October 27, 1999

Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Platform News - 1999, Issue No. 41

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WHAT'S NEW: WINDOWS 2000
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WINDOWS 2000 RELEASE CANDIDATE 2 HAS ARRIVED!
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/preview/order.asp
Don't miss the last chance to get free support for your testing and pilot programs! Find out what's new in the way of improved hardware support, administration tools, updated Windows Media(tm) Services and lots more.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/beta
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THE WINDOWS 2000 BETA SITE: ALL THE LATEST ON THE NEW OPERATING SYSTEM
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/beta
Ask the Microsoft Windows 2000 development team questions, share tips with other users and access resources to help you evaluate Windows 2000. This week, securing data in notebook hardware and creating an Emergency Repair Disk.

In another of her monthly visits backstage at Windows 2000 development central, columnist Nadine Kano meets the matchmakers who lay down The Rules when it comes to the mating dance between apps and Windows 2000.
http://microsoft.com/windows/server/beta/hall/99Oct06.asp

If you don't yet have the beta software, register for the Corporate Preview Program at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/preview/order.asp
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WINDOWS 2000 CODE BASE IS 64-BIT READY
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/Overview/intro/64bit.asp
Microsoft has made the Windows 2000 code base 64-bit ready and plans to deliver a fully featured, fully compatible 64-bit operating system next year. Read the overview for IT pros and developers.
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SYNCHRONIZE YOUR DATA WITH MICROSOFT DIRECTORY TOOL
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/Deploy/interoperability/dirsync.asp
Microsoft has released Beta 2 of Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services (MSDSS), which allows two-way synchronization of directory information stored in the Windows 2000 Active Directory and Novell Directory Services.
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MICROSOFT OFFERS NEW SERVICES FOR NETWARE
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/Deploy/interoperability/netware.asp
Microsoft Services for NetWare provides a complete set of interoperability services and tools for integrating the Windows 2000 Server product family, as well as Windows NT(r) Server 4.0, into an existing NetWare environment.
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OTHER NEWS
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GARTNER GROUP SAYS LINUX NO SUBSTITUTE FOR WINDOWS
http://www.gartner.com/webletter/microsoft/article5/article5.html
Independent analysts at the Gartner Group say Linux won't gain broad acceptance as a substitute for UNIX and Windows in the enterprise in the near future. IT professionals should read Gartner's "1999 OS Forecast: The Linux Face-Off."
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WINDOWS NT SCALES TO "AMAZING" HEIGHTS
http://www.windowsnt-advantage.com/adv-1999-10/adv-10-nt_scalability.html
Windows NT can scale to handle "amazingly large tasks," says Dan Kusnetzky of International Data Corp. He discusses Windows NT's scalability in the latest issue of Windows NT Advantage.
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GET A LICENSE TO UPGRADE
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/exec/pricing/ntscup.asp
Microsoft is expanding licensing terms for customers who deploy Windows NT 4.0 (Server or Client Access licenses), allowing them to upgrade to Windows 2000 Server or Server Client Access licenses at no extra cost.
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MANUFACTURER RUNS WINDOWS APPLICATIONS ON UNIX WORKSTATIONS
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/dailynews2/101499.htm
Cherry Semiconductor saves time and money using Microsoft Exchange-based e-mail and Office applications on Sun Solaris workstations. The manufacturer used Microsoft Windows NT Server, Terminal Server Edition to put Microsoft applications on UNIX-based stations.
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EVENTS & SEMINARS
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GEAR UP FOR WINDOWS 2000 WITH FREE TECHNET BRIEFINGS
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/events
Want to get ready to manage, support and optimize a Windows 2000 deployment? Check out one of six free TechNet briefings. The sessions will run from October through December and will be available in up to 250 cities worldwide.
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IMPROVE COMPUTER PERFORMANCE WITH A TUNE-UP
http://www.microsoft.com/train_cert/moc
Learn how to monitor, analyze and tune the performance of a computer running Windows 2000 and BackOffice(r) Server 4.5. This Microsoft Official Curriculum course is available through Microsoft Certified Technical Education Centers (CTEC) worldwide.
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GET THE BASICS ON MICROSOFT SOLUTIONS FRAMEWORK
http://www.microsoft.com/train_cert/moc
Introduce yourself to Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) fundamentals, like MSF's origin and business advantages and the MSF models. This Microsoft Official Curriculum course is available through Microsoft Certified Technical Education Centers (CTEC) worldwide.
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TIPS, TRICKS & SHAREWARE
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WINDOWS 2000 SERVER TIP OF THE WEEK
Every week we post a new tip submitted by IT pros who are working with the Windows 2000 Beta or by members of the Windows 2000 development team.

CACHE THIS: FASTER BITMAP LOADING
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/beta/tips/99Oct13.asp
A quick tweak of the registry, and you can take best advantage of the nifty bitmap caching feature in Windows 2000 Terminal Services.
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WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL TIP OF THE WEEK
Every week we post a new tip submitted by IT pros who are working with the Windows 2000 Beta or by members of the Windows 2000 development team.

AT YOUR COMMAND: FILE AND DIRECTORY NAME COMPLETION
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/professional/beta/tips/99Oct13.asp
Use the command prompt a lot? Enabling File and Directory Name Completion can speed your navigation.
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WUGNET SHAREWARE TIP OF THE WEEK
http://www.wugnet.com/shareware/99/nt_week140
Each week WUGNET(r) and Microsoft feature a shareware pick demonstrating the highest standards available today in shareware for Windows NT.

Capture the wide world of the Web with a touch of the finger, using WebWhacker 2000! With the click of the mouse button, you can gather the valuable and timely information you need from the Internet and store it on your hard drive for offline viewing.
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TECHREPUBLIC TIP OF THE WEEK
This tip courtesy of TechRepublic, the IT Community Hub. To get your free TechRepublic Passport, please visit
http://www.techrepublic.com/ad_click_in.jhtml?id=247

LOSING CHANGES TO THE REGISTRY
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE is re-created by the system every time the system boots. Therefore, any changes made to this hive are lost when the system reboots. The other registry hives are stored on the hard disk and are not re-created when the system boots.
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UPDATE WINDOWS NT TIP OF THE WEEK
This Windows NT tip is brought to you by UPDATE, the free e-mail newsletter from Windows NT Magazine that delivers relevant and timely Windows NT information once a week-right to your desktop! To subscribe, go to
http://www.winntmag.com/sub.cfm?code=UP99INXWTP

PREVENTING ASP CACHING ON A CLIENT'S BROWSER
You can prevent a client's browser from caching Active Server Pages (ASP) content. Use Response.Expires to set the expiration time for ASP content. The Expires property specifies the length of time before a page cached on a browser expires. If the user returns to the same page before it expires, the browser will display the cached version. For example, <%Response.Expires = -1 %> would expire immediately, and therefore not cache at all. Be aware that each browser version has rules for determining whether to cache pages. Full client testing is recommended.
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