This Week: XP SP2 explained

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Published by SearchWin2000.com  May 10, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> From the Editor: Are you having one of "those" days? >> Featured Topic: XP SP2 explained >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Tony Northrup, IIS and Web Administration Site Exclusives: >> Spam filter, Exchange 2003 SP1 to launch at TechEd >> Late to migrate? MS offers free tool >> Security, flexibility should coexist in e-mail Tip of the Week: Hiding service administrator accounts from users >> Site Highlights: >> Vendor Webcast: Surviving the e-mail security crisis >> Online training: Get .NET connected >> White Paper: Systems and storage management convergence using file sytems virtualization  From the Editor: by Jennifer Luscom, Assistant Editor We have all had one of "those" days. You know, those days when you wake up just a little bit late, walk into the office just a little bit late and have to pass up your morning coffee. Then, when you finally, groggily sit down at your desk, you have 20 new messages from users with complaints, your phone will not stop ringing, and in your e-mail inbox is SPAM, SPAM and more SPAM. Well, I want to hear from you! What is your biggest job aggravation? What is your most daunting job challenge? What would make "that" day mentioned above get 100-times worse? By hearing about your trials and tribulations, we -- myself and the other editors at SearchWin2000.com -- can help you find solutions. But first let me tell you a little about what I do at SearchWin2000.com. As Assistant Editor, I am responsible for carefully selecting the most helpful tips and expert advice for our daily newsletters. I also scour the Web for the best articles and websites for IT professionals like yourself who manage their Windows environments. So please send me any Best Web Links, or expert advice you come across that you think might be useful to your peers. Lastly, if you have any ideas about how we can improve SearchWin2000.com, please drop me a line with those suggestions, as well. I hope you have a great week, with none of "those" days. =) Jennifer Luscomb  Featured Topic: XP SP2 explained by Dana McCurley, Associate Editor If you're waiting for XP SP2, we've got the lowdown on how it will change XP security and how it will impact your systems. Here are tips, expert responses and news stories to guide you in your planning. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Tony Northrup Category: IIS and Web Administration Dear Tony, I am supporting an application that has a known memory leak which the vendor is not anticipating fixing. The memory leak causes the dllhost.exe process to utilize large amounts of memory. When the memory utilization for this process approaches the 500,000 KB range it cripples the app and requires a restart of IIS. I can prevent this by monitoring the dllhost.exe process and choosing to 'end process' when memory utilization for this process nears 500,000 KB. This is a completely manual process. Is there a way to automate this? Click here to read Tony's response. Site Exclusives: >> Spam filter, Exchange 2003 SP1 to launch at TechEd Look to late May for a bounty of new messaging tools from Microsoft, including the release of the IMF and the first service and feature pack for Exchange Server 2003. >> Late to migrate? MS offers free tool Microsoft is offering a free migration tool for the last of the NT 4.0 holdouts, but some customers say the gesture is too little too late. >> Security, flexibility should coexist in e-mail Two industry experts at Enterprise Messaging Decisions offer their tips and advice on how to run a secure e-mail system and avoid messaging disasters. Tip of the Week: Windows Server 2003 automatically protects the essential security descriptors on the service level administrator accounts in the local domain. However, default settings allow normal users (i.e. members of the Authenticated Users group) to see the names of the user accounts that are members of the service administrator groups. Find out how to hide these user accounts in this tip. >> Hiding service administrator accounts from users  Site Highlights Vendor Webcast: Surviving the e-mail security crisis Kill the crisis and build the future with the IronPort C-Series Messaging Gateway appliances, the world's highest performance e-mail gateway. View this webcast today on SearchWin2000.com! Online training: Get .NET connected Register now for this self-service online training and comprehensive reference that will help ISVs build .NET Connected Applications. Gain in-depth instruction on .NET architecture. When registering, include MSISVTT as the RSVP code and receive a 74% discount! Register today! White Paper: Systems and storage management convergence using file sytems virtualization Evaluate Symantec's deployment and protection solutions in this white paper. An IT administrator's daily to-do-list involves the need to build, configure, deploy, backup and recover desktop and server systems on a routine basis. IDC believes that the virtualization capabilities of Symantec's V2i technology represent a valuable addition to the IT environment. Wireless White Paper Help ease the evaluation of a wireless solution. Get clarification on the various wireless offerings available. Download now. Career Resource In the SearchWin2000.com Career Center you can search through over 27,000 tech jobs, get e-mails when a listing matches your search criteria, take the SearchWin2000.com Salary Survey and more. Sign up today. 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