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Disaster Prevention and Recovery IT administrators need an arsenal of tools to keep business systems running when disaster strikes. In this issue, we demonstrate how to use scripting to cope with email worms, how to use Windows 2003's Dcpromo, and how to use Dfs to recover data.		• Subscribe • Renew • Master CD • Change Mailing Address • Customer Service • Back Issues • Article Reprints • Group Discounts
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Crisis-Mode Scripting

Scripting can play an important role when you need to react to an unforeseen crisis such as the SQL Slammer worm.
By Bob Wells 

Disaster Recovery with Dfs

Although Dfs won't work for all file types, this affordable, reliable mechanism can help you recover data in times of disaster.
By Douglas Toombs 

Windows 2003 Dcpromo

Windows 2003's Dcpromo vastly improves on earlier versions by letting you force demotions regardless of connectivity to the domain and by permitting promotions from media.
By Jesse Sutela 

Exchange 2003 RPC over HTTP Access

Outlook 2003 offers new functionality that lets you access your Exchange mailbox from any network.
By Kieran McCorry 

Monitoring AD Changes

Two Domain Controllers Policy settings give you a wealth of information about AD events, if you know where to look in the Security log.
By Randy Franklin Smith 

An Easier Way to Name Log Files with the Current Date and Time

Windows NT's Date and Time commands let you automatically name log files.
By Readers 

Connecting to Printers

Use Robocopy and Con2prt to direct users to printers.
By Readers 

DCPROMO Fails to Create FQDN in DNS

A DC’s DNS suffix doesn’t match the domain name that the DC belongs to.
By Readers 

Determine Most Recent Reboot

Figure out when your machine was last rebooted.
By Readers 

NetMeeting for Remote Administration

NetMeeting outperforms other remote administration tools for PCs.
By Readers 

Windows 2003: An Out-Of-Band Experience

Instead of forcing customers to wait until the next major product release or service pack for added functionality, Microsoft is making new features available to customers through the Web.
By Michael Otey 

Solving DNS Problems

Getting DNS to cooperate with AD can be challenging. Mark takes a look at some interesting new DNS features in Windows 2003 and has some Win2K tips to share.
By Mark Minasi 

Clearing a Blocked Exchange SMTP Message Queue

Learn how to get messages flowing again when an Exchange server's SMTP message queue becomes blocked.
By Sean Daily 

Hiding the My Documents Folder Icon

Get instructions for editing the registry to hide the My Documents folder icon on a Win2K machine.
By Sean Daily 

Joining a Win2K System to an Existing NT Domain

Find out what you need to do to move from an NT PDC to a Win2K PDC.
By Sean Daily 

Solving a Dell/VERITAS Backup Problem

Discover the cure for a backup problem that afflicts a popular configuration.
By Sean Daily 

Windows XP PowerToys

Add functionality to your XP system with these 10 add-on utilities.
By Michael Otey 

SAN Management Software

Purchase a solution to help you manage your complex SAN environment.
By Ed Roth 

IPv6

Take a look at IPv6 support in software, hardware, and migration services.
By William Sheldon 

Letters to the Editor

Readers share their thoughts on redirecting folders to a Microsoft Dfs volume when managing user data and settings, the licensing maze, and securing your wireless network.
By Readers  , et al.

SOAP/XML Firewalls

Web services introduce vulnerabilities that could let intruders penetrate to the core of your crucial business systems. A new type of firewall offers protection.
By Randy Franklin Smith 

What You Need to Know About the Interim WinPE

Microsoft is planning to release an interim version of the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE). This stripped-down OS, which will be available for Windows 2003 and XP, will cut down installation time and complexity.
By Paul Thurrott 

What's Hot

Readers tell us about their favorite products.
By Carolyn Mader 

Asking Questions, Seeking Solutions

Microsoft's easily accessible product information is an invaluable resource to systems administrators and end users.
By David Chernicoff 

Supercharging Windows File Services

The combination of IntelliMirror, Remote Storage Service, and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service technologies gives users and administrators world-class file-sharing capabilities.
By Jerry Cochran 

Differentiating Event ID 530 Logon Failures

Find out how to determine whether a logon failed because a user tried to log on outside the allowed time of day or because a user left a computer running outside the allowed time of day.
By Randy Franklin Smith 

Running /DomainPrep Against the Root Domain When No Exchange Servers Are in the Domain

Find out why you must run /DomainPrep against the root domain even when no Exchange servers are in the domain.
By Paul Robichaux 

Running Exchange 2000 on Windows 2003

Find out whether you can run Exchange 2000 on Windows 2003.
By Paul Robichaux 

Using GPOs to Customize and Lock Down Workstations

Learn how to use GPOs to customize workstations without having DCs inherit the policies.
By Randy Franklin Smith 

The Soul of Windows Revisited

Microsoft has launched several initiatives to win back the loyalty of Windows administrators.
By Mark Smith 

New & Improved

Learn more about newly released software and hardware products.
By Carolyn Mader