=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Administrator Tip December 17, 2003
Essential tips and tricks for Administrators. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/?track=NL-120 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Bogged Down By Year-End Projects? http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,22645,00.htm?track=NL-120&ecora - Rogue Apps Eating the CPU of your Terminal Servers? http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,22646,00.htm?track=NL-120&rtosoftware =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ADMINISTRATOR TIPS - Avoid useless Windows 2000 performance 'tweaks' - What's up with MVM for Java? - Quickly manage remote servers - Ask Serdar Yegulalp: Differences with Win95, Win2000 and Win Me 2. WHAT'S NEW! - Featured Topic: This year's top 10 stories - Gadgets & Gizmos: Calling all gadget people! - Opinion: Antispam bill -- savior or toothless wonder? - Tip Contest: Santa wants to give you a free CD/MP3 player! ___________________________________________________________________ ********************** SPONSORED BY: Ecora *********************** Working on DR documentation, IT audits, or migration? Ecora Enterprise Auditor generates detailed configuration reports and tracks changes to AD, Windows, Exchange, Citrix, SQL, IIS, Linux, and more. With hundreds of "out-of-the-box" reports. Make your life easier! No agents to install on your servers. Download and try a fully functional evaluation today: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,22645,00.htm?track=NL-120&ecora __________________________________________________________________ AVOID USELESS WINDOWS 2000 PERFORMANCE 'TWEAKS' | Serdar Yegulalp Thanks to a combination of bad journalism and ineffective research you may have come across any one of a number of so-called "performance tweaks" for Windows 2000 and XP. Some of these tweaks were functional at one time, but have been removed in more recent service packs. They've been replaced with more intelligent core logic that tunes the system's memory demands more effectively than manual tweaking. >> CLICK for the full expert tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci941400,00.html?track=NL-120 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHAT'S UP WITH MVM FOR JAVA? | Serdar Yegulalp Microsoft's withdrawal of its virtual machine (VM) for Java has many administrators confused about the state of support for the VM through service packs. If you are wondering what service packs for Windows 2000 will mean (if anything) to the Microsoft VM in terms of compatibility, read on for the full story. >> CLICK here for the full expert tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci930915,00.html?track=NL-120 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= QUICKLY MANAGE REMOTE SERVERS | Aaron Butler Tired of going through several steps each time you want to check event logs on a server while you're at your workstation? A little prep work makes managing remote servers a breeze. >> CLICK for the full member-submitted tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci940378,00.html?track=NL-120 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DIFFERENCES WITH WIN95, WIN2000 AND WIN ME | Ask Serdar Yegulalp Dear Serdar, Can you give me a quick overview of the differences between Win95, Win98, Win2000 and Win Me? >> CLICK for expert Serdar Yegulalp's response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/infoCenter/askTheExpertsAnswer/0,294272,sid1_gci940815_tax294655,00.html?track=NL-120 Want more tips like this one? Then sign up to receive SearchWin2000.com's "Tips from our Experts" biweekly newsletter. Just one click will automatically activate your free subscription: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/OptIn/1,290894,sid1,00.html?track=NL-120 ____________________________________________________________________ ****************** SPONSORED BY: RTO Software ********************* Rogue Apps Eating the CPU of your Terminal Servers? Bothered by CPU spikes, system freezes and sluggishness in your Citrix/Terminal Services environment? Did you know a major cause of poor system response can be due to instances of apps like Internet Explorer that sometimes "go rogue" and run away with the CPU? Read "Conquering Rogue Application Behavior" to learn how you can beat the plague of rogue applications to boost end user satisfaction. Click here to download your free copy: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,22646,00.htm?track=NL-120&rtosoftware ___________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S NEW! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIS YEAR'S TOP 10 STORIES | Featured Topic We crunched some numbers to find out what news stories you favored over the past 12 months. The result: SearchWin2000's top 10 news stories of 2003. What were the hot buttons for Windows admins this year? Patch management -- specifically Microsoft's free Software Update Services tool. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci940534,00.html?track=NL-120 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CALLING ALL GADGET PEOPLE! | Gadgets & Gizmos 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. Our guide is the best thing for gadget people ever. See how high-tech translates into high-tech fun with this assortment of the newest and greatest in high-tech gizmos. http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/pr2003/0,294774,sid40,00.html?track=NL-120 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ANTISPAM BILL: SAVIOR OR TOOTHLESS WONDER? | Opinion We now have a national "do not call" list to protect us from those loathsome telemarketing calls at dinnertime. A "do not spam" law, to protect us from those loathsome round-the-clock junk e-mails, may not be far behind, if President Bush signs the bill that Congress just passed. But are we really getting what's advertised here? http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/columnItem/0,294698,sid1_gci940935,00.html?track=NL-120 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SANTA WANTS TO GIVE YOU A NEW CD/MP3 PLAYER! | Tip Contest Are our members really all out of tips or just too busy with the holidays? 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