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[Focus]

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NT Innovators 1999
Companies are using Windows NT in unique and innovative ways to solve today's business problems. Find out who's developing innovative NT-based solutions and making the most of the enterprise.
 — Christa Anderson

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[Feature]

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Auto Netscape
Keep your help desk from flooding by autoconfiguring settings. The author uses Netscape as an example.
 — Goran Sedvall


How to Rebuild Your Exchange Organization
Moving Exchange Server systems used to be almost impossible. The new Move Server Wizard makes reoganization of an exchange environment more feasible.
 — Tony Redmond


Introducing NT into a UNIX Enterprise
Add NT to your network as painlessly as possible.
 — G. Robert Williams , et al.


Life in the Alpha Family
Alpha processors now come in many shapes and sizes. Here's a look at differences between Alpha systems and what to expect when you buy an Alpha processor.
 — Aaron Sakovich


Managing VPNs with PPTP
Learn how to configure PPTP on common Windows platforms and how to verify PPTP operation.
 — Eric Pearce


Migrating to Active Directory
Windows 2000's Active Directory (AD) improves on the NT domain model by expanding admonistrative rights and offering a more flexible structure. Here's a hassle-free way to migrate your existing domain models to AD.
 — Sakari Kouti


PPTP and Win2K
Microsoft is attempting to make Windows 2000's network connection interfaces easier to set up. Find out whether Microsoft's attempts are working.
 — Alistair G. Lowe-Norris


Public Key Infrastructure in Windows 2000
Windows 2000 gives you the power to design and implement a comprehensive public key security infrastructure for youre interprise. Here's an introduction to the PKI components in Windows 2000.
 — Tao Zhou


Simulating Your NT Network
Use simulation programs and network monitoring tools to proactively monitor your network's devices, WAN links, and LAN.
 — Toby J. Velte

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[Reader Challenge]

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Reader Challenge
Solve this month's Windows NT problem and get the change to win $100 or a copy of one of the author's books about NT. Prior month's winner is announced at bottom of page.
 — Kathy Ivens

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[Reader to Reader]

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Reader to Reader - January 1999
Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
 — Readers

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[Editorial]

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1998 Predictions in Review
Mark Smith reviews and rates his 1998 industry predictions.
 — Mark Smith

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[ForefroNT]

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The Problem with Certification Programs
MCSE certification without practical experience and the availability of wizards are creating a job pool of people who are superficially qualified at best.
 — David Chernicoff

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[En Garde]

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How to Raise NT's Price Quietly
When Microsoft wants to raise a product'sprice, it foes so unobtrusively, often through the product's licensing provisions.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Internals]

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Inside the Boot Process, Part 2
Take a guided tour of the phases of NT's initialization process.
 — Mark Russinovich

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[Product Reviews]

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ACREW MCSE Boot Camp
One of the Lab Guys goes to boot camp, tests his limits, and earns his MCSE.
 — Brian Gallagher


ColdFusion 4.0
Allaire's ColdFusion 4.0, a deployment platform for delivering Web applications, takes a giant step forward in providing Web developers and administrators more power and functionality.
 — T.J. Harty


Directory Catalog 2.0
BarnStormer Software's Directory Catalog 2.0 is a handy utility that lets you monitor and analyze your file system's changes.
 — Jim Cole


KeyVision 2.0
IntraSofts's KeyVision 2.0 is an enterprise-leve Registry maintenance utility that lets you use a Web browser to manage your Registries.
 — Michael P. Deignan


Observer 5.1
Network Instruments' Observer 5.1 is a helpful network-analysis tool that works well on existing networks.
 — Jonathan Chau


PCShield
AXENT Technologies's PCShield is a software add-on that adds new features and control mechanisms to your OS's existing security setup. PCShield scales well and fits into most networks.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards


ProLiant 6000 with the Pentium II Xeon Processor
The quad-Xeon ProLiant 6000 is a solid server with substantial expansion capacity and might work very well for a small business.
 — John Green


seNTry 2020
Soft Winter's seNTry 2020 protects your Windows NT disk subsystems.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards


Streaming Video Made Easy
The latest installment of the Lab's ongoing examination of videoconferencing products is a review of Microsoft's NetShow 3.0 and Eastman Kodak's DVC323 digital video camera.
 — Brian Gallagher


StreetTalk for Windows NT 8.5
StreetTalk for Windows NT 8.5 fully integrates security, messaging, and file-and-print services into your network's directory-services structure.
 — Michael P. Deignan


Winterm 3315SE
Wyse's Winterm 3315SE is a flexible, easy-to-configure, and easy-to-use Windows-based terminal with compelling support for multiple-host connections and the ability to switch between connections.
 — John Enck


WorldMark 4300 Terminal Server
NCR's WorldMark 4300 Terminal Server lets IS departments provide continuous computing through thin-client terminals that access a fault-tolerant central storage system.
 — Jonathan Cragle

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[Lab Notes]

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2nd Annual Labsolutely Awards
Find out which products the Lab Guys seleted as their "Labsolutely" favorites of 1998.
 — John Enck

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[Inside Out]

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The Case of the Empty Network Neighborhood
If you use RAS to connect Windows NT Workstation or Windows 95 machines to an NT network, you might have noticed that the network's computers don't show up in Network Neighborhood. Here's why.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Performance Q&A]

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Troubleshooting Windows NT Performance
Answers to three questions concerning Performance Monitor that will help you use counters, solve memory starvation problems, and optimize CPU usage.
 — Curt Aubley

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[Getting Started with NT]

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Editing the Windows NT Registry
Editing the NT Registry can be scary. Understanding the parts of the Registry and how the Registry editors work makes this task easier.
 — Michael D. Reilly

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[Scripting Solutions]

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Leveraging Components
Third-party components provide an easy way to add functionality to your scripts that WSH and other COM scripting languages don't provide.
 — Bob Wells

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[SQL Server Savvy]

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Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server
Discover a way to speed ADO applications, the functionality of local named pipes, a query to find out which service pack SQL Server is running, and options for a SQL Server system search.
 — Brian Moran , et al.

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[This Old Resource Kit]

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Browser Monitor and Domain Monitor
These tools perform similar functions but with different results.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Tricks & Traps]

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Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions
Finf out how Microsoft has changed the syntax for performing an unattended installation in Windows 2000, prevent NT 4.0 from creating the My Briefcase desktop application, and troubleshoot modem installations on a network.
 — Bob Chronister

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[News Analysis]

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Research and Trends
This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.
 — John Enck , et al.