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WUS Expands Patching Portfolio

With its public beta under way, WUS shows off more of its fine-tuned features.

(Almost) Painless Schema Mods

You might want to take a few precautionary steps prior to initiating ADPREP.

Top 3 Encryption Myths

Misconceptions of encryption keep us from obtaining the full range of benefits it offers.

An HTA Reality Check

Simplify your administrative life with HTAs.

One Welcome Service Pack

Our Beta Man offers an early look at what Windows Server 2003 SP1 will bring.

Bad Product Names

What's in a name? A whole lot more than some people anticipate.

Readers Respond February 2005

Readers comment on January's Chief Concerns and Windows Insider columns.

All Praise Bill

Bill Gates' worthy contributions, eBay's pass on Passport and what the announcement of the Mac mini might mean for Microsoft.

The PC Blues

Doug Barney contemplates Microsoft's domination of PC design, its Passport technology and the new Acoona.com search engine.

Readers Respond January 2005

Readers sound off on password security, remote scripting and bargaining with Microsoft.

Going Hyper-Active

Build scripts that work more like applications so you can monitor progress and display results in a formatted manner.

Keys to the Domain

Available now, DomainKeys is one promising entry into the fight against spam.

Linux-Windows Single Sign-On

Follow these steps and have your users logging on at their Linux/Unix desktops with their Windows accounts.

Encryption All Around

With Windows 2003, you can use the Encryption File Systems to give multiple users access to the same encrypted files.

Bill Gates' New Year's Resolutions

A little humor for the holiday season.

New Command-Line Option

MSH offers a powerful new approach to Windows command-line scripting.

Reasons Things Are Better Today than 86 Years Ago

A perspective on the recent accomplishment of a certain baseball team from Boston.

WinFS: It's Back!

Too many versions of Windows adds to the burden of support.

Remote Scripting for SP2

Is Windows XP SP2 bringing your remote admin scripts down? Mr. Script has the answer you've been looking for.

Finding Gold in Yukon

Not your father's SQL Server, administrators will find comfort in Yukon, while developers are left out in the cold.

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