Scanning inboud and outbound web traffic
You are looking for a data loss prevention solution. Check out this <a href=”http://lmgtfy.com/?q=data+loss+prevention”>data loss prevention Google search</a> for some ideas on this topic.
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| October 8, 2010 2:04 PM
Security in 2010, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server Security
You are looking for a data loss prevention solution. Check out this <a href=”http://lmgtfy.com/?q=data+loss+prevention”>data loss prevention Google search</a> for some ideas on this topic.
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| October 8, 2010 2:04 PM
Security in 2010, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server Security
Windows server 2000 with IIS keeps getting hacked
Any system attached to the internet should be fully hardened with latest available patches and fixes for <b>ALL</b> running applications. The firewall should permit <b>ONLY</b> the necessary access. Block ALL unneeded ports and permit ONLY the required ports. Since this system has been hacked, you have no real way of knowing if the system has [...]
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| October 7, 2010 2:42 PM
Exploits, Firewalls, IIS, Public IP, Security in 2010, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server Security
Any system attached to the internet should be fully hardened with latest available patches and fixes for <b>ALL</b> running applications. The firewall should permit <b>ONLY</b> the necessary access. Block ALL unneeded ports and permit ONLY the required ports. Since this system has been hacked, you have no real way of knowing if the system has [...]
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| October 7, 2010 2:42 PM
Exploits, Firewalls, IIS, Public IP, Security in 2010, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server Security
Active Directory integration
I would start with some good resources, namely MS. Start <a href=”http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782657(WS.10).aspx”>here</a>, this should get you started.
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| October 7, 2010 1:49 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Installation, Active Directory Integration, Network Configuration, Networking
I would start with some good resources, namely MS. Start <a href=”http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782657(WS.10).aspx”>here</a>, this should get you started.
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| October 7, 2010 1:49 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Installation, Active Directory Integration, Network Configuration, Networking
After Patch Installation Documentation / Checklist
If you use any sort of automated patch management tool to manage your estate they pretty much all have a reporting module to let you generate the stuff you want. Even WSUS in its latest guise will give some pretty good reports of this nature. On Non windows stuff you would need to look at [...]
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| October 7, 2010 11:20 AM
Patch management, SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, Windows Patch Management, Windows Security, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
If you use any sort of automated patch management tool to manage your estate they pretty much all have a reporting module to let you generate the stuff you want. Even WSUS in its latest guise will give some pretty good reports of this nature. On Non windows stuff you would need to look at [...]
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| October 7, 2010 11:20 AM
Patch management, SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, Windows Patch Management, Windows Security, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
How to prompt user regards to password policy requirement
When you create a GPO defining password requirements if a passworddoes not comply with the required values, Windows will notify the user what the requirements are.
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| October 6, 2010 1:57 PM
Active Directory, Password policy, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server Security
When you create a GPO defining password requirements if a passworddoes not comply with the required values, Windows will notify the user what the requirements are.
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| October 6, 2010 1:57 PM
Active Directory, Password policy, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server Security
Blocking password changes until audit is complete
IN Ad you have a tool for thah it tells you the lenght and how complex is the password.
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| October 6, 2010 8:50 AM
Audit and compliance, Password management, Password policies, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Group Policy
IN Ad you have a tool for thah it tells you the lenght and how complex is the password.
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| October 6, 2010 8:50 AM
Audit and compliance, Password management, Password policies, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Group Policy
Virtual memory setting in Windows server 2008
Right Click on My Computer and select Properties. In the newly opened window, on the left side click Advanced system settings. In the new window go to Advanced tab and under the Performance tab click Settings. In the new window go to Advanced and on the Virtual Memory click Change and after this uncheck Automatically [...]
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| October 6, 2010 7:30 AM
Virtual memory, Virtual Memory Management, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration
Right Click on My Computer and select Properties. In the newly opened window, on the left side click Advanced system settings. In the new window go to Advanced tab and under the Performance tab click Settings. In the new window go to Advanced and on the Virtual Memory click Change and after this uncheck Automatically [...]
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| October 6, 2010 7:30 AM
Virtual memory, Virtual Memory Management, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration
IT Book Giveaway: Oracle Solaris Cluster Essentials
Hi Melanie, I answered this http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/odd-network-printing-issue/#viewquestion
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| October 5, 2010 7:58 AM
Clustering, Contests, DHCP, Giveaways, IT answers, IT Books, Oracle, SQL Server 2008 R2, Veeam 4.0, Windows Server 2008
Hi Melanie, I answered this http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/odd-network-printing-issue/#viewquestion
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| October 5, 2010 7:58 AM
Clustering, Contests, DHCP, Giveaways, IT answers, IT Books, Oracle, SQL Server 2008 R2, Veeam 4.0, Windows Server 2008
Differences between Windows Versions on Server 2003?
Check US versus THEM’s site on <a href=”http://www.sbslinks.com/Us_v_them.htm”>Microsoft Small Business Server 2003</a> and Microsoft’s Technet for a <a href=”http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758523(WS.10).aspx”>Comparison of Windows Server 2003 Editions</a> SBS server contains Sharepoint, has limitations but is for small business as the name implies. Web Edition is also limited. When you look at the comparisons for 2008 server you will [...]
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| October 5, 2010 2:22 AM
Domain Controller, Small Business Server, Web Server, Windows domain management, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Web Server 2003
Check US versus THEM’s site on <a href=”http://www.sbslinks.com/Us_v_them.htm”>Microsoft Small Business Server 2003</a> and Microsoft’s Technet for a <a href=”http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758523(WS.10).aspx”>Comparison of Windows Server 2003 Editions</a> SBS server contains Sharepoint, has limitations but is for small business as the name implies. Web Edition is also limited. When you look at the comparisons for 2008 server you will [...]
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| October 5, 2010 2:22 AM
Domain Controller, Small Business Server, Web Server, Windows domain management, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Web Server 2003
Website for my co workers onto Windows Server 2008
is your website for internal use or external use?
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| October 5, 2010 1:54 AM
Internal Website, Web site design & management, Website accessibility, Website architecture, Windows Server 2008
is your website for internal use or external use?
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| October 5, 2010 1:54 AM
Internal Website, Web site design & management, Website accessibility, Website architecture, Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 network printing error
just a question, how much memory do you have on the pc? just to share this, last time there was 1 pc that my office had and only had 256mb of ram and its connected to a printer and everyone prints thru that pc by network and always will hit error due to the print [...]
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| October 5, 2010 1:44 AM
Domain Controller, Network printing, Windows domain management, Windows errors, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows XP Printing
just a question, how much memory do you have on the pc? just to share this, last time there was 1 pc that my office had and only had 256mb of ram and its connected to a printer and everyone prints thru that pc by network and always will hit error due to the print [...]
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| October 5, 2010 1:44 AM
Domain Controller, Network printing, Windows domain management, Windows errors, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows XP Printing
AS400 Netserver
Although it can be done with APIs, the easiest configuration of Netserver is done through iSeries Navigator. Drill down into your iNav connection into Network-> Servers-> TCP/IP. In the list of Servers, right-click iSeries Netserver and select Properties. The Properties are intended to tell Netserver how to become a part of your Windows domain (or [...]
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| October 4, 2010 11:37 PM
AS/400, CL Program, NetServer, Windows Server
Although it can be done with APIs, the easiest configuration of Netserver is done through iSeries Navigator. Drill down into your iNav connection into Network-> Servers-> TCP/IP. In the list of Servers, right-click iSeries Netserver and select Properties. The Properties are intended to tell Netserver how to become a part of your Windows domain (or [...]
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| October 4, 2010 11:37 PM
AS/400, CL Program, NetServer, Windows Server
Windows Server 2008 R2 server alerts
That depends on what you are running on the server, and what the normal baseline on the system is. If the system normally runs at 80% CPU load then setting a threshold of 75% CPU load would be useless.
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| October 4, 2010 2:52 PM
bottleneck, Security in 2010, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server Alert Service, Windows Server Security, Windows Server security compliance management
That depends on what you are running on the server, and what the normal baseline on the system is. If the system normally runs at 80% CPU load then setting a threshold of 75% CPU load would be useless.
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| October 4, 2010 2:52 PM
bottleneck, Security in 2010, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server Alert Service, Windows Server Security, Windows Server security compliance management
How to run 32 bit application to 64 bit server
32 bit apps will run on R2 servers. Windows does this with WoW64 (windows on windows). You don’t need to do anything special to enable this (not cure on core). There is also a separate space in the registry that holds 32 bit app registry settings. ================================ 32-bit applications can be run on the core [...]
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| October 2, 2010 6:07 PM
32-bit, Application Compatibility, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2
32 bit apps will run on R2 servers. Windows does this with WoW64 (windows on windows). You don’t need to do anything special to enable this (not cure on core). There is also a separate space in the registry that holds 32 bit app registry settings. ================================ 32-bit applications can be run on the core [...]
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| October 2, 2010 6:07 PM
32-bit, Application Compatibility, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2
Do I need my small business server?
If you want to keep the domain authentication piece then you will need to still use the server. Why not keep the server, it is already paid for, and shouldn’t be costing you anything other than power to keep it running. You could connect the printer to a PC, and share the printer that way, [...]
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| October 2, 2010 5:25 PM
Network, Network Configuration, Networking in 2010, SBS, Server, Small Business Server
If you want to keep the domain authentication piece then you will need to still use the server. Why not keep the server, it is already paid for, and shouldn’t be costing you anything other than power to keep it running. You could connect the printer to a PC, and share the printer that way, [...]
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| October 2, 2010 5:25 PM
Network, Network Configuration, Networking in 2010, SBS, Server, Small Business Server
Checking licensing on Windows Server 2003
You are not very specific in your question but here are a couple of links that might answer your questions. http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/client-access-license.aspx. http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-5126118.html
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| October 1, 2010 4:06 PM
Windows Licenses, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Licensing
You are not very specific in your question but here are a couple of links that might answer your questions. http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/client-access-license.aspx. http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-5126118.html
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| October 1, 2010 4:06 PM
Windows Licenses, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Licensing
Migrate XP users to terminal server accessed by thin clients
Microsoft has been generous with the elements of Terminal Services that it’s included in Windows XP Professional. Not only is there an improved Thin Client but there’s a Terminal Server in there as well called Remote Assistance. It will only host one Terminal Server session at once but, if your intended use is for remote [...]
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| October 1, 2010 11:00 AM
Terminal Server, Thin client, Windows, Windows 2003 Terminal Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 migration, Windows XP, Windows XP User Accounts
Microsoft has been generous with the elements of Terminal Services that it’s included in Windows XP Professional. Not only is there an improved Thin Client but there’s a Terminal Server in there as well called Remote Assistance. It will only host one Terminal Server session at once but, if your intended use is for remote [...]
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| October 1, 2010 11:00 AM
Terminal Server, Thin client, Windows, Windows 2003 Terminal Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 migration, Windows XP, Windows XP User Accounts
Testing DNS Server
To test name resolution use <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200525″>nslookup</a>. For clearing DNS cache use the command ipconfig /flushdns command at a command line. See <a href=”http://www.tech-faq.com/how-to-flush-dns.html”>this article for more information on DNS client caching on Windows systems</a>.
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| October 1, 2010 2:55 AM
Cache, DNS, DNS configuration, DNS errors, server testing, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003
To test name resolution use <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200525″>nslookup</a>. For clearing DNS cache use the command ipconfig /flushdns command at a command line. See <a href=”http://www.tech-faq.com/how-to-flush-dns.html”>this article for more information on DNS client caching on Windows systems</a>.
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| October 1, 2010 2:55 AM
Cache, DNS, DNS configuration, DNS errors, server testing, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003
Moving active directory from one server to another
Hi Andiandi, I think this guide covers it all: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555549 don’t worry about the IP, they don’t need to be same. If you’ve got some hard-coded links to the old ip-address you can add a A and/or CNAME -record to your DNS server
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| September 30, 2010 1:32 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, DNS, Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 migration
Hi Andiandi, I think this guide covers it all: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555549 don’t worry about the IP, they don’t need to be same. If you’ve got some hard-coded links to the old ip-address you can add a A and/or CNAME -record to your DNS server
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| September 30, 2010 1:32 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, DNS, Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 migration
Roaming profiles on Windows server 2008
1. The applications will have to be loaded on each PC the users wants to use. 2. Open Active Directory Users and computers. Then select the the user you wish to have roaming profiles. On the profile tab, fill in the user profile path. example – \fileserverprofiles$%username%
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| September 29, 2010 1:34 PM
Roaming Profiles, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server User Profiles
1. The applications will have to be loaded on each PC the users wants to use. 2. Open Active Directory Users and computers. Then select the the user you wish to have roaming profiles. On the profile tab, fill in the user profile path. example – \fileserverprofiles$%username%
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| September 29, 2010 1:34 PM
Roaming Profiles, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server User Profiles
