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Patch Management This issue provides advice for automating patch testing to help you quickly shake out the bugs, patch-management best practices and tips, and information about the latest patch-management offering from Microsoft: Windows Update Services.		• Subscribe • Renew • Master CD • Change Mailing Address • Customer Service • Back Issues • Article Reprints • Group Discounts
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Advanced Patch Management

Arm yourself with the advanced techniques and resources needed to keep your crucial servers up-to-date.
By Mark Burnett 

Patch Testing

Some tips and scripts help you build a test lab and automate the process of testing OS and application patches.
By Jason Fossen 

AD Branch Office Design

Use these design principles to determine whether a branch office needs a site, DC, or GC.
By Sean Deuby 

Powering Databases with MySQL

Lower your licensing and operating costs with this powerful, comprehensive, and free database solution.
By Dustin Puryear 

Logon Rejection

Read about a password problem that prevented even the administrator from logging on.
By Apostolos Fotakelis 

Windows 2000 Professional Home Setup

Learn which services you can set to Manual to improve your home PC’s performance.
By Readers 

Unreasonable Expectations

Keeping systems safe from security exploits takes too darned much time! Mike looks at how to make the patch process more manageable.
By Michael Otey 

Automating Dcpromo

Learn how to use answer-file scripts that automate the Active Directory Installation Wizard.
By Mark Minasi 

Comparing SATA RAID and SCSI RAID

Look at the pros and cons of SATA RAID and SCSI RAID.
By Bob Chronister 

Finding Exchange Clustering Alternatives

Find some high-availability solutions to traditional Exchange clusters.
By Bob Chronister 

Performing an Authoritative AD Restoration

Discover the difference between authoritative and nonauthoritative AD restorations and how to perform the former.
By Bob Chronister 

New Features in Longhorn

The most important changes to the next version of Windows include a new file system, graphical architecture, and communications subsystem.
By Michael Otey 

Web Content-Filtering Solutions

Products that restrict employee Internet access use techniques that range from blocking URLs to making dynamic policy changes on the fly. These 19 Web content-filtering solutions offer you a variety of capabilities and techniques.
By Brett Hill 

Honeypots for Windows

By offering a target too sweet to resist, you can help protect your Windows network.
By Roger A. Grimes 

Living with a Tablet PC

Discover the advantages and limitations of working with a slate-style Tablet PC as your primary computer.
By John D. Ruley 

Letters to the Editor

Readers share their thoughts about using event tracing, using reg.exe, and controlling the Recent Documents folder.
By Readers  , et al.

What You Need to Know About Microsoft SmartScreen Technology and the Exchange Intelligent Message Filter

Microsoft's new antispam SmartScreen Technology is based on Bayesian-like machine learning technology that uses a probability-based algorithm to determine whether email is spam.
By Paul Thurrott 

What You Need to Know About Windows Update Services

Find out about Microsoft's revamped patch-management technology in the new Windows Update Services application.
By Paul Thurrott 

What's Hot

Readers highlight favorite products: JAM Software's TreeSize Professional, Flowerfire's Sawmill, and MailFoundry's MailFoundryEP.
By Carolyn Mader 

The Magic of Mount Points

Mount points are useful tools that overcome drive-letter limitations and simplify directory navigation of your storage systems.
By Jerry Cochran 

New & Improved

Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace.
By Carolyn Mader 

Taking Control of Group Policy

Discover how to reduce the number of policies you apply to maintain control over your domain environment.
By Kathy Ivens