dear friends,
I am stuck with the following question and was wondering if anybody could
give me some help:
Problem) When a user does not have both the "Write Attributes" and "Write

just out of curiosity, my server's security eventlog is full of
events such as
User Logoff:
    User Name:    MYMACHINE$

After a careful migration of our old domain into our parent company's
domain and the restructuring of our directories on our file server, I'm
running into a number of file permission problems. Despite having gone
through every folder and applied very specific permissions to each ...

       I need a API's function that I send the username and password and
return TRUE or FALSE, if this username exists in the windows domain.
       Is it possible?
       Sorry for my english.

using MDT to setup a deployment system, which uses Windows PE
(vista/server2008 version, 2.1 I think) to partition (diskpart.exe) and
format (format.com) the system drive.
at the end of an install of server 2003 I noticed that the permissions on

Migrating several large volumes from Novell to Microsoft and I've run into
some issues applying security rights. We have a script that turns the
volumes_trustee file into a set of icacls.exe commands. Trouble is when
setting a permissions on a folder that is high up in a ...

I see both these groups listed on security tab of properties of c: drive...
Authenticated Users has 'Modify' ( which of course includes all the items
below it in the list) and Users has 'Read & Execute', 'List Folder
Contents', and 'Read'.

Since Windows 2003 Standard CA does not support the creation of
Certificate Templates. I would like to ask if its possible to change the
validity time from the issued certificates?
I found a description through the registry, but this does not work for

I am running an OCE plotter,and need to scan to the server. In order for me
to do this I need to disable:
1. Microsoft Network Server: Digitally sign communications (always) to disable
2. Microsoft network Server: Digitally sign communications (if client

Am I correct in thinking that if I set 'Deny Delete' on files and
folders, it not only stops users from deleting them, but also from
renaming and modifying them?
I have a situation with a client who deals with a lot of insurance

I got the following Problem with our CA:
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SYMPTOMS
When a user tries to request a certificate from the certification

   In windows 2003 server, while opening Active directory user and
computer in Administrative tools.
It shows an error message "Access is denied".give me a solution to
rectify this problem.

I want to change the SID of a user on windows Vista to match with that
of a user on windows XP or vice-a-versa(the systems are installed on the
same computer/laptop as dual boot).
Is there a tool that will allow me to change the SID of a user?

i wants to do something with my local CA
how can i assign my local CA certificate to be able to do Credit card
transactions.
thank you

I have setup a windows 2003 CA server. I noticed the certificates being
issued (both client and server certs for iis) are valid for a period of 1
year. How can I change this to 2 years or more?
TIA!