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The 500 series error is usually a DB/ASP error. It sounds like you are trying to get to the hotmail site, and this error is from a certain page on the hotmail site. That error is pointing to line 117 in the file /iisHelp/common/500-100.asp on the target server, and it is bombing out there. To me, it sounds like an issue with the webserver that you are trying to get to, and has nothing to do with IIS being installed on your local box. As for the "WWW" thing, "WWW" happens to be a subdomain of the parent domain, in this case "hotmail.com". Think of this as referring to a large office building, and every office of the building as a different server. There is a certain server in that building in the "WWW" room, and that is the one with the webpages that you want to get to. You can already find the address of the building by using "hotmail.com", now you just need the office number to get to your final destination. IIS on the parent domain server (the general "hotmail.com" address) can field these requests and point them to the proper server for you. If, for some reason, it wasn't setup to at the time, then you would have that issue. Right now, "hotmail.com" and "www.hotmail.com" both work in IE 6 and Firebird on my XP box, which is also hosting IIS for development sites.

Quote: Logon locally rights doesnt sound right to me for web access on domain contorllers. If this is true then IIS web access will be denied for all users on domain controllers by default, which I don't believe is the default. Correct me if I'm wrong......... This is another reason why you shouldn't install IIS on a domain controller, as the IIS anonymous user account is typically added by default. Here's a screencap of my DC that has IIS on it (hardened with IISLockdown/URLScan): As you can see, there's an "IUSR_blah" account under logon on locally, and that is automatically created by default. This is another reason why FTP under IIS while on a DC doesn't work be default, because the users need logon locally rights in order to access the box. It would *seem* like logon from a network permissions would be enough, but they aren't.

I love the feel of Q1, Q3, and UT2003 (Q2 sucked, and no I don't care what anybody else thinks and UT wasn't all that smooth) myself. However, I am into Colin McRae 3 right now and I am waiting for Midnight Club to show up on PC.

Mine is in the NT4 track (yeah, a little on the old side here ) and I wasn't all that interested in pursuing the certification since the OS keeps getting overhauled, and along with it the testing. I am going for my CCNA/CCNP at some point this year, so we'll see how that goes.

Have you taken any of the other MS (or any other vendor's) exams? You will pretty much feel like you're missing something until the first time you see the test. I failed my NT 4.0 Workstation on the first pass, because I had *too much* experience, and many of the questions were wrong (in particular, behavior of NT/9x machines when intermingled with Novell boxes as I had been doing that for over a year at the time). However, I am under the impression that the newer tests are much more factual. Nevertheless, the testing language may throw you as well, so if possible work with Transcenders and the like in order to get used to the question language and structure, and you should be fine.

Quote: No problem... IIS can do a lot of what all those other FTP servers can do, however it integrates closely with Windows security and administration, so the lines are kinda blurred. Many of the options people like to use with Serv-U and Bulletproof are taken care of by use of Quotas, Policies, and NTFS... all administrative pieces of Windows and not IIS's FTP, though in the end they work together. A fan of IIS' FTP Server now eh? Interesting...

It probably has to do with the last 3 letters being together, namely s-E-x. Now, since those last three letters are attached to the rest of the word, the whole thing gets blocked out. Anyway, that's my theory.

Actually, over distance if you don't use them in the proper pairs (you can mix them a little, but there are "minimum" standards) you get signal bounce issues. I had a maintenance guy that kept insisting the same thing, yet every time he made a run over 75ft. the connection would intermittently work at best, with a ton of collisions. Once we would wire both ends to either A or B, it was fine.

Changing a mobo and keeping the same installation is a horrible idea, period. If the chipset, AGP, and HDD drivers are different (and they usually are) then you should simply format and start over. Personally, I am surprised it didn't BSOD (although the suggestion of a "repair" indicates that it might have) at boot because of the difference in IDE drivers. Most people here are going to tell you the same thing, as they have all probably tried to rig this same exact thing at one time or another.

Yeah, upgrading for a game like that only to not put a good deal of cash into the video card (which is going to do most of the grunt work) would be a waste of time. Also, I am not an AMD myself, mostly because of the chipsets that support them. But that's just me .

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Well, if they own the software, I imagine they can change the license to anything they want. It's just that simple. The owner typically reserves the right to do what he/she wants, and this is a major reason why licensing is so weak. If a person makes a video card and sells it, then the purchaser owns it outright (like owning an XBox and modding it is OK, but making the mod chips and selling them isn't since MS says so). However, if someone writes code and licenses it, then that person can revoke the license if he/she feels that it was used improperly, reverse engineered, or pretty much any reason that he/she wants to. I agree with people getting paid for thier work, but I do not agree with the license concept and the amount of restrictions that can be placed on it.

Quote: you might want ot check this site too http://www.divx-digest.com/index.html it also explains how to turn DivX into SVCD so you can watch them on your home DVD player Which would be great assuming that your DVD player supports SVCDs. I just happened to "trip" over the JVC unit that I got which supports just about everything. However, my Sony and most of the others I have seen will not. SVCDs are great.

You have to log on to their box not only using their username and password (or an already specified one) but use their domain/workgroup as well. In many cases, it may simply be "WORKGROUP\username" or "PCNAME\username". Remember that user authentication is also in the context of the workgroup/machine name that is hosting that user account.

Read the whitepaper here for a better understanding of EFS: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/security/encrypt.asp Check out the word doc link.

I like Etherpeek NX by WildPackets. Just as easy and powerful (for the most part) as Sniffer Pro from NAI, but much, much cheaper.

From what I remember, EFS uses "keys" to access the files, and you need those keys to get to them. Now, most people leave the keys on the same drive as the encrypted files and never backup or remove them. I wonder if this software relies on that flaw in usage by the user.

Any recommendations for a good PC Rally game? I would like to at least have: Mitsubishi Evolution (probably a VII) Subaru WRX Ford Focus and if possible, a Peugeot 206 AWD would be nice. I haven't been into driving games in a *really* long time, and would like to try a new one.

The port listing in the address is nice, as the older client never allowed that and the how-to was never amended by MS for their updated client. Spiffy.

First, that wouldn't just be port forwarding (which you are already doing for your existing computer) but port switching/conversion which very, very few NAT systems will do. In addition, the remote desktop client in Windows XP only works with port 3389, so it would never go to port 4000 anyway. However, there might be another way to do this. You can first, get the client for Windows 9x, NT, 2K that will permit port changing. Now, this Client Connection Manager that is being referred to was part of a package that is no longer available from MS. However, I have a copy of the older client here: www.driventechnologies.com/otherfiles/tsmsisetup.zip Just extract that, and run the exe. Then, go to the path that the exe extracted the installer to and run it from there (by default, it's C:\Program Files\Terminal Services Client MSI). Once you have it installed, you can use those directions. Now, you can host TS/Remote Desktop on any port you want, and connect to it. The next link is for the current client that's in use if anybody wants the newest one (but I can't find a way to change the port in the RDP file): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...;displaylang=en Next, configure the host and client to use the new port number. Directions for doing that are here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.asp...;NoWebContent=1 In addition, you can modify the port that the web client connects to (the one that usually sits on /TSWEB when installed on an IIS box) by following these directions: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326945 Once this is complete, just make sure to forward the new port from your NAT setup to the client. I have hosted 4 separate TS/RDP connections through my Linksys at home in this fashion with no issues. HTH

To further clarify, remember that the Architect stated "only" 99% of the people connected to the Matrix accept the programming without issue. So, there needs to be a place for these rogues to go, right? Basically, the machines keep them around and study their behavior to determine future adjustments to the programming in order to raise the success rate. Essentially, what makes a failure a failure? What drives this "anomally"? After a while, they decide to declare "Open Season" on Zion in order to curb, or rather "reset" the population. Why let them live and grow to less manageable numbers? So, they have reset the population 5 times already, and have made their adjustments. Neo and his decisions represent the 6th, but he threw a wrench in the works by falling for Trinity and went off to save her, while the others bought into what the Architect stated and chose to rebuild Zion with new people (and I imagine Morpheus was probably picked by the previous "Neo".

Quote: SPOILER ALERT! So, what do you guys, think, is it a matrix inside another matrix? Nope, it's just the 6th revision of it. There was a first Zion, then it was destroyed by the machines with the exception of "The One" (the anomally) and a select few people to repopulate Zion. The machines realized that there needs to be a "Zion" in some fashion in order for both sides to survive (although the "Architect" stated that they were willing to accept major losses if need be). The cycle just keeps repeating, however when Neo made the "choice" to rewrite fate and save Trinity, the destiny of both sides was altered and no neither knows what's going to happen next for sure. Couple that with the "Agent Smith Rogue Program", and there will be one rough ride before the fate of both sides is determined.

I picked this up yesterday to use with MS RalliSport: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm?page=p...mp;languageid=1 It's pretty sweet.

I saw it, and it kicked ass. I would imagine that they are both "almost human" now, hence the need for vengence that smith has. It was nice how this movie explained why there was another "The One" before Neo (remember when Morpheus explained to Neo how he was freed by another that could do all kinds of crazy stuff in the Matrix and that there was a few of them initially) and how it sets up for the next one. Nicely done.

Yeah, I picked that up yesterday and it's pretty fun. I will have to get a steering wheel controller to use it later on though, since the Orb controller just isn't that fun with it.