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[Focus]

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NT vs.UNIX: Is One Substantially Better
Throughout NT's history, NT has chalenged UNIX for enterprise market dominance, but does this war have a clear winner? Read our expert's comparison of these OSs and decide for yourself whether NT is enterprise-ready.
 — Mark Russinovich


Windows NT and VMS: The Rest of the Story
As the industry debates NT's enterprise worthiness, many people might be surprised to learn about NT's close connection to an established enterprise OS.
 — Mark Russinovich

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[Feature]

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Case in Point: Reuters Migrates from UNIX to Windows NT
Learn how Reality Online migrated Reuter's Web site and Reuters Investor product from UNIX to NT. Now partner sites can access market data more easily.
 — Nicholas DiLisi


Expanding Exchange Server
can Exchange Server and Outlook meet your collaboration needs? Third-party groupware applications can bridge the gap between Microsoft's vision for Exchange server and reality.
 — Tony Redmond


Expanding Your System Policy Capabilities
Edit your system policy file to push Registry security settings to users across your network and provide users access to finicky software.
 — Clayton Johnson


Index Web Content with Site Server 3.0
Site Server 3.0's indexing features let you control how your Web server catalogs and searches your Web content.
 — T.J. Harty


Lsa2-fix and Priv-fix
Microsoft's two latest security hotfixes help keep hackers out of your system.
 — Paula Sharick


NT 5.0 TCO/ZAW Update
The ZAW initiative sparked the development of CCM and its caching technologies.
 — Mark Minasi


NT 5.0 Update
Microsoft's August press briefing updated users about NT 5.0's development; but will the new version meet users' great expectations?
 — Mark Minasi


Poor Man's Firewall
Use RRAS to filter packets that pass through your Internet router's NICs.
 — Douglas Toombs


ScriptIt
This free tool can automate your sound driver and ASP extension installations.
 — Darren Mar-Elia


Sharing and Securing Information in Mixed NT-UNIX Environments
Sharing and securing resources between NT and UNIX systems is a complicated undertaking. Here's the information you need to do the job right.
 — Michael P. Deignan , et al.


The Alpha 21264
Digital Equipment's Alpha is the last RISC platform for Windows NT. Thanks to the new 21264 chip. it's also the fasest platform for NT.
 — Tom R. Halfhill

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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 - December 1998
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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Is NT Windows?
As IS managers consider NT for business-critical applications, are they betting their companies on Windows, or are they convinced that there is more to the NT story than Windows?
 — Mark Smith

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[ForefroNT]

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Y2K and Problem Upgrades
Finding a solution you can live with.
 — David Chernicoff

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[En Garde]

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NT 5.0 SOS
Will customers jump ship?
 — Mark Minasi

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[Product Reviews]

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Dell Precision Workstation 610
Check out the fastest workstation around.
 — Brian Gallagher


MKS Toolkit 6.1
Transform NT systems into UNIX-like powerhouses.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards


NetServer LH 3
Great engineering in a compact server.
 — John Green


RegWeb
Edit the Registry from a remote browser.
 — Michael P. Deignan


RemoteNT
Remote control with a character interface.
 — John Enck


SeNTry Enterise Event Manager 2.5
A powerful way to monitor NT event logs.
 — Mark Joseph Edwards


TermServer-in-a-Box
This unique thin-client solution combines hardware and software components.
 — John Enck


Truster 2.4
Determine whom you can trust.
 — John Enck


Uptime Monitor 1.96
Monitor your systems from any location.
 — Michael P. Deignan


XLNT 2.0
Easy-to-learn enterprise-ready scripting.
 — Michael P. Deignan

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[Lab Notes]

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Speed Kills
The Lab Guys pit the ICA thin-client protocol against the RDP thin-client protocol and reveal some surprising and facinating results.
 — John Enck

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[Inside Out]

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Adventures with Beta 2
NT 5.0 beta 2's an exciting product, but heed this advice before you install it.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Getting Started with NT]

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The NT Boot Process
Learn about NT's required bot process files, and find out how to troubleshoot problems.
 — Michael D. Reilly

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[Scripting Solutions]

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OLE/COM Automation and Scripting
Learn about the basic concepts behind OLE/COM automation and their effect on scripting.
 — Bob Wells

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[SQL Server Savvy]

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Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server
Install SQL Server on a domain controller at your own risk, shrink your tempdb database, and create your own benchmark.
 — Brian Moran , et al.

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[This Old Resource Kit]

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WinExit
Use this simple utility to log inactive workstations off your network.
 — Mark Minasi

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[Tricks & Traps]

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Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions
Move user profiles between domains, install NT Workstation 4.0 on a dual-boot system with a Win95 FAT32 partition, and compress directories and files on an NTFS partition.
 — Bob Chronister

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[News Analysis]

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NT News Analysis
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.
 — Craig Barth

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[Lab Feature]

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Remote Control Software for Windows NT
Do you want to take control of a remote computer regardless of whether it's in the next room or 3000 miles away? The Windows NT Magazine Lab examines seven remote control products that fit the bill.
 — Jonathan Cragle


Trailing the Pack
The final installment of the Lab's CBT self-study series reviews two MCSE preparation packages.
 — Michael P. Deignan


Video Performance in a Small Package
This installment of the Lab's review of video hardware and software for NT focuses on a notebook computer with built-in video capabilities.
 — Brian Gallagher