In a computer that I rarely use, I changed the username (Admin /
Administrator ?) and passoword.  I know it is silly but I can't even
remember the new name of the admin user !!!
I can only connect as 'home' without password.

A number of our employees access our windows servers using either mapped
drives or UNC paths with vpn. I am somewhat concerned that accessing our
servers this way may pose a security risk as a number of viruses proliferate
through network shares.

The best practise for securing AD is to disable the administrator
acount. Clearly you will need in advance to have created a sufficient
number of other administrators so that you reduce the chance of
locking yourself out completely.

The Security Event Log for a my recently assigned W2K desktop has
an enormous amount  (30 to 50 per day, 24/7) of "Successfull" Security
Audits,.  USER Anonymous , no computer name, event id, catagory, or
desciption are given. My concern is I entered a multitude of new passwords

We are running Windows XP Pro and 2000 Pro on our computers.  I'm in the
process of learning Group Policies and how to create, manage, deploy and
troubleshoot them (AD is still on 2000 Server based)
My 2x questions are:

I encrypted a folder and copied it to another computer. Then I exported the
cert/key to the other computer. On that computer, I imported the cert/key
into the personal and trusted store for certificates. I am not able to read
the file in the folder.

I create a domain user EFSRecovery and apply Microsoft PSS ID 887414 for
create certificate for recovery.
Then, I add this certificate in default domain policy as EFS recovery agent
for domain.

I everybody.  I am trying to see the system configurations on a Windows 2000
OS that does not have a GUI, only a dos prompt.  Does anybody know a command
for this?  I also want to be able to see the last time a security patch has
been installed.

There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon
request - how to fix this error? i get it when trying to access a share one
hop away.
here is port scan from the machine i am using to try to access the share of

I am trying to delegate a helpdesk person to manage users accounts in
Activie Directory.  This includes creating, deleting, enabling, disabling,
reset/change password etc. of non administrator accounts.  However, the
helpdesk is only able to enable ids he created but not the ones ...

how can I setup my win2000 server to log events such as...
who's logon to the server
when they logon/logoff
what did they do

I want to put a share out that allows a set of people to write new files out
there but not allow anyone but the group owners to delete/modify.  If not
that, then allow a set of groups to upload files to but not delete, provide
read only on new files.  I know how to do it on unix, ...

I am running w2000 on my laptop.  It was part of a network at my workplace.  
The network has been shut down.  I am still being prompted by the computer to
login when I am at home.
I tried to set up a network at home between my two laptops.  I re-booted and

I am going to install trend micro. It protects against viruses and spyware.
Will this be compatible with defender? If not, how do I disable defender?
Also, If I use spybot and adaware(on demand) should I first disable my real
time spyware?

could you please guide  me about how to modify ACL for cd-rom and floppy?
thanks
Regards
Shoeb