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NT4 *BDC's* and member servers can be part of a Windows 2000 AD server running in "mixed mode". You won't be able to make the NT4 PDC "part" of a 2000 AD without upgrading it. Not sure about "Small Business Server" (might be quirky), but a normal Windows 2000 AD...

Under the ECPA an employer cannot monitor employee telephone calls or electronic mail when employees have a *reasonable* expectation of privacy. However, the Act does allow employer eavesdropping if employees are notified in advance (computer usage policy) or if the employer has reason to...

Of course you can limit how much space they take on your Exchange Server. Open Exchange Administrator, go to your server, then private information store's properties. Set your default storage limits. Manage them, or they will manage you! If somebody has a greater need than the default...

Look at your mailboxes by size and see who's being a pig. Set their limits so they can't send email. They'll contact you, and then tell them to empty their deleted items, clean out the sent item, etc. Set your defaults storage limits for non-VP employees to a low value. I sent an email...

If you export the GAL to a CSV file, I've got a nice Excel 2k sheet that will import the list and clean *most* of the addresses to a format suitable for printing. Makes it easy to publish directories, etc. Email me at sev@gldd.com if you want a copy of it. I'd be interested to see if it works...

Exchange 2000 requires Active Directory. You'll need to upgrade your NT 4 domain (if you haven't already). Get that solid, first. Then add Exchange 2k and move the mailboxes. I'm not sure about the FacSys connector... You may need to set up a 5.5 server with the connector and upgrade it in...

Buy Bryce 5! Put on the latest patch. Booleans are a little tricky at first, but definitely do-able. Then add the free network rendering client, Bryce Lightning. Put it on as many cheap computers as you can get access to. The *main* difference between Bryce 4 and 5 is the added network...

If you're serious about animation/rending with Bryce 5, use Bryce Lightning! Put the free network rendering client on any old cheap additional PC. That is by far greatest thing to happen to "affordable" 3D programs. Used to take all night to render short animations, now they're done...

There are several $200-$300 hardware solutions for at home or small offices. I have a D-Link box that has a four port ethernet switch, a wireless base, a print sharing port, a firewall, dhcp, address translation and dmz features. Setup was easy. Cisco and about a hundred others make similar...

There are several $200-$300 hardware solutions for at home or small offices. I have a D-Link box that has a four port ethernet switch, a wireless base, a print sharing port, a firewall, dhcp and dmz features. Setup was easy. Cisco and about a hundred others make similar products for internet...

I found MS Proxy's 2.0 usefullness VERY limited in terms of content filtering. You can manually setup filters for specific ip addresses and protocol types, but it's practically useless in terms of managing users. You can't write content rules or anything on the fly. What you are looking for...

It's time to add more hard drive space and re-run the Exchange optimizer. Best practice would be to get a raid 5 set of at least 3 drives (at least 40 or 50 gig of storage) and move your information store to that partition.

Run the Exchange 5.5 setup from the cd. Choose only the Exchange Administator for install. You can also load this on a pc to remote admin the Exchange box, but the remote user has to have permission to admin from within Exchange...

3Com should be ROYALLY spanked for not including the cable. It's a "f/f" 9-pin to 9-pin null modem cable--who has those lying around??? You can't manage the hub until you connect with the cable. Also had some nefarious "auto-connect" problems, which we ironed out with...

I think you have to manually set the switch's port duplex setting and the nic's duplex setting so they match. Especially on older pc's and servers. I've read that the switch does not autosense properly AND, when you reboot the client pc's and servers, sometimes the nics are set to AUTO, and...