Sorting out the story from Redmond
- By Gerry O'Brien
- 08/01/2003
Patch management is no longer a luxury to have a secure network—it’s a necessity. We test six solutions to the problem of knowing whether or not your servers and desktops are up to date.
- By David W. Tschanz
- 08/01/2003
Configuring permissions with ESRA 2.0.
- By Joe Crawford
- 08/01/2003
You're responsible for soup-to-nuts implementation of a new system. Before you start, here are a few suggestions to make the project run smoothly.
- By Bill Heldman
- 08/01/2003
Microsoft is reportedly planning to add a new certification title to its stable, this one for desktop support personnel.
Four forests or one? Four domains or one? The best AD design strives for simple and secure administration.
- By Bill Boswell
- 07/29/2003
Get the exact time that Windows processes via the WMIC command.
- By Bill Boswell
- 07/23/2003
Quick lesson on configuring subnet addresses.
- By Bill Boswell
- 07/16/2003
Use Winscl to find out which computers your users are logged onto.
- By Bill Boswell
- 07/08/2003
CBT Vision’s Examiner for 70-219 proves a good value.
Can older applications and Windows XP share a network without driving each
other crazy?
It’s a moment every administrator dreads: Your network is crying for help, and you don’t know why. Wouldn’t it be great if, right in your hand, you had a tool that could diagnose the problem? We test four handheld analyzers to see just how they can make your job easier.
- By James Carrion
- 07/01/2003
Anthony wanted to run Windows DNS on his company’s BIND network. It worked—until the intern came along.
- By Bill Boswell
- 07/01/2003
ERDisk for Active Directory saves time, money and grief.
- By Rodney Landrum
- 07/01/2003
Dealing with e-mail worms and viruses is becoming a bigger part of every administrator’s job. Learn from one of the industry’s foremost experts how worms enter your network in the first place and compromise your systems.
- By Roger A. Grimes
- 07/01/2003