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Thanks for the link! I called the creator, and while his software doesn't alter the behavior of Novell's Client32, he did suggest that the client can be set to not scan for its forest at boot. Now I know that Win2K and WinXP are perfectly fine when not connected to a home domain and don't throw up errors stating that a domain controller can't be found (as was the case in WinNT 4), but I am more concerned with drive mappings or anything else from the Novell network causing startup delays when the user comes to our network. Thanks again for the link.

Got a virus scanner running?

About 30fps faster in Q3, and a little faster in other games. Plus, some games just work better in XP the first time around without fiddling. WinXP Pro P3 933@1085, 1.75v (155x7, runs at 29*C at idle, and 41*C while gaming) Vantec CCK-7035D HSF ASUS CUSL2 i815 512MB Crucial CAS2 PC133 RAM WD 40GB ATA-100 HD Samsung 5x DVD/32x CD Drive Hercules Geforce 2 Pro, 64MB (Detonator 23.11) Creative Audigy Platinum with Audigy Drive Intel Pro/100 Mgmt Adapter Radius 19" Monitor (Trinitron AG CRT) MS Natural Keyboard Pro MS Intellimouse Explorer SanDisk USB Compact Flash Reader Logitech Wingman Cordless Rumblepad (USB)

Does it, by chance, have a jumper listing on it reading "clip"? You may see it as 20GB, but for some reason I thought I saw 32GB once before. In any case, on really large drives you may see a duplicate of the same master/slave/csel settings, but one allows for full access and another "clips" the drive to a lower setting.

Win9X as a "backdoor" to NT? I am not sure I follow. And as for being able to "fuxx" any NT setup, my network doesn't even allow Win9X workstations to participate. If properly setup, a Win9X box won't have the ability to do any more damage than any other OS on an NT network.

In that case, why not pick some other DNS servers? Do you have another ISP with faster servers that you can think of? Most DNS servers will not limit incoming requests to traffic from certain IP ranges, so you should be able to pick some others and put your ISP's DNS boxes toward the bottom of the resolution list.

How many hits per hour are you looking at anyway? I have 2 Win2K DNS servers here, one is a dual p166 (, AND it's the Internet/Intranet site and FTP server too) and the other is a dual 866 running as a backup (it's my admin/SMS/SQL box). That dual 166 hosts about 40 or so clients that connect regularly for internal and external name resolution, and it runs WINS too for some of our older applications. Even with all this one it, it runs just fine and performs pretty quick lookups. If this is just for an exercise, then I would just fiddle with it to see what happens...

Use sound-deadening material like "Dynamat". Here's a pic of my server with that material applied at the bottom (it's actually on the top, bottom, and side panels of the case): Click on the pic for a larger image. You can get it at autosound shops, or in my case Best Buy.

Are you talking about this? http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/...ode.htm?id=1848 I don't use cache-only servers, rather I use them for primary name resolution on my LANs and I then setup my ISP's DNS servers as forwarding servers.

If you look at the MMC console for IIS and go to the FTP site properties, you will see "Current Sessions". That will show you who is currently logged in. IIS FTP is limited in setting caps and monitoring, but I prefer it because of its integrated handling of NTFS permissions.

Read from the man himself at www.grc.com. Some think he's paranoid, others take him seriously. As for me, direct attacks aren't an issue due to firewalls, and worms/viruses that might expose this possible problem should be watched for anyway.

Will this do? http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/...ode.htm?id=1848

Unfortunately, I think he meant something other than the linear "is it a POS OS?" but more of poor marketing and user interface. Both of which I would have to say "suck a$$" as well. Marketing in that there are too damn many versions of it that do different things and have no unified installer other than manually copying files, and... UI in that there are several versions for no apparent reason other than to give something to discuss at each geek-fest. There's 50 text editors, several ways to get your IP, and billions of utilities that all do the same thing. This sounds an *awful* lot like Windows for an OS that claims to be nothing like Windows except that all of this garbage tends to come with the CD distro that you may buy or download. It took me forever to figure out with editor did what and what modules to filter through or remove entirely during setup when I used Mandrake. I don't really care much for the GUIs (KDE over Gnome, that's for damn sure ), but then again they are more of an afterthought since they are designed by other groups.

Quote: lol, don't let any linux users see that! actually you'd be surprised how many big corps run linux as servers, and for important stuff, not for simple web servers. a buddy of mine from college is now working for VISA and they're running linux for some secure application. how do i know? the first day on the job he was messing around with some of the settings and was visited by VISA security right afterwards, almost cost him his job, hehe Actually, I wouldn't be surprised since I have some friends that use Linux distros in various companies as consultants, and one of them uses Linux in state government offices. HE is one of the people that thinks Linux is most definately not ready for primetime as a desktop OS. Also, I read an article about VISA and its redundant NOCs. And I would have to say that A. I doubt your friend would be able to get into a highly secure application without some serious clearance in the first place. And, with that clearance, proper training in their separate testing grounds first (yep, they have a separate testing grounds to simulate their workload, and then they do full scale testing at a site hosted by IBM), and B. It isn't (by far) an off the shelf distro, and is probably based off of some BSD variant. When you are that big and that good (I don't imagine hiring top notch programmers would be an issue ) you can make an OS do whatever you want. It was a really nice article, and they seem QUITE secretive (can you blame them?) even to the point that while the walls are solid concrete, they have fake windows in them so the building will blend with the landscape. There are no signs posted about declaring who they are either. Sounds like an interesting environment to say least. One more thing, if your friend is in a position to do that again, you might want to make sure he keeps straight when working with the systems, or losing the job might be the least of his worries (no, I don't think they'll kill him, but criminal prosecution isn't that fun either).

Just one thing to note for users of Outlook XP with Exchange; you might get a 60 second delay when launching Outlook if you disable MSN Instant Messenger as listed above and you don't have it disabled in Outlook. You can read about that here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q290025 Also, if you have AD setup, the method APK mentions will probably not work due to inheritence of policies in an AD domain. You will have to apply these changes (in the same way as illustrated) to the "Default Domain Policy". The easiest way to switch to that policy, is to open an MMC, and add a Group Policy snap-in. Then, select "Browse" and pick Default Domain Policy. Click OK to everything, and you should be set to make the changes. I *think* the default replication timeframe is about 15 minutes for the changes to get to all controllers and then to the clients.

Are you logged on as an admin? Are you logging in as "Administrator" or as an account that is a member of the Administrators group?

For every step Linux distros come to being "user friendly" like Windows, it becomes that much closer to being as "bloated" as Windows. NT never had the stability issues that 9x did, so that's not a big deal to me. Win2K and WinXP have worked really well for me, but yes they do need to be on more powerful systems. Will all of the distributions (although quite a few did die off with the market downturn) that are available using disimilar installs and the like, they are just shooting themselves in the foot. This newer one called "Lindows" sounds pretty cool though, as it addresses 2 important needs: 1. Usability for Windows peeps to make the transistion, and 2. The ability to handle MS applications as if they were native and do so transparently to the user (which in turns opens up its application base drastically). Linux is cool as a toy, firewall, and file/utility server, but there is no reason for me to use it as a primary workstation (or any workstation) for the time being.

I was administering my both ADs using Terminal Server before, but now the new release is making administration much easier.

You can't (and shouldn't even if you could) delete either the administrator or guest accounts.

Is it me, or does it seem like APK has entirely too much free time on his hands...

For me, it fixed my text wiggling on the screen at 85Hz when in games. I seem to get that issue occasionally with some of the driver releases.

He got a new router since his other one was dying on him. It should be fine now.

Check the main page: www.ntcompatible.com

It was an ACPI function in Win2K for sure, and I think may have shown itself in Win98 and WinME. It was found in the "Power" control applet (or you could get to it from the screensaver selection tab and click the "Power..." button). I use the button to go into Standby mode myself.

Quote: Tom's not GOD, but he is a source, & one I use... I generally like his reviews. (I bet this makes Brian feel a bit better about his purchase, I know it would me knowing that benchmark driver optimization mudslinging ATI's competition or testers did is not affecting a thing, the board is still doing well in tests WITHOUT them!) * APK Tom is also desperate for some competition against nVidia, and has always been a fan of the DVD and general MPEG playback ability of ATI's products. They might have one set that works now, but let's see if they can keep up[censored] their drivers over the next 6 months, and see what they do when they update the product and/or release a new one.