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Essential tools and advice for the Windows administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Do you want to become an Active Directory expert? http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,4213,00.htm?activedirectorymgmt - 13 MCSE CD-ROM training courses for the price of 3! http://learn.serebra.com?s=53&i=465&m=ew2tr061102&p=c =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ADMINISTRATOR TIPS - Set the paged address pool and kernel stack size - Unattended install of multiple Win2k hotfixes - Restoring "msconfig.exe" in Win2k 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Online Event: Publishing servers with ISA Server 2000 - Win2000Talk Radio: Linux -- pretender or real Windows threat? - Quick Hit: Oops! True IT blooper #44 -- Not my fault - User Forums: Win2000 administrator - Rate User Tips: Find a tip useful? 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The kernel stack is memory reserved for use by each thread in the kernel for system calls. Both of these memory allocations use the same portion of 2G bytes space reserved for the kernel, but the balance of the memory allocation between the two of them is "soft-wired" into Windows 2000. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci835208,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= UNATTENDED INSTALL OF MULTIPLE WIN2K HOTFIXES | by Kenneth Bryant You can easily create an unattended install of multiple Windows 2000 hotfixes with only one reboot by using specific hotfix switches and the Microsoft qchain.exe utility. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci833681,00.html?FromTaxonomy=/pr/5e3 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= RESTORING "MSCONFIG.EXE" IN WIN2K | by George Tullius Are you missing "msconfig.exe" in Win2k? Copy the "msconfig.exe" from your Win98 folder, or extract it from a Win98 CD, into your X:WINNT folder. Then, in Win2000, click on "run" and enter msconfig before pressing enter. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci833777,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ ******** 13 MCSE CD-ROM training courses for the price of 3! ******** Get a jump start on your MCSE certification or the certification of your technology staff with our MS-approved MCSE study guides. Act now to receive your 13 CD-ROM training courses supporting the MCSE Exam 70-215, "Installing, Configuring and Administering Windows 2000 Server." CD-ROM price: $349 (a $1300 value!) 65 hours of training http://learn.serebra.com?s=53&i=465&m=ew2tr061102&p=c ____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PUBLISHING SERVERS WITH ISA SERVER 2000 | Online Event Who: Dr. Tom Shinder, author When: June 27 at 01:00 PM EDT (17:00 GMT) Making your internal network servers available to users on the Internet? Find out how to use ISA Server 2000 with both Web and server publishing rules, and which method is best for your organization. >>CLICK to pre-register... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LINUX: PRETENDER OR REAL WINDOWS THREAT? | Win2000Talk Radio Can Linux unseat Windows as the world's No. 1 operating system? Conventional wisdom says no. But there's no doubt that Linux popularity is surging. This week's radio show on the so-called "free operating system" challenge features Linux expert and Giga Information Group Vice President Richard Fichera, Kevin Kocis, a senior IT manager at a large Midwestern high-technology firm, and author Harry Brelsford, who also runs NetHealthMon.com in Seattle. >>CLICK to listen... http://win2000talk.techtarget.com/?stream=2315 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TRUE IT BLOOPER #44: NOT MY FAULT! | Quick Hit Why is the office cubicle of IT administrator Kenny Rivera now known as Kenny's Grill? To find out, return with Rivera to a night when he burned the midnight oil and a few other things, too. >> Click to read the rest of this blooper... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci835245,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN2000 ADMINISTRATIOR | User forums Have you visited our user forum section recently? 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