- Media Improvements in Windows 7
- Aug 3, 2009
- This chapter reveals the improvements in Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center that enhance your audio and video experience in Windows 7.
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- Microsoft Security Assessment Tool: Can It Make Your Organization More Secure?
- Dec 9, 2005
- The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) claims to analyze whether your existing network security architecture meets some of the common industry best practices. Zubair Alexander assesses the assessor, reporting on the strengths and weaknesses in this free utility.
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- Microsoft to Users: You Need to "Survive" an Update
- Apr 3, 2009
- Tom Bunzel talks survival in a world of forced software updates.
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- Migrating from XP to Windows 7
- Jan 7, 2010
- Elna Tymes and Charles Prael provide instructions doing a software upgrade from Windows 7 from Windows XP without performing a clean installation of Windows 7.
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- Moving onto a Windows XP Desktop
- Mar 8, 2002
- If you’re considering Windows XP, you must first decide whether to adopt the Home Edition or Professional. After that, it’s a matter of working through upgrade or new install requirements and learning to live with a new, more colorful Windows desktop. On balance, it seems to be a pretty good move!
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- Networking Windows
- May 27, 2009
- This chapter walks you through the creation or upgrade of a network for a home or small office network, what Microsoft’s calls a "workgroup network."
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- Networking Windows 7 and Windows XP PCs
- Oct 12, 2009
- Mark Edward Soper shows how to add your shiny new Windows 7 computer to your existing Windows XP network.
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- Networking Your Vista PC with XP and Mac Machines
- Jan 25, 2008
- Andy Walker helps make Vista home networking less painful.
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- Office File Management for Microsoft Office XP Experts
- Aug 13, 2001
- In this sample chapter, learn such techniques as how to create new files, use and customize dialog boxes, set up automatic backup and recovery options, and troubleshoot in Microsoft Office XP.
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- Open Source Versus Commercial Software: Why Proprietary Software is Here to Stay
- Oct 14, 2005
- Although open source software comes with lofty ambitions, some developers worry that the model just doesn't present a practical plan for the future of the software industry. Shawn Shell argues that proprietary software is here to stay — for a lot of good reasons.
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- Optimizing a Sluggish Windows Vista System
- Sep 28, 2007
- Andy Walker provides tips and tweaks to help your improve the performance of your Windows Vista machine.
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- Optimizing Disk Performance in Windows XP Professional
- Mar 1, 2002
- In this second article on getting better performance from Windows XP Professional, Louis Columbus provides step-by-step directions for increasing disk drive performance on your Windows XP system.
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- Pane Relief: Desktop Management
- Apr 14, 2006
- Install. Reinstall. Uninstall. Administrators spend a lot of time on repetitive tasks to keep users' desktops running. If you have more than a few desktop (or smaller) machines, Rick Cook explains how your business can benefit from a desktop management system that automates these tasks.
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- Pane Relief: Excel Utilities
- Sep 1, 2006
- If you use Excel for more than just simple P&L spreadsheets, you've probably done some experimenting with its built-in functionality. But what if Excel doesn't do everything you need? Rick Cook discusses the pluses and minuses of using third-party resources to power up your spreadsheets.
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- Pane Relief: Herding Cats -- User Provisioning in Windows
- Feb 24, 2006
- Your Windows administrator may spend (waste?) a lot of time setting up users with passwords and access permissions (and redoing it when a user forgets his password). Provisioning systems can help by automating the process, but you're still stuck herding cats: figuring out who should grant permissions for what and making it all work. Rick Cook discusses the current options and issues for identity management and user provisioning systems.
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- Pane Relief: Registry Management Tools
- Feb 10, 2006
- The Windows registry works like an attic; stuff just keeps getting tossed in there, eventually creating a big, jumbled mess. Rick Cook explains why you need to pay attention to the registry and reviews types of registry tools for doing some spot cleaning.
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- Pane Relief: Rooting Around for Rootkits
- Jan 27, 2006
- As if your computer didn't give you enough cause for concern, now there's rootkits, nasty programs designed to hide away on your system and conceal software that takes control invisibly. Rick Cook explains what you need to know about these electronic cockroaches, how to find them, and what to do when you discover that you've been infested.
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- Pane Relief: Virtual Operating Systems
- May 12, 2006
- Hypervisor virtualization has broken out of the software development community and is rapidly becoming part of the mainstream for Windows installations. Rick Cook talks about who's hot and who's not quite there yet.
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- Performing a Great Screen Play: The Many Routes to Remote Computing
- Apr 12, 2002
- Symantec's pcAnywhere is no longer the de facto program for remote access. Ross Scott Rubin demonstrates how cross-platform options, hosted services, and two new options built into Windows XP can bridge the distance between you and another computer.
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- Planning a Cluster Server Implementation with Windows 2000
- Feb 22, 2002
- Let author and columnist Joseph M. Lamb guide you through the history of clustering, and how you can use the Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system to deploy reliable and scalable clustered systems.
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