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Essential tools and advice to keep your network running at optimum performance. More tips: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - How healthy is your Exchange system? http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,8197,00.htm?Quest - Expert Webcast: Windows to the max -- clustering Exchange 2000 http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/searchwin2kwinman/121702/index.asp?loc=11 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TIPS - Using Windows XP's system restore tool - Coping with AD's limitations - VS .NET saves firm time - How to avoid app deployment disasters 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Ask Serdar Yegulalp: Is NetBEUI or TCP/IP better for LANs? - Featured Topic: .NET Server is coming to town - Admin Know-IT-All Quiz #15: Corrupted by cache - Blooper Contest: New prize -- win a Xircom Ethernet adapter! ___________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: Quest Software IMPROVE YOUR EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE FAST WITH EXPERT ADVICE. Learn how you can make better decisions and solve Exchange problems faster! Quest Software is offering the Exchange Health Check, a free analysis and consultation, to help put you on the road to Exchange fitness. Visit our site to learn more about the Exchange Health Check today! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,8197,00.htm?Quest ___________________________________________________________________ USING WINDOWS XP'S SYSTEM RESTORE TOOL | by Barrie Sosinsky Restoring a user's desktop computer that refuses to boot, or acts in strange ways, can be a time-consuming chore. Fortunately, Windows XP contains a light version of the GoBack utility from Roxio that lets you return your system to a previously working state. The System Restore tool works by saving a snapshot of your important system and program files as part of a package that is called a restore point. The tool is both ingenious and life saving. >> CLICK for the full tip: http://www.searchWindowsManageability.com/tip/1,289483,sid33_gci868580,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= COPING WITH AD'S LIMITATIONS | by Jim Rendon Migrating to Active Directory remains an appealing idea for many companies. Speakers and IT pros at a technical confab point out Active Directory's numerous management and security problems while identifying a few third-party tools now available to patch over those shortcomings. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci867564,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VS .NET SAVES FIRM TIME | by Matthew DeBellis Microsoft's .NET-infused programming language allowed Brierley and Partners to develop a custom software platform to deliver online marketing projects faster and easier. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci867211,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW TO AVOID APP DEPLOYMENT DISASTERS | by Jan Stafford Take an off-the-shelf application. Fold it into an enterprise system. Mix well with legacy applications. That's your recipe for an application meltdown. Our expert helps you cook up something better! >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci866784,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ WINDOWS TO THE MAX: CLUSTERING EXCHANGE 2000 | Expert webcast During this webcast at 12:00 p.m. EST on December 17, Exchange expert Scott Schnoll will explain the essential steps to clustering Exchange 2000, including planning, designing and implementing Exchange 2000 within a Windows 2000 Advanced Server cluster. Discussion topics will include: - Clustering terminology - Benefits and limitations of clustering - Backup and restore strategies - Disaster recovery - Best practices for building clusters - And more! >> Pre-register now... http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/searchwin2kwinman/121702/index.asp?loc=11 ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IS NETBEUI OR TCP/IP BETTER FOR LANS? | Ask Serdar Yegulalp Dear Serdar: Is NetBEUI a better protocol than TCP/IP for LAN environments? What advantages do we have when we do file transfers on LAN networks? >> CLICK here for Serdar's Expert answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid33_cid505783_tax288093,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= .NET SERVER IS COMING TO TOWN | Featured Topic Despite Microsoft's reindeer games of delay, .NET Server 2003 seems to be the Windows product you want to see most. Here's our gift to you -- a collection of related stories to stuff in your stocking. >> CLICK here for the .NET Server links: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci867508,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CORRUPTED BY CACHE | Admin Know-IT-All Quiz #15 Test your knowledge with this week's quiz, then visit the list of related information you'll find on the answer page. Users of Internet Explorer sometimes report a problem that at first appears to be a DNS issue, or a network problem in general, but is in fact due to a corrupt cache-management file in Internet Explorer. To fix this you must: a. Delete your CACHE.DNS file and let it regenerate b. Point your site's DNS at a different name server c. Reset your proxy server d. Rebuild the INDEX.DAT file e. Hide the cache under your mattress >> CLICK for the correct answer... http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci868415,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEW PRIZE -- WIN A XIRCOM ETHERNET ADAPTER | Blooper Contest Well the weather outside is frightful, but a Xircom Credit Card Wireless Ethernet Adapter is so delightful! You know the drill, people -- submit your true stories of IT woe to enter the SearchWinMan.com Blooper contest. 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