SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News March 20, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY: - FREE SQL Tool from NetIQ http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/r/0,,2567,00.htm?SQLcheck
- Is Your Data Center Safe? Free Best Practices Guide http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/r/0,,2568,00.htm?galaxy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. NEWS AND TOP STORIES - Microsoft issues fixes for .NET Framework - Microsoft warns of Java security hole in Windows - Microsoft releases new Java-related tool - Microsoft: Java is Sun's real problem - HP, Fiorina claim early victory - Users twist in wind, despite verdict - Oops! True IT blooper #15 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Member Survey: Here's your chance to grade Microsoft - Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day: #134 - Best Web Links: Windows Systems Management Case Studies - Quick Hit of the Day: MS-DOS boot partition - Featured Topic: Microsoftening -- sharing codes - The Missing Link: High court denies review of Web urine sales ban _____________________________________________________________________ ******************** SPONSORED BY: NetIQ **************************** FREE SQL Tool from NetIQ Need to know what's going on in your database environment? Quickly and accurately identify and investigate specific SQL Server problems with NetIQ's diagnostic dashboard, SQLcheck. This FREE tool organizes and explains critical information about your database server hardware, its operating system and SQL Server. Get the information you need for efficient database management today. Download now! http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/r/0,,2567,00.htm?SQLcheck _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY MICROSOFT ISSUES FIXES FOR .NET FRAMEWORK | News: Wininformant The .NET Framework platform software is barely out of the gate, but the corresponding service pack is already ready already. The pack is packing security fixes for a flaw that lets downloaded .NET code run with elevated permissions. Issues with COM interoperability, type libraries, and the .NET Common Language Runtime are also addressed. You may download .NET Framework SP1 through the Windows update function or via the Microsoft Web site. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci811471,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: You can find the fixes at http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/. Check out our .NET Best Web Links at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax285410,00.html. _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MICROSOFT WARNS OF JAVA SECURITY HOLE IN WINDOWS | News: Reuters And then there were two -- two vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine code. The first flaw could let a nasty Java applet on a Web site monitor a visitor's Web surfing. The second flaw lets a nasty Java program run outside a restricted area on a users' computer. Both Sun and MS have issued bulletins, saying the flaws are critical and need to be patched. MS has issued a patch that caulks both flaws. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci811477,00.html MICROSOFT RELEASES NEW JAVA-RELATED TOOL | News: CNET Sun won't be celebrating this news, but Microsoft has unleashed another Java jumping tool. The second beta of Visual J# .NET is out -- it's a tool that lets programmers use Java to build software that works on .NET and only .NET. A final version is due in the middle of the year. The tool is one of the stars of the billion-dollar lawsuit Sun has filed against Microsoft. Sun says the tool taints Java. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci811433,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - Microsoft: Java is Sun's real problem - HP, Fiorina claim early victory - Users twist in wind, despite verdict - Oops! True IT blooper #15 _____________________________________________________________________ ********************* SPONSORED BY: CommVault *********************** COMMVAULT GALAXY IS FEATURED IN NEW MICROSOFT BEST PRACTICES GUIDE FOR WINDOWS 2000 DATA CENTER BACKUP AND RESTORE. If you're responsible for providing this protection for your data-center environment, Backup and Restore Solution for Windows 2000-based Data Centers is for you. Let us know what you think? Download the Guide today! http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/r/0,,2568,00.htm?galaxy _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO GRADE MICROSOFT | Member Survey Does Microsoft make the grade? Here's your chance to weigh in on how Microsoft rates as a business partner and technology innovator. The results of this comprehensive survey of user attitudes will be part of an upcoming editorial feature. Help us assess Microsoft's performance. >> CLICK to take the 10-minute survey... http://quicktakeit.com/qto/Default.asp?a=63101&e=241034057[0981736 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KNOW-IT-ALL QUIZ OF THE DAY | #134 This is dividing the amount of work that a computer has to do between two or more computers so that more work gets done in the same amount of time and end users get served faster: a. clustering b. routing c. load balancing d. peering >>CLICK for the correct answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci811337,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WINDOWS SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES | Best Web Links Read about companies' Windows systems management headaches and how they found their cures in this Best Web Links collection of case studies. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid33_tax287631,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MS-DOS BOOT PARTITION | Quick Hit of the Day Dear Ask The Expert: How do I create an MS-DOS boot partition with HPFS or NTFS? "You'll need to do a few things," says SearchWindowsManageability's management tools Expert, Serdar Yegulalp. Read the rest of his response here: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid33_cid455622_tax288093,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MICROSOFTENING: SHARING CODES | Featured Topic Share and share alike -- sorta. Microsoft isn't exactly turning into Linux, but the company is showing a little more "skin" these days. Check out what there is to check out in this Featured Topic. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci810526,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HIGH COURT DENIES REVIEW OF BAN ON WEB URINE SALES | The Missing Link This story is a wee bit interesting. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a petition to change a South Carolina law that bans the sale of urine to beat drug tests -- the court doesn't think the case holds much water. A businessman in Greenville, who sold his own pristine urine for $69 a pop over his Web site (complete with a "warmer" to give the specimen the feel of authenticity), just couldn't hold it. He challenged the law, claiming companies use results to discriminate against pregnant women, people on certain medications, or those genetically prone to certain diseases, not just drug users. You could say he put the "pee" in "peeved." But evidently his case isn't exactly the High Court's, um, No. 1 priority. South Carolina has forbidden him to sell his "impeesters" in any state. 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