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Blocking Kazaa and other P2P applications through port blocking has proven ineffective in our environment. I highly recommend http://www.packeteer.com/ as it works on the application layer of the OSI model. g'luck to those folks who have to fight this war as well

Well for starters I imagine that the system account doesnt belong to the authenticated users but only the everyone group ... perhaps thats why the machine upon reboot sets the settings back to default. refresh the group policies on the machine after you make the appropriate changes to the registry ... I would like to see if that is the cause. secedit /refreshpolicy machine_policy /enforce then wait a few minutes for the changes to propagate. gtg back to work ... this is just the first thing to pop into my head

Registry permission changes are CURRENT and INSTANEOUS. Did you disable inheritance? Unfortunately there is no way to truly manipulate granual registry permissions, at least in a domain context. Regini.exe from the resource kit allows you to change permissions on keys, though I am not sure if Authenticated Users is allowed as a security group. Digging up links http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=237607 Also got this one if you are interested. http://www.labmice.net/Windows2000/Registry/regmaint.htm In a domain context, manipulating registry permissions is far easier as it is done with GPOs. Still got me thinking on this one.

Adaptec .... 'nuff said SCSI SPI 3 or 4 for raid ..... get that sweet 160 to 320 meg a sec

By all means post the errors But I would also look up there meanings at www.eventid.net

Latest 3com nic drivers for the 3c905B? Problems when you put in a static IP? Are the patch cables worn, mishapen? If the patch cable is left plugged in, and you get the 0.0.0.0 ..... does an ipconfig /renew get you an IP address? http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=38031

One more possible fix ... and I would use this more as a last resort, is to uninstall and reinstall your tcpip stack.

I meant the OEM drivers for the NIC ... in other words, did you install the latest Realtek drivers before you actually installed the NIC. Perhaps the latest drivers correct IRQ sharing and so on ....

Speaking of Ogg Vorbis Just got a plugin for nero http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?category=software&id=9761

http://www.users.qwest.net/~careyh/tweaks.htm Since your environment and troubleshooting abilities have been limited ... the best I can offer you is a link to help improve the native caching settings of JUST windows 95. g'luck

http://mcpmag.com/news/article.asp?editorialsid=549 Looks like its time to open the wallet once again. I am beginning to wish that MS had more "hands on" tests like the CCIE for cisco. All these "paper" tests are turning people into "paper" qualified technicians. Still, G'Luck to those who will be pursuing these as well. End of Rant.

Certifications are a beautifull way to get your foot in the door for an interview .... now all you have to back it up with your new coworkers. MCSE and MCSA 2000 tests were moderately easy compared to some of the stuff that I have seen. Those with about 2 years experience in a multi domain environment should pass the MCSE core 4 rather easily. Electives wise ... might I recommend Exchange 2000 ... sorry just a little partial If you have any questions about the tests / requirments / etc, feel free to ask.

Heh .... just an example here Remember card catalogs at the library? Remember the library? What about reading books? It scares me as I see the newer generations pass on by with such a distain for reading. I am sure there are those who will strongly disagree with me, but from my chair, its quite apparent. Just my $0.02

Just a couple of things 1. Are you loading the latest OEM drivers before you install the hardware? 2. Have you tried other PCI slots? .... possible IRQ assignment problems. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=256841 http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBF/TIP2600/rh2629.htm Whats the brand for the NICS .... Intel, 3com, cisco, Ibm, Dlink, .... etc?

LOL Well then my friend, you are more than welcome.

I have yet to play with trillian, though I too have had obstacles in the packaging of software for deployment ... and this includes enterprise level tools from InstallShield, Veritas, Symantec, and Altiris. www.appdeploy.com is a good HQ for some of your more popular business software / tips n tricks / books / etc. Winstall LE comes with plenty of its own problems, I wouldnt necessarily recommend its use beyond a test environment. I can only offer you this advice, most packaging comes through trial and tribulation. VMware has also been a big help. G'Luck.

http://www.ss64.com/nt/xcalcs.html Could have sworn I just covered this ..... ;(

Laptop in Win9x. ---> ok well you certainly dont have a lot of "native" automation to work with Looks like the original notion of using AT, or Task Sceduler for NT will be the best approach for your environment.

What OS is the laptop? If its 2000 you can enable and incorporate ... Quote: Offline Synchronization of Server-Based Data Windows 2000 Professional makes it easier for mobile users to take network-based files and folders offline. Users can right-click a folder or file and select Make available offline to make it available when not connected to the network. When offline, files and folders appear in the same namespace, meaning they appear as if they were still connected to the network. Files and folders set to be taken offline are visually highlighted. Users can take offline any combination of files, folders, or entire mapped network drives and paths, for example, \\server-name\shared-resource-pathname. Offline files and folders work with any Server Message Block (SMB)-based file server. In addition, Windows 2000 Professional includes a Synchronization Manager, providing a convenient, one-stop location for managing how and when resources are synchronized. You can select offline files and folders as well as Web pages and other applications that are written to take advantage of Synchronization Manager. Synchronization Manager provides an open API that third parties can plug in to their application or component. Depending on whether the Synchronization Manager is set on default or customized preferences, synchronization can happen automatically. If you choose not to use the default settings, you can set preferences for synchronizing at log off, connect, disconnect or idle modes. Plus you can schedule a synchronization or set one manually. Different preferences can be set for individual folders or files that are managed by Synchronization Manager such as choosing to synchronize offline files and folders at log on and log off, but only synchronizing Web pages every Friday at 3:30 P.M.. And you can set preferences based on connection type, such as configuring Synchronization Manager to automatically synchronize a large database file only when connected to a LAN connection and to never automatically synchronize when using a dial-up connection. I believe though thats only half you answer ... Another possibility is Microsoft originally released DFS with Windows NT 4.0. Although NT4 shipped with the client portion of DFS, the server portion (DFS version 4.1) had to be downloaded and installed separately. There was one big problem, however. If the NTServer that was hosting the DFS virtual root went offline, users could no longer access the resources they needed through it. The resources were still there, but unless users knew the specific location of each resource and could locate it manually, they were out of luck. Even worse, there was no easy way to provide fault-tolerance for the shared resources themselves in the event they went off-line (Directory Replication was not suitable for large files and could quickly congest networks with high traffic). Hopefully I gave you some more ideas to work with.

Elaborate please Event log Error Messages and Numbers ... Conflicting group policies ...

Unfortuantely NT 4 doesnt include the FRS that is found in 2000 ... great for Sysvol, DFS, and so on. I believe that third party tools or resource kits, some scripting, some AT scheduling will do what you are asking for. http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/58164.html http://www.amtsoft.com/powersync/ What kind of files are you looking to replicate anyway?

http://lachesis.coe.ttu.edu/ppp/winexit.html Just to refine things a little more.

With so many different variables involved, is there anyway to try a different browser to see if IE can be isolated as the problem or if its the OS?

If you're running in a 2000 domain context, use user defined group policies to control the screensaver and deploy the correct registry key security permissions. Works like a charm on our network.

Alone in the Dark 4 IMHO