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USB Flash Drives Not Installing On XP

Hello All! I've been noticing recently that certain USB drives have not been installing automatically to windows XP pro. I'm working on one right now and have not found a solution to it yet. A user needs to install a Sandisk Cruzer Mini USB Drive to her machine which uses XP Pro. Instead of...

View Answer   |  Jul 26 2006  8:57 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by thecheyguy

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Passwords

Hi all, What do you recommend for initial password issue, that is, provided a new user with a password for the first time without compromising it. I find the entire help desk giving password initially or sysadmins doing that is not save enough even though the user will be prompted to change it at...

View Answer   |  Jul 4 2006  8:11 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by bangim

  0 pts.

Port 1894

Hi, Our port scanner has detected '1894' as an open port. We know 1894 is an 'O2Server' port. Could you please throw some light on the port '1894'? Thanks kbs

View Answer   |  Jun 27 2006  8:02 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by hellokbs

  0 pts.

Laptop Security...

Hi, I am the head of my department and by the nature of the job I hold some confidential information on my laptop. How do I ensure that 1. Nobody can access any files on my laptop from the LAN or the internet (not even sys admins) 2. If somebody tries to access, can I find out /trace who it is or...

View Answer   |  Jun 24 2006  9:31 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by blackmagic

  0 pts.

strange processes showing up in the task list some random numbers.TMP

I suspect I have some trojan downloader? I keep finding strange processes showing up in the task list. These are some random numbers and letters with a .TMP extension? They cause my internet connection to either run very slow or in most cases it stops the connection to the internet. When I kill...

View Answer   |  Jun 15 2006  10:28 PM GMT
Tech support, Servers, Interoperability
asked by BigDInfla

  0 pts.

Local LAN Vulnerabilities and Open Ports NAT

QUESTION: How someone would go about exploiting a vulnerability within a LAN sitting behind a router running NAT/NAPT...where would you start? Hacking the open port? Routing Tables? Accessing remote administration on the modem? (disable NAT)?? bah... MY SYSTEM/SETUP: I have 1 XP SP2 Machine...

View Answer   |  May 24 2006  7:43 PM GMT
Tech support, Networking, Network security
asked by ladrick

  0 pts.

Network Resource Allocation cum Planning cum Technical Problem

This is the real commercial problem face by my company. Well, the reason I ask this problem is I salute and respect all of you as I believe all of you are as good as network solution company out there, or even better!! Lets me rephrase the entire problem again. Company expand so fast that the...

View Answer   |  May 15 2006  10:17 AM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by hunkgym

  5 pts.

Design NEW network cum NEW IT infrastructure-2

Company expand so fast that the IT infrastructure is not fast enough to cater high volume of traffic; the initial design is not scalable. The number of new branch offices setup caused the company pay a high price in the leased line communication. Salesman and management staffs dial into company...

View Answer   |  May 14 2006  8:21 AM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by hunkgym

  5 pts.

Design NEW network cum NEW IT infrastructure

Company expand so fast that the IT infrastructure is not fast enough to cater high volume of traffic; the initial design is not scalable. The number of new branch offices setup caused the company pay a high price in the leased line communication. Salesman and management staffs dial into company...

View Answer   |  May 14 2006  7:54 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Networking, Network security
asked by hunkgym

  5 pts.

What is SSI injection

I recently read an article that mentioned SSI injection. I'm aware of SQL injection, but not SSI. Can anyone explain what it is and what should be done to protect against it? Thanks

View Answer   |  May 4 2006  3:31 PM GMT
Servers, Current threats, Viruses
asked by Coder627

  0 pts.

Cross-site scripting attacks

I'm looking for advice on cross-site scripting. What can these attacks do and what can I do to protect Web sites/applications against them? Are there any resources you recommend? Thanks

View Answer   |  Apr 27 2006  2:54 PM GMT
Servers, Current threats, Viruses
asked by Kit123

  0 pts.

route mail with fax service in sbs 2003

i have a sbs 2003 on my network and i configure him to get all the fax of my company, the only problem is that when i configure him to route all the incoming fax to some mail it does not seem to work, i check the event log and i get error 32083 and with this massage: Unable to route fax...

View Answer   |  Apr 26 2006  3:30 PM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Networking, Ethernet
asked by drorbenyosef

  5 pts.

Laptop Security (Remotely)

Hi, I am an Information Security Consultant. We want to monitor all activities done by Laptop Users when they are working offline. Can somebody suggest a tool which can push all logs on server while a user is working offline. We have banned USB sticks in our office and also all email activity is...

View Answer   |  Apr 12 2006  7:20 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Hardware, Network security
asked by Tarang

  0 pts.

Connection Management

Hello, I am working on a project that we have a deployed a Personal Firewall product on laptop users. The Personal Firewall allows us to define a server based access profile or FW rules for each type of connection and IP range. ie. Ethernet, WLAN etc. The issue is this personal FW activates BOTH...

View Answer   |  Mar 27 2006  4:14 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network management software, Security
asked by mkimonos

  0 pts.

Folder Security

We have a folder containing lots of confidential docs that supposedly accessible to all employees that should have read permission only. They should not be able to Print/Copy/SaveAs/E-Mail and do other docs stuff. Our IT staff had made the folder read only though people could still re-save the...

View Answer   |  Mar 21 2006  6:54 PM GMT
Networking, Security, Servers
asked by ALVXSE87

  0 pts.

Explanation & remedy for Web-based Attack

Fully Patched fresh Windows 2003 with PLESK 7.5.6 Compromised again in 30 minutes after a CLEAN rebuild here is How attack occurs ========================== first we observe service.dll Nadeware.msi in system32 folder and a clone of srv-u FTP had run. then we observe an account named help added...

View Answer   |  Mar 7 2006  12:28 AM GMT
Network security, Firewalls, Intrusion management
asked by aalborz

  0 pts.

Blocking music on internet connection

Hi all, I have some internet users who listen to online radio stations. I have asked them not to do it, as I feel like it probably uses up a fair amount of bandwidth. Is this correct, or does it use very little? Also, other than purchasing and installing software, is there a way to block music?...

View Answer   |  Feb 27 2006  4:46 PM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by TheVyrys

  0 pts.

Blocking Music on Internet connection

Hi all, I have some internet users who listen to online radio stations. I have asked them not to do it, as I feel like it probably uses up a fair amount of bandwidth. Is this correct, or does is use very little? Also, other than purchasing and installing software, is there a way to block music?...

View Answer   |  Feb 27 2006  4:45 PM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by TheVyrys

  0 pts.

Penetration Testing Career

Hi Friends I want an advice from you guys. I have work exp in Web Developement and Quality Assurance. But my interest lies in security and penetration testing. Could you guys guide me where to start from. If there is any good material which can help me doing the same or some site where I can...

View Answer   |  Feb 8 2006  3:58 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by DrDevil

  0 pts.

Virus scanning the iSeries IFS

Do you know of any products that will allow me to scan my IFS for viruses? If so, are you using the product(s) and are you satisfied with their performance? THANKS! for your help.

View Answer   |  Feb 7 2006  7:22 AM GMT
Disaster Recovery, Network security, Firewalls
asked by CMHIT1

  0 pts.

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