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1	[February 5, 2002] Common .pst File Questions Sue Mosher addresses some of the inevitable questions that Outlook users eventually ask about Personal Folders (.pst) files. Windows IT Pro — Sue Mosher

2	[January 2004] The Memory-Optimization Hoax Don't believe the hype. At best, RAM optimizers have no effect. At worst, they seriously degrade performance. Windows IT Pro — Mark Russinovich

3	[February 2001] Command Prompt Tricks One reader shares his tip for setting up the command prompt to reflect a remote path. Windows IT Pro — Readers

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[January 4, 2008] WinInfo Short Takes: Week of January 7, 2008 An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including the holiday doldrums, some Xbox 360 successes, some Xbox Live defeats, an Apple antitrust suit, an Intel mugging, Office 2003 silliness, Mac Office 2008, CD sales, and so much more WinInfo — Paul Thurrott

5	[January 4, 2008] Doing Dvorak An invention from the 1930's could revolutionize your workspace--or make you feel like a three-year-old again. Windows IT Pro — Caroline Marwitz

6	[March 3, 2003] How can I uninstall the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM) from Windows XP? FAQ for Windows — John Savill

7	[May 2007] SQL Server Integration Services Create an SSIS package that connects to all your SQL Server machines, pulls information into a central repository database, and feeds the combined data to a report. SQL Server Magazine — Rodney Landrum

8	[July 1, 2003] Why did the volume control icon disappear from my taskbar notification area in Windows XP? FAQ for Windows — John Savill

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[January 7, 2008] CES 2008 Kicks Off with Final Gates Keynote With all due respect to the world's richest man, you've clearly worn out your welcome. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates delivered his first Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote address in 1994 when, in his words, "Windows 95 was just coming together WinInfo — Paul Thurrott

10	[November 2006] Painless Profile Migration If you need to migrate many profiles or need to migrate profiles on remote machines, you'll want to check out the ProfileBackup solution. Windows Scripting Solutions — Simon Zeltser

11	[March 5, 1999] What are Client Services for Netware? FAQ for Windows — John Savill

12	[July 2004] PsExec This freeware utility lets you execute processes on a remote system and redirect output to the local system. Windows IT Pro — Mark Russinovich

13	[January 2, 2008] Vista Hating: The Final Chapter Windows IT Pro — Mark Minasi

14	[October 4, 2001] What is a 1394 network connection? FAQ for Windows — John Savill

15	[November 2004] Autoruns Tired of dealing with autostart programs? Use this free tool to find them and deal with them. Windows IT Pro — Mark Russinovich

16	[January 4, 2008] Need to Reverse An MD5 or SHA1 Hash To Plain Text? Normally the only way to reverse a MD5 or SHA1 hash to plain text is via brute force guessing. But there is actually a somewhat easier way. Windows IT Pro — Mark Joseph Edwards

17	[July 12, 2002] Where is Microsoft NetMeeting in Windows XP? FAQ for Windows — John Savill

18	[March 5, 1999] How can I stop and start services from the command line? FAQ for Windows — John Savill

19	[October 7, 2004] Microsoft Abruptly Pulls MSN Messenger 7.0 Beta Citing a security hole in one of MSN Messenger 7.0's new features, Microsoft suspended the product's beta version this week, according to various reports, so it can rethink how to implement the feature. WinInfo — Paul Thurrott

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[January 4, 2008] Social Networking 'Worm' Unleashed At Facebook The exploitation of social networking sites and other popular Web sites is a growing tend. Recently yet another exploit was discovered where Facebook users fell prey and wound up with spyware on their computers. Windows IT Pro — Mark Joseph Edwards