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[Focus]

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Digital Signature Technology
Secure your electronic documents against forgery and tampering.
 — Tao Zhou


EDI, NT, and the Internet
Find out how businesses use EDI and how the Internet is changing EDI for many companies.
 — Barrie Sosinsky


Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition
SSCE provides the tools and capabilities that greatly simplify putting up an Internet storefront.
 — Mark Eddins


Secure Online Credit Card Transactions
CyberCash, a freeware program, helps you maintain online transactions.
 — Gary King

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Configuring IIS 4.0 Certificate Authentication
Create digital certificates and authenticate users for secure Web access. Here's how.
 — Ramon Ali


Exchange Server Transaction Logs
Don't forget about your transaction logs when you set up your Exchange Server dataprotection systems.
 — Tony Redmond


Hotfixes to Secure Systems
Discover what hotfixes will keep your system secure, and find out where you can get the patches.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards


How to Rename Your NT Domain
These steps make changing an NT domain's name fairly painless.
 — Sean Daily


Lotus Domino 5.0
Review Domino 5.0's new features: Is it right for your environment?
 — Greg Neilson


Managing Terminal Server with Systems Management Server
If you need greater management options than you get with Terminal Server, consider adding SMS. Here's how.
 — Brady Richardson


MSMQ to the Rescue
MSMQ's reliable message-queuing keeps applications online during system maintenance.
 — Charles Caison


Same Domain, New Name
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance proved that changing a master domain's name is not impossible.
 — Joe Rudich


The Directory Enabled Network
Learn what DEN is and how it might affect your network.
 — Dave Champine


Windows NT Services for UNIX Add -On Pack
Get much-needed interoperability between UNIX and NT systems.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards

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[Reader Challenge]

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Reader Challenge
Solve this month's Windows NT problem and get the change to win $100 or a copy of one of the author's books about NT. Prior month's winner is announced at bottom of page.
 — Kathy Ivens

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[Reader to Reader]

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Reader to Reader - February 1999
Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
 — Readers

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[Editorial]

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The Right Tool
Discussion of personal access devices and PCs.
 — Mark Smith

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[ForefroNT]

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Microsoft and Beta Testing
Testing the latest beta doesn't provide you any benefit other than early exposure to code that might or might not be the final version.
 — David Chernicoff

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[En Garde]

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Is the Alpha Dead or Just Resting?
If NT is to be a multiple-architecture system, it needs the Alpha for both speed and credibility.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Internals]

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Inside NT Utilities
A discription of powerful utilities which can be used to learn more about NT's inner workings and troubleshoot problems.
 — Mark Russinovich

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[Product Reviews]

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Apollo Dual BX 450
The Apollo Dual BX proved to be stable and fast. I was particularly impressed by the monitoring features of the Pentium II processors—nice touches on a very nice system.
 — Brian Gallagher


Balanced Cluster Service
Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition lets users at remote terminals connect to one server.
 — Jonathan Cragle


Express 2000 Software Manager
This product helps you inventory, meter usage, and check Y2K compliance for your software.
 — Michael P. Deignan


Full-Featured Video Solutions
The Lab looks at three video software products: a unicast steaming video package, an ISDN-based videoconferencing product, and a multiparty videoconferencing server.
 — Brian Gallagher


IPMonitor
IPMonitor proactively monitors servers status and notifies you when systems go down.
 — Jonathan Chau


MultiView 2000
With several components geared toward easy integration, MultiView 2000 gives you the capabilities you need without forcing you to spend a fortune.
 — Michael P. Deignan


RoboMon 7.0
Heroix's RoboMon 7.0 is a system-monitoring utility that can help you monitor your network's performance.
 — Michael P. Deignan


SecurIT FIREWALL 4.11 for NT
Milkywy Networks' SecurIT FIREWALL 4.11 for NT can help you protect your internal network, provide secure access for telecommuters, and manage your firewall remotely.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards


TeleVantage 2.0
Artisoft's TeleVantage 2.0 is a multifeatured telephone system that runs on Windows NT and is recommended for small businesses.
 — John Green


U/WIN 1.61
U/WIN is a software package that you install on top of your existing NT workstations and servers to build a complete UNIX environment.
 — Michael P. Deignan


Undelete Utilities for Windows NT
The Lab reviews four utilities that help you recover deleted files.
 — Jonathan Cragle

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[Lab Notes]

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Eating My Own Cooking
One Lab Guy lives and dies by the technology he reviews and recommends in the Lab.
 — John Enck

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[Inside Out]

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Pick Users' Domain Controller
Use an LMHOSTS file to direct your computers' authentication requests to specific domain controllers.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Getting Started with NT]

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Replication in Windows NT
Learn how replication works, when to use it, and how to set it up.
 — Michael D. Reilly

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[Scripting Solutions]

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WSH Logon Scripts
If you're looking for a reason to deploy WSH, look no further than your logon scripts.
 — Bob Wells

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[SQL Server Savvy]

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Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server
Learn how to use the DATALENGTH function, install SQL Server SP4, prevent runaway queries, suppress time values, and delete data from a table with FOREIGN KEY constraints.
 — Brian Moran , et al.

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[Watch Your RAS]

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Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4
SP4 enhances RAS in NT 4.0 to ensure trouble-free remote access.
 — Sean Daily

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[This Old Resource Kit]

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SETPRFDC
Secify which domain controller your network's machines connect to.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Tricks & Traps]

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Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions
Set up a home directory on an NT server for Win95 clients, learn how NT handles DOS-based programs, and discover NT event log Event IDs.
 — Bob Chronister

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[News Analysis]

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Research and Trends
This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.
 — Randall C. Kennedy