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Certified Mail: May 2002

Blocking e-mail attachments, boot camp training, and MCSA early achievers.

Your Network's Traffic Cops

Understand how hubs, switches, and routers direct traffic on your network.

Certified Mail: April 2002

Pass/Fail causes a storm; XML; Exchange and Active Directory; salary survey unrealistic?

Unleash The Beast!

Turn this script loose and see how easy it is to maximize processor performance across multiple workstations!

Crossing the Great Divide

Keep your hair from turning gray by understanding how Active Directory access works between domains.

Mike Meyers' Certification Passport Series

Will this passport take you to the end of your certification journey?

Developer Core

The pluses and minuses of Microsoft's new MCAD certification.

Pass the Crow, Please

Did I say Redmond wasn’t serious about security?

Interview Merry-Go-Round

How many times can one company call a candidate for an interview before suspicions of a runaround surface?

The Key to the Future

It’s been a long time coming, but it’s nearly here. Key recovery in .NET server promises to improve your Public Key Infrastructure.

Cowboys and Indians

Redmond’s not-so-secret plan to shoo those pesky Apaches away.

Get Ready for Your Audit

Time spent with network security auditors pointed out to Roberta the most common weaknesses in companies. How does yours stack up to her list?

A Tale of Two Guys

A common theme: What does my certification get me?

Microsoft Certification Public Newsgroups

Should you chase the rabbit down the newsgroup hole in pursuit of your certification?

Infrastructure Blues

Why's the network running so slow? Where's the bottleneck? Is it hardware, software or a user? You can find answers quickly if you know your network's infrastructure.

Certified Mail: March 2002

The value of bootcamps; what MCPs wear; Microsoft's certification retirement policy.

Donning the Supervisory Cap

This month, Greg discusses the right (and wrong) way to be an effective supervisor.

EFS: Handle with Care

The Encrypting File System, while serving a need, can also cause big headaches—especially with the XP implementation. Here’s how to do it right.

Securing Remote Management with WMI

Writing scripts for remote computer management can save man-hours and shoe leather. But like any part of Windows, it has to be properly secured, or you risk opening up your network to the bad guys.

Family Inheritance

Knowing how NTFS passes down file access attributes would have helped one systems administrator avoid exile to the basement. It could do the same for you.

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