We're not going to get into a "NT vs. Linux" debate here, okay? When the boss says you must use NT, you have no choice, so you might as well learn all you can about it, and getting small doses of daily advice about how to handle its many quirks in a workstation environment won't hurt a bit. It might even be good for you.

Here's a sample tip:

You may not know it, but you can secure every named object in Windows NT. NT stores the security information about an object in its security descriptor. There are four parts to a security descriptor. The first is the owner security ID, identifying the user or group that owns the object. The second is the group security ID. Only the POSIX subsystem uses this part. The third is the discretionary ACL--the access control list--defining which users and groups have access permissions to the object. The final piece is the system ACL, which handles auditing messages from the system.

Maybe you already knew this trick, but if you read five or ten "so what" pieces in order to find one problem-solving gem, you'll come out ahead. They don't take but a few seconds each to read.