February 1996

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Analysis

Start

The much-ballyhooed Network PC has no guts.

The Explorer

Hang up the phone. You won't be needing it much longer.

Readme File

Who needs guts? The $500 Network PC will prevail.

Windows at Work

Office workers are breaking the ties that bind.

Dialog Box

If computers are so smart, let's see them write novels.

How To

Optimizing Windows

How many letters are there in a long filename?

Getting Started

Jim "Mr. Fixit" Boyce won't leave you stranded.

Power Windows

Here's what to do when your PC makes mistakes.

Networking Windows

It's not too late to make good on those New Year's resolutions.

Windows NT

Our own private investigator deduces NT's installed base.

Programming Windows

Here's a way to get back to the ABCs of MFCs.

Cover Story

The Win 100 Awards

Need some sure bets for your next software shopping spree? We selected the best and the brightest from among the hundreds of products we've seen this year for our Win 100 Software awards.

WINLAB Reviews

What's Hot

Head to Head: 200MHz Pentium Pros

The two newest Pentium Pro systems to hit the market are slick, well-built and especially appealing to cybersurfers.

pcAnywhere and Remotely Possible/32

Two remote-control veterans move into the 32-bit camp with feature-packed Win95 versions of their products.

IBM ThinkPad 365CD

When you think notebooks, you probably think IBM--and with good reason. The ThinkPad 365CD is sturdy, light and well-designed.

Recommended List

Our monthly Recommended list features the top performance, workhorse and budget models in desktop systems.

And Our Reviews of ...

Hardware

• Dell Latitude LX 4100T and Latitude XPi P120ST
• APS Technologies MobilStor Quad CD and Micro Solutions Backpack 4X CD-ROM
• HP CopyJet and CopyJet M
• Instant Internet
• TI Extensa 550CDT
• HP DeskJet 855C and Epson Stylus Color II
  • A Sprinter Printer
  • HP DeskJet 855C
  • Epson Stylus Color II
• Connectix QuickCam
• Panasonic KX-P6500
• Logitech PageScan Color
• Mitsumi ZW 104 Keyboard and Wireless Mouse
• Zenith Z-Note MX
• Zebra Technologies Barcode Anything
• Spira 2.0
• Maxi Switch Maxi Sound
• Boca Research SoundExpression 28.8 SRS
• ADI MicroScan 17X
• Canon Innova Book 350CD
• TI microLaserWIN/4
• EXP CD-421 Portable CD-ROM Drive
• Plextor 4PleX Plus
• Xerox Document WorkCenter 250
• Hayes Optima 288
• Altra Felix
• Motorola Marquis PCMCIA 28.8 modem/fax/LAN adapter

ENTERPRISE WINDOWS

Our brand new supplement will delve into multiplatform enterprise networking with Windows and Windows NT clients, high-end NT computing, integrating and choosing between NetWare and NT, and much more.

Enterprise View

When you say "enterprise," you mean "multivendor."

OpenGL and 3-D modeling

Standards for 3-D graphics let software developers put their energy into building useful apps.

Technical Workstations Increasingly Embrace Window NT

Technical workstations increasingly embrace Windows NT.

Windows NT / Window 95 Software Compatibility Guide:

Take a look at how major apps--spreadsheets, word processors and desktop suites--measure up in these Windows operating systems.

Log-in Scripts for Windows NT Server Networks

A script by any other name... Here's how to write log-in scripts for NT server networks.

Enterprise Administrator

NT is no stranger in a strange land to NetWare administrators.

DEPARTMENTS

February 1996 Letters

February 1996 News

• Hard Questions for SoftRAM95
• A Whole New Office
• NT on Notebooks
• Apllications Meet Cyberspace
• New Phrase for Tech Support
• Can't Emulate? Translate
  • Change Is Coming

• Business Moves Off the Desktop
  • Catching Up
  • Recap
    • Microsoft Phone Home
    • Power at Home

• Technology Watch
  • VRML Gets Real
  • Serial Standards Out to Reshape the PC
  • Affinity for Intergration

• Notes From the Lab
  • From Winmag Central
    • Comdexmania!!!
    • It's Never Too Late ...
    • Downgrading Upgrades
    • Smart CD Sharing

• Heads Up

New Products

• Business Software In Brief
• Business Software
• CD-Recording In Brief
• CD-ROM In Brief
• Communications In Brief
• Communications
• Contact Managers
• Desktop Systems
• Document/Image Management
• Image Management In Brief
• Mass Storage
• Monitors In Brief
• Monitors In Brief
• Monitors
• Networking In Brief
• Networking
• Notebooks
• Printers
• Programming In Brief
• Programming
• Scanners
• Telephony In Brief
• Video In Brief
• Web Software

February 1996 How To Buy

... speakers

WINDOWS Magazine Online

WinTips

Superior Shareware

Recycle Bin

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