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Dell Inspiron 8600 XP Pro
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EVENT LOG
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Event Type: Success Audit
Event Source: Security
Event Category: Account Management
Event ID: 627
Date: 9/24/2003
Time: 6:53:20 ...
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Hi - using psexec to run a program locally under an admin context, this is driven via an encoded VB script. Reason I need to do this is the program that is running is patched on the fly by the...
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i have a problem accessing administrative shares on Windows XP machine. When I try to open \\comp\c$ i get window asking for user name/password, but even if i enter correct ones i st...
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A friend asked me a good one that I didn't have an answer to, so I thought I'd post here and see if I can learn something new.
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Running an app on a Server 2003 box and the following security error starting appearing after the server was made a DC.
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I'm seeing recurring success audits in the security logs on our DC from a number of computers on our network.
The reason i'm curious about this is because a number of them happen out ...
Windows 2003 Server, not running SP1.
When navigating to Security Options under Local Computer Policy>Windows Settings>Security Settings>Local Policies, I get the following, "The Group Poli...
