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Essential tools and advice for the Windows administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Depend on your back-office? Mind your events. Free download http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,7235,00.htm?freetrialdownload - Webcast -- Be an Exchange M.D.: Advanced Exchange management http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/110102/win2k/index.asp?loc=07 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ADMINISTRATOR TIPS - Fix protected storage - Manage your network with custom MMC consoles - Lightning fast directory replication 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Admin Know-IT-all Quiz #10: The impeccable impostor - Live Webcast: Delegating authority in Active Directory - Quick Hit: Oops! True IT blooper #75: The zealous rookie - Ask Jerry Honeycutt: NTbackup won't let me reuse backup tapes - Tip Contest: New month, big prize! 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Ensure business continuity, be in the know, get PEACE of mind. >> Click here for a free trial download! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,7235,00.htm?freetrialdownload ____________________________________________________________________ FIX PROTECTED STORAGE | by Serdar Yegulalp The Protected Storage service in Windows 2000 (and Windows XP) is used to store certain kinds of privileged information -- such as passwords entered into Web browser form fields or those used to connect to an Internet service provider. Under certain circumstances, the Protected Storage information in the registry can become corrupt. This results in some peculiar behaviors that seem to have no obvious cause. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci861228,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MANAGE YOUR NETWORK WITH CUSTOM MMC CONSOLES | by Chris Williams Pressed for time? What a stupid question -- you're a network admin! Chris shares three "invaluable" time-saving MMC consoles which he has created himself. His custom "Computer", "Domain", and "Remote" consoles allow him to easily manage all aspects of his network, locally or remotely. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci861388,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LIGHTNING FAST DIRECTORY REPLICATION | by Bob Fuller Do you manually initiate directory replications between domain controllers? Do you want to make sure that all of your DCs take each update successfully? Here is a fast way to force the issue through the use of a handy batch file. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci861404,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: Quest Software Be an Exchange M.D.: Advanced Exchange management Are your Exchange systems in peak health? Check out this webcast archive highlighting intelligent Exchange management solutions for capacity planning, usage analysis, budget justification and E2K migration. If you work with Exchange, you'll want to listen to this informative webcast! >> Click here for the webcast archive: http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/110102/win2k/index.asp?loc=07 ____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE IMPECCABLE IMPOSTOR | Admin Know-IT-All Quiz #10 Test your knowledge with this week's quiz, then visit the list of related information you'll find on the answer page. To allow a user to execute a program with a different user's credentials, without giving them administrative rights, you should: a. Only assign them temporary admin privileges b. Create a "temporary" user profile with access to that program c. Use the Windows 2000 command-line function, RUNAS d. Share the other user's password with them and change it afterwards e. Have your attorney file a stay of execution >> CLICK for the correct answer... http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci861471,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DELEGATING AUTHORITY IN ACTIVE DIRECTORY | Live Webcast Who: Douglas Paddock, Microsoft Certified Instructor When: Nov. 12 at 1 p.m. EST (18:00 GMT) Microsoft has been trumpeting the ability to delegate authority to users or non-admins in AD. At this webcast, Active Directory expert Doug Paddock will discuss the issues involved with this and how to accomplish delegation. >>CLICK to pre-register... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/webcasts/0,289675,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OOPS! TRUE IT BLOOPER #75: THE ZEALOUS ROOKIE | Quick Hit Who turned out the lights? A lightly qualified data processing manager tackles his new job with gusto and shuts down a government Web site, leaving his boss to take the blame. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci861186,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NTBACKUP WON'T LET ME REUSE BACKUP TAPES | Ask Jerry Honeycutt Dear Jerry: I am trying to find a way to fully automate the Windows 2000 backup. We do a full backup on Friday and differential backups Monday through Thursday. I'm looking for a way to not have any user interaction with the exception of exchanging the tapes. The problem that we are running into now is that after a tape has been used once and then put in the next week, the backup fails because NTbackup can't find any free media. Any suggestions? >> CLICK here for Honeycutt's expert answer... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid499399_tax293054,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEW MONTH, BIG PRIZE! THE TIP CONTEST IS NOW LIVE! | Tip Contest Tip submissions could be better, kids. We're sweetening this month's competition with a pricier prize -- a Xircom wireless Ethernet access point. If you'd like to see this bad boy show up on your doorstep like a gift from the stork, get those Windows-related tips to us pronto! 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