WSUS 3.0 Patch Tuesday. After microsoft releases the patches how do I know when our WSUS server is updated
I have a windows xp system that has been locked down completely with local policies. I can not get to anything like the Run command control panel etc... Is there anyway that I can bypass these...
My mouse goes off sometimes, and sometimes windows are out of control - i cannot open window by clicking on explorer bar. And everytime this happens, I do a netstat -aon and i find that my col...
Add user to view encrypted files.
I have an encrypted folder/subfolders/files, I would like to add a user in order to be able to view files.
in the Details of an encrypted file I can see...
Does anybody know of a good and prefereably free software that could extract failed login attempts in a security event log on a Windows 2003 server to a CSV file?
Basically what the deal is...
I have a new employee that was hired back who has administrative knowlege of computers and Networking. They are not authorized to have access to the server or the active directory. What steps ...
i am doing our SAS70 requirements and i need to chnage the permissions on AT.exe and other EXE's in the folder. the guide wants me to put in the administrators group. when i try i only get the...
Hello, I am trying to create an IPSec tunnel between two Windows 2003 Servers one inside my network and one across the internet. Both computers have static IP addresses. Does the tunnel endpoi...
We have 10 Servers and around 300 systems. In Day to day operation we have been facing so many issues created by virus. We already installed McAfee and being updated. i think it cannot automat...
i have a sbs2003 domain with about 25 users. xp pro on all pcs and one vista home premium desktop machine.
i had a user who does not even use vista home getting locked out of the sbs2003 w...
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I am trying to understand and define what determines the User definition in the following NT Event ID:
Event Type: Success Audit
Event Source: Security
Event Categor...
I'm in a precarious position. I'm trying to implement a password policy where users set and change their own passwords every 90 days. I have everything set up and it works, BUT my boss (the VP...
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Hope someone can clarify. I am running sophos enterprise console on an application server, trying to connect it to the datastore on our SQL server.
I have created a user acco...
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Many website, including this one, permit an email address as the user id (fred@something.com). Is there a configuration setting in AD which would permit our users to use their email addre...
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We have a file server on windows 2003 ... and many problems on ACL ( Inherit, owner..)
I spend many hours on testing differents way to manage by scripts ACL, with icacls cacls, an...
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In our domain, we have two screensaver polcies set which affect all users. "Password protect the screensaver - Enabled" and "Screen saver timeout - 600"
This policy applies to 99% of our...
I have a user that had FULL ACCESS to the security on a folder, now they removed all permissions, even for them self...
How can I force the folder to have local and/or global Admin right ad...
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on a XP SP3 machine attached to a domain sbs 2003
i went to windows firewall and it do not allow expections is ticked and greyed out so i cant change it
at the top it says a secur...
How to protect the repertories of the directors and to restrict the rights of the administrators networks on those?
Hello all! I'm actually asking this question for a friend. He recently broke up with his ex girlfriend and she told him she did something to his computer so that he cant access Myspace... and ...
I have an OU with only Computer Objects.
I created a group with a subset of the computer objects as members.
I create a group policy with ONLY the newly created group listed in security filt...
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I have browsed many threats regarding this issue. In most cases, the questions being asked are about (client-server) networked workstations. This is NOT my case. Here is my situation...
I have heard that people have the ability to get the administrator username by pulling the SID off of the server, using applications such as user2sid. I want to take some precautions on my ...
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I was given a requirement to see if the Windows 2008 Active Directory's Certificate Services could be used to secure machine level access to a domain.
Normally, such authenti...
We are running two DHCP servers on our network one with a range of:
10.10.10.50-100 and another server with a range of: 10.10.10.120-10.10.10.170
We have staff that need static IP's on thei...
