Mimic Vista's Event Triggers in XP
Windows Vista lets you create event-triggered actions through Event Viewer. You can achieve the same functionality in Window XP using a VBScript script and the eventtrigger.exe command-line utility. Readers
PsExec to the Rescue
If you need to log off a user on a remote server that's running Terminal Services Manager, you can't use Terminal Services Manager to access that server. Fortunately, you can use PsExec. Readers
Ask the Experts
Find out whether it's possible to have a Server 2003 and Server 2008 mixed cluster, discover how to use a command to list members of an AD group, learn whether you can control password caching in OMA, and more. Various Authors
Looking at Email as a Service
Learn about the pros and cons of three email options–email as a service, inhouse email, and a hybrid approach to email–before your CIO makes any messaging moves. Tony Redmond
What Keeps IT Pros Awake at Night?
Microsoft’s Dynamic IT initiative is intended to increase efficiency. But will the end result be IT pros with more time to be strategic rather than reactive, or simply fewer IT positions? Karen Forster
YouTube Tech Videos
You can find useful training videos on YouTube that cover topics such as virtualization on VMware and Hyper-V, installing MOSS and Server Core, and choosing the right storage for Exchange 2007. Michael Otey
Apple Envy in Redmond
Microsoft has taken its share of jabs from Apple, and the public perception of Vista as an early failure was probably deserved. Now, Microsoft is ready to strike back at its old nemesis--by copying it. Jeff James
Letters
Readers sound off about Mark Minasi’s Windows Power Tools, Michael Otey’s virtualization shootout, Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes, and John Savill’s FAQs. Editors
PRODUCTS AND REVIEWS
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Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. FEATURED PRODUCT: Rackspace's Green Hosted Services. Editors
Link Analyst
See why Link Analyst can be a useful network-monitoring tool—for network devices and software enabled by WMI and SNMP. Eric B. Rux
Paul's Picks
See how Windows Home Server rates after Microsoft’s recent Power Pack update and why even iPhone users might want to avoid Apple’s MobileMe service for now. Paul Thurrott
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