Watching Ports with Port Reporter
-- Here's another cool tool from Redmond. It monitors port
usage for security reasons and for troubleshooting network connectivity
problems. Mitch Tulloch shows you where to get it and how to make the
most out of it. Mitch is the author of Windows Server
Hacks.
Refactoring in Visual Basic 2005
-- Refactoring is the one-size-fits-all name given to a
set of coding shortcuts that help you rework code on the fly. C#
developers have such a tool, but Visual Basic developers were not so
lucky--till now. Matthew MacDonald reviews Refactor, the free VB 2005
tool, and offers some how-to techniques for using it. Matthew is the
author of Visual
Basic 2005: A Developer's Notebook.
ETech 2006 CFP
Now Open -- O'Reilly's Emerging Technology
Conference 2006 is scheduled for March 6-9 in San Diego. We invite
technologists, strategists, CTOs, chief scientists, researchers,
programmers, hackers, standards workers, business developers, and
entrepreneurs to lead sessions and tutorials at ETech. This year's
challenge focuses on the amazing amount of digital data in our worlds:
how do we visualize the data, filter it, remix it, and access it in
meaningful ways? Proposals are due by September 19th.
PowerPoint Personal Trainer: Drawing and Working with
Graphics -- Even if you don't have any artistic
ability, PowerPoint makes it easy to add graphics to your slides,
making them look as though you hired a professional graphic designer.
Chapter 4 of PowerPoint 2003 Personal Trainer explains how to
add lines, shapes, and text boxes to your slides, how to add pictures,
and how to move, resize, align, group, flip, and rotate graphic
objects. If you like this chapter, read the whole book (and up to nine
others) on Safari with a free trial subscription.
Using Log Parser 2.2 -- Log
Parser is one cool tool, and it can help you analyze all kinds of logs
with ease. Mitch Tulloch shows you where to get it and how to make the
most of it. Mitch is the author of Windows Server
Hacks.
Is This Security Alert Really from
Microsoft? -- An excellent way to get information
about Windows updates is via email with Microsoft Technical Security
Notification Services. But how can you tell if a security bulletin in
your inbox is really from Microsoft and not from someone with malicious
intent? Mitch Tulloch points you in the right direction with these
important tips. Mitch is the author of Windows Server
Hacks.
Easy Scripting -- Windows
scripts are far more powerful than mere batch files, and much harder to
use as well. Mitch Tulloch gives you hard-won advice on how to more
easily create scripts, and offers many helpful resources. Mitch is the
author of Windows Server Hacks.
Cooking with Windows Server, Part 1
-- In this book excerpt, Robbie Allen shows you how to
activate Windows Server 2003, how to find large folders and files on a
volume, and how to hide a file or folder. Robbie is the author of Windows Server
Cookbook.
Powering Up Terminal Services with Service
Pack 1 -- Terminal Services is a powerful feature
of Windows Server 2003 that lets users access Windows-based programs
across an enterprise, and Service Pack 1 includes useful enhancements
to Terminal Services. Mitch Tulloch offers details and tips on how to
make the best use of Service Pack 1. Mitch is the author of Windows Server
Hacks.
Navigating SharePoint -- Just
getting started with SharePoint and wondering where to begin? Jeff Webb
gives you the basics in a few short steps. Jeff is the author of Essential
SharePoint.
Using the Security Configuration Wizard
-- One of the enhancements in Service Pack 1 for Windows
Server 2003 is the new Security Configuration Wizard (SCW), a tool
designed to help admins secure their servers against attack. Mitch
Tulloch, author of Windows Server
Hacks, shows you what it does, how it works, and how you can use
it.
Using Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal
Tool -- The Microsoft Malicious Software Removal
Tool can rid your PC of malware, even if you're already protected by
antivirus software. Mitch Tulloch shows you the ins and outs of how to
use it. Mitch is the author of Windows Server
Hacks.
How to Boost XP Performance --
PC feeling a bit sluggish? It's not tough to juice up its performance.
Mitch Tulloch shows you how to do it in a few easy steps. Mitch is the
author of Windows Server
Hacks.
Ferreting Out Near-Identical Records in
Access -- Working with lists of contacts is a
common database activity, but as a list grows, so do the chances for
duplicate records. Ken Bluttman shows one technique for ferreting out
these near-identical records in Access using the InStr
function to find when one value in one field is inside the value of the
same field in another record. Ken is the author of Access
Hacks.
Copy Scheduled Tasks to Remote Machines
-- There are times when for ease and security reasons,
you'll want to schedule a task to run on a remote PC. Where to begin?
Mitch Tulloch gives you step-by-step instructions for getting it done.
Mitch is the author of Windows Server
Hacks.
Hacking Windows XP
-- In these three excerpts, Preston Gralla teaches you how
to make better use of the XP login screen, how to give Internet
Explorer a face lift, and how to build your own Firefox search engine.
Preston is the author of Windows XP Hacks,
2nd Edition.
Finding an Application's Registry Keys
-- How can you find out which registry values you need to
deploy for a third-party or in-house app you want to manage using Group
Policy? Mitch Tulloch gives you the easy rundown. Mitch is the author
of Windows
Server Hacks.
Windows
XP in a Nutshell: The Command Prompt --
Understanding the command prompt is not only helpful in getting a
better idea of how Windows works, but can expose new ways of
accomplishing tasks without repetitive pointing and clicking. In
Chapter 6 of Windows XP in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition, you'll learn
about using the command line, command prompt choices, the complete
documentation on MS-DOS batch files, and more. If you like this
chapter, read the whole book (and up to nine others) on Safari with a
free trial subscription.
Thumbing Through Firefox Tabs --
Add-ons such as tabbed browsing extensions let you try out all sorts of
features that can save you time and are just plain cool to use. Troy
Mott highlights four extensions you can use to take advantage of tabbed
browsing in Firefox: TabBrowser Preferences, miniT, SessionSaver, and
All-in-One Gestures. Troy is a coauthor of Windows XP in a
Nutshell, 2nd Edition.
Automating Desktop Tasks in XP
-- Tired of repeating the same mouse clicks and keystrokes
for basic tasks you do every day? It's time to automate them. Mitch
Tulloch tells you about five great tools that automate for you. Mitch
is the author of Windows Server
Hacks.
