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>>	From the Editor: Share a laugh -- win $100!
>>	Featured Topic: 2004 Hall of Fame Tips
>>	Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Tony Northrup, IIS and Web Administration Site Exclusives: >>Checklist: XP Service Pack 2 Pre-Installation >>Take our new poll: What's your favorite spyware zapper? >>Datawarehouse building: How would you engage a scattered userbase? Tip of the Week: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer V1.2.1
>>	Site Highlights: Exchange integrated faxing Controlling spam Protecting your Windows servers from downtime

From the Editor:

by Matt Danielsson, Associate Editor

Have you heard the one about the customer who bought a new VT220 terminal and failed to plug it into a power outlet? Furious, he called tech support and was gravely insulted when they suggested he check the power plug. How do you approach this? You can try to reason and potentially lose a million-dollar customer, or you can offer up a big, fat lie and save yourself a ton of grief. As seen in this hilarious story, evidence points to the latter being the preferable approach.

Speaking of angry users, this story explains why Grizzly-sized managers and tiny PDAs don't mix well. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem -- unless you get physically stuck between the two. Ouch! Another amazing but true story is about the tech support guys who played a prank on the 'technologically challenged' marketer. Unfortunately, it turned out the whole marketing department was equally challenged, so the prank backfired in a major way as it spiraled out of control.

There's plenty more where these came from, and you can browse them all in the True IT Blooper archive. We have 150+ of the dumbest, zaniest and funniest IT goofs and missteps imaginable, available for whenever you have had a bad day and need a good laugh.

But we want to hear YOUR best IT Blooper! Surely, you've witnessed -- or perhaps been the main character of -- a tale so funny and/or absurd it must be shared. Now is the time to send it in! In addition to the glory, we're giving away a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate to the best submission. And yes, you can be anonymous -- just be sure to include your contact info so we can send the gift certificate in case you win.

Regards,
Matt Danielsson

Featured Topic:

2004 Hall of Fame Tips
by Jennifer Luscomb, Assistant Editor

Each month, the user-submitted tip which receives the highest rating is inducted into the Tip of the Month Hall of Fame. To make it easier for you to view these "top tips" we have compiled the most recent winners here.
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Expert Technical Advice:

Featured Expert: Tony Northrup
Categories:IIS and Web Administration

Dear Tony,
I am having a problem with our Web server. A pop-up says that the dllhost.exe has created an error. When I look in the application event log there are numerous Active Server Pages Event 5 errors. These have the line 0 out of memory in the error message. This was happening every couple of days, but is now happening every hour or so. After a re-boot it's fine for a while. Have you seen this?
Read Tony's response.

Site Exclusives:
>>	Checklist: XP Service Pack 2 Pre-Installation The new security features, policy settings and improvements to the firewall in SP2 are welcome additions. However, these same features may have a major impact on the way some applications perform. Bernie Klinder, MVP and technology consultant, provides this pre-installation checklist to help you prepare and plan for a trouble-free XP Service Pack 2 installation. Get a printer-friendly version of the checklist now.
>>	Take our new poll: What's your favorite spyware zapper? View the results of our previous poll: What do you think of Sender ID now that it's been rejected by the open source community and the IETF disbanded its related working group? http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/pollResult/0,294375,sid1_gci1008778,00.html?track=NL-119&ad=494469
>>	Datawarehouse building: How would you engage a scattered userbase? An ITKnowledge Exchange user recently asked, "We are currently building a datawarehouse and will need to engage the customers in order to successfully specify the datamarts, a search functionality, etc. All of the technicalities are scoped and being put in place. The question hence directs itself to successfully engaging the customer base, without whose input this could never be successful. Some of the customers were easy to contact, but some 500 customers are scattered around the globe in different user pockets. How would you suggest we tackle engaging these customer pockets?" See how your peers responded.

Tip of the Week:
Microsoft has released a new version of their Baseline Security Analyzer tool, developed in conjunction with Shavlik Technologies. The MBSA is a utility that performs security assessments on one or many different machines and produces detailed reports about its findings. Serdar Yegulalp explains what the latest version has to offer.
>>	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer V1.2.1

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Exchange integrated faxing
This White Paper is designed to be a guide for companies looking to integrate FAX with Microsoft Exchange.
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This White Paper delves into reputation, perimeter security and authentication systems while exploring how to identify and combat the latest e-mail threats.
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You should choose the right technology to protect your Windows servers from downtime. This White Paper will teach you how to select the right technology for your company based on a careful appraisal of your risk and total cost of server ownership, as well as a sound understanding of the leading technologies.

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