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I think "Samba" is what you are looking for. The default for pre-SP3 NT4 and Win95 systems was to broadcast first in encryption, then in clear text. After SP3 and in later versions of 9x, that was taken out and all broadcasts are encrypted (as far as user credentials are concerned). Basically, there are a couple of ways to get SMB traffic to work between NT and *nix; 1. Hack registry on NT/9x boxes to broadcast in clear text (not so hot) and... 2. Setup Samba to allow for encrypted user credentials to be used. A properly setup samba box can behave as a WINS box and even a domain controller. *nix boxes will show up in Network Neighborhood as well. Here is a link to help you on your way: http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/ HTH ------------------ Regards, clutch

15 posts per page, so let's get going! ------------------ Regards, clutch [This message has been edited by clutch (edited 19 March 2001).]

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by mdntblu: Then how do you know what it's liked? Yeah the screen shots are hay too. How dumb is it to load a new version of the same thing and switch it to look like what it is already?? I knew I could get other people talking about and wala it worked. [This message has been edited by mdntblu (edited 19 March 2001).]</font> Yes, you obviously have a stranglehold on the finer points of the language yourself. And this was AFTER your attempt at editing it. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Was the second drive slave on IDE0 or IDE1? Was the second drive ever assigned the letter "C" when it was running NT on that box? ------------------ Regards, clutch

OK, maybe you should take a look at how much security you think you need. The personal firewalls, Black Ice, ZoneAlarm, etc are fine and do a pretty good job. They are true firewalls. Winroute, Wingate, Sygate, ICS, and such are proxy programs that use NAT (Network Address Translation) and/or PAT (Port Address Translation). Basically, they allow you to use one address on one network (in this case, the Internet) and share it to addresses on another network (your LAN). The proxy software can also be setup to forward incoming requests from the outside network (Internet) to a specific machine on your inside network (your LAN). For example, you could have all HTTP (port 80) traffic from the outside go to your web server. Now, some companies like to market this as a "firewall" because it's security through obscurity. People from the outside can't (sort of) come in to your LAN unless the information they have was requested from you in the first place. A true firewall will do much more than that (look into Cisco PIX or Checkpoint sites to see what they can do). For basic home networks, the NAT/PAT approach is fine, unless you really want to lock down what applications can get out of your network to the Internet. This is generally more of a concern for people trying to pirate/hack software due to their "spyware" nature to send out information about the PC that it is installed on. If you are *really* afraid of people trying to get into your network, then you may want to go with the euankirkhope spoke of and install ZoneAlarm on all of your PCs and use a proxy on the server. In a typical corporate network, however, you will have only 1 firewall seperating the inside from the outside networks. ------------------ Regards, clutch

First, unless you need NetBEUI and IPX/SPX (NWLink), I would can them from all the installations. Next, make sure that the PCs have NetBIOS enabled over TCP/IP (it's just a checkbox in one of the network properties tabs) and that the IPs are all correct and in the proper subnet to see each other. What I would do is just check the PCs in pairs to make sure they see each other, then move on. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Servers are generally not meant to be used as desktop systems. How is it performing in its designated duties? Is it serving files well? IIS working well? Running any databases on it? I have AS running on my server at home, and it poor desktop performance, but flies in terminal services and Exchange. I will be putting SQL2K on it along with SMS 2.0 soon to test it for deployment at the office, and I bet it will do that fine too. Bear in mind that it has many more services running in default trim, and if you feel the need to bring its performance up, you may want to look at stopping/disabling any extraneous entries. Some people install RIS by default, and that is a bear of its own. ------------------ Regards, clutch

It's a good theory, but it rarely works. Win9x has a poor tendency to force elections even when they are told not to act in a master browse status. It's best not to even use network neighborhood in small setups like that, since you know the names of all the PCs that are online anyway. But if one insists on it, the best method is WINS with a mixed 9x/NT network (at least until DDNS is fully functional for a mixed OS environment) as it provides fast, reliable browsing. ------------------ Regards, clutch

A lot of that depends on your firewall setup. How are you connected to the internet now? Some systems work in parallel of your firewall, others are imbedded. ------------------ Regards, clutch

I setup the user profiles to use "logon.bat", and then have the batch files in the netlogon share (C:\WINNT\system32\Repl\Import\Scripts on most servers) and the clients pick up the script at logon. I use it for several things: 1. To delete unauthorized mappings 2. To reinstate proper mappings 3. To distribute unpdated config files 4. To install the SMS client Works great for all, and it has worked on the few 98 boxes I have been subjected to on my networks. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Resetting? As in rebooting? If so, shutdown.exe works great, and it come with the NT Resource kit. I think that there is a freebie version floating around too if you can't get the NTRes kit version. ------------------ Regards, clutch

In a typical overclock attempt, the best way to do get to a particular speed is to set the speed in the BIOS, and then try to boot. If it doesn't make it (can't POST, get into Windows, crashes on games/apps, etc) then bump up the voltage by the *smallest* increment possible. Then, repeat the process. My old 300a went to 450 without a voltage increase, while my 333 celeron can't get anywhere even with a .4V bump. They are all different, even if they are the same proc speed and step, so treat them as such. ------------------ Regards, clutch

"Your mother wears combat boots" Of course she did, she was in the military. "Mimes can smack you down in WWF" I didn't realize emails were that powerful, nor active members of the WWF. "Two words: You Suck!" That wasn't me in those pictures, it was my twin! As far as Survivor goes, I didn't realize it was still on the air. Thanks for bringing down my day. ------------------ Regards, clutch

A friend of mine said it did. He sat on tech support with D-Link to find the answer though. Poor guy... ------------------ Regards, clutch

ATI cards run well, yet that have a poor track record for OpenGL drivers. The Rage Pro was supposed to have it, then the Pro128, and so on. The Radeon has a lot going for it. It's a cheap card with great 2D and DVD capabilities. I am sure that ATI is trying to get their act together, but they have pretty much canned support for their older units as far as optimizations go. NVidia does allow for more up-to-date drivers on their older chipsets than ATI does, and I have had better luck with low-end CAD/CAM support out of the box with the NVidia line (Riva 128 and up) versus the ATI cards (Mach/Rage Pro and up). If you are going on history, NVidia has a much stronger history for support than ATI does. I am hoping ATI can get it together though, as I would really rather have another All-in-wonder unit for my PC vs a 2D/3D only card. ------------------ Regards, clutch

I ran NT4 Server on a celeron 300a@450, and both NT4 Server/Win2K AS on a celeron 333 before. All worked fine, even with AD. It was a small network, but they worked. ------------------ Regards, clutch

I have had great luck with the 6.67 drivers with my Hercules GTS Pro, but EddiE314 seems to have had the most experience with the MX cards. He might have an idea for you. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Um, actually Deadcats is right. But your explanation was great! ------------------ Regards, clutch

You have "File and Print Sharing" installed? ------------------ Regards, clutch

That must have been a limitation of your particular motherboard, Brian, as my Diamond Micronics mobo supports 768MB and my ASUS P3B-F supports 1GB. ------------------ Regards, clutch

I was wondering the same thing. I usually check to see if somebody needs help, but occasionally I see that you go on these "runs" where you post to just about anything within the last month or so. The better ones are where a topic hasn't been posted to in a week or so, and then you post to it asking for it to be closed, which inturn brings it back up to the top again. I know that you are on a quest to get to 500 posts, but you could you please do it in this forum, and not drown out the other posters? Thank you. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Install WINS on one of the NT/Win2K servers on the network. It's a simple process in a low demand environment as it seems there is no need for replication. In Win2K there is a wizard for it in the Server Setup page. In NT, you will have to install it as a network component. ------------------ Regards, clutch

And you have groups assigned to that local machine? On my PC at work, I can open the local security settings, and edit each entry to assign users and/or groups to each function. Now, why are you trying to use the group policy editor? Are there specific software settings that you are trying to lock down? Explain why you are trying to use it, so that I can get a better idea of what you are looking to accomplish. BTW, the group policy editor on my box works on the local machine by default, and I can assign both local and domain accounts to it. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Do you have a domain that you are working with? ------------------ Regards, clutch

Each setting in the group policy manager should have the groups you want to apply the particular setting to. Such as logon locally would show Administrators, Server Ops, etc. ------------------ Regards, clutch