Windows 2000/2003 Security

Changed domain on a laptop, now can't login.

Petestrash - 7 Jan 2006 8:04 AM - 12 messages

Hi, I'm in over my head. My friend wanted some large files copied to his laptop, and we thought that hooking it up to my home network was the easiest way to do this. The Laptop runs W2k and my home PC's run XP pro. ...

MS06-001

Susan - 6 Jan 2006 4:47 PM - 3 messages

Is anyone experiencing problems with this patch? We've tested it on a few Windows 2000 computers and is seems to hose Office. After applying the patch, and rebooting, if you open any Office document, it will launch, open a ...

auditing logons - someone please clear this #@#$! up.

djc - 6 Jan 2006 2:42 PM - 4 messages

Well, in theory I understand the difference between logon/logoff and account logon/logoff. I have read about it in books and have studied the subject from practice test questions for MS certifications. I can honestly tell you I can get every question right and still be completely confused when I look ...

Hash rules on Windows 2000 wont work

mailvinod - 6 Jan 2006 10:55 AM - 2 messages

Hi I created a GPO to block windows games on my network, I used hash rule to deny access to games even if users change the path or rename the exe file. This works well on XP pcs but doesnt work on ...

Hacker having fun with my FTP.

Andrew - 5 Jan 2006 10:43 PM - 3 messages

Hello, We have an FTP site which we run and until recently it was restricted only to specified IP addresses via firewall, however, over the past week I removed those restrictions temporarily to troubleshoot a connectivity issue. During this time, it seems that a hacker has created some folders in our ...

Remembered Credentials...

mene - 5 Jan 2006 10:26 PM - 3 messages

When I connect to a computer by typing \\computername in the run dialog or from a console, Windows will sometimes ask me for credentials to the remote resource. Once I have supplied them, it is remembered until the system is ...

Permissions & Restricted Access

Dave - 5 Jan 2006 8:01 PM - 5 messages

I own a small business. I have 6 PCs all running Windows 2000 Professional. 4 are desktops & 2 are laptops. I have one account on each machine with admin privileges. The other accounts on all ...

Disable unused accounts automatically

KnappAdmin - 5 Jan 2006 6:49 PM - 2 messages

How can I perform an audit in Active Directory and disable any unused accounts after a set period of time of inactivity. ...

warnings whils surfing

Why Doesnt This Work? - 5 Jan 2006 5:47 PM - 5 messages

I've been getting a lot of alerts warnings about "your registry file is damaged" when I surf the net and directing me to sites like regfixit. (I've not followed their "advice"!) I've tracked the problem down to the fact that I was surfing with ...

Location of Win2K Service Packs

c5blownstroker - 5 Jan 2006 5:10 PM - 4 messages

Where are the service packs located for Windows 2000 Server? I am only able to locate and/or find ones for Win2K3. Keith ...

Help: PERFMON4 from XP to 2000, different domains...

FB - 5 Jan 2006 3:43 PM - 3 messages

using PERFMON4 I am trying to read counters from a 2000 Server but I can't because I am logged on XP as admin of domain1 while 2000 is part of domain2... there's trust relationship between domain1 and domain2, both ways... ...

Recording bad password attempt

GarryK - 5 Jan 2006 9:00 AM - 2 messages

HI, I have a windows2000 professional client on an NT4 domain. Should bad logon password attempts be recorded on the NT domain controller or locally on the 2000 client? Thanks, ...

how to monitor what website users access

Tung Dang - 5 Jan 2006 1:24 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I was wondering how to monitor of what website users access and what time they turn On & Off their computer. Thanks ...

Viewability of shared folders ?

Bob - 2 Jan 2006 2:38 PM - 18 messages

1. Is there some way to set permissions so that shared folders are not visible to USERS without (any) permissions to them when browsing the network? 2. Is there some way to set permissions so that shared folders are not ...

Directory security - what's needed for USER priv's?

Bob - 2 Jan 2006 2:30 PM - 2 messages

Need some advice on setting permissions.... I want to let USERS on a win2003 server access a folder on a non-system hard drive. However, I don't want them to have access to anything else on the drive, just that particular folder. The ...

recovering password from another w2k on the same computer

aa - 1 Jan 2006 9:26 AM - 10 messages

I have forgotten the admin password (the only account set on this installation) on w2k Pro. I have another w2k Pro installed on another partition on the same computer. Is there a way to recover the password from that second w2k installation? ...