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Add Images to SQL Server

Adding images to and removing them from a SQL Server database is straightforward using simple drag-and-drop procedures.

Capture Digital Images Quickly

Take a look at the latest VS.NET add-ins, including a component that quickly captures images from scanners and cameras.

Lock Down Those Scripts!

Take care of this task throughout the company via this Active Directory trick.

Stepping Up to Scripting

Admin wants to move up the experience ladder and learn scripting.

Principle of Least Authority

Running multiple instances of Run As flies in the face of convention, but it can be done.

Slow Win2K Performance After the Crash

Performance dies on this unnamed admin's Dell server, so Bill helps him trace the problem to driver chaos.

But I Don't WANT to Upgrade!

You don't have to upgrade to take advantage of some of Windows 2003 tools.

Helping Those Who Help Themselves

Mysterious Exchange migration stopped; issuing a complex password challenge to users that they might actually like.

Bad, Bad, BadMail

How to handle the growing problem that is the BadMail folder.

SUS Without the Space

Control software updates, even for remote workers.

Use “Run as” To Secure Administration Tasks

This tool allows you to do various things using different rights/credentials.

XP SP2--Dedicated To Security

Microsoft’s next Service Pack for Windows XP is almost totally about improved security. And it shows.

Hobbyists Speak for Themselves

Kathleen Dollard's recent Guest Opinion inspires reaction. Some hobbyists want Microsoft to continue support for VB6, while full-timers advise amateurs to step up to the .NET plate.

VS.NET Needs a Novice Version

VS.NET is a flexible and powerful programming tool, but a special novice version would expand its audience (and Microsoft's) not only with hobbyists, but in the enterprise as well.

Contacts En Masse

Find out how to import Contacts and User Objects into Active Directory, as well as modify batched objects.

Old NT Guys

Where do we go from here?

Dfs vs. FRS

Admin wants to maintain snappy performance with user profiles and home folders with a Windows 2003 network upgrade.

Teach Your Apps to Trust

A service-oriented architecture (SOA) is the basis for creating applications that trust each other to perform their tasks.

Directing Traffic

This script can be altered to read/write any kind of Registry entry.

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