Monitoring Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 is important even for small environments. Automatically monitored, critical failures can often be avoided. But how to monitor a system without too much effort? The basic idea behind a successful monitoring and alerting system is to centralize all system events at a single monitoring station. Once the information is centralized, it can be used to build an alerting system or even carry out corrective actions.
Windows XP Professional Reliability and Security
Windows XP Professional rocks. With the windows update tool and other security and reliability features, Microsoft has made the life of home and business professional users better.
Windows XP Internet Security for Advanced Users
Your computer keeps crashing and your internet connection is slow. Pop-ups are filling your desktop with messages that you don’t want. You need to take control and protect your internet connection before it’s too late.
Windows XP Program Compatibility Wizard
While Windows XP provides a new interface and a number of new features that are easy to get excited about, there are a number of stumbling blocks associated with deployment. Beyond the increased hardware and memory requirements now dictated by Microsoft, the single biggest issue is still the one that seems to forever haunt Windows operating systems – application compatibility. Whether it’s an older version of your office productivity package or some legacy application, at some point you’re still likely to run into issues.
Detecting Password Attacks on Windows
Why care about Password Attacks
Windows servers and workstations have become a primary target for malicious users. Be it hackers that try to deface a web site, the Warez community in search for “free” FTP server space or just your internal users interested in restricted files. One common thing about them is that the need to break in either via a software vulnerability or by breaking in into a user account. This article focuses on the later scenario, the try to break in into an account. Fortunately, this occurs not only often but is also relatively easy to spot – and the countermeasures are very simple and effective.
Introduction to IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003 – Part 2
Welcome to the second installment of Internet Information Services 6.0 on Windows Server 2003. I have decided to write this series of articles aimed at Internet Information Services 6 on Windows Server 2003 as both a refresher for the IT professional that is familiar with designing, deploying and administering IIS 4 and 5 as well as allowing some of the newcomers to IIS services regardless of version to get their feet wet so to speak.
Introduction to IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003
Welcome to the first installment of Internet Information Services 6.0 on Windows Server 2003. I have decided to write this series of articles aimed at Internet Information Services 6.0 on Windows Server 2003 as both a refresher for the IT professional that is familiar with designing and administrating IIS 4 and 5 as well as allowing some of the newcomers to the service to get their feet wet so to speak.
Windows XP Remote Desktop
Since I’ve been spending the last few articles looking at cool new features in Windows XP Professional, I decided to continue in this article by looking at something whose time has come – the inclusion of something called Remote Desktop in Windows XP.
How to Monitor Windows NT from Unix
Many system administrators are running Unix / Linux based monitoring and alerting for a long term. The basic idea behind a successful monitoring and alerting system is to centralize all system events at a single monitoring station. Once the information is centralized, it can be used to build an alerting system or even carry out corrective actions.
Making the Most of MCSE Electives For Windows NT and Windows 2000
Because Microsoft is retiring so many of its NT 4.0 related MCSE exams on December 31, 2000, life has gotten interesting for MCSEs who may be part of the way through the certification process. It also raises interesting questions about what electives people who are just finishing up their Windows NT 4.0 MCSEs should take, to get the best advantage of their choices when the time comes to upgrade their certification for Windows 2000. In this short article, I address the following issues: