so far i set up server 2000 & 2003 & 2008  without firewall enabled.
now i wish to have control
but i find there are many ports to open.
i am afriad if i miss some ports to make server problem.

I have a w2003 standalone root ca ( 2 enterprise issuing ca's) I want
to renew the root ca to extend the validity period from 5 to 10 years.
I have configured the CAPolicy.inf file similar to below:
[Version]

I am trying to migrate my old Windows 2000 Server to Windows 2008
Server. There are a boatload of new features in 2008 and that's even a
departure from some of my 2003 boxes. Currently I am hitting a
roadblock that appears to be permissions-related. Here are two

We are seeing errors similar to the following on our domain controllers for
all of our Windows 2008 (x86 and x64) servers:
Pre-authentication failed:
User Name: SERVERNAME$

We are preparing to upgrade our 2003 domain environment to 2008 and are
trying to get an idea on certain applications, services and roles which will
need to be upgraded. Currently, we are using a 2003 member server as an
enterprise CA. We use this for PEAP authentication w/ IAS ...

We're running a W2K3 Active Directory environment.  We have a problem with
user's AD accounts getting locked out unexpectedly.  An examination of the
domain controller security event logs shows nothing like any bad password
attempts leading up to the lockout.  We did find a ...

I am sure that this question has been asked thousands of times, but I would
like to re-ask it.  I believe I know that share permissions apply to a
share, and that NTFS permissions apply to files and folders.
When I look at the Properties for a share, why do I even see the NTFS

Hello to everybody,
  We have in our infrastrustrure windows 2003 SP2 boxes and for security
  reasons we're thinking of removing the local group "USERS" from C:\ .
  We don't want "Authenticated Users" because of their membership in

we want to know how to configure a shared folder so that only the creators
of a file can delete it.
ex
all teachers put there exam in a folder named "exam"

I'm using windows server 2008 R2. I'm using it for learning purpose in my
PC.
I've  listed some problem I'm experiencing. Please tell me whether it is a
virus attack or is someone trying to hack my system.

Are there any good, free antivirus solutions that will run on Windows 2008
server?
/MRW

Good morning
I have an issue with some of my users getting Read Only access to files on
the file server.  I have allowed them full control in the Sharing tab.  If
the open a file the title bar shows {Read Only], but will allow then to use

We are trying to manage certificates wich are allocated in the Active
Directory from any computer.
We can access the certificate, but when trying to sign with it, the system
shows the message:

We need to have ordinary users the ability to share folders on there local
drives
i am looking for a way to achieve this granular settings without giving more
extra security option equivalent to Power user.

Could someone point me to documentation on the procedure for renewing the CA
cert for an issuing CA?  I've searched google and Microsoft and can't find
this procedure.
Our PKI infrastructure includes an offline root CA, two issuing CAs and a