I would be grateful if someone could advise how I could allow access to our
domain from an external site.
We are on SBS 2003 Std with NAT / Basic Firewall, but are unable to even
ping the server public address from the remote site.

I am trying to create folder with permissions, My normal routine when
setting up a new share is to.
1)Share the folder, Then access the share permissions, Then add the
authenticated users group and grant that group full control. Then I’ll remove

I get an Access Denied error from any PC in my workgroup trying to access a
share on one XPSP2 pro system. This XP system was removed from a secure
domain. Windows Firewall claims some settings are controlled by group policy.
How can I reset the security settings to the workgroup ...

Some Rolex Replica spam emails sent to me have my email address showing in
email-received-list SENDER field.  Many more, in the SENDER field, show my
email address with a small variation such as an added number or an added
letter or a few different letters.  Some of these emails ...

In many responses to postings, reference is made to 'hijackthis'.  What is
meant by this?  Thanks.

I would like configure Windows Firewall to restrict access to a certain port
to a couple of IP ranges. I see that I can set the scope for an IP or a list
of IPs. How can I set it for a couple of ranges of IPs?
(Reason: Our hosted web server allows connection with RDP. I've already ...

I got the complaint that our VPN device to do a port scan on the another
public IP
such as
DoS portscan VPN device public IP,4500 -> internet user's public,

There are <not defined> for some security settings in the Benchmark,
e.g., Shutdown: Clear Virtual Memory Pagefile, instead of disabled or
enabled.
What does <not defined> mean? What happens if this "<not defined>"

several years ago i password protected a word document and have since
forgotten what the password is. i would like to reopen that document, but
don't have any money to buy software to do it. i don't remember the version
of word i was using when i did this, but i recently ...

I was just informed that there have been atleast 2 different people reading
my personal emails from my hotmail account.  I had used that computer before
and I guess I didn't log out.  Is it legal to continue to read my emails
months later?

My campus is in a WinXP environment.  We have about 2000 computers on our
campus and all of them are running various versions of Windows Defender and
Microsoft Anti-Spyware.  We need to remove all versions of the software from
our campus because of software conflicts and errors ...

I want to prevent a user from accessing the fileshare if they come from an
unauthorized machine.
As of now, if Joe User brings in his personal laptop and plugs it into the
network, and tries to access a Windows 2003 file share, it prompts them for

I've read some content that indicated that a Smart Card Logon certificate
could not be used for 802.1x Authentication with the 802.1X Windows Client.  
Is this restriction still true or is this outdated information ?   This is a
tough restriction for something like a PIV Card, ...

I am trying to create folder with permissions, such that, all current and
future contents of the folder will allow for read-only access to all members
of the Users group, and allow full control to the Administrators group.
Here's a simplified version of my setup (running on ...

I have a Windows 2003 AD network with XP clients.  Are my network connections
encrypted? My Logons?