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Thomas Shinder Dynamic DNS Servers (DDNS) If there is one characteristic the defines the difference between the Windows 2000 DNS Server and previous versions of Microsoft DNS Servers, it is the Windows 2000 DNS Server’s ability to dynamically update the information contained in its zone databases. This behavior is very much like what you have […]

Thomas Shinder Last week we began our discussion of DNS Server roles by examining some of the important characteristics of Primary and Secondary DNS Server. If you missed out on that discussion, you can check it out HERE. Last week we began our discussion of DNS Server roles by examining some of the important characteristics […]

Thomas Shinder p>Each week we receive a lot of questions about Windows 2000. We answer several of these questions a week over at the Certification Emergency Room. This week, we tackle the question of whether we really need a WINS Server on our Windows 2000 network. Q. I’ve been reading a lot about how Windows […]

by Dana Daugherty Here are 3 methods you can use to monitor the status your client upgrades.  Using queries and Windows Script Host, Dana Daugherty gives you 3 ways to track the SMS 2.0 SP2 Upgrade. *Note: This information came from Cliff Hobb’s SMS FAQ and the SMS 2.0 Services Packs Deployment White Paper. Create […]

“Let me just say at the outset that I am an avowed Linux user. My servers run Red Hat or SuSE, my home system runs Corel. However, I also have a Windows machine, as do most people. That’s a key point: “as do most people.” Despite my personal preferences and the crusades of many, Windows […]

“Squid is an excellent open source web caching proxy package, but it requires quite a lot of tuning to achieve the kind of performance seen in commercial proxies. This article presents several independently useful ideas for tuning a web caching system. If all of them are implemented, extremely high performance can be achieved from modest […]

Deb Shinder You poured through thick books and obscure articles. You devoured Help files for breakfast, memorized TechNet, and downloaded half the Internet to prepare for those excruciating certification exams. You spent your hard-earned dollars on study guides and practice tests, stayed up late nights studying and worrying over whether you were really ready. You […]

Deb Shinder In last week’s column, we discussed the “us against them” attitude – a trap that many IT pros fall into, which can not only cause them a world of unnecessary psychic grief but can adversely affect their careers as well. In last week’s column, we discussed the ‘us against them’ attitude a trap […]

Determining which browsers (or, more properly called “user agents”) are being used to view a site can help determine which features to use in web page designs, such as dynamic HTML or JavaScript. This log can either be integrated with the standard log, remain as its own log, or just be a field that an […]

Built-in image map handling means that the description of the hot spots of an image-map can be entered using something other than CGI scripts. Some servers implement this feature with HTML comments, others do so as server directives that are usually easier to enter than CGI script commands. Built-in image map handling means that the […]

Servers with built-in scripting languages usually let a Web administrator do more to customize their site using fewer programming skills. These scripting languages also often allow greater access to the state variables than plain CGI interfaces. Servers with built-in scripting languages usually let a Web administrator do more to customize their site using fewer programming […]

The format of the log can be changed so that it is in a different order or includes different fields.