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October 2004
COVER STORY
You've Been Hacked. Now What?
When a malicious intruder hacks your network, you can use this guide to help you quickly find the hack and recover from it.
Alan Sugano
Lessons from the Cyber Trenches
Paula Sharick
FEATURES
Open Up Your Remote Connections
Take a look at Remote Desktop—a powerful connectivity feature that lets remote Windows clients connect to host systems—and learn how to set up secure Remote Desktop connections.
Ed Roth
Streamline Custom Office 2003 Deployments
The Microsoft Office Custom Installation Wizard can help you customize and streamline complex Office deployments that involve many machines.
Paul Robichaux
5 Must-Have AD Tools
Five command-line tools—AdFind, AdMod, OldCmp, Dsrevoke, and AdRestore—can help you efficiently manage your AD environment.
Robbie Allen
Determining the SID of a Windows Group
Use the whoami command to determine the SID of a Windows group.
Jan De Clercq
Publishing Outlook Free/Busy Data
Troubleshoot a problem in which users can't publish free/busy calendar data.
Paul Robichaux
Turning Off Memory Dump File Creation in NT 4.0
Learn how to turn off memory dumps when an NT 4.0 system crashes.
Jan De Clercq
Adding a Windows Built-In Group to a Local Group
Learn how to add a Windows built-in group to a local group.
Jan De Clercq
Preventing Users from Accessing Event Logs Through the Network
Learn how to control access to System and Application logs.
Randy Franklin Smith
Troubleshooting a Message-Replication Problem
Use the ESM to troubleshoot a message replication problem between Exchange Servers or DCs.
Paul Robichaux
Using Group Policy to Implement Security Policies for Laptop Users
When you use Group Policy to define security policies, what happens when a laptop user disconnects from the network?
Randy Franklin Smith
Using Windows 2003 Support Tools in Win2K
You can take advantage of several Windows 2003 Support Tools by using them on your Win2K systems.
Bob Chronister
Command Window Copy and Paste
Learn how to easily paste text into a command window.
Readers
Microsoft RIS
Two readers troubleshoot a RIS installation.
Readers
Windows XP AutoPlay
A reader troubleshoots a dysfunctional AutoPlay feature.
Readers
Windows Server 2003 Glitch
By default, Windows Server 2003 doesn’t let you read or execute the cmd.exe file.
Readers
COLUMNS
Expertise, Your Way
Discover new opportunities to connect with our IT Pros.
Janet Robbins
What You Need to Know About Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004
Microsoft's third-generation firewall product, ISA Server 2004, offers a wide range of advanced security features in a scalable, high-performance software package.
Paul Thurrott
What You Need to Know About Virtual Server 2005
Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft's server-based virtual machine (VM) product, will particularly benefit software testing and development, legacy-application migration, and server consolidation scenarios.
Paul Thurrott
What You Need to Know About Windows NT 4.0 End-of-Life Planning
NT 4.0 organizations have some important decisions to consider when Microsoft ceases to support that OS at the end of 2004.
Paul Thurrott
Customers Ask About Rights Management Services
RMS helps businesses keep sensitive information within the organization and control how it's used. But people who don't use RMS aren't convinced that it provides sufficient value.
Karen Forster
Update on WSS and SharePoint Portal Server
Karen Forster
Creative Employee Education
Employee training is a wise investment. These unconventional techniques just might improve your ROI.
Ben Smith
Dsrevoke
Microsoft simplifies the processes of both documenting and undelegating existing AD delegations.
Mark Minasi
New Features in Windows XP SP2
With all the commotion about Windows Firewall, you might think that it's the only notable feature in XP SP2. You'd be mistaken.
Michael Otey
letters@winnetmag.com
Readers comment on "Disabled" rules and question WSS requirements, Windows CE 802.1x clients and SCSI Y-cables.
Readers, et al.
PRODUCTS AND REVIEWS
New & Improved
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace.
Carolyn Mader
Vulnerability Scanners
Vulnerability scanners can keep you from getting caught with your guard down. Find out which product is best suited for your environment.
Jeff Fellinge
Subscription and Turnkey Solutions
Jeff Fellinge
Intrusive vs. Nonintrusive Scanning
Jeff Fellinge
Policy Maker Software Update
Improve on SUS by using Group Policy to manage and automatically deploy patches to clients in Active Directory (AD)–supported domains.
Jeff Fellinge
POPFile
This free, open-source spam filter is a good choice for individuals who use POP3-based email.
Michael Otey
Patch-Management Software
These patch-management tools let you quickly triage, test, and deploy Microsoft product updates.
Jeff Fellinge
Subscription and Turnkey Solutions
Jeff Fellinge
Intrusive vs. Nonintrusive Scanning
Jeff Fellinge
Vendor Briefings
Our editors share insights from their conversations with Network Appliance, Biscom, Microsoft, and ScriptLogic.
Editors
What's Hot
Readers highlight favorite products: Audiotrieve InBoxer, Host Interface Double Image-O, and Flarepath.com Flarepath Windows Update Analyser
Carolyn Mader
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