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March 17, 2003 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From The Editor: And the winners are... >> Featured Topic: Join the SearchWin2000.com book club >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Meet Rod Trent Site Exclusives: >> Microsoft plans major manageability shift >> Gartner: Latest Microsoft pricing moves a positive step >> Quest 'bet the farm' on Microsoft's security model Tip of the Week: Where's that DVD drive? >> Site Highlights: Webcast on Exchange alternatives Webcast on mobility and collaboration Sponsored white paper: Top 10 reports every IT manager lives for  From the Editor: by Christine Polewarczyk, Associate Editor Congratulations to our February Tip Contest winners! 1st place: Jim Ruby Grand prize: Sennheiser wireless stereo headphones Tip: What's blocking your %PATH%? 2nd place: Douglas Drewry Tip: Increase memory with Physical Address Extension 3rd place: Mark Bagley Tip: Changing attributes to an object: Last writes don't always win Jim, Doug and Mark have won elite positions in our Hall of Fame, as well as a subscription to our monthly Insider, an exclusive newsletter only for our site experts and Hall of Fame members, which gives behind-the-scenes info on what's going on here at SearchWin2000.com and SearchWindowsManageability.com. For those of you who missed out last month and want to get in on the action, the March Tip Contest is in full swing. Submit your Windows-related tip, trick, time-saver or workaround and you'll be in the running for this month's prize -- a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate! Any Windows-related tip is eligible: Active Directory, Exchange, desktop administration, server management, security -- you name it. Whichever tip receives the highest rating from our members and panel of judges will win the grand prize. Submit your tip here. You're free to enter as many times as you'd like, so don't be shy! And if you've won before, you can win again! We've recently changed the rules -- now members can win the grand prize twice per calendar year. Thanks to all of you who participated in our February Tip Contest. Your contributions and involvement are what make SearchWin2000.com such a great online community and resource for Windows IT professionals. Have a great week, everyone. Regards, Christine  Featured Topic: Join the SearchWin2000.com book club by Catherine Ketcher, Site Editor No time to get to the library? No problem. We've got your book fix right here. From curing your XP headaches to implementing AD, our free book excerpts are here to help. "Check them out" in this week's Featured Topic and visit often for new downloads. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Rod Trent Author, MyITForum.com Categories:Systems Management Server and System Update Server Expert Our newest expert, Rod Trent is the author of such books as Microsoft SMS Installer and Admin911-SMS. He has written many technical white papers and articles primarily under the theme of enterprise systems management. He is the owner of myITforum.com. Rod is a regular speaker at the Microsoft Management Summit and an Acquisitions Editor for NetImpress, Inc. View all Rod Trent's answers or ask him your question. Site Exclusives >> Microsoft to announce major shift in manageability strategy And then there was one. One management product, that is. At next week's Microsoft Management Summit, the software maker will unveil its plans for Sydney, a project that sources say will combine Microsoft's three Windows manageability products into one. >> Gartner: Latest Microsoft pricing moves a positive step Microsoft's recent changes to its pricing model are a good first step toward earning back the customer goodwill that was lost after the controversial Licensing 6.0 was released in August, according to a Gartner analyst. However, Alvin Park says Redmond needs to do much more to make customers satisfied with what they pay for Microsoft's products. >> Quest 'bet the farm' on Microsoft's security model Quest Software made a business decision five years ago to "bet the farm" on Microsoft's security model, and so far it's paid off for the management software company, according to one of its executives. The advent of Trustworthy Computing hasn't changed that strategy, he says, because that initiative is all about customer "comfort." Tip of the Week: One of the stranger problems you might encounter in installing Windows XP in your organization is the disappearance of your optical drive. The problem crops up both with Windows XP Professional and XP Home. Your first step should be to try and replace the driver -- Barrie Sosinsky shows you how. >> Where's that DVD drive?  Site Highlights Webcast on Exchange alternatives March 20 at 12 p.m. EST Learn how to keep Outlook users happy with the desktop calendaring and scheduling features while using a secure server. Register now! Sponsored By: Stalker Software Webcast on mobility and collaboration March 26 at 2 p.m. EST Learn how to increase company-wide productivity, lower IT costs, and improve your company's ability to respond to customer needs -- all outside the office. Join us today! 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