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Essential tools and advice for the Windows administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - FREE Server Security Guide from VeriSign http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,4327,00.htm?freesecurityguide =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ADMINISTRATOR TIPS - Save the VGASAVE service - How to change the default "Save As" folder, part 2 - Active Directory: Designing made simple 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Online Event: Holes in your network -- what hackers know - Win2000Talk Radio: XP or Win2000 Professional? - Quick Hit: True IT blooper #46: Not knowing write from left - User Forums: Win2000 administration - Rate User Tips: Find a tip useful? Vote for your favorites! ____________________________________________________________________ ********** SPONSORED BY: Verisign -- The Value of Trust ************ Secure all your Web servers now - with a proven 5-part strategy. The FREE Server Security Guide shows you how: * DEPLOY THE LATEST ENCRYPTION and authentication techniques * DELIVER TRANSPARENT PROTECTION with the strongest security without disrupting users. And more. >> Get your FREE Guide now: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,4327,00.htm?freesecurityguide ____________________________________________________________________ SAVE THE VGASAVE SERVICE | by Serdar Yegulalp Users know that to speed things up in Windows 2000 and XP, you can stop services and disable them. Fewer services running equals faster performance. Both operating systems contain a service named VGASAVE, which is designed to load automatically when the default designated video card driver does not work, or if a newly installed video card driver refuses to work -- this should stay off-limits to disablers. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci836649,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT "SAVE AS" FOLDER: PART 2 | by Andre Soule Derek Shippee's extremely useful and prize-winning tip from last month is challenged by another user. Can redirection indeed be accomplished safer and easier as Andre Soule claims? Read and rate his alternative tip. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci836911,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ACTIVE DIRECTORY: DESIGNING MADE SIMPLER | T.A. Fenner Any decent Windows administrator should plan out their Active Directory structure prior to implementing an upgrade or install of a Windows 2000 domain. How difficult or intricate should you get when creating your forest, trees, domains and organizational units? Remember, ease of administration is the ultimate goal. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci836924,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOLES IN YOUR NETWORK -- WHAT HACKERS KNOW | Online Event Who: Scott Blake, VP of Information Security for BindView When: July 09 at 01:00 PM EDT (17:00 GMT) Learn the tricks and techniques hackers use to exploit holes in your systems, your firewalls and your people. A typical hacker attack will be dissected and countermeasures explored. >> CLICK to pre-register... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= XP OR WIN2000 PROFESSIONAL? | Win2000Talk Radio If 90% of the code base is the same, are there any compelling reasons -- technical or business -- to install Windows XP Professional instead of the older Windows 2000 Professional? Find out from Sunbelt Software CEO Stu Sjouwerman on this week's Win2000Talk Radio show. Techtarget's own VP of MIS, Scott Baetz, asks the questions. >> CLICK to listen... http://win2000talk.techtarget.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TRUE IT BLOOPER #46: NOT KNOWING WRITE FROM LEFT | Quick Hit As an IT teacher, Douglas Paddock runs into all kinds of communications problems. Some students don't know their left hands from their right hands. Some, like the student in this "true IT blooper," have to have everything spelled out for them. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci835669,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN2000 ADMINISTRATIOR | User Forums Have you visited our user forum section recently? The SearchWin2000 administrator forum offers you the opportunity to collaborate with other SearchWin2000 members about networking, Web admin, servers, clients, performance and more. >> CLICK to join the conversation... http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE USER-SUBMITTED ADMIN TIP! | Rate User Tips The July tip contest is now live! You can win a Garmin eTrex Global Positioning System. How? Send us your Windows-related administrator tips. 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