Today's News: MS offers free tool to NT holdouts

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May 04, 2004 Published by  SearchWin2000.com Today's News IN THIS ISSUE: Late to migrate? MS offers free tool Netsky variant targets the security conscious Microsoft pings testers for IM upgrade Red Hat to doff desktop strategy Featured Topic: Stabilizing Windows -- 20 tips in 20 minutes The Missing Link: Fight to the Finnish -- bank closes to stymie Sasser SPONSORED BY:  SearchWin2000.com Product and Vendor Guide Find the latest security products on the market. Do you worry about your security solution? Are you aware of the latest security products on the market? Security solutions apply to every IT pro. The SearchWin2000.com Product and Vendor Guide enables you to research the latest security products and communicate with vendors all in one place. Visit Today! Late to migrate? MS offers free tool [SearchWin2000.com] 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. MORE INFO: Best Web Links on migration Ask our expert a question about migration Netsky variant targets the security conscious [SearchSecurity.com] Netsky-AC masquerades as a fix for Sasser and other worms. Microsoft pings testers for IM upgrade [CNET] Microsoft is getting into the "ping" of things today, announcing upgrade plans for its enterprise IM server. MS will start taking beta test applications for Live Communications Server 2005. The beta version should be out this summer with the final release coming in Q4. MS says the new version will allow for IM chats and presence information outside the corporate firewall. Red Hat to doff desktop strategy [InternetNews.com] Red Hat is reaching for the desktop. Today the Linux firm will spill the beans on its new Linux client desktop strategy. The company is positioning the product as a secure and manageable alternative to Windows. TOPICS: Featured Topic: Stabilizing Windows -- 20 tips in 20 minutes No administrator worth his or her salt wants to deal with an operating system crash. Here are 20 tips and nuggets of expert advice to show you how to increase the overall stability of your Windows servers and workstations. ASK THE EXPERTS: How do I restrict users from installing programs on Windows 2000? Dear Roberta: I created a domain with the domain controller as an NT 4 server. All the client machines are using Windows 2000 Professional. How do I restrict users from installing programs on their computers? Is there anything in the policy editor or anywhere in NT 4 server to apply restrictions preventing the 2000 clients from installing programs? Read Roberta Bragg's expert response. WEBCASTS: MS certification: Stay the course with Win2k or plunge into Windows Server 2003? In this webcast certification guru Ed Tittel talks about the choices involved in staying the course with Windows 2000 versus pursuing Windows Server 2003 credentials. Watch and listen to this expert webcast. The Missing Link: Fight to the Finnish -- bank closes to stymie Sasser [AFP] Sasser isn't exactly a "disasser" just yet, but one of Finland's foremost financial firms took no chances. Sampo, the third largest bank in Finland, closed all 130 of its branch offices Monday just to make sure its systems didn't get "sassed." A Sampo spokesman said that the company had not updated its virus protection and decided it was safer to close shop for the day while IT did its thing. Read the full story. Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Free E-Newsletters! Select e-newsletters you would like to receive via e-mail! SearchWin2000: White Paper Alerts Not a Member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by SearchWin2000.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/u?track=NL-118 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: SearchWin2000 MemberServices 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494