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Windows Server Hacks: Disable "Run As" The "Run As" command is a great tool for network administrators. But in the hands of ordinary users it can be dangerous. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you how to disable it for users so it can't do harm. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Windows Error Reporting Under the Covers The WER system can evoke fears about invasion of privacy and misuse of data, but there is little cause for worry. The benefits are huge for both end-users and developers, and the danger is miniscule. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Setting Up a Virtual Private Network What to do if you want to securely access your network when you're out of the office? The quickest and safest way is to set up a VPN. Wei-Meng Lee shows you how to do it. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Windows Server 2003 Add-Ons, Part 2 Looking to power up Windows Server 2003? It's only a year old, but already there are dozens of ways you can increase its effectiveness and make it easier to manage. In this second article of a multi-part series, Mitch Tulloch shows you how to get the most out of Windows Server 2003 with three more feature packs. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Protect Yourself Against Kerberos Attacks The only way to defend yourself is to understand your attacker in-depth. This excerpt from the recently released Security Warrior by Cyrus Peikari and Anton Chuvakin details Kerberos attacks. Read it and prepare yourself. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Inside IIS 6 With the release of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has made significant changes in how IIS works. Mitch Tulloch brings you up-to-speed on what's new, and gives you insider tips on how to take advantage of it. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Windows Server 2003 Add-Ons, Part 1 Windows Server 2003 is only a year old, but already there are dozens of ways you can power it up and make it easier to manage. In this first article of a multi-part series, Mitch Tulloch shows you how to get the most out of Windows Server 2003 with three feature packs. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Kicking the Tires of XP Service Pack, Part 2 XP's Service Pack 2 fixes a variety of security flaws that have bedeviled Windows users for years. In this second article of a two-part series, Ron White shows how it makes for safer browsing, more secure email, and finally -- the death of pop-ups. [WindowsDevCenter] Protect Yourself Against Denial-of-Service Attacks The only way to defend yourself is to understand your attacker in-depth. This excerpt from the recently released Security Warrior by Cyrus Peikari and Anton Chuvakin details denial-of-service attacks against Windows XP. Read it and prepare yourself. [WindowsDevCenter.com] The Well-Tuned Server, Part 2 Not happy with the performance of your web servers? Mitch Tulloch offers five quick ways to enhance the performance of machines running IIS 5 and IIS 6. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Kicking the Tires of XP Service Pack 2, Part 1 XP's Service Pack 2 will be out by mid-year -- what's in it for you? In this first part of a two-piece article, Ron White looks at big changes to the Internet Connection Firewall. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Tuning Automatic Updates It's a tough job keeping all the systems on your network properly patched and protected. Mitch Tulloch shows you how to use Automatic Updates to automatically manage updates on multiple servers and machines. [WindowsDevCenter.com] The Well-Tuned Server, Part 1 Poorly tuned servers can spoil the performance of your network. Mitch Tulloch offers tips for improving network performance, cutting costs, and saving time by fine-tuning your file servers. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Still Annoyed with Your PC? Fight Back Steve Bass tackles yet another handful of irritating PC annoyances. This week, Steve shows you how to boot those boring IE icons; how to disable the Caps Lock key; and more. Steve is the author of the best-selling PC Annoyances. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Effective Forms Authentication, Part 1 ASP.NET offers several possibilities for authenticating users, but when you come right down to it, there's only one reasonable alternative for most applications: forms authentication. Mike Gunderloy takes you step-by-step through creating a forms authentication project and helps you avoid the potholes. [ONDotnet.com] Getting Started with Microsoft InfoPath 2003 Wei-Meng Lee introduces newcomers to the power of InfoPath 2003 and shows how to build a simple form to start collecting data. InfoPath provides three ways to define the types of data you want to collect: using an XML Schema, a database, or a Web service. For this article, Wei-Meng uses an XML Schema. Wei-Meng is the author of Windows XP Unwired. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Windows Server 2003: Still Room for Improvement Mitch Tulloch highlights three areas where he thinks Microsoft could have done even better in Windows Server 2003. Mitch is the author of Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell. [WindowsDevCenter.com] VBScript or Perl? In the process of writing Active Directory Cookbook, author and long-time Perl coder Robbie Allen had to make a decision that Windows system administrators often face: whether to use VBScript or Perl? Ultimately, Robbie decided to use VBScript for the book's examples (though you can find Perl examples on his web site). In this article, Robbie outlines the advantages and disadvantages of each language, with sample code, to help you determine which works best for your project. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Shooting the Windows Messenger Service On November 6, the Federal Trade Commission took the unusual step of convincing a U.S. District Court to issue a temporary restraining order shutting down a spamming company for using the Windows Messenger Service to deliver unwanted pop-ups. In this article, Preston Gralla shows you how you can permanently solve this pop-up problem in XP by disabling the Windows Messenger Service, a hack he also covers in his book, Windows XP Hacks. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Serialization in .NET, Part 1 Serialization of data using built-in .NET support makes persistence easy and reusable. Dan Frumin reviews the support available for serialization and look at a couple of scenarios for using it. [ONDotnet.com]
WinFX in Detail Five More Annoying PC Annoyances Steve Bass, the author of PC Annoyances, bumped into more Windows, Office, Internet, email, and hardware irritations than he could include in the book. So, rather than waste them, he's included some of them on our web site. Here are five bonus PC annoyances, and Steve's fix for each. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Overview of the New Active Directory Tools in Windows Server 2003 Microsoft set out to improve manageability in several key areas with the release of Windows Server 2003. Did it succeed? Robbie Allen, author of the recently released Active Directory Cookbook, gives you the rundown on the best new tools for improving manageability. [WindowsDevCenter.com] Cooking with ADO.NET, Part 2 In O'Reilly's ADO.NET Cookbook, you'll find more than 150 solutions and best practices for everyday dilemmas. This week, we're offering two more recipes from the book that show how to create and then synchronize a master-detail pair of DataGrid controls, as well as how to improve performance when a user pages through a large result set in a data grid. [ONDotnet.com] New Data Controls in ASP.NET Whidbey One of the design goals of the next release of ASP.NET, codenamed ASP.NET Whidbey, is to reduce the amount of code you write for common tasks such as data access. Wei-Meng Lee discusses two new controls that drastically reduce the amount of code you typically need to write in ASP.NET. [ONDotnet.com] Sending SMS Messages Using Windows XP Windows XP users need not envy Mac users anymore, Wei-Meng Lee, author of Windows XP Unwired, happily reports. The recent release of the free SMS Sender lets cell phone users send SMS messages from the comfort of their Windows XP computers. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
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