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Building the Perfect Bleeding-Edge PC, Part 1 What does it take to build the perfect bleeding-edge PC? First you need to pick the perfect components. From processor to power supply, Bob and Barbara Thompson have assembled their ideal mix of high-performance components that will run on both Linux and Windows. The Thompsons have authored the recently released Building the Perfect PC. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Managing Remote Desktop Remote Desktop is a great tool for remote management, but it also has its hazards, and you should be careful whom you allow to use it. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to control who has access to it and how to lock it down using Group Policy. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
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Troubleshooting Printer Problems Probably nothing annoys users more than when they can't print. And probably nothing annoys administrators more than when users complain they can't print. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to quickly troubleshoot and solve printing problems. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
How to Cure the SP2 Upgrade Blues Preston Gralla, the author of Windows XP Power Hound, offers solutions to the two most common SP2 upgrade problems: configuring pop-up blocking and configuring the firewall. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Using Extensions in Firefox The Firefox browser has a lot going for it, and one of its best traits is its ability to use extensions that add to its features. Wei-Meng Lee, author of Windows XP Unwired, shows you how to find and install them, and clues you in to his favorites. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
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Role-Specific Backup Strategies for Windows Servers A good server backup strategy should be role-specific in order to minimize your resource usage while maximizing speed and ease of recovery. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to build the best backup strategy. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Deploying SP2--Or Not Is XP SP2 easy to deploy? How can you do it? And more importantly, what can you do if you don't want to deploy it immediately? Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, gives you advice. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Best Outlook Add-Ins and Helpers If you want to get the most out of Outlook, you need add-ins and helpers. J.W. Olsen takes a look at three of the best and gives you the lowdown on each. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Lightweight XML Editing in Word 2003 Strictly speaking, you can edit custom XML in Word, but there are limitations that make the process needlessly complex. This article presents a lightweight approach to XML editing in Word that works in all editions of Word 2003. All you need besides Word is an XSLT processor. Evan Lenz, coauthor of Office 2003 XML, shows you how. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
How to Solve SP2 Application Compatibility Problems Service Pack 2 is great for security--but it can also break network applications and cause other compatibility woes. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, details the problems you might expect, and offers advice and resources on solving them. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Windows Server Hacks: Finding All Encrypted Files on a Volume Careless use of the Encrypting File System can put your business in jeopardy. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to find and protect all encrypted files on a volume. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Internet Explorer Toolbar Wars Any self-respecting search site seems to have a toolbar these days. Which one is the best? J.W. Olsen investigates and lets you know. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Using Folder Redirection Folder redirection is a great way to save work to servers rather than a local machine. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows how to easily use it with the Group Policy in an Active Directory Environment. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Technical Writing Using OpenOffice.org Writer If you're in the business of writing technical documents and you've been using Word in particular, you could benefit by switching to OpenOffice.org Writer. Jean Hollis Weber, author of OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word, reviews Writer's many features of particular interest to tech writers, including a customizable interface, support for styles, advanced page layout capabilities, and a full macro language. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Working with Icons in Visual Basic Need to work with icons in Visual Basic? Ron Petrusha shows you the ins and outs of every aspect of it, from assigning .ico files to using a resource file and more. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
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Windows Server Hacks: Using Preconfigured User Profiles Roaming profiles make life easier for both users and system administrators. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to preconfigure roaming profiles to make them even more effective. [O'Reilly Network]
Online Investing Hacks, Part 2 In Online Investing Hacks, author Bonnie Biafore presents 100 tips and hacks to help you reach your investment goals. In these two sample hacks from the book, Bonnie covers ways to manipulate stock screens to your advantage, and how to avoid manual data entry when evaluating financial ratio trends in the statements you download. [O'Reilly Network]
Deploying Domain Controllers in Remote Locations Deploying a domain controller in a remote location can be a serious problem, potentially swamping a LAN link for hours. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to do it and avoid headaches. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Performing Web Queries in Excel 2003 Excel 2003 Programming: A Developer's Notebook shows programmers how to best use Excel 2003's new features, through a series of hands-on projects. In this sample lab from the book, learn how to perform a web query to import data from a web page into a worksheet using Excel's QueryTable object. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Power Up the Windows Clipboard The Windows Clipboard is about as useless a utility as you can imagine. Throw it away and replace it with one of these clipboard power tools. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Windows Server Hacks: Creating a Password Reset Disk Losing a password for an account can be anything from a pain to a disaster. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to solve the problem by creating a password recovery disk. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Upgrading and Migrating Print Servers Forget the "paperless office"; printers are still corporate workhorses. That means upgrading and migrating print servers is more important than ever. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you tools and tricks to make it easier. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Reading and Writing Registry Values with Visual Basic Need to use Visual Basic to read and write Registry values? Ron Petrusha shows you how to retrieve known and unknown values, and how to set values. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Top 10 Online Investing Hacks Tips Plucked from the pages of Online Investing Hacks, author Bonnie Biafore offers 10 of the most important things you can do to improve your financial situation, and the tools that will simplify these tasks. [O'Reilly Network]
Windows Server Hacks: Restoring Shadow Copies Using the Command Line Shadow copies is a new feature of Windows Server 2003 that automatically creates point-in-time copies or snapshots of files in shared folders. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you the easiest way to restore them. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Understanding WinFX in Longhorn Longhorn is still in pre-beta, but it's time to get ready for developing apps for it. Wei-Meng Lee, author of Windows XP Unwired, gives a rundown about the APIs that developers will use to write the next generation of Windows applications. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Inside the XML Metabase of IIS 6 IIS's metabase is now an XML file instead of the binary file of earlier versions. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, gives you a bird's-eye view of how it's organized, and how to get the most out of it. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Top Three Windows RSS Readers Which are the best RSS readers out there? Wei-Meng Lee picks his favorites and gives you guided tours of them all. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Windows Server Hacks: Transferring Ownership of Files Taking and giving ownership of files is trickier than you might think. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you the best ways to handling transferring ownership. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Surf the Web Anonymously When you surf the Web, your life is an open book, open to anyone who wants to look. J.W. Olsen looks at two anonymous surfing programs that promise to fix the problem. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Getting the Most Out of Site Links Site links are one of the more confusing aspects of Active Directory. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, demystifies them, and shows you how to get the most out of them. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Windows Server Hacks: Using Saved Queries to Find Locked Accounts Locked accounts can represent a serious security hole on your network. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to use saved queries to find them. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Easily Purge Spyware, Adware, and Other Malware Think you're protected against spyware? Most likely you're not. J.W. Olsen reviews two of the best spyware killers you'll find anywhere: Ad-aware and Spybot. [O'Reilly Network]
Reading and Writing Registry Keys with Visual Basic Need to use Visual Basic to perform basic operations upon registry keys? It's not tough to do, once you know the basics. Ron Petrusha shows you how. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Best Practices for Assigning FSMO Roles Getting FMSO roles right is key to the proper operations of an Active Directory environment. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell, shows you how to make sure you use them properly. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
SnagIt: The Ultimate Screen Capture Program Need to capture screens in Windows? Forget the built-in Print Screen feature -- it's just about useless. Instead, get SnagIt, the ultimate screen capture program. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
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Google Unveils Desktop Search, Takes on Microsoft Google rolled out a preliminary version of its desktop search tool, making the first move against its major competitors in the race to provide tools for finding information buried in computer hard drives. [Source: ActiveWin.com] Netscape: Bowed, but not broken T [Source: ActiveWin.com] News: Undead IE bug rises from grave [Source: SecurityFocus News] Unearthing the origins of Firefox [Source: ActiveWin.com] Dell grapples with Apple in Mini arena [Source: CNET News.com: Personal Technology] HP touts $600M from .NET packages [Source: WinInsider.com] New Microsoft Office Servers on the Way [Source: Neowin.net] |
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Spyware Targets Only Windows Users [Preston Gralla]
Microsoft should release Windows 98 SE as Open Source [Todd Ogasawara]
Test Driving OpenOffice.org, the Next Generation [Jean Hollis Weber]
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