Does any vendor make a product that will once a day change passwords for
designated local accounts on each Windows computer, and then store those
passwords encrypted in a central database so an administrator can retrieve
them if needed in an emergency?      I want a way to prevent ...

This seems too easy, but I can't seem to get it.
Our users log into a domain on our WAN.  We have file servers at some
larger locations for file and printer sharing, but at one smaller
location I have two users who desperately need to share files, so I had

Does anyone know how to reset the policy settings back to the default out of
the box settings?  We had a "power user" decide he needed to update his stand
alone server with member server updates.  Now everyone is locked out and
unable to log in.  I can map a drive to the box and ...

I 've created home folder , for my domain users . They have full control
permission on their home folders (Z: drives) , but one day they told me they
can't change z: drive permissions.
thnx

I need to write a service and a configuration program for windows 2000
and windows 2003 servers that can use a digital certificate for client
authentication (for https transactions). In desktop environment, I
would expect the end-user to have installed the client certificate in

Single Windows Server 2003.  All workstations are Windows XP SP2.
I'm trying to restrict access to the shared files on the Server to computers
that are members of the Domain and so far it isn't working out too well.
Basically, we are allowing people to bring in laptop computers and ...

I'm new to certificates and trying to use a certificate with IAS for PEAP
authentication. I have generated a certificate with my local CA. But how do
I get it to IAS. I found a KB note that says if I get an error "A
certificate could not be found" that I should follow the steps.

   When we add a new device drive (like a USB, or new HD)  in either
Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server, where does default permissions came from?
   Is it possible to to customize Security Policy with custom permissions
for on *any* new storage device attached?

I set all of our users as the members of local user group. My question is
how can I let them have the permission to share the files and folders on
their laptop/desktop. I don't want them have more permission than the user
group has.

I am currently hardening windows 2003 server SP1 O.S according to
"windows
server 2003 security guide" (version 2.1).
I noticed that there are some "MSS:" registry values that do not exist

My network has 2003 domain controller, pl help me configure group policy so
that my users cannot share there local drives. In short disabling sharing tab
in client systems.

I have a 2003 Server domain controller and XP workstations.  I am trying to
audit when domain users log on and off the domain for the day, however,
certain users are not logging off but simply locking the workstation at the
end of the day and unlocking it the next day.  These ...

Is it possible to stop users from using usb memory sticks on certain
pc's. Want to do this for trying to stop certain theft of data and also
enforce the use of shares files by the network and shared folders rules.
XP NTFS

Is there anyway to turn off Windows 2003's obnoxious prompt for "why did
your system reboot"?  I need to have our servers boot and login as
administrator to run some third party applications.  We lock the screen
after login so the security concern of someone getting to the ...

One of my users, a developer, keeps getting his account locked out, but I
don't see anything in the domain controller security event log that helps me
figure out why it's being locked.
He changed his password this morning, so maybe he has a service that uses