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Spammers flying under Exchange radar? (CNET)
A recently published white paper warns that spammers may be exploiting a flaw in Exchange 5.5 and 2000 messaging servers to send bulk e-mail under the security radar. Spammers are using guest accounts to send mail, an oversight that bypasses any security precautions.
NEWS
Gates: Trustworthy computing is 'way do-able' (vnunet)
Bill Gates filled his Comdex keynote speech with a prediction that seamless computing (where all a user's information is connected) will be reality by 2010. As for the present, Gates said that trustworthy computing -- the security fundamentals -- is most important, and he took the opportunity to pitch SMS and ISA 2004 as products that will make security more effective and manageable.
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Managing a Windows XP system
Leverage the power of Windows XP, and fully satisfy your business needs with help from this practical guide. This chapter from the book Windows XP Professional: A Beginner's Guide, by Martin Matthews, covers Windows XP data storage on CDs and DVDs, printing and faxing, transferring files, connecting to and using a local area network, using a modem, setting up and using an Internet connection and much more.
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FEATURED TOPIC
Everything Active Directory
From designing and planning your AD to managing it after rollout, our Learning Guides have you covered. Find them by clicking link on the left hand side of this week's Featured Topic. You'll also find a roundup of advice from our resident Active Directory and migration expert Paul Hinsberg.
IT SURVIVAL KIT
Changing the IP address of a domain controller
Changing your IP address on an Active Directory domain controller can cause many issues with the DNS server on that machine. To change the IP address, complete the steps outlined in this tip.
ASK THE EXPERT, ROD TRENT
Stop users from declining SUS updates
Dear Rod:
We are a Novell shop, so as a result our users are "administrator" equivalent for reasons I won't go into. I installed SUS server into the environment, and because the users are admin equivalent, they are still given the option to decline the updates. I need to force them with a reboot! Is this possible?
Click here for Rod's expert response.
HOLIDAY PRODUCT REVIEW GUIDE
Calling all gadget geeks!
Are you a gadget person? Gadget people can't resist the latest and greatest. And that's what we have assembled in our Gadgets & Gizmos '03 guide. See how high-tech translates into high-tech fun with this assortment of the newest and greatest in high-tech gizmos.
THE MISSING LINK
Drawl slows tech to a crawl
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There's one thing even the latest technology can't deal with -- a north Louisiana drawl. Some of the accents are so thick, the voice recognition system for the Shreveport Police Department can't understand them. It ends up routing a lot of these non-emergency calls to the wrong extensions. Obviously, the system isn't from around those parts.
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