Robert J. Shimonski

Windows XP Keyboard Shortcuts

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In today’s high speed, fast paced IT environment, it’s important to be able to work quickly, and efficiently. To do this, you should learn how to use both the keyboard and the mouse simultaneously to do many tasks, such as ‘finding a computer on your network’ all the way to X with nothing but a quick and simple keystroke. This article’s learning exercises not only build up speed, and help you be efficient and more productive, but will also help you take the pressure off working with one hand, now you can work with two.

Planning your Server Farm (Part 2)

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Welcome to part two of how to plan your server farm and other tips to consider when building Windows Server 2003 systems to serve your network users. Deploying a server can be a chore, especially when it comes to planning. There are many things to consider. In this article we will look at how to verify your plan, and then move on to OS software checks and updating, as well as reviewing power requirements.

Planning your Server Farm (Part 1)

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In this series of articles, we will cover all that you will need to consider when planning to deploy a new server farm. A server farm is just lingo used to describe a grouping of servers that you use within you Local Area Network (LAN), usually tied to a high speed backbone if designed properly. In this article set we will look at considerations when deploying a server farm. These tips and tricks will no doubt help you if you are unfamiliar with planning a design, ordering such equipment and deploying it.

Wipe your Deleted Data Away: Using cipher.exe

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In this article we will look at how to use a tool called ‘cipher’ which is a command line tool included with Windows 2000 and XP. We will learn how to use its newest functionality – allowing administrators the ability to wipe all deleted (marked for deletion) data on the hard disk. This would overwrite all of the deleted data and provide for better security. If someone steals your system, like a laptop, then the thief would not be able to recover that data. In this article we learn how to perform this procedure.

Configure a VPN Connection Using Windows XP

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In this article we will learn how to configure a connection to a virtual private network (VPN) using Windows XP. This article will show you how to create a new VPN connection using Microsoft Windows XP. By creating an encryption tunnel through the Internet, data can be passed safely.

Deploy Windows Server 2003: Considerations for Planning Network Bandwidth

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Site links are a critical part of building Networked Windows Networks – How do Domain Controllers speak to each other without having synchronization problems? Network bandwidth being over utilized can play havoc with your network, at the same time affecting your Windows Server 2003 systems by creating errors in your logs seen in the Directory Services Log in the Event Viewer on our Domain Controller (DC). In this article we discuss things to consider when planning and designing site links.

Exchange 2003 Real World Tweaks (Part 2)

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In today’s high speed quick paced environments whether it be business or technology, it is essential to pay close attention to detail when attempting be a cut above the rest. Broken out into each subheading, you will find 15 tips that we consider very important points to cover when assessing your current Exchange environment. You will find Tips 8-15 in this article. Let's take a look at each in detail.

Mastering the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit

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The Windows 2003 Resource Kit is by far the most underutilized arsenal I have seen in my work as a Manager. I see many Administrators doing tasks or not having solutions for tasks that are totally provided with this toolkit. In the next series of articles I present, we shall cover the Windows 2003 Resource kit 'In Depth'. This article starts the series by fundamentally covering where to get the software, the basic use of the resource kit, online resources and file set.

Microsoft Speech Server and Speech Technologies … What’s all the talk about?

Windows Networking, Windows Server 2003 / By /

Revolutionizing the Speech Industry this year and beyond will be Microsoft and the release of its Speech Technologies. Microsoft, already underway creating API’s, .NET functionality and so on, is working hard to take advantage of a market mired with proprietary, clunky and expensive technologies. Windowsnetworking.com will become the authority on Speech Services this year as well. This article covers Microsoft ‘Speech’ Services and Speech Technologies to be introduced this year.

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