XP/Vista/Windows 7


Top Third-Party Tools

Sysadmins can't live by Windows 2000 alone. Check out these handy antivirus protection and backup/restore programs that can help you get through the day.

Job Scheduling Made Easy

ActiveBatch helps shore up one of Windows' big weaknesses—scheduling batch files.

How Secure is Your Network? Nessus 1.0.8

Seven network scanners test your security before the crackers do.

Questioning Success, Part III

Exam 70-216 is a bear, thoroughly testing your knowledge of Windows 2000 networking services. Analyzing questions and answers can help you slay the beast.

How Secure is Your Network? ISS Network Scanner 6.1

Seven network scanners test your security before the crackers do.

Tip Top C# Coding

Experienced C# early adopters would be smart to keep this slim but useful reference within arms' reach.

How a Network Scan Can Improve Your Security

A scan can improve the security of your network, but be sure you know the law before you decide to do so.

Find Your Way Among the Forests and Trees

An Active Directory text for experienced professionals.

Developer Certifications Get Behind .NET

Newsletter lists numbers and titles for upcoming MCSD exams.

Windows XP Code Finished

As expected, Microsoft Corp. Friday morning announced that its embattled Windows XP operating system is released to manufacturing.

Decertifications for NT 3.51 MCPs

Seven thousand MCPs with NT 3.51 titles no longer certified as of June.

Inside Activation

Office XP/Windows XP product activation feature can be thwarted, German company finds.

Bell Tolls for BackOffice

A Microsoft perennial is about to be decommissioned, as Redmond consigns BackOffice to the software scrap-heap at the end of September.

Gartner: Blackcomb Delayed, Longhorn on Tap

Microsoft not expected to release next version of Windows until 2003.

Microsoft Certified Systems Expert?

If you’re not an engineer, you want to be an expert. That’s what the results of a recent MCP Magazine survey say.

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