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Essential tools and advice for the Windows administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Quest Software: How healthy is your Exchange system? http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,8526,00.htm?questsoftware - Not so sure about MOM? Check out the Argent Guardian http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,8527,00.htm?argent =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ADMINISTRATOR TIPS - Stop repeated logging of Event 1010 - Speed up your Internet connection time - Repair an attempted update of Windows Installer - Medical tool a lifesaver for jammed floppies 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Admin Know-IT-All Quiz #16: Bucking the system - Chapter Download: "Windows XP Professional Security" - Exclusive Article: IT Pro File -- Hit the ground running - Ask Jerry Honeycutt: Building a disk image with RIS - Tip Contest: Tips lead to tunes -- win a MOJO CD-MP3 player ____________________________________________________________________ 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,,8526,00.htm?questsoftware ____________________________________________________________________ STOP REPEATED LOGGING OF EVENT 1010 | by Serdar Yegulalp The Terminal Services Licensing discovery process in Windows 2000 is a background process that attempts to find a licensing server for Terminal Services by using Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) to all Windows 2000 domain controllers in the same domain. The process runs continuously, since licensing conditions may change at any time. If Terminal Services Licensing discovery fails -- that is, if it can't find the licensing server -- an error is logged, which usually looks like this... >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci869623,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SPEED UP YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION TIME | by Peter van der Wiel If you spend time waiting for your DHCP requests to time out upon startup, set a fixed IP address to speed up the process. This is a great shortcut that will drastically reduce the time it takes users to connect to the Internet using a NIC. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci869743,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= REPAIR AN ATTEMPTED UPDATE OF WINDOWS INSTALLER | by Sandra Brasch Errors on an application install? You're not alone. The procedures listed in a Microsoft article finally allowed this user to get a good Windows Installer update on a Windows ME computer, and to successfully install Norton 2003. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci869717,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MEDICAL TOOL A LIFESAVER FOR JAMMED FLOPPIES | by Eddie Mould Do you occasionally find yourself having to pull what's left of a floppy disk out of a PC? Then you must agree, it can be an enormous headache and is also potentially damaging to your hardware if you go about it the wrong way. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci869703,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: Argent FREE DOWNLOAD -- ENTERPRISE MONITORING SOFTWARE Find out for yourself why Major League Baseball, IBM, Minolta, Morgan Stanley, Toyota, Nokia and the National Bank of Canada all rely on The Argent Guardian. Cost-effectively monitor Windows, Unix and Linux servers with one solution! 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Install Service Pack 2 -- it addresses the issue e. Combine the Richard Simmons, Dr. Atkins and Jenny Craig systems >> CLICK for the correct answer... http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci869851,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL SECURITY" | Chapter Download In the book "Windows XP Professional Security" by Chris Weber and Gary Bahadur, you get comprehensive security coverage of Windows XP Pro -- the most security-focused Microsoft OS yet. For a limited time you can download chapter four of this book for free on SearchWin2000.com. And, if you sign up for our weekly Windows Security Administration Tip today, you'll be entered to win one of several copies of the book. >>Click here to download chapter four: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid1_gci865478,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IT PRO FILE: HIT THE GROUND RUNNING | Exclusive Article Some people just seem to get up to speed sooner than others. Meet Carol Miller, IT instructor and author, who shares her "truckin'" IT beginnings, an IT problem-solving story, and her system management dos and don'ts. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci869278,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BUILDING A DISK IMAGE WITH RIS | Ask Jerry Honeycutt Dear Jerry: We are swapping out all our old PCs with new ones. I need to do application push-outs for the client machines. Can I use RIS (Remote Installation Service), and if so, where would I find out how to do it? I looked up a technical guide to RIS on the Microsoft Web site, but it looks like it is only for the OS install, and our machines are coming with Windows 2000 already installed. I just need to clone all the apps the users will need so I can do all the apps on several machines at once. Thanks. >> CLICK here for Honeycutt's expert response... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid504653_tax293054,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TIPS LEAD TO TUNES -- WIN A MOJO CD-MP3 PLAYER! | Tip Contest Do you read our user submitted tip section? Is it useful? Does it help you do your job on occasion? All signs point to yes, but it takes more than a magic 8-ball to keep this contest running! We need your tips!. Your submissions will not go unrewarded. You'll have a chance to win a brand new TDK MOJO CD-MP3 player! 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