IT Tech Assistant/No Admin Rights
I have hired a new IT support person, and I wanted to give him access to restart services ex: Print services, in my absense which occasionally needs resetting. Is their a way to give someone strict access to only restart services?
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| July 14, 2005 2:52 PM
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Certificates
I am pretty new to the 2003 Microsoft world, but I am NT 4 MCSE. My setup: 2 W2K3 DC’s 1 Exchange 2K3 member server 1 W2K3 member server–web server about 60 users–single domain some of my users want to use Outlook Web Access to get their mail from home (approx. 10-15) Everything is set [...]
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| July 5, 2005 11:45 AM
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0 pts.
Printer problem plz help
having a printer ,connected to a LAN but it not being a net work print just it’s connected to one of the hosts on the net work and it’s shared ,then the problem with its is that at anytime it prints by it self ,and it prints some sort of code in the head of [...]
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| June 24, 2005 7:25 AM
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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 [...]
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| February 13, 2012 5:23 AM
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Windows Server 2003,
Windows XP
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SYSVOL Sharing across network concern
Good morning to all. First off, let me thank everyone for their past help and support I have received from this search2000 group. I have a concern about a folder being shared across my network called SYSVOL. I know it is related to the Domain controller and maybe for scripts that have been added. In [...]
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| June 7, 2005 9:51 AM
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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
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| June 23, 2008 3:29 AM
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10 pts.
ping from outside
hi, could you please tell me which command in cisco routers prevent them from being ping from outside networks. and also how can i prevent terminals inside a network to ping outside ips(group policies etc??). thanks
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| May 17, 2005 12:51 AM
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Vulnerability Assessment & Audit
0 pts.
Resticting Members of BuiltinAdministrator to just be able to create Domain Trust
In windows 2000/2003, Can we restrict a BuiltinAdministrators member to have just enough rights so that he/she can only create/delete domain Trust. The requirement that we have is to be programmatically create trust with all the domains in a given forest. The other part of the requirement is to maintain the created trusts (i.e. recreate [...]
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| May 11, 2005 7:09 PM
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Data vs. perimeter vs. network security
A short time ago, author Wes Noonan wrote some tips for SearchWindowsSecurity.com about <a href=http://searchwindowssecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid45_gci1007026,00.html>deperimeterization</a>. He explained how security is always pitted against business needs, and perimeters have become porous because businesses require traffic from SMTP, HTTP or VPNs to pass through the firewall. He then offered techniques for keeping data safe in spite of [...]
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| May 4, 2005 4:36 PM
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worms
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Stuck with WEP – will increasing key lengths help harden WLAN?
I have potential security issues on my wireless LAN because my equipment is older and I can?t use WPA. I’m worried that my data is vulnerable. If I increase my WEP key length from 40 to 128 or greater, will this help?
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| May 4, 2005 7:15 AM
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225 pts.
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Is Windows security an afterthought?
As the editor of SearchWindowsSecurity.com, I often speak with users about their Windows security responsibilities. One senior systems analyst in particular sent me an interesting note recently… To give you some background, he’s in charge of configuring and administering desktop systems (primarily Win2000 and XP)for a large company, and he developed many of the security [...]
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| April 21, 2005 3:00 PM
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Found Trojan.ByteVerify on my computer
Hi All, Symantec recently discovered Trojan.ByteVerify on my computer. I run system checks weekly and am always cautious about the e-mails I open, the web sites I go to and what I click on, so I was pretty surprised to find I had a Trojan. It was quarantined and removed, but I’m worried about what [...]
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| June 24, 2010 10:20 AM
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worms
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Internet Explorer vs. Firefox
Hello, I’m the Assistant Editor on SearchWindowsSecurity.com. I’m looking to start a discussion about what browser people are using and why. Also, is anyone considering switching from IE to Firefox, or are your plans to stay with IE? Here’s some food for thought… As of Feb. 2005, an estimated 35 million users had switched from [...]
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| June 29, 2012 2:14 PM
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Safe user sandbox?
*This question is from a SearchWindowsSecurity.com reader: I’m in a position to redesign our IT systems (network, servers, PCs, software, etc.) this summer, and I am undecided on which path to take. I’d like to disconnect our systems from the Internet so that we don’t have to deal with all of the garbage that comes [...]
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| April 13, 2005 2:15 PM
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I’ve been hacked — I think….
I’m an IT administrator with a little over 500 end users, running Windows 2000 and XP. One of our users is experiencing a problem with her Internet connection suddenly dropping for no apparent reason. When she restarts her computer, everything works fine for awhile, but then the connection drops again. The funny thing is, she’s [...]
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| August 2, 2009 9:52 AM
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How did I get a virus on my computer?
Do you hear that question or something similar too often? We’re taking an informal survery on SearchSecurity.com to find out what the most common security-related user questions are. Results will be compiled into a question and answer tip that you will be able to post or handout to your users. What are the top 5 [...]
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| April 15, 2005 6:07 PM
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Single sign-on,
Spyware,
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Vulnerability Assessment & Audit,
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ID Theft and National Security
If it turns out, as I believe, that enemies of the United States are behind a lot of the major ID thefts in the US, that would mean that a lot of money is going to our enemies. Can we therefore surmise that those who mishandle our identity information, by means of their poor stewardship [...]
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| September 21, 2010 10:35 PM
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standards,
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Vulnerability Assessment & Audit
75 pts.
Front-End Reporting Tools for Secure Web Service Application with MS-SQL server-2
Hi… We are a Cdn Govt agency involved in Satellite Operations with a commercial partner based across the country. We will need to build/buy a small secure web service application for reporting purposes that will require minimal IT experise to build or maintain, and will deliver maximum performance in terms of response time and data [...]
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| March 7, 2005 10:03 AM
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E-business,
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Microsoft Office,
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Security Program Management,
Servers,
SQL Server
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Front-End Reporting Tools for Secure Web Service Application with MS-SQL server
Hi… We are a Cdn Govt agency involved in Satellite Operations with a commercial partner based across the country. We will need to build/buy a small web service application for reporting purposes that will require minimal IT experise to build or maintain. The back end RDBMS engine is built with MS SQL server and will [...]
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| March 2, 2005 9:49 AM
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Microsoft Office,
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Security Program Management,
Servers,
SQL Server
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