. Please allow 24 hours for your "REMOVE" request to be processed. Copyright 2002 TechTarget, Inc. All rights reserved.