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Souping Up Windows 2003 Migrations

Five tools that promise to speed and ease Windows 2003 file and print migrations. Which one is the very best?

Delegating Rights

You can give ordinary users NT and WMI administrative rights for routine tasks—to a degree.

The Hidden Risks of Process Controls

These networks aren’t well known by many, yet they’re responsible for controlling much in our lives. And they’re not very secure.

Analyze Your Baseline Security

MBSA offers much more than updates to your network.

Snappier Throughput Through Thorough Defrag

Executive Software's Diskeeper 8.0 can restore speed lost to scattered files.

Knock, Knock, But No One's Home

Quick way to check out why a Web page isn't responsive.

Seriously, Least Access

Run legacy apps without hitting the security barrier.

Assessing Your Desktop Support Skills

Microsoft, MeasureUp team up to provide desktop support assessments.

Server Coexistence

Who gave this reader the silly idea that Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 can't live within the same domain?

The Island Effect

Reader has trouble with DCs looking within when doing DNS lookups.

Security, Security, Security

Ports are a good way in, and often remain unchecked.

Field Report: TechMentor 2004 New Orleans

</i>MCP Magazine<i>'s TechMentor lured hundreds of Windows IT professionals to the bayou for five days of in-depth learning, product demos, networking, and plenty of fancy eating.

Microsoft on Its Security Response

</i>MCP Magazine<i> asked Stephen Toulouse, security program manager, Microsoft Security Response Center, about the flaw and resulting controversy about the time delay.

Kentucky Schools Upgrade Finished

Completed: Kentucky Education migrates, streamlines NT 4.0 systems to Windows Server 2003.

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