I have a user account that if have frequency lockout due to the
password error but I can't identify which process cause it fail. Would
you mind to give me some hints that I can identify which process cause fail?
From event log just have this information, I just know it was

   I would like to know why does the Folder ACL windows append a \ in front
of a group name starting with a #.
   I know that a # as the first character in an LDAP query is against the
syntax, but the previous admin have create the group with this character

I would like to know how I can obtain the password when I enable
"Store Passwords Using Reversible Encryption"
Just where is the password stored and how can I access it?
Thanks

I have set up a W2K3 Ent server with AD and I can log on with a laptop I
setup.
I have logged on with a user that is part of the administrators group,
but I am unable to change the time on the laptop, or do other features

Im looking for a windows secure ftp program.  Any thing stand out ?
thanks
cr

I have two question on the windows firewall that comes with sp1 on the 2003
server.
Is there any way to add range of TCP or UDP ports in the exceptions of
windows firewall, instead of adding one port at time.  As some system use

On our W2K3 Terminal Services system we had an event yesterday where all use
profiles had their entire folder hierarchies' Hidden attributes set.  We
haven't been able to identify a cause yet.  Anyone aware of something that
would do this?  Any know viruses with this behavior?  ...

Under Windows 2000, a batch file or VB program can use environment variables
UserName and UserDomain to get informal credentials of the current logged on
user.    Under Windows 2003, these environment variables do not appear to
exist.   What is the approved method for obtaining this ...

We're trying to use Win2K server autoenroll feature to autoissue machine
certs to machines which join the domain when the user auths. This works;
however, what is happening is the machine cert/key are being stored in the
computer cert store, thus the end-user is unable to access ...

Can someone please tell me how I can setup the process of allowing my help
desk users to view event viewer logs on a server?  I need them to be able to
see event viewer for radius logs on a IAS server.  Any ideas are
appreciated.

I am looking to setup IPSEC policies between windows machines that
require certificate authentication.  This works pretty easily if you
are using a Microsoft Certificate Authority.  However, I am not.  I've
been trying to generate PKCS#10 requests with the certreq utility to

NOTE:  This post was incorrectly posted under "Access Security" previously.  
I misinterpreted the topic as resource access, not MS Access database
product...oh well!....
I am new to networking.  I recently built a small AD-integrated DNS domain

how can i disable ip address from trying to connect on my windows server
2003. Now in events i can see that he is tring various account names but
till now always Failure Audit. (i hope i will find solution till he find
one).

On my 2003 machine I have a bunch of Events 680 with unknown accounts.
Is there a way to block these attempted hacks? Don't want them to have
the ability to try and guess an account and password.How do you secure
your server against these?

Released May 28 was an unofficial security advisory entitled "Remote Desktop
Protocol, the Good the Bad and the Ugly" By Massimiliano Montoro.  This has
me very concerned about my setup.  Is this a valid issue?? I've found no
advisoried from Microsoft or any other security site, ...