This week: Longhorn: Raging bull or bum steer?

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Published by SearchWin2000.com  July 06, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> From the Editor: Check out July's Chapter of the Week section >> Featured Topic: Longhorn: Raging bull or bum steer? >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Laura Hunter, Network Management Site Exclusives: >>Windows Learning Center >>Active Directory's backdoor: ownership >>Finding Windows practice software Tip of the Week: Spyware, spyware everywhere >> Site Highlights: White Paper: Seven tips for enforcing corporate governance policy on your network Crash Course: Spyware White Paper: Mail storage management: Managing the growing volumes of e-mail and reducing your IT costs  From the Editor: by April Livermore, Web & Event Marketing Manager Looking for information on Windows 2000 clustering? Have questions about SQL Server? Then check out the July chapters in our SearchWin2000.com Chapter of the Week series. This month's featured books include: * Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals * Windows 2000 Clustering and Load Balancing Handbook * MCSE Planning a Windows Server 2003 Network Study Guide Download free PDF chapters from these books and read about clustering design issues, building a load-balanced cluster, network monitoring, backup strategies and much more. And take the Know-IT-all Chapter Quiz to enter to win free copies of the books we are featuring. Be sure to bookmark this Chapter of the Week page and check back each week to access our upcoming chapters. We'll be posting chapters throughout the year on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Active Directory, security and much more. --April Livermore  Featured Topic: Longhorn: Raging bull or bum steer? by Brent Sheets, Editor Will the next version of Windows, code-named "Longhorn," be the bull of the woods -- or a bum steer? You be the judge, as you browse this collection of Longhorn articles and news. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Laura Hunter Category: Network Management Dear Laura, I bought a Dell Latitude with Win XP Pro with SP1 installed. I'm having problems while connecting it to domain. It takes a long time to log on to domain and the users' shared directories with read/write permissions also takes minutes to get through. Can you help? Read Laura's response. Site Exclusives: >> Windows Learning Center Looking for an easy way to hone your Windows Administrator skills? Visit the new Windows Learning Center for online learning guides, words-to-go and quizzes. Our Learning Guides contain tips, articles, expert advice, tutorials, white papers and more. We'll be adding more Learning Guides in the weeks to come, so bookmark this page and visit often for a quick knowledge-fix. >> Active Directory's backdoor: ownership Ownership is a concept that is often overlooked. As a user right, specifically the take ownership right, it grants some user accounts the ability to bypass just about any security restriction. Obviously, this is a backdoor that needs to be properly addressed and secured. Here's how. >> Finding Windows practice software Where can you get Windows software for low or no cost to use in a home or practice lab? This turns out to be a more interesting question than you might expect. Furthermore, the answers differ depending on the version of Windows you're using. Tip of the Week: Many hysterical-sounding statistics about spyware aren't really that hysterical nor that far out of line. Find out just how big the spyware problem is in this tip. >> Spyware, spyware everywhere  Site Highlights New! White paper alert Seven tips for enforcing corporate governance policy on your network. This white paper provides seven useful tips to help cut through the tangle of policies governing content management. Crash Course: Spyware Enterprises often take steps to protect against spyware, in much the same way they do against viruses and worms. SearchWin2000.com's crash course on spyware will show you how some companies also use spyware to monitor employees' behavior. New! White paper alert Mail storage management: Managing the growing volumes of e-mail and reducing your IT costs This white paper discusses the inflation of e-mail traffic volume and size, the growth of e-mail mailboxes and the surge in instant messaging usage. All have propelled the demand to quell the rising storage costs, as well as provide the capability to easily access these corporate assets. Security Tip Enter your e-mail and start receiving Security Tip. E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. VS.NET Info Center Take a look at the latest C++ tips at the SearchVB.com VS.NET Info Center. Solve new problems and puzzles that crop up with our quick tips! Visit Today. 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