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Licensing Relief? Microsoft Moves to Ease Transition

Microsoft sought to mend ties with frustrated customers when it announced plans to ease the transition to its controversial Licensing 6.0 program.

Compaq Issues Recall for Notebook Adapters

Compaq Computer Corp. on Friday announced plans to recall approximately 1.4 million AC power adapters that it’s bundled since 1998 with notebook computers in both the U.S. and abroad.

PocketPC 2002 Makes its Debut

Slightly over a year after first launching its Pocket PC platform in April 2000, Microsoft last week took the wraps off of PocketPC 2002.

Serious Vulnerability Exposed in Excel, PowerPoint

Microsoft released a hotfix to patch a serious new vulnerability in its Excel and PowerPoint Office productivity applications.

Microsoft Expands MSDN Subscription Options

Microsoft now offers MSDN subscriptions that correspond to all three versions of the forthcoming Visual Studio .NET. The new subscription levels became available this week.

Netcraft: No Flight from IIS Yet

The warnings were dire: users disgusted by the security vulnerabilities in IIS that were exploited by Nimda and Code Red would flee Microsoft's Web server in droves. A Web hosting watchdog group says no mass migrations appear to have happened yet.

Open Software Associates Changes Name, Updates Core Product

Open Software Associates is changing its name to ManageSoft Corp., and previewing a new version of its key software management and deployment platform.

Novell Sues Over Microsoft Marketing Campaign

Taking issue with Microsoft's claims about NetWare 6 in a recent marketing campaign, Novell filed suit against Microsoft this week in federal court in Salt Lake City.

Compaq Achieves Record Low in Price-Performance Benchmark

Compaq enters new territory in price-performance competition by going below the $5 threshold on the TPC-C benchmark with a Compaq ProLiant running Windows 2000 Server.

Troubleshoot Group Policy

These tricks and tools will help you seek out and destroy problem policies.

Missing Something?

By excluding Java Virtual Machine in Windows XP, Microsoft puts users in the middle of its playground war.

Windows Script Components, Part Deux

The wizard is great, but you'll have to dig deeper to reap all of WSC's rewards.

Duel to the Death

This health system's organization had its migration strategy all mapped out. But then reality intervened, causing a major course-change.

Exchange Developers Encouraged to Pursue .NET

With the release of a .NET-based Exchange 2000 Server Developer Enablement Kit at the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) 2001, Microsoft is nudging Exchange developers toward building Web services.

A Little Q&A

Exam 70-217 requires solid knowledge of Active Directory. Analyzing questions as well as answers (both right and wrong) can help prepare you for the task ahead.

Microsoft Claims 94 Million Exchange Seats

A year after the launch of Exchange 2000, Microsoft claims its total number of licensed seats across all versions of its Exchange Server has reached 94 million.

Mobile Information Server 2.0 on Tap

Less than four months after releasing the first version of its mobile communications server, Microsoft announced a roadmap for a second release due to ship in early 2002. The new version improves Outlook connectivity. Microsoft also signs a deal to ease enterprise setup.

Software Developer's Resource Guide

Good developers make it a habit to keep up with the vast developer resources on the Internet. Here are a few of my favorites.

Planetary Domain

This manufacturing company is seeing its operations spread out around the planet and using Windows 2000 to tie it all together.

FTP: Still Valuable After All These Years

File Transfer Protocol has been around a while, and it's still one of the most useful tools to have under your Windows 2000 belt.

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