Does anyone know what the difference is between these 3 security
templates that come with Windows 2000:
basicwk.inf (or basicsv.inf)
defltwk.inf (or defltsv.inf)

Clients in a child domain cannot request certificates from the issuing
CA which is located in the root domain.
I get the error The wizard cannot be started because of one or more of
the following conditions:

I'm writing an open source application that uses the Firebird embedded
database. Firebird doesn't have database encryption, and embedded Firebird
doesn't have real password security for the database. So, right away, I
understand that the database itself is not secure - if someone ...

I have a trojan I am fighting that replicates by establishing a null
connection to IPC$ on any member server that has File & Printer Sharing
enabled.   It then repeatedly tries to invoke one of several buffer
overloads in order to execute code in the SYSTEM context of the targeted

Assume users are on On XP:  
Suppose a document file (either a PDF file or TXT file) is sent by email
from one company to another using a secure method to encrypt the file
such as using WinZip with AES.

This I feel really stupid asking but here it is.  I have set up a 2003
certificate Auth for the simple task of generating certificates for a
security device.  The device generates the Begin and End certificate request.
I have the CA read this and it generates a certificate.  The ...

We are planning for a new domain and Cert. Services placement question
appeared.
What are pros and cons about placing it on a DC (Windows 2003 Server R2)?
Can't find much info on this in MS whitepapers etc.

I know that this should be able to be done, but I can't find
any documentation on how to do it.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks.

Due to a permissions issue  my new certificate services deployment
didn't work as planned. All of my DC's autoenrolled but the certifiate
couldn't be published to the child domains. I believe the permissions
issue is now sorted, do I need to do anything to publish the existing

I just started using AVG anti virus.  How often is it updated?  I only
installed it yesterday and today there was an update.  I know it's
irregular.
As much as I hated Norton AV, it wouldn't display something when

My daily scan just stopped running. I can do a manual scan with no problem.
I check the Task Scheduler service and it's running. I checked the Windows
Defender service and it's running. I tried changing the scan time and that
didn't work. The only thing I didn't do was remove ...

 I have a client that just install a accounting software, and
everybody in the company have to use it but the manager wants to block
access to the datafiles that are .DBF and could be open with excel
which is largely used in the office, so i managed to block access to

I have a program that is hooking onto explorer, so when that application is
executed it first executes some kind of installer then brings up explorer.
Is this done through anything in the registry and if yes which paths?

Hi, I was downloading updates from Microsoft links, I have Windows XP and 13
downloads fialed, all 2003 programmes with the letters KB then numbers.  What
went wrong?

PLEASE HELP ME...MY EX BOYFRIEND HAS SOMEHOW HOOKED UP WITH HIS
WIRELESS.........THE COPS WERE EVEN LOOKING FOR A MAN RUNNING WITH A LAPTOP
FROM THE EMPTY HOUSE NEXTDOOR & RIGHT AFTER MY DAUGHTER SAID THAT SHE JUST
RETURN BACK TO OUR COMP & THE COMPUTER SHUTDOWN AS IF SHE WERE ...