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June, 2000
Multilanguage Support in Windows 2000 Professional
Take advantage of Win2K Pro's multilanguage features.
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April, 2000
Basic and Dynamic Disks
Columnist Zubair Alexander explains Windows 2000's new disk configuration types, which you must understand to effectively configure and troubleshoot disk storage.
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April, 2000
Building on the Windows 2000 Glossary
Zubair Alexander presents yet another installment in the occasional series of Windows 2000 Ready columns that he devotes to defining new Windows 2000 terms and concepts.
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April, 2000
Power Options for Your Laptop
Columnist Zubair Alexander explains Windows 2000's power options, which can help you conserve laptop battery life.
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March, 2000
Internet Information Services 5.0 Authentication Methods
Columnist Zubair Alexander explains the various authentication methods that IIS 5.0 uses. You must understand these methods before you can configure the software properly.
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March, 2000
Windows Time Synchronization Service
Zubair Alexander discusses the Windows Time Synchronization Service, the service that Windows 2000 uses to ensure that all computers on your network use a common time.
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March, 2000
Publishing Objects in Active Directory
Before users can find network resources such as shared folders and printers, you must publish them in AD so that they are available to AD searches. Columnist Zubair Alexander explains the publishing process.
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March, 2000
Scheduling Windows 2000’s Disk Defragmenter
Columnist Zubair Alexander discusses disk defragmentation in Windows 2000 and presents a script that lets you schedule the defragmentation process (the new OS doesn't let you do so).
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March, 2000
Windows 2000 EFS
Zubair Alexander looks at Windows 2000's Encrypting File System (EFS), which provides file encryption capabilities on an NTFS volume.
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March, 2000
Cipher Command-Line Utility
Find out how to use the Cipher command-line utility to review or change data encryption on NTFS partitions.
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February, 2000
Windows 2000 Hardware Requirements
Columnist Zubair Alexander reviews Microsoft's hardware requirements for Windows 2000 and presents requirements that he believes are more realistic.
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February, 2000
An Overview of Active Directory
To fully understand Active Directory (AD), you need a good book and lots of hands-on experience with a Windows 2000 network environment. But for now, columnist Zubair Alexander gives you an introductory look at AD and its components.
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February, 2000
Windows Installer Technology
Columnist Zubair Alexander explains Windows Installer, an important part of IntelliMirror and a core component of Windows 2000's CCM technology.
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February, 2000
Troubleshooting Device and BIOS Problems
Columnist Zubair Alexander looks at some hardware-related hurdles you might face when installing Windows 2000.
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January, 2000
Kerberos Security in Windows 2000
Zubair Alexander takes a look at Kerberos 5, Windows 2000's primary authentication protocol, and explains how Kerberos security works.
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January, 2000
Additional Windows 2000 Glossary Entries
This week, columnist Zubair Alexander presents the fourth in an occasional series of Windows 2000 Ready columns that he devotes to defining new Windows 2000 terms and concepts.
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January, 2000
DHCP User Class and Vendor Class Options
This week, columnist Zubair Alexander focuses on the support for user-specified and vendor-specified DHCP options—features that let administrators assign separate options to clients with similar configuration requirements.
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January, 2000
Upgrading a Windows NT Domain to Windows 2000
Depending on your migration plan, you can take several approaches to upgrade your Windows NT domain to a Windows 2000 domain. This week, columnist Zubair Alexander talks about a common scenario that will work for most organizations.
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January, 2000
Driver Signing and File System Verification
Columnist Zubair Alexander discusses two Windows 2000 features that give you several new options for working with system files.
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