=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Administrator Tip June 11, 2003
Essential tools and advice for the Windows administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Dead systems? Deleted files? Registry Problems? Piece of cake http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,14978,00.htm?winternals - Find out how your salary stacks up http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/salarySurvey/0,289712,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ADMINISTRATOR TIPS - Edit alert behavior - Cut and paste to/from a DOS window - Reduce Win2k user issues with shadow copy - Troubleshoot shutdown issues with Task Manager - Put a command line shortcut in your mouse's right click menu - Ask Tony Northrup: Internet account/sub-contract for intranet? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Know-IT-All Quiz #38: The ties that bind - Exclusive Article: Three phases for patch management - Featured Topic: TechEd 2003 - Chapter of the Week: "Network security" - Tip Contest: Submit a tip to win an iAUDIO MP3 player! ____________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: Dead systems? Deleted files? Registry Problems? Piece of cake With NEW Administrator's Pak 4.0, you can quickly solve problems that once baffled you for days. Here's one of dozens of examples: A complex and mysterious registry problem plagues your mail servers. With Administrator's Pak 4.0, you edit the registry -- even on unbootable systems -- to compare, cut, and paste registry components. Instead of days of sleuthing, you're looking at minutes of repair. With NEW Administrator's Pak 4.0, time is finally on your side. http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,14978,00.htm?winternals ____________________________________________________________________ EDIT ALERT BEHAVIOR | by Serdar Yegulalp Windows 2000 does not send out alert messages over the network in real-time. Instead, it checks for available alerts after a certain length of time, or sends alerts when a certain threshold of pending alerts is reached. The length of time and the event threshold can both be set by an administrator, but only by editing the registry. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci905161,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CUT AND PASTE TO/FROM A DOS WINDOW | by Tim Fenner Using cut-and-paste in the command prompt is easy. Just follow the simple instructions in this tip. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci905326,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= REDUCE WIN2K USER ISSUES WITH SHADOW COPY | by Carol Miller Don't believe that you have to install Windows Server 2003 as a domain controller to utilize any of the new features. One of the nicest, easiest to configure and administratively savvy features in the newest Microsoft server is the new shadow copy feature. This feature allows users to "roll back" to earlier versions of files and folders -- say, in the instance when a user deletes a file by accident. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci905329,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TROUBLESHOOT SHUTDOWN ISSUES WITH TASK MANAGER | by Tim Fenner You probably already know that you can use Task Manager to determine which programs are currently running on a computer. If you have a PC that is having shutdown issues though, you can try to isolate the problem by manually quitting each program, one-by-one, and then shutting down and restarting to test if the shutdown problem is resolved, as explained in more detail in this tip. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci905319,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PUT A COMMAND LINE SHORTCUT IN YOUR MOUSE MENU | by Ott Brendon If you prefer to use the command line for some tasks, you can create a command line shortcut in your mouse's right-click menu that will open the command line window in a specific folder that you select. This tip explains step-by-step how to do it. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci905284,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= INTERNET ACCOUNT/SUB-CONTRACT FOR INTRANET? | Ask Tony Northrup Dear Tony: I have been made responsible for the set up of a new office environment. The building has intranet wiring. We want the network between 10 office PCs to share script writing/scheduling/budgeting software. Security, high-volume print capabilities and fixed levels of access are important. Do we establish an Internet account or sub-contract for an intranet setup? >> CLICK here for Northrup's expert answer... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid530458_tax285116,00.html Want more tips like this one? Then sign up to receive SearchWin2000.com's "Tips from our Experts" biweekly newsletter. 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Take the survey today! http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/salarySurvey/0,289712,sid1,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE TIES THAT BIND | Know-IT-All Quiz #38 Test your knowledge with this week's quiz, then visit the list of related information you'll find on the answer page. On local area networks, ARP (address resolution protocol) is used by TCP/IP to: a. Store ARP bindings in a local cache on each networked computer b. Bind a network interface's physical address to an IP address c. Start the gratuitous ARP broadcast function d. Check if another machine on the network is using the same IP e. Ensure your Alaskan Malamute is leashed at all times >> CLICK for the correct answer... http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci905565,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THREE PHASES FOR PATCH MANAGEMENT | Exclusive Article When Nimda gave WorldCom a call in 2001, the company developed a patch management strategy -- no easy task for a firm with 28,800 Windows workstations and 1,200 Windows servers. >> CLICK here for the full article... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci905061,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TECHED 2003 | Featured Topic Microsoft had a busy week in Dallas, rolling out a number of new products and giving customers an update on its patch management plans. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci904931,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "NETWORK SECURITY" | Chapter of the Week If network security has ever been a concern for you, you don't want to miss out on this week's Chapter of the Week. Taken from "Windows XP Professional Network Administration," the chapter describes the dual-front approach necessary to network security. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid1_gci896718,00.html?Offer=chpdwled061003 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SUBMIT A TIP TO WIN AN IAUDIO MP3 PLAYER! | Tip Contest Stop standing on the sidelines and get in on the action! Submit any Windows-related tip for your chance to win this month's awesome prize -- an iAUDIO 128 MB MP3 player with FM and voice recorder! The iAUDIO MP3 player is the size of a credit card and only weighs 1.4 ounces! 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