malware removal
my question, removal of malware in a xp lap top . malware appears to be a trojan horse. registry seems to be affected. what is the best resolve? thanks

Answer Question   |  January 30, 2012  11:33 PM
malware, Malware removal, Security, Trojan horses

General Access Error using Script on Domain PCs
I am running a VBscript through a GPO to change the Local Administrator password on all workstations in my domain. In order to test this, I did the following: I created a Test OU, and applied the GPO solely to that. I took a test box and moved it into the Test OU. Then I [...]

Answer Question   |  July 16, 2009  7:38 PM
Active Directory, changing local admin password, GPO, Group Policy, OU, VBScript

Prevent users from stopping services on workstations
Using GPO, how can I prevent users from stopping the Symantec AntiVirus service on workstations?

Answer Question   |  June 24, 2009  11:57 AM
GPO, Group Policy, User Permissions

How can I accomplish load balancing with redundancy?
I have two links with different ISP’s and both the (512Kbps) links are terminated on separate Cisco routers (2811). Currently, we are using one link. Another link is new. I want to do load sharing and redundancy between them. Right now I am not using BGP (routers are configured in simple manner). My client and [...]

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2008  6:53 PM
Access Control List, Cisco Routers, configuration, ISPs, Load balancing, Natting, Networking, OER, Redundancy, Routing

How do I route from the switch interface to the last machine?
If an interface of a Layer 3 switch is configured for network “A,” and three computers have connected in a serial manner to that port (what I mean is in a line) how do I route from the switch interface to the last machine?

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2008  6:38 PM
Layer 3, Networking, Routing, Switches, Switching

Assigning new user default password with php
I’ve written some php codes (see codes below) to add a new user in our Active Directory. I’ve attached the php codes below. It does actually add a new user and put in all the settings in attributes correctly. However, even though I’ve set the userpassword (I can see the attribute set in ldap), the [...]

Answer Question   |  April 4, 2008  11:42 AM
Active Directory, Default password, PHP, unicodePwd, userPassword

SAP – R3 – Carrier/Forwarding Agent Codes
In SAP R3 – to setup your transportation provider (I believe known as ‘forwarding agent’ in R3) codes – are the codes system generated or manually generated – or can they be either?

Answer Question   |  March 11, 2008  8:18 PM
carriers, codes, Forwarding agent, R/3, SAP

How to activate password change in OWA
Our company has over 600 Field Sales Reps that use Webmail. Password change is set to every 60 day’s. What is the step by step procedure to activate the Change PAssword feature in OWA?

Answer Question   |  March 16, 2008  4:06 PM
Exchange 2003, OWA, Password Change

cisco pix route traffic through 2 interfaces
Hi, I have a Cisco Pix which currently has an internal, dmz and outside interface. My outside is my default route, however I have now got another connection to the internet that I would like to route some outside bound traffic through. I can set up a static route to do this however will need [...]

Answer Question   |  March 11, 2008  3:48 PM
Cisco PIX, Firewalls, PIX

Blank password on server
Hi Is it possible to set up a group of users to have no passwords and all other have passwords that they have to change every 90 days, I can only do it for all users and not sure how to do exclude a group in AD, with have only 1 domain controller with XP [...]

Answer Question   |  March 22, 2008  1:30 AM
Active Directory, Group Policy, Password, Windows Server 2003

Locked out of Cisco Router – Password reset doesn’t work
do work for a local non-profit group. Apparently some prior network admin left under unhappy circumstances and did something to the cisco router(s) there. We had no password access, so I went through the password recovery/reset procedure. Everything seemed to be fine except for two little details: 1) The password change had no noticeable effect [...]

Answer Question   |  November 1, 2010  4:34 PM
Cisco, Cisco Routers, Network security, Password, Routers

Lost password recovery
Our small Windows 2k network uses Symantec A-V Corporate Edition; the password has been lost, therefore we are unable to do scans on network drives. Is there a utility that will recover such a password, or any other method of doing so?

Answer Question   |  March 30, 2010  1:51 PM
Antivirus, Password recovery, Security, Symantec

Windows Administartor problem recovery
how can i bypass the windows administator password?

Answer Question   |  May 16, 2012  1:24 PM
Password, Windows, Windows administration

restriction the number of remote connection session to servers……..!!???
Hi How can I restrict the number of remote connection session to servers!!!??? Really I wana set when the first connection was done the second one coildn’t connect!!?? and the second one couldn’t take the connection until the first one disconnected!!?? is there a way for this setting!!??? the os of the servers is win [...]

Answer Question   |  March 12, 2008  12:08 PM
Remote access, Remote management, Security

Can you perform a brick backup on Exchange 2007 using 2003 Server
We are in the process of setting up Exchange 2007. The CA BAB11.5 backup software we have does not have the capability to perform brick level backups on Exchange 2007. Is there any capability in 2003 Server to backup Exchange 2007 at the brick level or at alll?

Answer Question   |  April 23, 2008  1:03 PM
Backup, Brick-level backup, CA, Exchange 2007, Windows Server 2003

How to allow outside access to internal pc securely
Hi all, I need to allow an outside service engineer connect to a machine tool (PC attached) to run diagnostics on my network. What’s the best way to allow him temperorily access to this internal pc? This will probably only happen a few times a month, so access doesn’t have to be enabled permanently. I [...]

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2009  12:58 AM
Check Point, Firewalls, Network security, Networking, Switches, VLAN

domain configuration
Recently I have joined in acompany as a system administrator.Now I have to configure a Domain where the users will not get any permission to change their desktop settings and also will not be allowed to add/remove any program.How do I implement this through Group Policy ? Give me the detailed steps.And also how do [...]

Answer Question   |  March 7, 2008  8:58 AM
Domain management, Group Policy, Microsoft Management Console, MMC, Security

.Bat that extracts an specific regsitry key (SID) to a .txt or .reg file
Hello, how can i extract only the exact SID key from the registry with a .bat like this: ExtractSID.bat: REG QUERY HKU |Findstr /R “DEFAULT S-1-5-[0-9]*-[0-9-]*$” >> SID.txt With result on file SID.txt: HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT HKEY_USERSS-1-5-21-57989841-484763869-1957994488-1003 What i need on SID.txt: S-1-5-21-57989841-484763869-1957994488-1003

Answer Question   |  March 7, 2008  4:53 AM
Batch files, Registry, SID

Preventing a User from Accessing Confidential Files
I have a home network which is hooked up to a Cox DSL Router. The Cox DSL Router is then plugged into a Linksys Wireless Router by CAT5. Running off of the Linksys Router is a CAT5 going into 1 desktop in the same room. I also have a desktop (main computer) that connects via [...]

Answer Question   |  March 7, 2008  10:26 PM
Belkin, Deny Access, File Browsing, Linksys, Network Browsing, Prevent, Routers, Security, Wireless networking

Computer account not added to DNS record
From what I’ve read, when a Windows DNS client dynamically creates a DNS record for itself, its AD computer account is granted “Write” access to its DNS record, allowing the client to dynamically update it’s record in the future. For some reason in our environment several servers’ host records are missing the corresponding computer account [...]

Answer Question   |  March 28, 2008  4:22 PM
ACL, DNS, Event ID