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January 2008
COVER STORY
Avoid Active Directory Pain
Learn how to solve AD problems such as time synchronization after hardware replacement, cross-forest authentication, usability of the least privilege model, and 64-bit Windows challenges.
Guido Grillenmeier
Castaway on Command-Prompt Island
Curt Spanburgh relates the tale of a Windows administrator who, after patching his company’s servers, couldn't access a server using the Windows GUI tools. The admin’s solution: Use the SC command-line tool to troubleshoot the problem and restore service.
Curt Spanburgh
Problems with Permissions
Administrators express annoyance at Microsoft settings for File Sharing permissions. Mitigate the risks of assigning Full Control or Modify, of too much access control for file Creators, and of being unable to customize Contributor and Editor settings.
Dan Holme
Manage Those Pesky Patches
Patching problems? These patch management tips can help ease your pain and free up your time.
Michael Dragone
FEATURES
How to Get Information About Installed Applications Without Using WMI
Here are three workarounds you can use to get the same information that WMI's Win32_Product class provides. These workarounds get the product information from the registry.
Alex K. Angelopoulos
PowerShell Script Lets You Check Patches' Status
Wanting to experience the "power" in Windows PowerShell firsthand and to learn how to use PowerShell to solve problems, one reader rewrote in PowerShell a VBScript script that checks for patches.
James Lim
Exchange’s Evolving Strategy
The IT community is awaiting the arrival of Exchange 14 in 2009. Exchange authority Tony Redmond muses on the recent past and possible future of Microsoft’s messaging and collaboration platform.
Tony Redmond
The Mobile Device Landscape
Tony Redmond
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1: An Overview
If you’ve been waiting for the first service pack before you deploy, now’s the time. New functionality includes a new method of replication and improvements to unified messaging, Outlook Web Access, public folder management, and many other features.
Kieran McCorry
Windows Vista and Server 2008 Group Policy Enhancements
New Vista and Server 2008 Group Policy features include the client service replacing system Winlogon, using NLA to improve slow-link detection, new settings for multiple local GPOs, ADMX format for Administrative Templates, improved logging and security.
Darren Mar-Elia
Windows Server 2008 Password Policies
Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server let you define only one password policy. Windows Server 2008 introduces fine-grained password policies that let you define different password policies for different domain account categories in a single domain.
Jan De Clercq
Leveraging Server 2008's Password Policies
Jan De Clercq
Using Content Types in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Learn how to create and use content types to better organize your SharePoint data.
Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen
Ask the Experts
Learn how to manage POP3 and IMAP4 settings in Exchange 2007, find out how to enable additional SMTP addresses for an Exchange organization, follow along as Mark Russinovich troubleshoots a file copy failure, and more.
Various Authors
Setting your System Path to Include the Core Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) Utilities
John Savill
The Case of the Failed File Copy
Mark Russinovich
Managing POP3 and IMAP4 services in Exchange 2007
John Savill
Enabling Additional SMTP Addresses for an Exchange Organization
John Savill
Controlling Where Windows Deployment Services Creates Computer Objects
John Savill
COLUMNS
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
SCCM identifies and resolves common configuration and deployment problems, affording IT the freedom to focus on strategic goals. Have we mentioned that SCCM 2007 also simplifies the upgrade to Windows Server 2008?
Karen Forster
What You Need to Know About How Windows Server 2008 Developed, Part 2
How did Microsoft build Windows Server 2008? In this second part of a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Server 2008, Paul interviews the go-to guy in charge, Alex Hinrichs, to shed some light on this upcoming OS.
Paul Thurrott
Protect Your Data with Cipher
To get a real sense of EFS's file-protection power, you need to be using the command-line encryption/decryption tool Cipher. Here's an overview of Cipher's syntax and options.
Mark Minasi
Windows Vista Annoyances
User Account Control isn't the only thing frustrating users of Windows Vista. You've also got to worry about software and hardware incompatibilities and a system that doesn't always remember your preferences.
Michael Otey
letters@windowsitpro.com
Readers respond to Eric Rux, Paul Thurrott, and Karen Forster; take issue with our November cover illustration; and discuss the many facets of gender in IT.
Editors
PRODUCTS AND REVIEWS
New & Improved
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 R2 Resource Kit
Jeff James
Paul's Picks
HP's MediaSmart Server is truly innovative, and home users and SMBs will want to check it out; however, you might want to mull over whether you really must have an Ultra-Mobile PC at this time.
Paul Thurrott
ThinkPad T61p Widescreen Laptop
If you’re in the market for an enterprise-ready laptop PC, the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p offers leading-edge features at a competitive price.
Jeff James
Continuous Data Protection
Compare CDP products from CA, SonicWALL, Microsoft, and TimeSpring Software to determine which is right for your environment.
John Green
iSCSI SANs for SMBs
If you're looking to buy a network storage solution, take a look at iSCSI SANs, which consolidate storage for multiple servers into one resource.
Jeff James
Readers Review Hot Products
Readers highlight favorite products: Promisec Spectator Professional 3.2, Varonis Data Governance, and SourceAnywhere Standalone.
Jeff James
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