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>>  LEAD STORY:  Desktop expert offers unvarnished view of Office 2003
>>  NEWS:  Critical Windows, Exchange alerts issued
>>  WINDOWS WORD CHALLENGE:  Program for e-mail delivery
>>  THE MISSING LINK:  Singles try to score Sox-Yankees tix online
 News and Top Stories  

LEAD STORY
Desktop expert offers unvarnished view of Office 2003  (SearchWin2000.com)
Windows desktop deployment expert Jerry Honeycutt cuts through the marketing hype to outline the highlights of Microsoft's new Office 2003, which makes its debut Oct. 21.
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NEWS
Critical Windows, Exchange alerts issued (SearchWin2000.com)
Microsoft issued five critical alerts on Wednesday, four for Windows and one for Exchange 2000 Server.

NEWS
Microsoft adds new flavors of server OS (CNET)
A beta version of Windows Server 2003 that runs on 64-bit chips from Advanced Micro Devices has been released by Microsoft. The final 64-bit version of the server operating system should be released in the second half of 2004.

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  > Microsoft mum on third-party IM licenses
  > Microsoft fixes flaw capable of killing Hotmail
  > Experts: Security melding with recovery
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WINDOWS WORD CHALLENGE
Program for e-mail delivery
This is a program responsible for receiving, routing and delivering e-mail messages. Specifically, this program receives e-mail messages and recipient addresses from local users and remote hosts, performs alias creation and forwarding functions and delivers messages to their destinations.
>>  Think you know the term? Click here to find out.


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Visit the new Desktop Deployment Info Center on SearchWin2000.com. You'll find tips, webcasts, expert advice and other key resources focused on all aspects of managing Windows desktops -- direct from SearchWin2000.com and Microsoft. Topics covered include desktop deployment and migration strategies, performance, disk management, hardware administration, application management, security -- and much more!

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IT SURVIVAL KIT
System.ced is missing? Probably not
When Windows 2000 and Windows XP (both Home and Professional) begin the boot process, a 16 MB memory space is allocated for loading components needed for booting. These components include the boot loader, the kernel, the HAL, the drivers needed for booting and the System registry hive. If the hive exceeds 13MB in size, for whatever reason, Windows will fail to boot and generate a error. Learn how to combat this tricky situation.

FEATURED TOPIC
Crash course in SUS
SUS is one of the most popular tools in the Windows toolbox. This collection of tips, articles and advice shows how to get the most out of SUS today, and previews what new features will be available in the not-too-distant future.

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LINUX SPEAK
Can you name the Microsoft partner?

WHAT MS PARTNER SAID THE FOLLOWING:

"There's a big question out there right now: 'What's the installed base of NT users going to do?' In the next 12-to-24 months, we think more migrations (to Linux) are going to be happening. That's because Linux has caused everyone to rethink the core economics of the data center. ... Linux is the train that's coming."

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>>Linux basics for Windows pros
>>Linux migration crash course



THE MISSING LINK
Singles try to score Sox-Yankees tix online

The Red Sox haven't won since 1918, and some Craigslist.org members haven't had a date in almost as long. Now the dateless are hoping to play the field and score some World Series tickets at the same time.

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