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Windows administrators at big and small companies alike are looking for ways to monitor their servers, but not just any way. Cost and simplicity constitute a key combination. IpMonitor, a 6-year-old application, is the front-runner for a couple of admins -- one from a huge firm, the other from a small shop.
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Windows XP flaw could make passwords useless (ITworld)
Microsoft hasn't confirmed it yet, but there's word of a flaw with Windows XP that could let someone use a Windows 2000 CD and its recovery feature to assume the identity of an XP administrator. Passwords, therefore, would be a lame line of defense.
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Security firm offers harder, meaner Windows (eWEEK)
A new security firm wants to do your Windows. BBX Technologies Inc. is offering a software product called ImmuneEngine, which keeps an eye on Windows system kernels, red flags any executables it doesn't recognize and either quarantines them or shuts them down if they are running. The company boasts that the other "leading brands" just detect -- but BBX stops.
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XP or Win2k Pro in a NetWare network?
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I am very happy with Windows 2000 Professional but need to buy some new laptops and desktops for my office this coming year. Many manufacturers are no longer packaging Win2k Pro with their products but are offering Windows XP or XP Professional. Which OS would you go for in an office environment running NetWare as a network OS?
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Thanks to a shopkeeper and his snappy new cell phone, a Kodak moment became a Maalox moment for a pair of wanted crooks. When Catherine Zeta-Jones invites you to "get more" from your cell phone, surely this isn't what she means!
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