Desktop security Questions

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Dimension 4700 thermal events prevention.
We have about 20 Dell Dimension 4700’s that occasionally get Thermal issues and shut down. Sometimes it can take up to 10 tries to get it to turn back on. The machines are not hot and the problems show up intermittently of about 20% of the computers. How can I fix or prevent this from [...]

Answer Question   |  September 20, 2010  6:11 PM
Dell, Desktop security, dimension, thermal event, Windows
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9,815 pts.

How to determine if desktop has been hacked?
How can I find out for sure that my computer is being hacked into? I have very good reason to believe that is what is happening. Some people who have no axcess to my e-mail know things that only the person I sent it to should know. I suspect someone who might have a motive?

Answer Question   |  June 9, 2012  4:02 AM
Desktop security, Email security, Enterprise Desktop, Hacked
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5 pts.

How to recover deleted history
I am afraid someone has been using my computer to view inappropriate websites. Is there some way to see what sites/pages/videos have been visited? The history and cookies have been deleted.

Answer Question   |  December 14, 2010  1:54 AM
Browser history, Desktop security, Enterprise Desktop, Web security
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10 pts.

Local Security for Vista Home Premium – Network Access
Hi there Vista Home Premium – I’ve been trying to configure the local security option for Network Access – sharing and security model for local accounts, to ‘Classic – local users authenticate as themselves’. This PC communicates with another where an account has been created ( user and password (windows authenticate)) and is needed to [...]

Answer Question   |  April 20, 2009  4:51 AM
Authentication, C#, Classic - Local users authenticate as themselves, Desktop security, Local security, Network access, SQL, User authentication, Vista Home premium, Windows Vista
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5 pts.

windows xp security tips
i am going to be storing a windows xp sp3 based tower for a period of months while travelling. while the tower will be relatively secure, i’m unfamiliar with newer password cracking techniques, as i’ve never had to implement them. all sensative data on the machine is encrypted using fips algorithms on ntfs drive. i [...]

Answer Question   |  September 7, 2008  12:52 PM
Desktop security, Windows Security, Windows XP, Windows XP Security
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15 pts.

IT Security
With all the talk about security certifications and working in IT security being hot right now and in the future, I was wondering if it would make more sense to try and get the Security + certification before trying to get another IT certification such as the MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator)? I’ve heard that [...]

Answer Question   |  June 18, 2008  2:47 PM
Application security, Career development, Career in Information Security, Careers in networking, Certification and specializations, Certifications, CISSP, CISSP certification, Desktop security, IT careers, MCSA, MCSE, Microsoft Windows, Network security, Networking, Networking certifications, Platform Security, Security, Security certifications, Security management, Security Program Management, Securitychannel, Staffing, Windows Security
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10 pts.

OWA using SelfSSL and Certificate Services removal
Hey there… I am curretly running Exchange 2003 on W2k3 member server. I installed Certificate Services and produced my own certificate and all works well with OWA. I recently found out that SelfSSL is available but not quite as robust, which would probably be good. I removed Cert services and was getting ready to install [...]

Answer Question   |  August 5, 2005  12:41 PM
Application security, Certificates, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Database, Desktop security, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, Exchange 2003, Instant Messaging, Internet Security Systems, Managed security services, Outlook, Outlook Mobile Access, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security management, Security products, Security Program Management, vulnerability management
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0 pts.

connecting the 5th and 7th floosr of a building
Hi, Everybody My network covers the 5 th floor of an office building, and now we expanding to the 7th floor (a half-dozen users. All the servers and telecom closet are on the 5th floor and I have to provide network services to the users on the 7th floor. I would like to have the [...]

Answer Question   |  May 24, 2012  2:25 AM
802.11 networking equipment, Cabling, Data center operations, DataCenter, DataManagement, Desktop security, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Gigabit ethernet, Hardware, Help Desk, Hubs, Information risk management, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Novell NDS, Routers, Security, Security management, Security products, Servers, Software Quality Assurance, Switches, Tech support, WAP, WEP, Wi-Fi Protected Access, Windows client administration and maintenance, Wired Equivalency Privacy, Wireless, Wireless Application Protocol, Wireless PC cards, Wireless routers, Wireless standards, WPA
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0 pts.

Hiding System Tray ICons
Hi Guys.. I want to know how do we remove/hide system tray icon without stopping the service. I have a monitoring software which appears in the system tray which i want to hide. I m using win xp prof . I dont want to hide it i want to remove the icon from the system [...]

Answer Question   |  July 6, 2005  9:24 AM
Cabling, DataCenter, Desktop security, Desktops, Development, FAT and NTFS, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Help Desk, Hubs, Installation, Intel PC hardware, Licensing, Network management software, Networking, Performance/Tuning, Policies, Power management, Registry, Remote management, Routers, Software distribution, Switches, Tech support, Thin clients, Third-party services, Vendor support, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP
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0 pts.

Active Dir. Web Based Password Reset Tool?
We run a native 2003 Active Directory. We have many remote users who have an AD account (without an Exchange account). Quite often we get emailed from users who are requesting password resets, or account unlocks (since we have a 5-try account lockout policy in effect on the domain). Obviously, given the size of our [...]

Answer Question   |  February 13, 2012  5:23 AM
Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Desktop security, Disaster Recovery, IT architecture, Networking, Policies, Risk management, Security, Security management, Security Program Management, Servers, Vendors, Windows, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
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0 pts.

Restricting Broswe capability in IE
A generic User account is used to run an application in an IE Browswer – I would like to remove the address bar so it can’t be used. I think its a Registry tweak – can it be done using a policy specific to that account in Active Domain? If so how? Thanks Cripdan

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2005  4:24 AM
DataCenter, Desktop security, Desktops, Hardware, Help Desk, Intel PC hardware, Policies, Power management, Registry, Remote management, Servers, Software distribution, Tech support, Thin clients, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP
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0 pts.

Stop Error (C000021a)
I am receiving this stop error(C000021a) “windows logon process system process terminated unexpectedly” with win 2000 server. Safe mode and Last Known Good Conf. works fine. Is there any solution without reformating the HDD? I have ERD with me. Will that help me? Any advise on this would be highly appreciated. Thanks

Answer Question   |  June 23, 2008  3:29 AM
Biometrics, Call Centers, CIO, Compliance, CRM, Customer relationship management applications, Data analysis, Data center operations, Data mining/analysis, Data warehousing applications, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktop security, Desktops, DHCP, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, DNS, E-mail applications, ERP, Exchange, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Help Desk, IBM, Identity & Access Management, Implementation, Information risk management, Installation, Intel, Intel PC hardware, IT architecture, LANDesk, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Networking Products, Networking services, Operating system platforms, PeopleSoft, Performance/Tuning, Physical security, Policies, Power management, provisioning, Registry, Risk management, Security, Security management, Security products, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, System utilities, Systems management software, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support, Vendors, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows client administration and maintenance
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10 pts.

AD in Win2K3 SBS – Group Policy Question
Win2K3 SBS network; several remote sites all connected via VPN (Cisco PIX); all is working fine now, TS for Corporate App, Exchange and Outlook 2K3 for email etc. WE tried to setup ISA 2004 at Corporate, but not knowing it well as well as time contraint is keeping us from the task of limiting and [...]

Answer Question   |  June 14, 2005  3:32 PM
Active Directory, DataCenter, Desktop security, DNS, Ethernet, Exchange, Exchange 2003, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Outlook, Policies, Servers, TCP, Tech support, Vendor support, Windows, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
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0 pts.

The ipconfig cmd is not working on my XP desktop operating system from the dos window.
hHello to all. I need to know how to get my ipconfig cmd to work. It has not been working for at least the last 6 months. I am wondering if I am missing a necessary file? Is there any other way I can test for my ip? Thank you in advance for any help [...]

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2011  8:40 AM
Desktop security, Desktops, FAT and NTFS, Hardware, Installation, IT architecture, Operating system platforms, Performance/Tuning, System utilities, Tech support, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows client administration and maintenance
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C:WINNTSYSTEM32SVCHOST.EXE svchost.exe-kwugroup, svchost.exe-k netsvcs, svchost.exe-k BITSgroup
Dear All I have some meory issues and rang system scan with Norton, checked spyware, checked taskmanager servives and then downloaded very good tool called The Ultimate troubleshooter etc and now needs some guidance as to a number of instances of svchost.exe etc which have an extension after the exe:- 11 services running with svchost.exe [...]

Answer Question   |  February 11, 2005  3:06 PM
DataCenter, Desktop security, Hardware, Security, Security management, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows client administration and maintenance
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orcing a limit for the internet temp folder in windows 2000
Hello all, Setup is as follows: Server is NT4, clients are windows 2000 I CANNOT spend any money. All my users log on do all work as normall and then go on the internet. Now all users default size for the internet’s temp folders is 596MB!! and the Pc’s will be used by 700+ Kids!! [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2005  9:49 AM
Desktop security, Desktops, Hardware, Policies, Registry, Tech support, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows client administration and maintenance
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Monitor Internet Bandwidth
Good day, we are using windows2000 smallbusiness server in our organisation with Exchange,Dns and Isa server configured. 1. I want to monitor the internet usage by the users. 2. I want to take a report on monthly or daily basis how much mb/gb utilised By Each User. Thanks for u’r reply in advance.

Answer Question   |  December 29, 2004  1:55 AM
Active Directory, Administration, Application management, Auditing, Availability, Backup, Backup & recovery, Bandwidth, Benchmarking, Bind, BroadVision, Business Objects, Call Centers, Clarify Inc., CLB, Client management, Clustering/High availability, Component Load Balancing, Content filtering, Corporate portal applications, Customer relationship management applications, Data analysis, Data center operations, Data mining/analysis, Data warehousing/Business intelligence, Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Datacenter Server, DB2 administration, Desktop security, Desktops, DHCP, Distributed File System, DNS, E-business, E-mail applications, ERP, Exchange, Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Exchange 5.5, Exchange Server ActiveSync, FAT and NTFS, Fault isolation, Firewalls, General Directories, Graphical User Interfaces, Handheld, Hardware, Help Desk, Information risk management, Integration/Connectivity, Intel servers, IT architecture, Knowledge management applications, Licensing, Lotus Domino, Mail protocols, Maintenance, Major Vendors, Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, Netscape Mail, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network requirements, Network testing, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Office Applications, Operating system platforms, Operating systems, Outlook, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance management, Performance/Tuning, Planning, Policies, POP3, Protocol analysis, Remote management, Reporting, ROI & cost justification, Routers, S/MIME, Security, Security management, Security products, Sendmail, Server consolidation, Server management, Server-based/Thin-client computing, Servers, Services, Software, Software distribution, Software Quality Assurance, Spam, Storage, System monitoring, System utilities, Tech support, Technical support, Third-party services, Vendor support, Virus protection, Web services, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows on Intel, Windows Server 2003
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What’s your experience with Microsoft tech support?
I’m doing some research on the effectiveness of Microsoft’s technical support, possibly for an article on SearchWindowsSecurity.com. Our site readers continually need help troubleshooting Windows security dilemmas. Some seem to find what they need on Microsoft’s Web pages, and others don’t get enough technical detail (i.e. steps for fixing a specific problem). Do you have [...]

Answer Question   |  November 3, 2004  3:10 PM
configuration, Desktop security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Security, vulnerability management, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows Server 2003, Windows tools/WSRM, Windows XP
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Alternate way to stop Oracle Services on Win 2K Server-2
Our database server is a Machine running Windows 2K Server. We make our backups stopping the Oracle Service and then copying the files to other location (and then to tape), but in order to do this, the user loged in on the server must be an administrator, and this is a problem, because the backup [...]

Answer Question   |  August 2, 2004  2:25 PM
configuration, Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Desktop security, Hardware, Oracle, Oracle 8i, Oracle Application Server, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Security, Servers, Software distribution, Standard Edition, vulnerability management, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows client administration and maintenance
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63,535 pts.

Alternate way to stop Oracle Services on Win 2K Server
Our database server is a Machine running Windows 2K Server. We make our backups stopping the Oracle Service and then copying the files to other location (and then to tape), but in order to do this, the user loged in on the server must be an administrator, and this is a problem, because the backup [...]

Answer Question   |  August 5, 2004  1:16 PM
Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Desktop security, Hardware, Oracle, Oracle 8i, Oracle Application Server, Policies, Security, Servers, Software distribution, Standard Edition, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows client administration and maintenance
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63,535 pts.

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