Windows 2000/2003 Security

Establish auditing for 600 users

Oscar - 9 Apr 2005 5:41 AM - 4 messages

I'm using a File Storage Srvrv based on W2000, is there a MS tool or third party where can I establish file audit for 600 users, because do it in manual way will be a lot of job. Thanks, ...

Sniffer information to track LSASS activity.

Bill-MT - 8 Apr 2005 9:35 PM - 8 messages

I have a W2K DC which is showing unusual LSASS cpu activity. I had previously posted this request to the w2k.network group and it was suggested that the DC in question likely was infected by a worm. I do not believe this to be true ...

RPC server is unavailable

Scott Elgram - 8 Apr 2005 4:03 PM - 6 messages

Hello, I have recently been experiencing a problem on many of the computers on my network. All these affected systems are having trouble logging off. From what I have been able to find out I believe that this problem is some ...

folder permission

frank - 8 Apr 2005 3:51 PM - 2 messages

I have one user who for some strange reason dediced to remove administartor on her folder and she made a mistake remove administartor and herself. I not sure how she did this but now I can not change the permission even as the the ...

ISA Sets

mwebb - 8 Apr 2005 3:01 PM - 2 messages

I am having trouble understanding the difference between an ISA "Destination" Set and a ISA "Client Address" set. Any understandable explanations would be appreciated. ...

VPN to Windows Network with ACE/SecurID

gjb - 8 Apr 2005 7:42 AM - 2 messages

Hi, Apologies that this is not strictly a Windows question, but I am sure someone here must have done this and can help. I am about to implement a remote access solution which involves broadband users accessing our internal Windows network via internet VPN. The ...

Security patches update failed

DavidH - 7 Apr 2005 10:47 PM - 3 messages

Windows 2000 box with Exchange 2000 would not update 8 security patches from the windows update site. I called Microsoft support, they told me that they corresponds throught email. I gave them my info, it's been 8 weeks and I ...

Global Groups to Local Groups

ruben_andina - 7 Apr 2005 4:51 PM - 3 messages

hi. can you please provide me a command line to add global groups from active directory to local groups in the computers? We have a domanin contoler with the active directoy using Windows 2000 and the client computer are using Windows XP Professional. ...

Password Policy - Effective Settings

Murali.A - 7 Apr 2005 10:47 AM - 2 messages

Hi All, I have two W2k servers and they are configured to my Domain server. Server 1: I am able to change the Security Settings - > Password Policy -> "Password must meet complexity requirement" property value. At this time if I see the ...

Disk Full Prompt While save from A Applications from Remote

ML - 7 Apr 2005 7:49 AM - 6 messages

Hi, I'm facing this wierd problems. I have a single simple Windows 2000 domain setup in my network. I have this problem when I try to save a application like say Office .doc files from a client to a shared folder on a server ...

NTFS and Shared Permissions

matthewpascucci - 7 Apr 2005 3:07 AM - 4 messages

I have a few questions about NTFS permissions and share that I hope someone can help me with. I know that NTFS permissions are applied to both remote and local users and that shared permissions are only applied to remote users. When and why would you apply NTFS permissions ...

Missing event 538

Rich Sidella - 7 Apr 2005 12:17 AM - 4 messages

I have a windows 2000 machnie (sp4 with all windows updates). I see the 528 event for when a user logs on but I'm not seeing a matching 538 for the logoff. I have tried several hotfixes listed on various sites and still no ...

Security template crashed apps

C Hall - 6 Apr 2005 7:25 PM - 5 messages

Hi all, I was in the process of implementing the W2K Hardening templates on some workstations, but ran into some problems with third party apps. I got a variety of errors, one app in particular needs to be able to connect to the ...

how to disable "new > shortcut"

Silly - 6 Apr 2005 4:41 PM - 4 messages

i'd like to know how to disable the creation of new shortcut in the context menu when you do a right click > new > folder/shortcut. thanks! ...

Windows 2000 Patches (MBSA)

Coby Pennington - 6 Apr 2005 3:39 PM - 2 messages

We install patches using SMS. Most patches install and are reported as being correctly installed. However MBSA will show some patches as missing. If you review the registry and Add/Remove Programs you will see the missing patch. ...

Active Directory - Domain groups - How to get the names and right of users contains in groups ???

Mathew - 6 Apr 2005 8:41 AM - 3 messages

Hello, I have some shared folders on a serveur. Some of the users of thoses folders are regrouped on Domain group names. For ex : CTD ( which contain users nana.john, daniel.mon, Chris.talloy etc...) How can I get (export) the users list form thoses groups ? ...

Windows 2003 Remove Schema Changes

Gabe Matteson - 5 Apr 2005 8:49 PM - 4 messages

I've read a few things on the internet about removing schema changes and that windows 2003 supports this? Is this true? if so, are there any good links out there about it? Thanks. ...

VLAN's & DMZ's

roberto - 5 Apr 2005 6:34 PM - 6 messages

I understand that it is considered a less than 'best practice' to use a few ports in a VLAN-able switch matrix to "logically" isolate a DMZ from the private network. The better practice is to "physically" isolate the DMZ by putting it on a completely separate piece of switch ...

help with setting up File Access Rights in Windows 2003

iceghost - 5 Apr 2005 6:23 PM - 3 messages

I am new to Windows 2003 Server and I am trying to set up a simple directory structure to allow a small workgroup to access data based on their group. I come from a Novell background and I can do all the ...

How to edit an AD Users Password Age

Fred Yarbrough - 5 Apr 2005 4:38 PM - 5 messages

I am needing to test our Exchange OWA server and how it handles a user who's password is almost expired. Supposedly at 14 days until expiration, OWA will notify the user that they need to change their password. I figure that ...

Unknown Password.

pgilbert11 - 5 Apr 2005 8:49 AM - 9 messages

I have recentally taken over a small network at work and have no knowledge of any passwords. The systems are all set up without passwords except the server. There are four machines that were set up to access the server i assume by ...

Need to replace/renew SSL cert and change OU in IIS 5.0

krlucas - 4 Apr 2005 9:15 PM - 2 messages

Hi, Our company name has changed and now one of our SSL certs is up for renewal. I'd like to renew or replace the current certificate and change the OU (Organizational Unit) that is listed on the certificate. ...

Shutdown/Removed Power User rights from desktop

Cindy - 4 Apr 2005 7:31 PM - 7 messages

I have removed users from the power user group and now they belong to the Domain User group on the desktops. Now they have to logoff before the shutdown option is available. Where do I change this setting back to allow a ...

Print Global Groups as a list?

Stephanie - 4 Apr 2005 4:57 PM - 2 messages

Hi all - I would really love to print a list of certain Global Groups with Descriptions from active directory. Does anyone know a way to do this? Is there a Dos command I can use? ...

sql - backupexec - Exchange 2000

Jack5403 - 4 Apr 2005 2:09 PM - 2 messages

I have a W2K server that runs Exchange 2000. It is a stand alone server. Users authenticate to Active directory to get access to their email boxes, but users do not log into the domain. When I installed BackupExec (as well as BackupExec for Exchange), it also ...

Expired Password within Windows 2000

Zinzan - 4 Apr 2005 1:59 PM - 6 messages

I have a friend who updated his PC from Windows 98 to Windows 2000 a few years ago. HE has religiously amended his password every six weeks as the system request him to do. He had been informed that his password would ...

Can't boot into safe mode

Susan - 4 Apr 2005 12:57 PM - 2 messages

I have to run all my spyware scans in regular mode because I can't boot into safe mode. It gets to the point where the screen says "safe mode" in all four corners, but then hangs. Does anyone have any idea what the problem ...

recovery agent

arian - 4 Apr 2005 9:03 AM - 3 messages

hi, I need useful information about Recovery Agent(for example,How I can use a certificate when choosing a user as a recovery agent). I also would like to know how I can use recovery agent in a single computer. ...

SVCHOST showing 100% CPU utilization while running RPCSS

svchostvictim - 4 Apr 2005 5:07 AM - 2 messages

Hi I m using windows 2000 professional with SP4. I have already apllied all the security patches which are available till date. but still SVCHOSTis using 100% CPU utilization while running RPCSS. do someone help me out on this? ...