http://www.sqlmag.com/authors/author/author/5032939/rss/5032939en-USFri, 25 May 2012 10:25:23 GMTFri, 25 May 2012 10:25:23 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-7/reader-challenge-2011-136213
By KATHY IVENS
A reader wrote to say he’d read a tip on a Microsoft web page about implementing location-aware printing in Windows 7. His desktop computer can log onto two separate networks; one network that is used exclusively for the accounting department, and another for general corporate work.]]>KATHY IVENSTue, 24 May 2011 08:35:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-7/reader-challenge-2011-136213http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-client/reader-challenge-april-2011-135912
By Kathy Ivens
The problem: a Windows 7 user’s screen had turned sideways.]]>Kathy IvensTue, 19 Apr 2011 11:06:35 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-client/reader-challenge-april-2011-135912http://www.sqlmag.com/article/systems-management/reader-challenge-march-2011-129911
By Kathy Ivens
"I tried to open a file in a shared folder and received the message ’Access Is Denied.’ My IT department says the folder has been configured for full permissions for me and nobody can explain why I cannot open the file."]]>Kathy IvensTue, 15 Mar 2011 10:57:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/systems-management/reader-challenge-march-2011-129911http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-7/reader-challenge-february-2011
By Kathy Ivens
In Windows XP, the limit imposed for simultaneous access to a workstation sometimes forced businesses to spend extra money to install a Windows Server product on at least one client computer. Now that many small businesses are moving to Windows 7, the problem is going away for many small businesses.]]>Kathy IvensTue, 15 Feb 2011 09:05:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-7/reader-challenge-february-2011http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-7/reader-challenge-january-2011
By Kathy Ivens
Solve this month’s UPDATE challenge, and you might win a prize!]]>Kathy IvensTue, 18 Jan 2011 09:56:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-7/reader-challenge-january-2011http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-7/reader-challenge-december-2010
By Kathy Ivens
What happened to the Run command in Windows 7? Solve this month’s UPDATE challenge, and you might win a prize!]]>Kathy IvensTue, 14 Dec 2010 08:41:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-7/reader-challenge-december-2010http://www.sqlmag.com/article/reader-challenge/reader-challenge-november-2010
By Kathy Ivens
Several IT administrators have written to ask me this question: "How can I restrict a domain administrator from creating users"? What’s the answer to that question?]]>Kathy IvensTue, 16 Nov 2010 07:56:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/reader-challenge/reader-challenge-november-2010http://www.sqlmag.com/article/security/reader-challenge-october-2010
By Kathy Ivens
Can you come up with a short, easy-to-understand description of the phrase "false positive" as it’s used in computing? If so, enter this month’s UPDATE challenge, and you might win a prize.]]>Kathy IvensTue, 19 Oct 2010 09:12:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/security/reader-challenge-october-2010http://www.sqlmag.com/article/remote-desktop-protocol-rdp/reader-challenge-september-2010
By Kathy Ivens
If you press Ctrl+Alt+Del when in a Remote Desktop session, the resulting action is performed on the local computer, not the remote computer. Do you know why this happens?]]>Kathy IvensTue, 21 Sep 2010 09:20:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/remote-desktop-protocol-rdp/reader-challenge-september-2010http://www.sqlmag.com/article/group-policy-object-gpo/reader-challenge-august-2010
By Kathy Ivens
How much do you know about the way Group Policy Objects (GPOs) work as they travel through the levels of your domain?]]>Kathy IvensTue, 17 Aug 2010 13:04:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/group-policy-object-gpo/reader-challenge-august-2010http://www.sqlmag.com/article/scripting/reader-challenge-july-2010
By Kathy Ivens
Are you command-line savvy? If you can answer these two questions, you probably are.]]>Kathy IvensTue, 20 Jul 2010 12:03:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/scripting/reader-challenge-july-2010http://www.sqlmag.com/article/scripting/reader-challenge-june-2010
By Kathy Ivens
A batch file is used to copy the local Documents folder to two locations for backup purposes. A user adds a line to the batch file so that his Documents folder would also be copied to an 8GB flash drive, which results in an error message. What went wrong?]]>Kathy IvensTue, 15 Jun 2010 09:58:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/scripting/reader-challenge-june-2010http://www.sqlmag.com/article/active-directory/reader-challenge-may-2010
By Kathy Ivens
What two changes do you have to make to NIC settings to make sure a transition from NetWare to Windows is complete? If you can answer this question, you might win a prize.]]>Kathy IvensTue, 18 May 2010 08:02:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/active-directory/reader-challenge-may-2010http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-client/reader-challenge-april-2010
By Kathy Ivens
Environment variables provide a quick and easy way to set up client computers. What’s your level of expertise in environment variables?]]>Kathy IvensTue, 20 Apr 2010 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-client/reader-challenge-april-2010http://www.sqlmag.com/article/security/the-march-2010-reader-challenge
By Kathy Ivens
Even in small business networks, users without rights to certain information (such as payroll) are managing to figure out passwords and break into computers that have sensitive information. Using strong passwords would solve many of these problems. Do you understand the concepts behind strong passwords?]]>Kathy IvensTue, 16 Mar 2010 13:08:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/security/the-march-2010-reader-challengehttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/permissions/reader-challenge-february-2010
By Kathy Ivens
There’s a known cause for Windows 7 ignoring changes to the UAC. Do you know what it is?]]>Kathy IvensTue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/permissions/reader-challenge-february-2010http://www.sqlmag.com/article/passwords/reader-challenge-january-2010
By Kathy Ivens
How much do you know about user passwords? See if you can answer these three questions.]]>Kathy IvensTue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/passwords/reader-challenge-january-2010http://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-client/reader-challenge-december-2009
By Kathy Ivens
Can you solve this mapping mystery?]]>Kathy IvensTue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/windows-client/reader-challenge-december-2009http://www.sqlmag.com/article/passwords/reader-challenge-november-2009
By Kathy Ivens
Think you can solve one systems administrator’s conundrum? Submit the correct answer for your shot at a prize!]]>Kathy IvensTue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/passwords/reader-challenge-november-2009http://www.sqlmag.com/article/usb/reader-challenge-october-2009
By Kathy Ivens
Think you understand how your computer reads a USB flash drive? Complete this month’s reader challenge for a shot at a prize!]]>Kathy IvensTue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/usb/reader-challenge-october-2009