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Interesting article why yahoo used PHP instead Java or any other programming language.....FreeBSD doesn't support Threads well... http://public.yahoo.com/~radwin/talks/yahoo-phpcon2002.htm http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1491221

Good article listing differences between executions of various browsers. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-ie2mozgd/

"TOP" is really very useful keyword, esp. when your database is BIG SELECT TOP 5 * FROM authors SELECT TOP 25 PERCENT au_lname, au_fname FROM authors WHERE zip = '92101' Another way is to set ROWCOUNT SET ROWCOUNT 10 select * from Employee Selecting a range of rows like 10-20 rows SELECT TOP 10 Id FROM Table1 WHERE Id in (SELECT TOP 20 Id FROM Table1 ORDER BY Quantity DESCENDING) ORDER BY Quantity ASCENDING

Installing WSS could be a pain. It needs a carefull planning. I just set a couple of Virtual servers with seperate Domain and seperate network. You can download WSS with Service pack 1 at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=875da47e-89d5-4621-a31... Here is the administrative guide for WSS. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/wss/2/all/adminguide/en-us/def... Important thing to remember, The default installation of WSS uses MSDE, it automatically installs MSDE but the problem with this installation is we cannot serach the site. MSDE doesn't support search. The only way to implement search is to custom install WSS with SQL server. 1. run "setupsts.exe remotesql=yes" 2. Select "Server Farm" in the Dialog box 3. WSS installs automatically but doesn't create any database. 4. After installation it opens a Web Interface to GIVE sql SERVER connection details and select the Active Directory method.

This is a Free Web Part which does cross site search on WSS. Wonder if it works with MSDE, got to install and check it out. http://www.corasworks.net/learning/events/MSD2DJanDownload.html

This is SWEET. http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/WebDAV-IIS.html

Atlast I got my Server Venkat configured as Mail Server. Its working with OUTLOOK but doesn't work with yahoo POP service :( Below article is cool http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows_POP3_Service.html

If the event tracker is of no use to you then you can disable it. To do this, open the Group Policy Object Editor Console. Go to Start > Run…, type gpedit.msc and press OK. Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System and in the right hand pane, select the “Display Shutdown Event Tracker” setting. Double Click this setting to open the Properties page. You are now given the option to leave it in a default state of Not Configured, set it to Always Enabled, Enabled for Servers/Workstations (Windows XP Pro) or Disabled completely (as the image below demonstrates). Note: When you enable the Group Policy for Server only, the Shutdown Event Tracker appears when you shut down a computer running Windows 2003, whereas for Workstation only, the Shutdown Event Tracker appears when a computer running Windows XP Professional is shut down. After you make the change to the Group Policy, open the Command Prompt and run the gpupdate /force command to refresh the policy and have your settings be applied straight away. Alternatively you can just restart the machine. When you next attempt to shutdown or restart the machine, the Shutdown event tracker will no longer be visible and the normal shutdown prompt will appear (as seen in the image below).

This is cool article, wanna read the entire thing but asusual NO TIME :( Hopefully next weekend Informit Article