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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: - Secure all your Web servers now with a proven five-part strategy http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,10274,00.htm?freeguide - Free security tip newsletter -- click to sign up instantly! http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/OptIn/1,290894,sid1,00.html?cid=&em=&tid=136&FE=1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TIPS - Use file system verification - Tiny toolmaker saves big money for Windows admins - Lab wrestles with Windows patches - Dos and don'ts of AD migrations - Early bird vendors beating SMS 2003 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Ask Serdar Yegulalp: What's the best anti-spam product? - Featured Topic: Stayin' alive in Patchville - Know-IT-All Quiz #22: Pack it up, pack it in - Special Contest: All about the bloopers, baby! ___________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: VeriSign - The Value of Trust Secure all your Web servers now - with a proven five-part strategy. The FREE Server Security Guide shows you how: * DEPLOY THE LATEST ENCRYPTION and authentication techniques * DELIVER TRANSPARENT PROTECTION with the strongest security without disrupting users. * And more. >> Get your FREE guide now: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,10274,00.htm?freeguide ___________________________________________________________________ USE FILE SYSTEM VERIFICATION | by Barrie Sosinsky Anyone who has installed software on Windows XP has probably encountered a dialog box indicating that a particular application or driver is not certified for installation. That dialog box (which can be dismissed) is part of a relatively new program called File Signature Verification. The purpose of the program is to provide a means for reducing the number of driver incompatibility issues, which are probably the major cause of Windows system instability. >> CLICK for the full tip: http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci880236,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TINY TOOLMAKER SAVES ADMINS BIG MONEY | by Margie Semilof You can pay a mint for tools that monitor your Windows servers. But at least one small software company offers products that are far less "minty" and still deliver the goods. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci877730,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LAB WRESTLES WITH WINDOWS PATCHES | by Matthew A. DeBellis The nation's oldest government laboratory is in the midst of testing two software applications to better manage thousands of Windows desktops, and to keep from drowning in a flood of patches. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci878227,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DOS AND DON'TS OF AD MIGRATIONS | by Laura Hunter Active Directory: you can't ignore it any longer. If you're planning to implement it, fear not -- Laura Hunter, SearchWindowsManageability.com's resident expert on network management, provides tips for an AD rollout. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci878165,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EARLY BIRD VENDORS BEATING SMS 2003 | by Matthew A. DeBellis How desperate are you to know just what software you have, how many licenses you own and which ones are actually being used? If you don't want to wait for Microsoft's SMS 2003 to hit the market this fall, then don't. There's a raft of applications available now that can track software licenses and usage. >> CLICK for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci879552,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ SECURITY ADMINISTRATION TIP NEWSLETTER | Sign up for free SearchWin2000.com's security administration free weekly newsletter draws off the knowledge of experienced users, authors and other experts to provide IT professionals with guidance in being effective and secure network admins. >> Click here to auto-activate your subscription: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/OptIn/1,290894,sid1,00.html?cid=&em=&tid=136&FE=1 ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 for Serdar's expert answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid33_cid512723_tax288093,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= STAYIN' ALIVE IN PATCHVILLE | Featured Topic Calling Dr. Adams, Dr. Patch Adams! Don't you feel like Dr. Patch in your shop, applying all the latest remedies to your vulnerable patients? It's not easy keeping your head above water in the patch-infested "Straits of Microsoft". Use this collection of stories and tips as a flotation device. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci878916,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PACK IT UP, PACK IT IN | Know-IT-All Quiz #22 Test your knowledge with this week's quiz, then visit the list of related information you'll find on the answer page. A server may accumulate a great many backup folders from the installation of Service Packs. If the server has been running dependably for quite some time, you can usually remove the SP uninstall files and free up 25-100 MB per Service Pack. To do this you can: a. Delete them from a hidden folder in the \%Systemroot% directory b. Delete the corresponding registry key c. Uninstall the Service Pack in 'Add/Remove Programs' d. All of the above e. Spend the time playing Pac Man instead >> CLICK for the correct answer... http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci879866,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ALL ABOUT THE BLOOPERS, BABY! | Special Contest Over the last six months, SearchWindowsManageability.com's True IT Blooper contest has become a staple of the site and a huge user favorite. It's hard to believe we're fast approaching our 100th installment. We want to mark the occassion by rewarding the user who submits the blooper we decide to use as the 100th with a special prize: An Olympus W-10 Digital Voice Recorder with Built-in Digital Camera! Please rate these current contenders for our regular blooper prize competition and then submit your own! 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