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    How do I recover a hacked Win2K DC?

    It would really depend on what the hacker did to the system. If it was via registry permissions or simple policy mods, you could counteract this by reapplying whatever policy you were using (assuming you maintained offline copies of it) on the DC and in the domain. If registry key permissions were used, they would be corrected when the template was applied (at least, in theory). I use imaging software to backup my servers, so I can rollback to any point and have a fully functional system. This would be ideal, but I am getting the impression that you do not have any reliable (or complete) backup system in place. In addition, if the hacker used an application on the system that had a vulnerability (such as an FTP or VPN service), you might still have a large hole to deal with anyway. The ideal (and proper) use of DCs in a domain would include having redundant DCs (with GCs, except for the IM FSMO holder) that are *not* on the perimeter (on the Internet, hosting VPN connections, etc to reduce services that could be compromised and reduce direct contact) and behind a firewall. I am under the impression that the DC may have been acting as a webserver, which would make it much easier to attack. In theory, if you had another DC that you could use to host the GC for your domain, and then move the FSMO roles over, it could work. You would have to reapply all templates to your domain (again, assuming this was the method of modification used) before adding any new systems, and validate the integrity of all current member systems in the domain.
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    Win2K and large HDD

    Quote: Excuse my ignorance but what is iirc? "If I Recall Correctly"
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    I've had it with NAV 2004!

    Quote: Stay far, far, far, far away from McAfee Antivirus. Worst product ever made... it has been the height of villainy since VirusScan 4.0. The corporate version is very nice, and is all that I have used for a long time now. However, the home version has become quite bloated from what I have read (much like NAV). Kapersky is supposed to be pretty nice, and might be worth checking out.
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    AMD To be a threat to Intel?

    Quote: sure amd will be a threat to intel as they always have been a threat to 100% cpu market share is all. intel will release the 64bit chip as soon as they are done milking the 32bit market, and not a second before. Yep, pretty much. Getting developers for the Windows platform to move to 64bit compiles will be harder to do than, say, Apple is doing with their hardware and software. Even Apple is finding some apps will not work in 32bit emulation without updates and they have a much smaller software selection to work with. By the time their PowerBooks go 64bit though, it should be all resolved. I would love to use a dual 64bit AMD system as a video editing or server solution, but I would have to see an excellent motherboard to support (one with both Windows and Linux support, since you can get 64bit support there as well) it.
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    Advice Needed: Celeron or Pentium IV

    No, it IS entirely true to people that have used many different OSs across many different hardware combinations. If you were to read my post completely before quoting it, it states that many issues stem from supporting hardware such as the motherboards and supporting chipsets. Even the "better" chips from Via have had poor driver support in the past in Windows, let alone alternate platforms. Also, calling a modern AMD processor "essentially Intel 386s" with performance improvents is a bit of a stretch. The x86 architecture is used as a baseline for compling, but I wouldn't say that it assures success across all generations and makes of processors. In addition, the portion you quoted also addressed the total cost of all the needed components to assure the same stability. And again, you will need to spend more on supporting hardware to get the best out of your low price CPU. It doesn't seem like such a great deal to me. I have to spend more on supporting hardware to get a cheap CPU and hope that it will not only run my server-based application (which is what he wants to do) in a stable and timely manner. Plus, if he wants to move to Linux with the Oracle application (or however he is providing the forms) to save in license costs, he could be in for a world of hurt unless he has time for a ton of hacks that may not even work to begin with. As for adding a second processor to the system, that would be even more money as each processor costs more along with the motherboard and even beefier PSU and cooling. I don't see how that would achieve more stability since most crashes are going to be caused by poor hardware integration and/or thermal issues. Adding more hardware and more heat would seem to complicate the situation even further.
  6. Quote: PS: Installing An Acrobat PDF reader in Linux is a breeze. Depending on your distro, look around in your distro's add/remove software manager, and look for the package "xpdf" Good luck This will only work if your distribution has an automated software installation manager (such as Debian-based distros, Gentoo, Redhat/Mandrake with "apt4rpm" installed, etc) while many may still require you to hunt around for your own dependencies. If you can buy your own distro, try Xandros out since it has a very nice and easy to use installer and automated installation (since it is based on Debian and uses "apt"). Also, Redhat can have many applications installed somewhat automatically if you register your system with their online service (you get one box for free, whereas if you pay for the service per box you can have them all manageable at the same time and get priority download serivce) you can manage it via a webinterface and schedule downloads and installations. This works out really well, provided they have the application and version of it available through this interface.
  7. What happened? It was only a couple of stupid pop-up ads before (anybody remember the IT training and stoplight/racecar bit?) but now it is virtually every page. Are they really paying enough to hassle everybody? I would love to be able to block pop-ups, but on my typical work box I can't throw on Firebird or anything that modifies IE (FIPS issues). I am sure that most people here are running some sort of blocker by now just to deal with this site, so you can't be getting that many impressions to pay for it.
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    Freeware Compression Tool to create 700MB spans?

    If you open the app, go Tools > Create Multi-Volume set. You can then browse out an existing zip archive and span it to any size break you want. Very easy.
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    Freeware Compression Tool to create 700MB spans?

    If you go to the features section of the site, you should see this: Create an archive Add files to an existing archive Delete files from an existing archive Extract files from an existing archive Test an archive file Convert archive Repair broken archive Searching for any files in many archives Favorite Folders Obtaining a detailed list of files and information like compression rate, path, or size from an archive file Supports both long and short 8.3 filenames Disk spanning from and to multiple diskettes or other removable media Implementing the possibility to sort the list items by name size, date and etc. Full Drag & Drop support Integrating in Windows Explorer context menu Automatic installation of most software distributed in archive files Add/View comments in an archive By double-clicking onto a file in the file list, it's opened with the program associated to this file type CheckOut feature Create a self-extracting archive E-mail an archive Checking for new updates Build-in multilanguage support Virus Scan feature UU/XX/MIME Encode/Decode Create Multi-Volume Set Merge Multi-Volume Set UnSFX (Convert self-extracting (SFX) .EXE files to standard archives) Encrypt files using Rijandael - AES (256-bits) encryption Decrypt (.ize) files I would imagine that is what you are looking for.
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    Freeware Compression Tool to create 700MB spans?

    Try Izarc: http://www.izsoft.dir.bg/izarc.htm
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    Advice Needed: Celeron or Pentium IV

    Quote: Im running an low end Jetway KT266A chipset motherboard and it runs even more stable than my current rig.... *NIX Systems, fine probbaly, but that may be the OS's problem, not the CPU's. Developers should cater a one size fits all solution.... ...therefore, many "one size fits all" solutions utilize Intel based hardware. As for the developers, it's the hardware vendors that should produce the drivers, and not the OS developers, unless the vendors simply do not want to see other OSs besides Windows running on their hardware (which would be narrow-minded at best). A co-worker here runs 5 systems that are all AMD-based, and he is the poster child for thermal management issues. He *always* has to buy an aftermarket HSF (I use the standard Intel one and can still overclock my 1.6GHz to 2.4GHz or better) and a beefed up PSU (I have an old Deer one that came with a case that I bought running that system) and he still has heat buildup issues during the summer (and no, I do not). Plus, he still has to buy the AMD HSF so he can get the 3 year warranty for the processor. He also adds for fans to the case to get the airflow needed. He usually recommends getting Intels now just because they are quieter and the entire package is cheaper. It's also fun to hear how his current Linux install attempts (Mandrake/RedHat distros are better about it, but definately not perfect) on his hardware. Also, if that low-end system runs better than your current one, then it doesn't speak well to your configuration or setup of your new box. Are both systems running the same applications and support hardware?
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    Advice Needed: Celeron or Pentium IV

    Quote: Clutch, not to be rude or anything but do what you just said makes no sense at all. The AMD Athlon series and the AthlonXP to ANY software is an intel -compatible CPU. There is no way that a program designed to run on an Intel CPU will not run at the same speed or better on an AMD system. This has been proven. This was a misconception when AMD first started mass-producing but was rightly shown to be a load of cowpat. Stability is not an option, a well setup AMD based system will run just the same as a well setup intel system. A computers stability is linked to its setup and hardware configuration, for many people the AMD systems have been easier than the intel systems. Your theory holds true ONLY for the old K2/K3, not the Athlon series. Except maybe the heat managment bit, that still plagues them a bit. As i said im not trying to be rude, but people have been using this as a thing agaisnt AMD whereas its not true in anyway. Actually, it holds to be *very* true depending on what you are using. If the person is going to a *NIX based platform at some (very realistic when using Oracle) the person can run into serious issues. I tried running Gentoo Linux on an AMD-based system using an nForce chipset and could not get the system to boot, period. It was only when I found there to be a bug in the BIOS used on nForce/AMD systems that I was able to get a hacked alpha of GRUB to get it running. This situation has also be found in harddisk controllers and with memory management issues due to poor memory controller design (mostly Via). If the person is considering a Celeron, this person may also be considering a lower quality board to save money. Using a lower quality board to drive an AMD solution would be inviting even more trouble. Again, this is based on what *I* have seen and done. These have happened to me, and have been documented by others. Also, heat management is still a major issue with AMD processors. They still put out a great deal of heat, and have less tolerance to power fluctuations than their Intel counterparts. If a person was to look for a low cost alternative, said person may look to further cut corners in this arena. So, how well do you think an AMD XP would work with a cheap motherboard, HSF, and PSU? Not very, I would imagine. On the other hand, I have seen cheap motherboards, HSF, and PSU combos with Intel processors and they still run. Again, this is something I have witnessed. Just because the CPU may be cheaper, this does not mean the entire solution is cheaper. A stable AMD-based solution in my eyes would require the use of an upscale nForce motherboard (not a fan of Via at all) along with high quality memory, HSF, and PSU. Even with all of this, you may still run into low-level hardware compatibility issues across OSs (ever try to get the onboard audio to work in Linux? Lots of fun.) due to lack of support and you will still have at least a system that is merely equal to the cost of a stable, cooler, and quieter Intel solution. Note, I am not so much an Intel fan as a fan of smart design. Currently, I favor the Mac G5 64-bit systems. These systems can move a great deal of data easily, and can do so at an ever decreasing price without sacrificing stability. Compatibility, however, is a different story...
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    Advice Needed: Celeron or Pentium IV

    Quote: Why not get P4 perfomance at Celeron price and get an AMD XP systems? Probably because all of the supporting hardware (good motherboard, good PSU, etc.) will add up to about the same most of the time anyway. In addition, many people still have stability issues (heat management) and compatibility issues (running different OSs and even some applications may exhibit problems when running non-Intel hardware). This isn't meant as a pointless AMD vs. Intel debate, but this is what I have seen with many, many combinations of hardware and software over the years. If you are running an application that is to be available 24/7, these issues become paramount.
  14. Quote: AD will slow it down Thats normal Kinda sorta. Basically, a server running AD can run almost as fast at boot up and shut down as most member servers. The big issue here is that Domain Controllers (since NT 4.0) have always needed at least one counterpart in the domain to operate efficiently. This stems from the constant communication that a DC wants to do during startup to validate the network that it is coming up into and shutting down from (Browse Master, WINS host, etc). This is further complicated with AD since there are more functions to track and register with ((D)DNS, WINS, Browse Master, Time Source, etc) during startup and shutdown. In addition, policy configuration has a *major* impact on this. If you have aggressively configured logging either locally or via templates (such as logging all successes and failures in all security objects) you can greatly impact not only startup, but shutdown time. We are testing templates right now that are highly aggressive (modded NSA-based templates) and these cause our DCs to take about 12 - 15min to shutdown. All these servers do is host FSMO roles, and don't have any applications installed at all (besides AV and AD monitoring agents) and yet they are slower than anything else I have used. These templates also generate logs that are so large that they require at least weekly (typically daily) removal via some automation tool in production. So, in some vague order, here are the major things that slow down the system: Bringing up the network - This can be an issue since the server will need to register itself against a DDNS server on the network (unless specified not to via a reg tweak). If this box is the only DC, this may not occur properly if the processes are running in asynchronous mode and there are no dependencies declared on the local DNS service to start up before the server tries to register itself. One major help for this is to make sure that all the DDNS servers have their local IP address (the IP that is answering DNS queries) entered into their primary DNS server position in their local IP settings. By having a second DC with DNS on the network, the server can move to the second one during boot since the local DNS service may not have started in time to answer its own request (kind of like needing to be awake before you can answer a phone call; if you are a sleep you can't answer the phone in time but if another person is around they can do that for you and vice-versa). This second DC can also host the Browse Master service and turn over control if the starting DC is also hosting WINS (not needed in a modern AD network unless you have legacy applications, such as Microsoft Exchange 2000 or earlier, that still use NetBIOS name resolution). Properly configured DDNS will reduce the boot time and make it run a lot smoother. Services - Since a "server" will have more services, this will slow down launching of the system. In addition, many of the services will require authentication, and if the server can't register itself on the network and get the NETLOGON service started fast enough, there will be a noticable delay in the other services getting authenticated and therefore started. Again, this is alleviated with a second DC on the network that can field these calls and let the system get everything running in a timely manner. Template Application - As mentioned earlier, improperly configured templates for your hosted environment can greatly impact startup performance. Set them as needed to strike the proper balance between security and performance. In addition, the server will scan its local AD DB to make sure that it is by itself (the only DC) on the network. If it finds that there are others, it will want to converse with them about account and template consistency (for example, does it have the newest version of all the accounts and templates). Hope this explains it somewhat.
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    Where has my rrasmgmt.msc gone?

    If you install the adminpak from the Windows Server 2003 CD (or get it from the MS website), this should alleviate those problems. The tools are backward compatible with a Windows 2000 environment where applicable.
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    Firewall and Anti virus opinions!

    I use it on my workstation and in my lab on many systems, and it is, in fact, a resource hog. I have used McAfee products on servers, and when comparing the latest generation of scanners on servers the McAfee ones are a bit quicker to load up. With clients, the difference is more dramatic. I use both scanners on a regular basis, so I can speak to the difference. There are other products that run with less resources than McAfee, but I like the central management features of that product so I keep it around at other sites.
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    program to record audio on a schedule?

    I was told that Total Recorder might do what you are looking for. www.highcriteria.com
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    New games out or coming out.

    Yeah, I have kinda given up on PC gaming in general. I picked up an Xbox last week and I think it's pretty cool. I have Project Gotham Racing 2 and some other stuff and they have been pretty sweet on my 45" Mitsubishi. It's just nice not having to patch the game or spend more on a video card than the cost of the console plus a game just to get good performance out of a new game for the PC. Just toss the game in there, and let 'er rip.
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    If you could Flame about something - what would it be?

    Quote: Quote: People who sit by without so much as a word and watch millions get slaughtered in Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo, Haiti, Iraq, Iran, China, and a million oher places, then protest against the war in Iraq. I'd like for once to see a protest to help mankind. How we can watch our fellow humans suffer and do nothing, then balk at something that doesn't fit our ideoolgy, puzzles me Then again humans are the only species that will fight when something cramps thier lifestyle. OK. BTW for much of the slaughtering in the world is done by USA or the USA can be blamed for. Ask the people of iraq if the USA has helped them. Of course all asked by CNN, NBC ... will say yes, but the real public opinion goes against USA. Bottom line is Bush is an idiot who is playing with the lives of milions and should be removed from gene pool! Tomay, Were you one of the people that have been siting around watching people die that sapiens was addressing? If not, then he wasn't flaming you, so don't flame him. Can it. This is supposed to be about topics for flaming (which I myself don't think is a good idea, but I thought I would see how this goes) and *not* for flaming posters because of what they hate.
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    Enough with the pop-ups already...

    Woohoo! Score one for the team. Is there anyway to get cool ads, like ones for MP3 players or video games? If so, there's a much better chance of people using them. Maybe Best Buy and such.
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    Enough with the pop-ups already...

    Typically I use Firebird or Safari, plus I have a modified hosts file thrown in there. This combo makes browsing *much* nicer than what I have at work (an overtaxed proxy server feeding clients as little as 3KB/s with a default install of IE). When at work, it just isn't worth coming here anymore since more than half the time I have to wait for some stupida$$ pop-up to load.
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    Remote Desktop using a Domain Controller

    Quote: Make sure you are viewing all available processes. Answered your own question, eh? BTW, the newest versions of VNC are pretty nice now, but if you can skate by with TS that is definately the way to go.
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    Remote Desktop using a Domain Controller

    If you're an admin on the DC (which you would need to be by default, due to logon restrictions) and simply running TS on that box in Remote Admin mode, you should see all the processes running. In our lab, we have about 20 servers running and we can still administer them through the NAV admin utility. We can also view the local console for NAV on the box. Make sure you are viewing all available processes. Some apps that present credentials in order to function do act up in TS, as they never seem to come to terms with the user's credentials. I have seen many apps do this in the past, but so far NAV hasn't done this to us (however, I haven't had much more than a few months with it in the lab).
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    Defragmentation Software

    Raxco PerfectDisk is cool too. After those two, I would say Diskeeper.
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    AV oftware Comparison needed

    I have become more exposed to Norton AV, as we use it where I work (Dept. of the Army) and we have many machines. I can say, without a doubt, that it can be a resource hog. Also, it doesn't appear to be as easy to deploy centrally as McAfee is via ePolicy Orchestrator, but it isn't that bad. We have also had viruses make it through despite being centrally managed and up to date, so it isn't perfect by any means. It seems to be alright in our mock-up test lab of our CONUS AD forest (about 22 servers) and it seems to work OK. Again, it isn't my favorite, but it's tolerable.
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