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A newsletter published by TechTarget   November 21, 2003 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  NetIQ: Step-by-Step Migration Best Practices Guide >>  The Desktop Deployment Info Center: Everything you need to know about managing business desktops  Top News of the Week  >>  'Night and day' and utility's downside SPONSORED BY: NetIQ Step-by-Step Migration Best Practices Guide Do you need the tips and techniques to help you plan for a successful migration? Register now for NetIQ's FREE guide, "Migration Best Practices." You'll get an overview of the issues and strategies to consider for the various migration techniques and a step-by-step migration workflow. Discover how NetIQ's Migration Suite can help you accelerate the transition between platforms while minimizing the impact on your IT resources. Register now.  Week In Review  Gates is a tough act to follow by John Hogan, News Editor What Jerry Lewis is to the Labor Day Telethon, Bill Gates is to Comdex. If ever a day comes when Gates opts out of headlining the annual Las Vegas event, the IT community will be the lesser for it. This year, Microsoft's chief software architect did a round of media interviews before and during Comdex, and -- no surprise here -- Windows security was the topic du jour. The surprise came when he told an InformationWeek interviewer that there will be a "night-and-day" difference in the security of Microsoft software by the middle of next year. Click here to read more about Gates' comments and other top stories of the week. More on this topic: >  Gates sets timetable for security improvements >  Utility computing has its downside, Gates says >  Microsoft to offer more spears to skewer spam >  'Loadfest' tour offers free Exchange training >  Someone's lying about Google talks SPONSORED BY: The Desktop Deployment Info Center Visit the Desktop Deployment Info Center for 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! Click here to explore the Desktop Deployment Info Center.  Survival Tips for the Windows Manager   Ask the Expert, Jerry Honeycutt: Blocking Yahoo and AOL instant messaging traffic Dear Jerry: How would one block AOL or Yahoo IM traffic to the corporate desktop to control users' abuse of these services? We are on an NT domain using Windows XP Pro at the desktop. Click here to read Jerry's expert answer. Webcast: Calculating the cost of network downtime This webcast will teach you how to determine the cost of network downtime/outages on a per-minute, hourly, daily, monthly and yearly basis using the Return on Investment (ROI) analysis calculator. Best Web Links: The registry You're on your own at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, but if you're looking for some advice on the Windows registry, we just might be able to help. This collection of expert tips and articles will teach you what you need to know about registry scripting, monitoring and troubleshooting the registry, and backing up and securing it. TRUE IT BLOOPERS Oops! True IT blooper #120: Hands off my RAID Most sysadmins know not to remove two drives at the same time from a single RAID unless the rebuild is complete. But this the land of bloopers -- so you can probably guess what happened! Read the sordid details in this week's true IT blooper. Tell us about your wackiest IT bloopers!  Vent!  Do you think Microsoft's new plan to offer reward money will help catch hackers? Yes? No? Not sure? Cast your vote in our current reader poll.   Contact Us   NEWS EDITOR John Hogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. SENIOR SITE EDITOR Marilyn Cohodas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your original articles and best practices. SITE EDITOR Catherine Ketcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your bloopers and Featured Topic ideas. SENIOR NEWS WRITER Margie Semilof [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news and story ideas. SITE EDITOR Christine Polewarczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your ideas for webcasts and discussion day topics. ASSISTANT EDITOR Jennifer Luscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your favorite Web sites and white papers. ASSISTANT EDITOR Vandana Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your tips and your true IT bloopers. 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