SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Tips from our experts Jan. 24, 2003 Expert answers and advice to your Windows 2000 technical questions. More expert advice: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateExperts/0,289622,sid1,00.html ____________________________________________________________________
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Now what? - Webcast: Tuning and monitoring XP, Win2k and .NET Server - Follow-up Q&As: Mark Minasi answers your technical questions - Tip Contest: Win a WAP11 Network Access Point ___________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: VeriSign Get the strongest server security -- 128-bit SSL encryption! Download VeriSign's FREE guide, "Securing your Web site for business" and learn everything you need to know about using SSL to encrypt your e-commerce transactions for serious online security. Click here: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,9370,00.htm?freeguide ____________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S THE BEST ANTI-SPAM PRODUCT? | Ask Serdar Yegulalp Dear Serdar: We are currently running TrendMicro's antivirus and content filtering software. The anti-spam filtering is only catching about 70% of the spam. In your opinion, what anti-spam product is best? We have five Exchange 5.5 servers running in offices around the country. >>Click here to read Yegulalp's expert response: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid33_cid512723_tax288093,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SOMEONE'S TRYING TO FLOOD OUR SERVER | Ask Roberta Bragg Dear Roberta: We have Windows 2000 server, IIS 5 SP3 with all current hotfixes. We have around 600 sites running on it. We also implemented IP filtering. Our open ports are 20, 21, 80, 443, 1433 and 3389. Recently, we have been having problems with someone trying to flood our server. Our ports get stopped one by one. I am unable to connect using Terminal Services, and I don't have any other solutions besides physically rebooting it. >>Click here to read Bragg's expert response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid513305_tax285120,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CAN I RESTRICT CONTROL PANEL ACCESS TO ADMINS? | Ask Jerry Honeycutt Dear Jerry: I need to create a policy to restrict all users except administrators in a workgroup from accessing the Control Panel on Windows XP Professional, without using third-party utilities or directly editing the registry. Is there a way to do this? >>Click here to read Honeycutt's expert response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid510748_tax293054,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW DO I ADD A DISCLAIMER TO OUTGOING E-MAILS? | Ask Scott Schnoll Dear Scott: How do I add an e-mail disclaimer to all outgoing e-mails (without purchasing expensive software)? I've read the article about Exchange SMTP event sinks, but since I am not a programmer, this was not a help. >>Click here to read Schnoll's expert response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid510690_tax285117,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PROBLEM SYNCHING TIME ON SERVERS & WORKSTATIONS | Ask Laura Hunter Dear Laura: I have an issue with the time synchronization on my servers and workstations. How do I make it all work? It seems like even if I change the time on my Active Directory server, it will not hold time. And it seems like all the workstations on my network have the same problem. >>Click here to read Hunter's expert response: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid33_cid510683_tax292494,00.html _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= G'BYE EXCHANGE 5.5. NOW WHAT? | Featured Topic While Domino and Exchange duke it out for domination of the messaging market, Oracle is readying a new product that will be priced to attract Exchange 5.5 customers. What's a Windows shop to do in the face of all this choice? http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci874430,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TUNING AND MONITORING XP, WIN2K AND .NET SERVER | Webcast If you missed the webcast earlier this month by Windows techie Mark Minasi, fear not -- we have it archived. Mark shares his secrets on what you need to know and do to squeeze the most power out of your Windows server and workstation operating systems. Listen now! http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/Win2kWinman/010903/index.asp?loc=08 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MARK MINASI ANSWERS YOUR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS | Follow-up Questions During Mark's webcast on Jan. 9, the questions were just flooding in. Since the presentation was only an hour, Mark didn't have time to answer all of the queries online. He graciously answered them offline. 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