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Gotta love Bink .... figured I would share these 2 items Create your own Windows PE http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ Exchange 2000 on Windows 2003 .... SWEET http://winxp.bink.nu/ex2kw2k3.doc Enjoy folks ...

Well in my G4 I got a Pioneer 2X superdrive with Apples lastest firmware ... I must say I have been impressed with its performance, and it gets even better when I pull it outta my mac to burn files on my PC ..... Gotta love Pioneer

Quote: Is there a way to write a script that we can restrict user access? Check the resource kits from scriptable tools such as http://www.ss64.com/nt/cacls.html http://www.ss64.com/nt/xcalcs.html In regards to your setup of multiple NT domains .... I personally would have recommended and encouraged a setup were there is an empty root domain where the rest of domains are children to the one empty ... with "enterprise" domain admins being heavily audited. Why the two way trusts? Do children domains need to have access to the IT support domain? If so, were shortcut trusts not an option? Quite honestly, I havent seen a scenario where Quote: one master login name & password wasused throughout an entire forest for management as the one you have described .... perhaps its just me ...

http://security.ziffdavis.com/article2/0,3973,1053906,00.asp Another interesting read

I believe that dll does application error reporting .... if you want to feel free ... if windows 2000 disagrees WFP will restore it.

Quote: I'm looking for a program that will ping a certain ip every minute or so and log time and connection (if there was response or not). I am surprised no one has mentioned IPsentry ... i use it to monitor everything from network nodes to services on my win2k servers .... a true piece of magic http://www.ipsentry.com/

If this server is a production box, I would format and restore from a good backup Just my $0.02

Glad to hear ... any particular reason you have not migrated to Windows 2000? ADMT is rather concise and highly capable to move a large base of users.

Localization (language) files for a specific language which correspond to the number assigned to these folders. These folders remain empty unless Windows XP Professional is localized for this particular language. An example of this would be Office 2000 and XP in USA use 1033 as their default. I believe it would ok to delete them, yet I see no need as they are not occupying space.

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1107/ Show the hidden and "ghost" devices in Device Manager and then uninstall them.

Install and Configure a Virtual Private Network Server in Windows 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308208 You control access through Remote Access Policies and a users configuration in ADUC basically. Yes they need to have log on locally access. An extensive listing to configure vpn access to a "T" ... http://www.labmice.net/networking/vpn.htm

http://www.ntcompatible.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=125511#125511 I answered it in the other forum .... dont double post

Off the top of my head I got these ideas .... 1. Addusers.vbs which is part of the win2k resource kit 2. Users with mailboxes built need http://www.cdolive.net/download/bulkaddfromexcel.zip http://www.cdolive.net/download/adusermanagement.zip There ya go .....

Quote: If I partitioned and formatted the virgin drive to NTFS, could I take that FAT32 version (for lack of a better term) image and just restore it to the new drive without the command line stuff that I don't like to do in the frist palce? Yes What backup program you using, outta curiosity?

Just adding on Quote: 1. Just how to do this considering that the old drive is FAT32 and I want to image that to the new active partition. I can't just take that image and copy it the the NTFS drive could I? convert would be the "dos" command Quote: Since the backup programs are FAT32 would it be best to burn these to a CD and then transfer back to the 2nd partition? No Need Quote: There would be a problem with the other drive being FAT32 as far as transfering between the 2 drives or reading from each other, correct? Copying data from the NTFS to the FAT32 drive would lose all inherent permissions, copying data from the FAT32 drive to the NTFS drive would inherit all permissions. Quote: 4. My 2nd box is FAT32 also, would that be the same problem transfering between the 2 boxes? The rules above apply to this as well.

Quote: the teachers share a lot of teaching material on a server using file and print sharing, so I am not sure if restricting the netbios ports would also disable file and print sharing. As an addition, disabling/removing file and printer sharing from client workstation will not hinder their ability to retrieve files from a Print/File Server.

http://www.softwareshelf.com/downloads/sitekeeper/kazaa_cure.htm http://www.camouflage.freeserve.co.uk/

IIRC A modified Intel board running a 400MHz bus on the 850 chipset ... what exactly are you trying to do?

Quote: We disabled messenger service in our school so pranksters won't use them to disrupt computer classes. However, I found out a couple of machines yesterday which were able to use the net send command to message a teacher's pc. Those pc's messenger services were disabled (checked using mmc and net start), and nbtstat didn't show anything registered at [03]. netsvc \\machinename start messenger net send Blah Blah netsvc \\machinename stop messenger Well thats only three lines of batch file code to get around that ... only issue is that it requires admin access to start a service ... has the admin account been compromised? NET SEND uses NetBIOS, and the ports NetBIOS requires are 137, 138 and 139 ... either enable the firewall if you are using Windows XP or disable File and Printer Sharing HTH EDIT I apologize, I misread your post and believed that you stopped the service and not disabled it. With that in mind, disregard the first half of my post. Have you also considered using IPSEC policies to restrict the use of those ports and/or IPs?

I hate to ask ..... but how did you make out APK? Anything else I can assist you in? And in regards to your RAID issue .... I must concur if you are using a Highpoint ATA RAID controller ... ever since there HPT366 (ATA 66 Controller) that was included with the ABIT BP6, I have stayed CLEAR away from that company ...... POS.

Do you have permissions to Add/Remove Applications under the account that is logged in? If you do, check that the necessary registry exist or have not been modified. Link to help with that http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1041/ Have you been playing with group policies? You can also check to make sure the add remove applet hasnt been corrupted through a SFC /SCANNOW. HTH

Again for those of you following in this thread, or for a great resource @ APKs expense .... Quote: As long as you have had the service running (I know you like to tweak them)and the disk space, I believe System Restore will cover MSC files and there associated GUIDS .... As it covers, drivers, software configurations and installations, registry changes and the such. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treevie...in/XPSysRst.asp Taking a step backwards, those files you wish to delete aren't using reserved names, correct? Otherwise you might need POSIX to remove them. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;120716 Have you tried registering / running these MSCs in Safe Mode? What about using MSCONFIG to EXPAND the necessary files off of your Windows XP CD ... SFC should not complain then. Running SFC /SCANNOW Just throwing out more options. Anyone else got some ideas .... I am beginning to hit the bottom of the barrel.

Never got to play with NT 3.X so I always appreciate the "old school" tips that still pass down to the newer versions. Gracias APK

Check the email ... also the email I was trying before is the one from pixelstation in your profile .... Quote: Disable your Workstation &/or Server service temporarily & try to run secpol.msc, gpedit.msc, or rsop.msc... Done, and the MSC files in question still work.... For those follwing the thread I asked APK if he tried doing a System Restore or re-installing SP1 ... I imagine there is nothing in the logs as well ....

Quote: ANYONE SEND ME THOSE FILES via email by any chance Check your email Another thing, is the C:\%systemroot%\Installer folder have FULL SYSTEM Permissions ..... I once locked myself out of my own tools by removing that. Edit Ok I just got an NDR .... which account would you like them emailed to if so needed.