This Week: A kinder, gentler Microsoft?

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Published by SearchWin2000.com  April 12, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> From the editor: Three weeks until Enterprise Messaging Decisions! >> Featured Topic: Windows management: Assessing the options >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Laura Hunter, Network Management Site Exclusives: A kinder, gentler Microsoft? >>Microsoft-focused user groups form coalition >>Microsoft customer feedback loop envisioned >>Sound off: Microsoft's new customer-focused initiatives >> Site Highlights: White Paper: Exchange-integrated faxing White Paper: Comparing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite to Adobe Creative Suite White Paper: Choosing the right PC computing architecture  From the Editor: Three weeks until Enterprise Messaging Decisions! By Scott Regan, Web and Events Marketing Manager This is your last chance to register for Enterprise Messaging Decisions, May 4-6 in Chicago. The free conference kicks off in less than a month at the Chicago Sheraton and you do not want to be left out in the cold. Register today for free admission before the few remaining seats are taken! Here are five key reasons why you should attend Enterprise Messaging Decisions: 1. You'll get a front row seat to see Mark Minasi, the most informative and entertaining tech speaker in the market. 2. We have an exciting schedule packed with compelling e-mail and messaging-related sessions and the brightest e-mail gurus in the market. John Levine, Nancy Flynn, Michael D. Osterman, David Ferris, Ray Ozzie and many more will waive their consultation fees to give you their views on dealing with today's e-mail and messaging concerns. Check out the whole list! 3. You may choose from two separate session tracks, both tailored to suit your needs: *Track one: How to ensure e-mail security and disaster recovery *Track two: Cures for your e-mail headaches 4. You'll be the first group to see our keynote speaker Matt Cain, senior vice president, META Group discuss E-mail and Instant Messaging Trends in 2004 and Beyond. 5. Who could turn down a 1-in-300 chance of winning a brand new Mercedes Benz-SLK? Don't wait any longer. We have capped attendance at 300 to ensure valuable networking opportunities and we will reach capacity well before conference doors open. Register online today or fast-track the approval of your application by calling our conference team toll-free at 888-274-4111 x1699. --Scott Regan  Featured Topic: Windows management: Assessing the options By Marilyn Cohodas, Editor What's in store for Windows management? Look for a new MOM, SMS service and feature packs and "lite" versions of both client and server management platforms. Plus the ever-popular and still-free Software Update Services (now WUS). Details in this week's featured topic. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: When I try to print from the Web my desktop reboots Featured Expert: Laura Hunter Category: Network Management Dear Laura, I recently set up a laptop with Windows XP over a wireless network to share a printer attached to my desktop running Windows 2000. The desktop is my connection to NTL broadband via a router. When I print from my laptop in MS Word everything is ok, but if I try to print from the Web my desktop reboots and nothing prints. Any ideas what would make my desktop reboot? Click here to read Laura's expert response: Site Exclusives: A kinder, gentler Microsoft? >> Microsoft-focused user groups form coalition With Redmond's blessing, more than a dozen user groups have joined forces to maximize their resources. The organization, to be called Culminis Inc., will represent about 7.5 million IT professionals from various user groups. >> Microsoft customer feedback loop envisioned Rich Kaplan, the head of Microsoft's online resources unit says users will soon have a direct link to Redmond's product-development teams. >> Sound off: Microsoft's new customer-focused initiatives What's your take on Redmond's outreach to enterprise IT? Is Culminis a good way for IT professionals to communicate their concerns directly to Microsoft? Will the proposed "feedback loop" work to put user needs in the MS product-development pipeline? Tell us what you think! Tip of the Week: RUNAS has several limitations, not the least of which is there being no really elegant way to pass a username and password to the program without actually typing it in. This makes it almost worthless for applications that need to run in a protected context without the user knowing the password. Here are some user-submitted workarounds. >> Further alternatives to using RUNAS  Site Highlights White Paper: Exchange-integrated faxing Are you looking to integrate FAX with Microsoft Exchange? Get an overview of Exchange Fax Gateway, with fax server and client functionalities and benefits for administrators and end-users. Find more info about Exchange-integrated fax. White Paper: Comparing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite to Adobe Creative Suite Start designing with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12! The first such suite to offer intelligent drawing tools, it provides unique tools that interpret and react to your needs. Learn more about this new tool. White Paper: Choosing the right PC computing architecture Don't miss this cost-cutting brief! Wyse and Marriott Claims Services explain how you can cut costs and increase employee productivity and security with server-centric computing in a general office environment. FREE EMAIL SERVICES! Enter your e-mail and start receiving SQL Server Tip. 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