=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Administrator Tip Oct. 16, 2002
Essential tools and advice for the Windows administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - FREE eBook, "The Definitive Guide to Windows Software Deployment" http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,6599,00.htm?lanovation =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ADMINISTRATOR TIPS - Back up your IIS 5 installation - Extend your quick launch capacity - An ipconfig batch file for easier subnet travel 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Admin Know-IT-all Quiz #7: Logging on and on - Live Webcast: Kill spam with ISA Server Message Screener - Quick Hit: True IT blooper #70 -- IP addresses go haywire - Ask the Expert: How does the Windows Update feature work? - Tip Contest: Boo! Submit your Windows tips today! ____________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: Lanovation FREE eBook, "The Definitive Guide to Windows Software Deployment" REQUIRED READING for anyone charged with deploying hot fixes, security patches or entire suites of applications to corporate users. Gain real-world perspectives on deployment methodology, network infrastructure issues and best-of-breed installation tools from industry leader Chris Long. >> CLICK for your free eBook: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,6599,00.htm?lanovation ____________________________________________________________________ BACK UP YOUR IIS 5 INSTALLATION | by Serdar Yegulalp Once you have a site up and running in IIS 5.0, one of the smartest things you can do is make a proper backup copy to stave off possible disasters. This involves more than just copying the files served by IIS (the .ASP and .HTM files); this also involves backing up IIS's internal settings which are held in the metabase. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci856929,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EXTEND YOUR QUICK LAUNCH CAPACITY | by Harry Burke If you like to use your quick launch bar for time-saving shortcuts, it can fill up very quickly. There is an easy way, however, to extend your capacity through the use of folders. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci857026,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AN IPCONFIG BATCH FILE FOR EASIER SUBNET TRAVEL | by Jeri Stodola Are your offices located throughout several different buildings? Do employees in your company have to shut down and reboot every time they travel between subnets? Create a batch file that allows them to plug right back in and hit the ground running! >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci857038,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LOGGING ON AND ON | Admin Know-IT-All Quiz #7 Test your knowledge with this week's quiz, then visit the list of related information you'll find on the answer page. How can you set Windows to automatically log you on as an administrator when you boot up your machine -- without ever having to enter your username and password? a. Hit CTRL and F8 while starting up to enter Safe Mode b. 'Hack' your own registry and create an auto-logon key c. Edit your preferences in the Task Manager d. Adjust your regional settings in the Control Panel e. Use the force >> CLICK for the correct answer... http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci857048,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KILL SPAM WITH THE ISA MESSAGE SCREENER | Live Webcast Who: Tom Shinder, author of best-selling book on ISA Server When: Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. EDT (17:00 GMT) Looking for a way to block spam from entering your network? Join this webcast and learn how to use ISA's Message Screener to block individual e-mail addresses or entire e-mail domains at the server level. >>CLICK to pre-register... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/webcasts/0,289675,sid33,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TRUE IT BLOOPER #70 -- IP ADDRESSES GO HAYWIRE | Quick Hit What's so terrible about the events surrounding this installment of our IT Bloopers series? "All heck" breaks loose when a botched migration duplicates thousands of IP addresses. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci855979,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW DOES THE WINDOWS UPDATE FEATURE WORK? | Ask Jerry Honeycutt Dear Jerry: Could you explain to me how the Windows Update feature works? I am referring specifically to the fact that when I go to Windows Update, I get the following message: "Please wait. Windows is updating the catalog for your computer. This is done without sending any information to Microsoft." So how does that work? If no info is sent, then how do they know what updates my system needs? >> CLICK here for Honeycutt's expert answer... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid483819_tax285114,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BOO! 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