THIS WEEK: Can you give us a hand?

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November 25, 2002 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the Editor: Can you give us a hand? >> Featured Topic: The goods on group policies >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured expert: Serdar Yegulalp Chip me? Think tank debates chip implants for people Visual Studio .NET used to build knowledge management app Oops! True IT blooper #79: Duct tape dupes IT pro >> Site Highlights: SearchWin2000.com white paper library Webcast on killing spam AD administration tips  From the Editor: by Ed Parry, News Writer We have either misplaced our crystal ball, or one of the sales staff's kids pinched it during the Halloween party. Regardless, we need some help looking into the future. It's no secret that IT spending for 2002 was about as busy as the Cincinnati Bengals during playoff season. We'd like to know how 2003 is shaping up within Windows nation. For example, are you planning to help make Bill richer next year? Sure he's the man who has everything, but do you plan to give him more? Does Titanium sound titillating? Do you find yourself dreaming of .NET Server? Or do you just wish your heterogeneous network would just play nice and that your system would be secure? In a nutshell, will Windows wax or wane in your world? Let us know what your plans are by taking our survey. It's free, easy -- and hey, at least we're not telemarketing this stuff! Your answers will help us know what trends to look for in 2003, and hopefully serve you better.  Featured Topic: The goods on group policies by Christine Polewarczyk, Associate Site Editor We've got the goods on some of the most powerful features of AD and Win2k -- group policies. This collection of tips shows all the different ways you can use them to manage users, automate processes and secure your systems. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Serdar Yegulalp Publisher, The Windows 2000 Power Users Newsletter Categories:Management Tools and Solutions Serdar Yegulalp wrote for Windows Magazine from 1994 through 2001, covering a wide range of technology topics. He now plies his expertise in Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP as publisher of The Windows 2000 Power Users Newsletter(www.win2kpowerusers.com) and writes technology columns for TechTarget. View all Serdar's answers Exclusive Articles >> Chip me? Think tank debates chip implants for people Would you like to be treated like a dog? Scientists and privacy advocates have been debating the pros and cons of implanting people with microchips. The little glass gadgets can track you, ID you and tell doctors your medical history should you be unable to do any of those things. Some people say "chips ahoy" to the idea -- others say the concept really gets under their skin. >> Visual Studio .NET used to build knowledge management app Some types of redundancy are not good. In this field report, a lack of communication tools was causing hundreds of software developers working for the same company in different states to write the same code. >> Oops! True IT blooper #79: Duct tape dupes IT pro An IT pro drives miles and miles to troubleshoot a problem that has more to do with tape and stupidity than technology. Tip of the Week: Our Director of IT is running WinXP SP1 on an HP Pavilion ze5000 laptop. This morning, right after we installed IIS on our Windows 2000 Server, he began to experience a real slowdown on his laptop. When we checked CPU utilization for running processes, his svchost.exe was at 99%! We thought it might be a worm or something, but a Norton Antivirus 2002 Pro scan came back negative. Any idea what could cause this? (Note: After a reboot his CPU utilization for svchost.exe went back to 1%.) >> Svchost.exe at 99%  Site Highlights SearchWin2000.com white paper library Find over 350 titles! Check out our searchable white paper library with categories such as AD, Exchange and messaging, and security. Webcast on killing spam Trying to block spam from entering your network? Get valuable tips for strategies on keeping your system spam-free and running at an optimal performance level at this webcast. AD administration tips Sign up for this newsletter today! Administering Active Directory, the foundation for Exchange and other Windows 2000 programs, is probably the most challenging part of dealing with that architecture. Our Active Directory tips will help you with the planning, administration and maintenance of AD services within your distributed networking environments. Submit a tip and win This month's prize is a Xircom Wireless Ethernet Access Point, and it's still up for grabs! There is still plenty of time to read, rate and then submit your own tips for your chance to win. Click here Exchange newsletter The Exchange Administration Tip draws on the knowledge of experienced users, authors and other experts and provides guidance in installing and administering Exchange Server. Subscribe now! VS.NET Info Center Visit the new VS.NET Info Center on SearchVB.com! Get tips from Chris Sells, the new VS.NET Info Center expert. And you'll find the latest VS.NET news. Visit today! A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R Created by TechTarget TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2002, All Rights Reserved. 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