I have been searching all over Microsoft's web
site.  I give up.  Does anyone know where to find
the spec's on the firewall that comes with SBS 2003
server?  (The one that won't install, unless you

is there a command to stop the shutdown in 2000 machines from happening like
the one you can you use in xp (shutdown -a)?

I am having trouble installing IE7.
Install failed on not being able to update
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\giffile\shell\ddeexec\topic.
However, using REGEDIT via ANY account on the computer including the

I have an HP Pavillion ze2115us Notebook PC. I've been trying to download
this security update all day. I tells me  Installation Failure Error Code:
0x80070017. I have searched all the forums and I can't find anything about
this update. Please help!

Can anyone help me with a version of the SP2 windows 2000 installation that
does NOT require access to internet during the installation.
I need this Service pack to install my internet connection and therefore
need a stand alone installation.

My company is going to distribute their own S/MIME certs instead of
paying for Verisign certs every year.  We would like to put a Root CA
in our network and Sub CA in our DMZ.  We would like the Sub CA to be
the CA that gives out certs.  My understanding is that certificates

I am not able to hide the windows 2003 server from the browser list with this
command
net config server /hidden:yes or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters

Would like to know
1) how to hide the computer from network browse list  -
Prevent a potential attacker inside the firewall from generating a list of
available network resources

Hi, There,
I modified the Windows drive NFTS setting for security reason and remove
everyone from read/write the folder. Later on I found some problem caused due
to the change of NTFS Permission.

During a recent security audit Q301625 showed as a missing vulnerability on a
fully patched Win 2k SP4 server.  In reviewing the Microsoft site I found the
latest this patch was available for was Win 2k sp3. Does it have to be
applied to SP4 or is it rolled up in SP4?

Our environment is 2000 AD with XP Pro sp2 & 2000 pro clients.
We want to encrypt the XP sp2 laptops issued to our mobile users.
I have created group policies to redirect the user’s My Documents folder to
a file share on a server and also created the offline settings to encrypt

I have just completed a virgin install of Windows 2000 Server/ Isa
Server/Exchange Server 2000 with all relevant updates/patches applied.
Installation and updates proceeded without error however I am now getting the
following error logged about once every five minutes.