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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: - Free white papers http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/whitepapers3/0,,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TIPS - Use remote desktop for administration - Oops! True IT blooper #90: Fuzzy brain - Analysis paralysis must end in 2003 - Oops! True IT blooper #89: Mr. Handyman 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Ask Serdar Yegulalp: Why does my XP Pro machine boot so slowly? - Featured Topic: Predictions for 2003 - Know-It-All Quiz #17: Event 1010 -- a license server odyssey - Blooper Contest: Submit bloopers, win a Xircom Ethernet adaptor ___________________________________________________________________ Free white papers Download the key papers you need today to make better-informed decisions. Targeted categories include: Windows security, Active Directory, client and desktop administration, Exchange and messaging troubleshooting and more. >> CLICK here to access the free SearchWin2000.com white papers http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/whitepapers3/0,,sid1,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ USE REMOTE DESKTOP FOR ADMINISTRATION | by Barrie Sosinsky If you're using Windows XP Pro in your organization, you'll find it offers a feature called Remote Desktop that is based on Terminal Services. Using Remote Desktop you can log onto a system from another machine and your applications and files as if you were sitting there in front of the system locally. While this feature is useful to some end users, it is particularly helpful for administrators who can change server settings; add, modify, or delete users and computers; open a Command Prompt box to enter CLI commands; and even reboot a system. >> CLICK for the full tip: http://www.searchWindowsManageability.com/tip/1,289483,sid33_gci872741,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OOPS! TRUE IT BLOOPER #90: FUZZY BRAIN When installation of software looks like it's on track, it's just as likely to derail. In this Blooper, a disaster recovery system seems doomed when an engineer gets his wires crossed. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci871503,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ANALYSIS PARALYSIS MUST END IN 2003 In 2003, KISS will be an IT buzzword. In this case, however, KISS will stand for Keep It Safe, Stupid. Windows administrators' lives will be greatly affected by security-related events at home and abroad, especially the passage of the Homeland Security Act. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci871381,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OOPS! TRUE IT BLOOPER #89: MR. HANDYMAN For IT pros, the temptation to take a hammer to an unruly system is great. In this true story, an IT pro uses his home toolbox to cover up a system's shortcomings. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci871424,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHY DOES MY XP PRO MACHINE BOOT SO SLOWLY? | Ask Serdar Yegulalp Dear Serdar: I am a programmer and just received a new Windows XP Professional PC. It seems to take a long time to boot up -- around three minutes. I only see the message "Loading personal settings." After it boots, everything is fine and running extremely well. Is there something that our network administrators can do to correct this problem? >> CLICK here for Serdar's Expert answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid33_cid507717_tax288093,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PREDICTIONS FOR 2003 | Featured Topic Editor-in-Chief Paul Gillin's 10 predictions include wireless wonders, a surge in tech spending, XML and another mega-merger. Plus, SearchWin2000 Site Editor Marilyn Cohodas' two cents on the future for Gates and Co. in 2003. >> CLICK here for the .NET Server links: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci871404,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EVENT 1010: A LICENSE SERVER ODYSSEY | Admin Know-IT-All Quiz #17 Test your knowledge with this week's quiz, then visit the list of related information you'll find on the answer page. The Terminal Services Licensing discovery process attempts to find a licensing server by using RPCs to all domain controllers in the same domain. If the Licensing discovery fails, an error is logged. To force a particular license server for Terminal Services you must: a. Adjust the two simultaneous connection limit b. Check to see if RPC calls to the server in question are failing c. Set a default licensing server d. Edit the 'DefaultLicenseServer' registry key e. Swap your HAL 9000 for a Dell >> CLICK for the correct answer... http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci872560,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SUBMIT BLOOPERS, WIN A XIRCOM ETHERNET ADAPTER! | Blooper Contest Let old aquaintance be forgot, but don't forget to submit your bloopers for a shot at a Xircom Credit Card Wireless Ethernet Adapter! You know the drill, people -- submit your true stories of IT woe to enter the SearchWinMan.com Blooper contest. 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