=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Administrator Tip February 27, 2002
Essential tools and advice for the Windows administrator. More Tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ADMINISTRATOR TIPS - Stripe and cluster your RAID - Cmd line recall - Group policies without Active Directory, part 2 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Exclusive Article: Mixed network dos & don'ts - Live Expert Q&A: Securing Exchange - Product Review: ThinkFree Office v 1.7 ____________________________________________________________________ ********************* SPONSORED BY: Lanovation ********************* FREE EBOOK: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO WINDOWS SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT Struggling to package and deploy software? Tired of writing scripts? If your current management suite is giving you mediocre reliability with high integration and training costs, find out what essentials our Windows industry experts can provide. Realize cost efficiencies and make your life easier. Click here and read the FREE eBook and download Prism Deploy now! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3952791;5058249;u?http://www.lanovation.com/searchwin2k/register_down.htm ____________________________________________________________________ STRIPE AND CLUSTER YOUR RAID | by Serdar Yegulalp RAIDs use multiple disks running in parallel to provide high throughput. The RAID drive itself uses an allocation unit, independent of the file system on it, called a stripe. Striping can be done either in software (Windows NT/2k has this built in) or in hardware, but hardware RAID is almost always much faster. The size of the stripe varies, but can be as high as 64K. Both the stripe and the cluster size will affect performance. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci804291,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CMD LINE RECALL | by Bob Muzzy Amaze your friends with this cmd line shortcut. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci803529,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GROUP POLICIES WITHOUT ACTIVE DIRECTORY, PART 2 | by Douglas Palmer Part one of this tip suggested that you use the NT4 Policy Editor to install some of the older carryover settings, but many Win2k settings are not configurable using that method. Here's an update. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci803203,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ *********** MCSE Exam 70-219: 5 Courses for 1 LOW Price! *********** Study up for the MCSE! This Active Directory Design training package takes you from the Intro through to the Advanced level. Act now: limited time offer. Price: $ 49.99 http://nous.gofcs.com/?s=53&p=c&t=list&i=484&m=BundleSpecial ____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- MIXED NETWORK DOS AND DON'TS | by searchWindowsManageability Managing heterogeneous systems calls for as much diplomacy as technical know-how. Here are a few tips for handling multiple platform technologies and warring vendors. >> CLICK to read the full tip... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci803036,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SECURING EXCHANGE | Live Expert Q&A Who: Chris Weber, Foundstone, Inc. When: Feb 28, 2002 at 02:00 PM EST (19:00 GMT) Join Chris Weber this Thursday as he discusses how to ward off e-mail threats from hackers, viruses -- even malicious employees -- by learning the most effective security-related configurations and the differences between Exchange 5.5 and 2000. >>CLICK to pre-register... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OFFICE-LIKE APP DOES WINDOWS, LINUX & MACS | by David Strom Are you tired of running megabytes of Microsoft Office software, paying through the nose for keeping current with the appropriate amount of licenses for your corporation, having Microsoft slyly upgrade your operating system through applying its Office updates, and not having a solid suite of office applications available for Linux users? If you answered yes to any of these situations, then you should consider ThinkFree Office. Strom-meter: *** = Hey, not bad. 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