Windows 2000/2003 Security

Disabling auto-logon or forcing password entry at startup

hp3k - 27 Aug 2005 4:27 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I'm a newbie to the W2K system. I recently bought a used W2k system and am not familiar with what I need to do. When the OS starts it is in a auto-logon mode for a user other than Administrator and when it completes the ...

Domian local group versus Domain admin group

Darren - 27 Aug 2005 3:38 PM - 4 messages

what are the diffrences amoung groups Domain Local and Domain Admin.. Thanks Darren ...

find what folders a user has rights to.

Christopher S. Lamarsh - 26 Aug 2005 6:49 PM - 2 messages

I am using active directory in a windows 2000 domain. I am looking for a way to search my file server to find what shared folders and files a particular user has access to. Does anyone know an easier way to do this other than ...

Black Safe Mode Screen

ej0c - 26 Aug 2005 5:08 PM - 4 messages

Hey, a good friday afternoon. __ Today's patient hangs on a normal boot, and will boot in safe mode only as far as the black safe mode screen. I can bring up task manager - all looks of - but that is it. ...

Account locked out for no reason...........maybe!

andrew.pennynospam - 26 Aug 2005 3:52 PM - 3 messages

Hello all! I hope this is in the right place!! we run a sbs2000 enviroment with a mix of win XP and win2000 PCs. When a XP user logs onto a Win 2000 PC and then trys to sign in to IIS ...

services.exe' terminated unexpectedly with status code 128

AL - 25 Aug 2005 1:37 PM - 2 messages

Hello, could someone please help me with the following problem: Whenever I go to the internet, after about 5-7 minutes, I get the following message The system process 'C:\\WINNT\system32\services.exe' terminated unexpectedly with status code 128. The system will now shut down and restart. ...

Enable port 3389

iice - 25 Aug 2005 9:39 AM - 2 messages

Please some one tell me how to allow communications to pass through port 3389 in ISA Server 2000. Also how should I create a protocol definition and how should I create a rule to access through VPN? ...

Remote Desktop Connection does not encrypt with ipsec

Rex Kremer - 25 Aug 2005 8:18 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I would like to encrypt the rdc connection for terminal services with an ipsec connection to make it more secure. I have set up a Policy on the terminal server (request security) with an ip filter my ip adress -> to any ...

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PKI. Why not standard edition

barabba72 - 24 Aug 2005 8:19 PM - 3 messages

It seems I need to use 2K3 Ent Ed in order to run an enteprise pki. Why is Std Ed not recommended ? I couldn't find any more details about this. Thank you ...

Windows 2000 security vulnerability solution

Neil - 24 Aug 2005 7:10 PM - 3 messages

Hi, We ran a security vulnerability test on our servers using nessus tool. We could not find solution for several vulnerabilities that were found. I just would like to know what would be the solution for the vulnerabilities which we found. ...

External trust question

Darren - 24 Aug 2005 6:46 PM - 2 messages

Hi, All I have successfully established a two-way external trust (2) separate forest. (Win2003 Forest and Win2000 forest). In addition I have added my domain admin account from the Win2003 Forest to the local builtin administrator group on the Win2000 Forest however when I ...

Remove MS AntiSpyware or Add Exception

Johan - 24 Aug 2005 4:06 PM - 3 messages

We are migrating our domain this weekend to a new name, and we have an issue where there are around 200 workstations with MS AntiSpyware installed. The problem is that it appears that it blocks the agent from migrating the ...

Advantage of VPN

Lara - 24 Aug 2005 2:19 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I need to connect SQL server to a remote machine. We got 2 options either to connect it thru a firewall ( allowing only our server ip and the specific PORT) or VPN. Can anyone tell me which is the better one ? What are the adv ...

EFS and Certificate Services

Rschraeger - 24 Aug 2005 1:11 PM - 8 messages

Ok I'm hopping that this is a bug in the software but in reality its realy bugging me. I created a Enterprise Root CA with a Enterprise Subordinate CA for issuing EFS certificates. The Root CA is offline. The client, a 2000 pro machine, ...

Folder Permissions

David - 24 Aug 2005 1:30 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I would like to enable everyone on our network full control to all files on our Fileserver but not permission to delete folders and subfolders. This is to allow them to work with all single files but prevent them ...

Remove multiple SID's?

Joe Davis, MCSE - 23 Aug 2005 4:11 PM - 2 messages

I have a network that is riddled with Shares that have SID's which point to non-existing accounts on their ACL's. Does anyone have a script that will remove these or does anyone know of a tool that will do it for me? ...

administrator rights for computer

Sher - 23 Aug 2005 2:02 PM - 6 messages

Hi all, I have a normal user who logs on to a 2003 server network which has group policies set. I have a program that requires administrator rights to the workstation in order to run. If I assign adminstrator rights to the domain user at the workstation level ...

Disabling Interactive Login

-KK- - 22 Aug 2005 11:29 PM - 7 messages

We've been working on an in-house application that works through an portal. Users who log-in through this portal use LDAP to authenticate through Active Directory. Is is possible to make these logins disabled from being able to ...

Win2K Pro Local Admin Password lost

Ash Ridley - 22 Aug 2005 6:37 PM - 4 messages

Apologies for the cross-post, not sure where this should really be. I have a problem and I'd like to know what my options are. Today I had to install a new domain controller on a site, unfortunately the ...

winfix 2005 and winsoftware

john jewell - 22 Aug 2005 1:01 PM - 2 messages

I am using Windows 2000 professional and would like to know if a programme called Winfix 2005 and associated Winsoftware is legitimate and if it is is it OK to be used with Windows 2000. ...

Windows 2003 Enterprise CA in a Windows 2000 AD

phil - 22 Aug 2005 9:26 AM - 4 messages

I am looking to deploy a Windows 2003 Enterprise CA but we are still running a windows 2000 active directory infrastructure. According to:- [link] This is possible but I am struggling to find any detailed information ...

Windows 2000 startup password

mahendra - 21 Aug 2005 7:23 PM - 6 messages

How can I configure windows 2000 professional so as to ask for password while starting before the logon screen? ...