SQL Server Magazine November 2004

[Feature]
IT pros for public companies are racing to meet the Sarbanes-Oxley deadline. But they won't be finished with compliance tasks after it's passed.
By Elliot King
[Reader to Reader]
You can use the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit’s uptime.exe program to determine when a machine was last rebooted.
By Apostolos Fotakelis
You can use UNIX’s date.exe as a substitute for Windows’ Date and Time commands.
By Readers
SID filtering can cause problems with trusts.
By Readers
[TOP 10]
Does point-and-click slow you down? Supercharge your Web browsing with keyboard shortcuts.
By Michael Otey
[Buyer's Guide]
These 10 products provide general Group Policy management assistance and extend and enhance Group Policy's basic functionality.
By Ed Roth
[Letters to the Editor]
By Readers , et al.
[Need to Know]
Learn more about NAP, a client-quarantine feature that will ship with the Windows 2003 R2 update.
By Paul Thurrott
[What's Hot]
Readers highlight favorite products: Sonic Mobility sonicadmin, Qurb Qurb, and NoSPAMProxy.
By Carolyn Mader
[Ask the Experts]
Find out how NTBackup backs up open files in Windows 2003 and Win2K.
By Bob Chronister
Learn about read receipts and why they aren’t a reliable indication of whether the user actually read the message.
By Paul Robichaux
Exchange and Outlook don’t currently support non-ASCII names, but RFC 3490 explains how applications can convert non-ASCII characters to an ASCII representation.
By Paul Robichaux
You need to check the Security event logs on a workstation to determine a user's logon time and logoff time.
By Randy Franklin Smith
[Windows Power Tools]
Tired of dealing with autostart programs? Use this free tool to find them and deal with them.
By Mark Russinovich
[New & Improved]
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace.
By Carolyn Mader
[Industry Briefings]
Our editors share insights from their conversations with vendors about storage.
By Editors
[IT Pro Perspective]
Get content plus great events about Linux, VM technology, and Group Policy.
By Janet Robbins
[Hey Microsoft!]
Microsoft's Group Policy team listens to and encourages customer feedback and incorporates it in the technology.
By Karen Forster
[The Business End]
Increase your chances of getting a bonus or raise by following Ben's helpful guidelines.
By Ben Smith
[Review]
Learn what you need in an event-log management tool, then take a look at offerings from three companies—Dorian Software Creations, Omnitrend Software, and Prism Microsystems.
By Randy Franklin Smith
Paul Rates the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition beta and Virtual PC.
By Paul Thurrott
Three wireless Intrusion Detection Systems—AirDefense, AirMagnet, and Red-Defense—tell you who's on your network.
By Mark Joseph Edwards
[Solutions +]
Various upgrades to NTBackup have improved this tool, but they also left it riddled with idiosyncrasies, which make it confusing to use. Here’s a guide on how to use NTBackup, no matter whether you’re running Windows Server 2003, XP, or Win2K.
By Bill Stewart
Using XP’s file association Web service can lead to frustrated users and IT staff alike. Here’s how to head off any problems.
By Ed Roth
[Cover Story]
Managing a Linux system is probably in your future—if it hasn't happened already. Here’s the essential information you need to administer Linux in a Windows environment.
By Dustin Puryear
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