Secure Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP systems, and Windows Server 2003. The book explains how to follow reference matrixes of useful services for Windows and UNIX. Plus, you’ll learn best practices for trace routing and source address location.

Text provides the technical expertise needed to deploy virtual private networks (VPNs) using the Windows Server 2003 operating systems. DLC: Extranets (Computer networks).

In October of 2001, Microsoft will begin its most expensive market launch ever for Windows XP
With the promise of a market launch twice the size of the one for Windows 95, Microsoft will undoubtedly drive enormous demand for its Windows XP desktop operating system. Many corporate and small business users have waited to upgrade from Win9x, and they now see WinXP as the stable, second generation of Win 2K Professional. Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows XP Professional is a comprehensive guide for system administrators and network engineers responsible for deploying Windows XP Professional across the network.
Syngress’s Windows 2000 books were the first out on the market when W2K was release and quickly became bestsellers. This book will be the first available when the product launches.
Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows XP Professional is comprehensive in scope, covering how to plan for, install, configure and troubleshoot all of the user and administrative services that will be included with XP, including domain membership, local security, disk management, shares and permissions, and printer and file management.

 * This wide-ranging guide helps ordinary users fight back against Windows slowdowns, glitches, and annoyances
* Windows is the world’s dominant desktop operating system, with 93.8 percent of the market as of 2002
* Packed with savvy tips for decluttering a system, speeding up access to programs and data, customizing the interface, rooting out resource hogs, tuning up e-mail and Web browser performance, protecting against viruses, and more
* Focuses on Windows XP and covers the new Service Pack 2, but many techniques are applicable to older Windows versions

Provides authoritative insider techniques, shortcuts, and tricks for the Windows XP operating system, with real-world solutions for common problems. Covers such topics as customizing the interface, resource management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, networking, batch files, digital media, and more. Softcover.

 Monad, available for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows Vista, is the future of Windows administration. From setting up automated build environments to managing 200 desktops in an organization, anything that reduces the number of repetitive management steps is a real win. This is the promise of Monad, the powerful new command shell and language from Microsoft that simplifies Windows system management. Known more formally as MSH, Monad offers many innovative features in the field of system administration and management-all designed to save you time and aggravation, and to replace a host of Windows management tools with a single, unified shell.Built on the .NET Framework, Monad provides a powerful infrastructure for the automation of a wide range of administrative tasks. And there is no better way to master these automated offerings than with Monad. The book is an exciting tour of some of the new capabilities that Monad puts into the hands of system administrators and power users, and is the perfect complement to existing Monad documentation.

Hundreds of thousands of new computer users are looking for straightforward, easy-to-understand information on how to use the latest version of Windows XP to make computing easier. Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft Windows XP is the perfect tool to get these new Windows users up and running, by focusing on how the features of the operating system are used in everyday tasks. It includes the latest coverage of Service Pack 1-the first update to Windows XP since its 10/01 release. The book also serves as a useful resource for more experienced computer users who have recently upgraded to XP.

Hardening Windows, Second Edition is the definitive “counterintelligence” guide to performing preventative security measures for the Windows OS. This second edition covers the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and its new ecurity features, including the Windows Firewall and the Security Center.

Hardening Windows is an intermediate to advanced guide to implementing preventative security measures for the Windows operating system, and the only book that covers NT, 2000, XP, and 2003. System administrators know the Internet is a hostile environment. They can’t tell when a hacker will attempt to gain access to the SQL server, but they can bet that there will be an attempt soon. Since the operating system is vital to a computer’s functioning, and since it’s the only layer between the machine’s available resources and its users, it’s critical that the OS resist compromise.

Hardening is this process of protecting a system against unknown threats. System administrators harden against that which they think could be a threat. This book is designed to provide a quick and easy checklist-style reference to the steps system administrators need to take to anticipate those attacks and compromises and to harden Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 against them.

In keeping with past trends, full migration to this latest Microsoft Server Operating System will begin in earnest 12 months after its release, in mid-to-late 2004. This book hits the market just as large enterprises begin the process of moving from Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003. The title says everything you need to know about
this book. No other book on the market combines this breadth and depth of coverage with the kind of product expertise and quality standard expected from Syngress. Every aspect of Planning, Installing, Configuring and Troubleshooting a Windows Server 2003 network is distilled and documented, with plenty of examples and illustrations. And unlike its competition, this is a book that was written from the ground up for Windows Server 2003. It doesn’t rely on hackneyed computer geek stereotypes; its tone, coverage and examples reflect the
realities of TODAY’S enterprise network professional.

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) is a network monitoring tool that provides enterprise-class event and performance management for Windows Server System technologies. MOM’s event and performance management tools discover problems before system administrators would ever find them, thereby enabling administrators to lower their costs of operations and simplify management of their Windows Server System infrastructure. MOM can notify system administrators of overloaded processors, depleted memory, or failed network connections affecting their Windows servers long before these problems bother users.