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    - broser highjacking my browser has been highjacked from this address mk:@MSITStore:C:\WINDOWS\start.chm::/spplain.html any ideas Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50628
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    - Windows XP re-activation This may not be the right newsgroup to post to but it seems the most appropriate. I added a hard disk to my PC today, now Windows XP says it needs to be activated (again). Unfortunately, when I attempt to activate on-line a message appears basically saying that local scripting needs to be enabled first, the message fails to describe how to do this. Any ideas? Thanks. Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50624
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    - can not get rid of program I downloaded the Hotbar onto my computer. Big mistake. Now every time I try to take it out of my programs the computer add/remove control panel locks up. I have to restart my computer just to get off my screen. I need it off. What can I do. Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50608
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    - help with Zone alarm kicking me off sorry I forgot to put a subject :-) I keep getting kicked off on outlook express- WIN xp & dial-up/I use ZA free version (new to Z.A).Here is the message: the tcp/ip terminated the internet connection 224 overview info:account-MSnews.Microsoft.com server:MSnews.Microsoft.com protocol:NNTB port:119 secure SSL:0 error # 224 800cccof So........then I reconnect and then its fine (sometimes) If I get off line then on line again, it happens over & over again Ive posted before but get no response. help if you can- I thank you Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50607
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    - Missing emails after latest security updates I noticed a post from Bill Bradley describing Remote Desktop issues after installing the MS04-011 thru MS04-014 patches. I just received an email stating that after the installtion of the MS04-011 thru MS04-014 patches, the user can no longer see any emails sent to him from the day he installed the updates (including the one I sent with the links to install them). I assume this was caused by the MS04-013 Outlook Express patch. Has anyone seen this occur? Better yet, has Microsoft released any info on issues that occur after the installtion of these patches? Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50604
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    - spying? 1.) I am using Windows ME. And, does creating a logon password helps protect my computer? 2.) How do i determine if someone is spying on my computer? is netstat a way? 3.) If netstat is a way. How do i use netstat and to determine whether or not i am being spied? 4.) If i am being spied or easily hacked, how do i protect myself? someone please reply . Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50594
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    - how are they getting into my machine? in the event viewer i see this every time i log onto the net: the user User Name successfully established a connection to The Internet (1) using the device IRDA12-1 under explanation or the click to find an answer, it says this: The user %1 successfully established a connection to %2 using the device %3. anyone understand that?? zone alarm, just put in (pro) is blocking 200 attempts a day. when i shut off za, i have norton also. it shows about 10 attempts every session. looking deep into the users, there is NO "user name" showing as an 'account' only the default names are there. what's the darn deal here? please help Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50589
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    - Security update is from "Windows update" page I have been trying to install the update patch (823559)for a few weeks now. Every time I get on the Microsoft website to update 98SE, I get an advisory to install this security patch which I do each time. Apparently it is not being installed. Any suggestions? Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50588
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    - 135 Hey all, I've been researching and am having difficulty finding out how to unbind the remote procedure call service from port 135. I'm beggining to wonder if it's possible. I messed around with my system configurations a while ago and discovered that rpc 135 was closed from netstat. I don't know what I did, but it worked at the time. Now I can't seem to find a way to do this. Please help me. Thank you. With appreciation, Terry Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50585
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    - Effects of Port Blocking on Apps Hi, I am considering blocking certain ports on my workstation that are well known to be used by viruses. For example I could block 2283 which the W32/Dumaru.ad virus listens on. I don't expect to be running any servers on this port However, some programs like Internet Explorer, occasionally use this port to go outbound From what I can tell, Internet Explorer, Outlook, MMC, and other apps seem to just tr ascending ports and if they can't connect on 2283, they'll connect on 2284. Is that true? Also, will blocking 2283 or other non-registered ports (i.e. i am not talking about port 80) for all communications have bad effects on any Windows/Microsoft programs Thanks Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50581
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    - Effects of Port-Blocking on Applications Hi, I am considering blocking certain ports on my workstation that are well known to be used by viruses. For example I could block 2283 which the W32/Dumaru.ad virus listens on. I don't expect to be running any servers on this port However, some programs like Internet Explorer, occasionally use this port to go outbound From what I can tell, Internet Explorer, Outlook, MMC, and other apps seem to just tr ascending ports and if they can't connect on 2283, they'll connect on 2284. Is that true? Also, will blocking 2283 or other non-registered ports (i.e. i am not talking about port 80) for all communications have bad effects on any Windows/Microsoft programs Thanks Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50580
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    - firewalls I am thinking of installing a firewall such as zonealarm ..should I switch off the in built firewall thats with XP or is XP's firewall suffienient .................. Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50571
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    - belgian.com removal Hi, I got some trojan from belgian.com and it pops up ads randomly. I think it also killed my Windows Media Player. I have tried Spybot Search and Destroy and it doesn't remove it. Any advice would help. Thanks in advance. -Manny Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50570
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    - microsoft email of patch i keep receiving an email from microsoft advising me this is an april 2004 cumulative patch for security update is this safe to open it has attachments but i'm not 100% its a valid email as i was told microsoft don't email patches. please advise Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50565
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    - Help with Possible Virus/Trojan? My Win98se machine has started to act very strange during the last week. I have the Microsoft Office Toolbar on the top of my Desktop which includes shortcuts to MSWord, Notepad, Windows Explorer, etc. When I try to use the MS Word shortcut icon on the Office Toolbar, Sygate Personal Firewall tell me that "Microsoft Word For Windows is trying to connect to crl.verisign.com (64.94.110.12) using remote port 80.....". I instruct Sygate not to allow the connection, then everything slows down and it takes a long time for Word to load. When it finally does load, everything has slowed down and it takes forever to Open files, Save files, etc.. I have never gotten this warning from Sygate before and why would activating Word from a shortcut on the Office Toolbar, cause it to try to connect to the internet? I get the same Sygate message when I try to launch Windows Explorer from the Tool Bar. Sounds like some kind of Virus/Trojan/Hijacker has infected my computer. Any help or ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Mike H PS: I've run Norton Antivirus, Spybot, Stinger, and CWshredder. All are current. They don't find anything on my computer. Occasionally when I'm on the internet I get the "About:Blank" window on the bottom of my screen. I don't know if that has anything to do with the current problem. Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50564
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    - start page.eb trogan horse can't delete this trogan horse. my computer continues to rebut. help! i start my anti-virus software, then the computer start to rebut. Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50560
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    - thanks to Bbonner Thanks Bill. You have alot of great stuff you share. Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50552
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    - securtity patch I am using Windows 98SE. I continuously receive a Windows update notice for Security update #823559. I have downloaded and installed this update many times but I continue to receive this critical update notice. Why? Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50551
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    - Not enough storage is available to complete this operation After installing SP2 for XP on both client & servce machine, callback registration with server failing with error "Not enough storage is available to complete this operation". Before installation of SP2 for XP, this was working properly. Can someone help me? Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50550
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    - MSN Been Hacked My hotmail account has been hacked and Microsoft's website is about as helpful as your average bureaucratic mess - ie: none at all. If someone can direct me to the correct place to lodge for my account to be returned to me I'd be very grateful. I cant remember the psuedonym I used to signup with so the automated response sheet is useless to me. My password and Secret Question have both been changed. Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50549
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    - redirected to http://searchpage.cc/ everytime i use a program such as vzones or any amazon as soon as i try to log in or listen to a music sample i get redirected to the page http://searchpage.cc/ for no reason. Not only this but also toolbars have appeared on my browser which i have not loaded. What can i do to fix the problem? Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50548
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    - Can visit to website endanger security? I received a spoof email asking me to update my CitiBank details. It was obviously created by an oriental English speaker, but I was curious because the link therein led to an https: site (ie, secured site). So I had a look, and was redirected to an insecure site. I looked there, thinking they would have a form for us suckers to fill in giving away passwords etc, but the page was totally blank, and even though my browser said "Done" I still had my hourglass (but this often happens anyway). Has my curiosity made me vulnerable? I don't have a firewall because when I installed ZoneAlarm I didn't understand it. (I know... but all it seemed to do was list IP numbers and I just carried on as normal. I don't normally visit dodgy sites. Obviously I won't do it again, and yes, I do know what curiosity did to the cat. Patricia Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50547
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    - Problems after applying MS04-011 to 014 After the installation and reboot (using WindowsUpdate or manual methods) RemoteDesktop can no longer connect to the patched computers (RemoteDesktop computer was patched previously)--all you get is a black window. All are servers, all are Win2Kw/SP4 and had all previous patches applied. DameWare works. Anything you guys at Microsoft want to tell us about these patches?? Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50546
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    - Spybot Search and Destroy 1.2---->Replacement for the program ? I have run Spybot since it first came out and love the way the program works. It seems to work well with Zone Alarm Pro and Ad-Aware Plus picking up the things the others miss. However...Not sure if the Spybot people are on a long vacation or too busy with Beta 1.3, but there have been no updates for almost 6 weeks (Since 4 March) and in the past, they usually have a new update about every week. Also they are not responding to email support, before they always did within a day. Does anyone know what is going on with them ? I hope Mr. Kolla did not "retire" as its a great little program, but no updates in this long a period is not a good sign to me. Anyone have an alternate to Spybot that I can use until (if..) Spybot starts updating again ? I have seen a few names tossed around in here, but never really paid attention to the comments as Spybot had been working so well for me. Looking for something that works well on Windows XP Pro (I am also using the SP2 RC1 release) Thanks ! -- Tedd Riggs PDA Square Content Developer www.pdasquare.com Redmond, WA Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50543
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    - activex control and internet explorer i am doing a project which contains an activex controls the problem faced is when am i trying to veiw my site on some other m/c within intranet, a messagebox for downloading the activex control is shown with message that the certificate is not in the trusted root and it ask for installation of the certificate before installing the control. how can i auto install a certificate in IE while downloading an activex control without the message for installation for the certificate. the control is signed and certified on the server and there it shows a message of a valid certificate. Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50538
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    - SUS Question Hello Everyone, I have searched the KB and looked for an SUS newsgroup, but there appears to be nothing available. I have a problem and I guess that this is the best place to request assistance. Here it goes: I installed SUS on a Windows Small Business Server 2003 machine and redirected SUS to work off of the "companyweb" web site. When I attempt to Synchronize the server and approve the updates, the server appears to synchronize correctly, but when I go to approve the updates, I receive this error message: "No Packages ar available to be approved. This may be a because a synchronization has never been performed of because your Software Update Services Server is not functioning correctly." The approval log appears to work fine, but the approve updates page does not... Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Stewart Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50535
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    - 3rd Party Server monitoring! G/day forum, I've been asked to recommend a software that sits on a file server that montors usage activity, users, access, etc. I've enabled a high level of user monitoring through GPO but its difficult to analyse the high volume of logs generated. Is their a 3rd party application that i can use to comprehend these logs? Seperate 3rd party logging? Host intrusion protection? Your thoughts are greatly appreciated. Regards, Steve. Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50533
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    - MSN CRITICAL UPDATES I have a critical update, # 835732, that when downloaded, uses all of my PC's resources and I am unable to use my PC. I then have to delete this update in order to use my PC. Has anyone had this problem? Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50532
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    - wipe old hard drive I am selling my old pc and want to know if there is a way to encrypt or fully erase all the old data on it. I know that reformatting it won't be safe enough. Any suggestions? Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50529
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    - security options for embedded objects in MSWord I have recently tried desperately to set password protection on a word doc object embedded within another word document (what I'm really wanting is to keep part of a word document password protected, this is the only way I could think of doing it) but without success. I have tried the normal way, by opening the embedded doc and using Tools|Options|Security tab to set a password but as soon as I exit this dialog box and close the embedded doc the password protection settings appear to get wiped. Does anyone know if what I'm trying to do is possible, or is this a bug? Or do you have any suggestions on a better way to do what I'm attempting as described in the brackets above? Thanks in advance C Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50528
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    - spying on me? someone get me educated! 1.) I am using Windows ME. And, does creating a logon password helps protect my computer? 2.) How do i determine if someone is spying on my computer? is netstat a way? 3.) If netstat is a way. How do i use netstat and to determine whether or not i am being spied? 4.) If i am being spied or easily hacked, how do i protect myself? someone please reply Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50527
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    - Windows Failed Updates I have 2 update failures of security updates, and i attempted to reupdate a second time but the scan no longer recognizes those updates as being updates that I need. I checked the log and I am sure that those specific updates have not been installed. 2 updates that are more recent have been installed but I am not sure if these include the other updates. Does anyone know? Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50523
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    - Zone Labs Security Scanner I just got an e-mail from Zone Labs (makers of the firewall ZoneAlarm). In it, they are advertising the new Zone Labs Security Scanner, which is "a Web-based scanner that detects tracking cookies. It utilizes server based content and updates to assist users in blocking the latest threats." Anyone using this yet, and if so, what do you think? I'm thinking it's useless for me since I'm frequently deleting my cookies anyway, but I like ZoneAlarm firewall so far so I'm thinking I should give this scanner a try. Any thoughts or opinions? Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50520
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    - EZ Armor LE Just received this CD from Microsoft. To install it says I must uninstall Norton Anti Virus. Is EZ Armor better than Norton? Very new at computers. Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50515
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    - new start up program???? I am now getting a window that pops up asking if I want the program "Watson Subscriber for SENS Network Notifications" in my start up menu. Can someone explain what this is? It apparently comes from microsoft. Thank you. David Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50513
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    - Trojan Downloader Virus I have been having problems with my computer. It showed a lot of color and then it showed what looked like a lot of worms. Then I was notified that I have a Trojan Downloader:Win32/Agent. H Virus. Can anyone tell me what to do about this. Pelase help. hummingbird@compuwise.net Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50510
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    - locked out of computer My password isn't working and I can't get into my computer. Any one can help?????????? PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50502
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    - Policy change, hacker attack ? Event Type: Success Audit Event Source: Security Event Category: Policy Change Event ID: 612 Date: 4/15/2004 Time: 5:18:52 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: CP250405-A Description: Audit Policy Change: New Policy: Success Failure + + Logon/Logoff + + Object Access + + Privilege Use + + Account Management + + Policy Change + + System - - Detailed Tracking + + Directory Service Access + + Account Logon Changed By: User Name: CP250405-A$ Domain Name: MSHOME Logon ID: (0x0,0x3E7) For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Looks like a hacker attack that wants to prevent detection ? What do you think ? Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50501
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    - Internet browsing problem Whenever I start browsing the internet and I enter an internet address my search gets hijacked and this appears before my entered address:- WWW.NKVD.US/1251/Yahoo.com(example) I've tried everything and it won't stop. Please help Regards Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50492
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    - http://www.windows-patch.info/ is this a bogus site? i keep having this message popup that i cant stop this is one of the sites it leads to... should i download the patch? Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50491
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    - script (member of) I am trying to get for spesific user to what member of user belongs on a server name:test I can't see where my error is. Please hel Set objOU = GetObject ("LDAP://cn=Users,dc=NA,dc=companyname,dc=com" ObjOU.Filter= Array("user" For Each objUser in objO Response.Write & objUser.cn & " is a member of: Response.Write "Primary Group ID: " & objUser.Get("primaryGroupID" arrMemberOf = objUser.GetEx("memberOf" For Each Group in arrMemberO Response.Write & Grou Nex ' Response.Write vbTab & ; "memberOf attribute is not set Next Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50489
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    - How do you guys handle security in NT4 domain?? I already posted this in another NG. Sry. No1 replied thats why I posted here. I'm new at posting, I'll remember next time to post in multiple ngs the right way.... Hello, Just started looking at this ng. I was wondering in an NT4 domain , do you guys rely on group policies only for security at the workstations? about three yrs ago our company final thought it might be a good idea to implement security for the night shift users. I went through setting up group policies for the night shift. I restricted their logins to run only 3 company programs and removed all the unnecessary stuff such as regedit, run, etc. It "seemed" like group policies were enough, however i found out its easy to get to DOS prompt, other programs,network neighborhood, and local drives. In addition to group policies, i had to change NTFS permissions on various exe's and dll's to further "lockdown" the NT4 workstations. I was just wondering if any1 else does the same thing. Just in case any1 wants to know, here's our setup : NT4 Domain 90% of local workstations are NT4 SP6a (not all are patched. However, all test machines where fully patched.) 1 pdc, 2BDC SP6a patched. 95% of user profiles are mandatory. thanks for any replies --willc Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50478
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    - security downloads Hello, Every time I turn on my computer and access the Internet, there are more security downloads. Is there a way that I can download these without incurring Internet charges? I pay by the hour, and lately I'm using a lot of hours trying to download the security stuff (and the downloads are not always installed correctly for some reason). Also, if I'm not sitting at my computer, the Internet access logs out automatically after about 20 minutes of no use. What happens to the download information? Does it all get lost? I have logged back in a couple of times, and then after I thought everything downloaded, I got messages that the information was downloaded but not installed. What does that mean and how do I fix it? I am beginning to wonder why I got a new computer with Windows XP Home Edition. I never had any issues with my Windows 98. Thank you for your attention to this. Please let me know how to download information with correct installation, and please let me know if it can be done without constant Internet access. Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50467
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    - Virus included in emailed update from MS I downloaded critical updates from MS website. My system has been degraded and I am no longer able to access the internet from that PC (WIN 98 see post under 98 internet & security) Subsequently I have received 5 emails from Microsoft and Yahoo has identified them as infected with a virus. Virus "W32.Swen.A@mm" found. I still am down and I am concerned about how to fix the problem. Does anyone know about this problem? Barry Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50464
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    - MS PKI Certificates: where to find application policies and their related OIDs ? Dear All, could someone point me to an URL or give me more information on the following subject "A mapping table between "MS certificate application policies" and IETF-like certificates profiles (including the various EKU OIDs, etc). By application policies I mean the terms that a user could see when making a "view cert" in Internet explorer Ensures the identity of a remote compute Proves your identity to a remote compute Ensures software came from software publishe Protects software from alteration after publicatio Protects e-mail message Allows data to be signed with the current tim Allows you to digitally sign a certificate trust lis Allows secure communication on the Interne Allows data on disk to be encrypte Windows Hardware Driver Verificatio Windows System Component Verificatio OEM Windows System Component Verificatio Embedded Windows System Component Verificatio Key Pack License License Server Verificatio Smart Card Logo Digital Right Qualified Subordinatio Key Recover Document Signin File Recover Root List Signe All application policie Directory Service Email Replicatio Certificate Request Agen Key Recovery Agen Private Key Archiva Lifetime Signin Thanks in advance for any help in that matter regards, Fre Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50460
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    - DNS permissions? We've noticed security permissions assigned to each entry in the DNS database, as well as each subnet. Could anyone explain why these permissions are there? My guess is that it allows you to restrict lower level admins from making changes to critical DNS entries. Does this make sense? Thanks in advance. Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50457
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    - metrics for security I would to start a discussion to take the security progress metrics beyond theoretical and into the practical, realistic and usable to measure progress and relative security. I've had a couple of brainstorm sessions and given it some thought, but for the criteria to become useful, I think there should be an active community discussion that asks hard questions and refines the criteria to an accepted set. If we achieve that, we may even enable some good independant apples-to-apples analysis. I've given some thoughts to the criteria and I think: . The criteria should be measurable and distinguishable . The methodology should be repeatable by objective 3rd-parties . The criteria should support real world scenarios . The criteria should be useful for business decisions . The criteria should support measuring version over version improvements . The criteria should support competitive comparisons My strawman proposal for security criteria has the following high level areas: assurance, security quality, protective capabilities, manageability & automation, security update tools and security update policies. I have also added one other category based upon previous feedback on the strawman. My examples below in each category are not meant to be comprehensive, but just a good starting point for the discussions. Assurance is an area that experienced security professionals will recognize. In the days of the NSA's Trusted Computer Systems Evaluation Criteria, different assurance levels were tied to different features sets. The Common Criteria, in use today introduced a more flexible model that has separated assurance levels from the feature set - EAL4, for example stands for evaluation assurance level 4. So, in the assurance area, I can think of several measurable sub-criteria: 3rd-party certifications, source integrity protections, established change control processes, quality assurance processes, and penetration testing. Security Quality is the term I have begun using for things like vulnerabilities that are found in code. In this category, I can think of several sub-criteria: number of vulnerabilities fixed, number of public vulnerabilities unfixed, average time to fix a publicly-reported vulnerability, number of open listening ports, and number of listening services or daemons. Protective Capabilities are the capabilities that might protect the software from attack even in the presence of a vulnerability. Sub-criteria include: port firewall capabilities, antivirus/worm capabilities, strong authentication, behavior monitoring, backup, and security policy enforcement features. Manageability & Automation is a category to capture software technologies designed to make mistakes less likely to decrease security and the less expertise is required to deploy and manage a product with low security risk. Sub-criteria would include: security configuration wizards/tools, lockdown tools, vulnerability assessment capabilities, security reporting capabilities, and central security management capabilities. Security Update Packages & Tools are a complementary part of measuring security until either security quality or protective capabilities reach 100% effectiveness. Sub-criteria should include: automatic update capabilities, patch approval capability for enterprise updates, patch deployment tool, uninstall capabilities, re-compile requirements, reboot requirements, size of packages, and works with 3rd-party deployment tools. Security Update Policies is an interesting one that I think there should be a lot of discussion about. Sub-criteria for this are would include: security lifecycle time period of products, patches all publicly disclosed issues, issues security advisories, follows responsible disclosure, offers mitigation guidance, patch test quality criteria, and patches all versions/languages at the same time. If I am the responsible administrator deploying and managing a dynamic web farm, for example, these criteria might be strong considerations when selecting my software components. Workload Required Security Features is one I have added based upon feedback I received when I published an earlier strawman in the Microsoft Security Newsletter. The work to flush this out still needs to be done, but the idea is as follows. What security features are necessary to lock down the security for _any_ OS deployment? What security features would be necessary for a secure deployment of a dynamic web server in a particular business scenario? A database server? For a given scenario, we would work to identify features like identification & authentication, # of biometrics supported, remote encrypted connectivity, comprehensive security auditing, etc, that would be useful decision making critiria. If security metrics is an area you care about, then comment on these high level categories. Are they too narrow, too broad? If/once we get some refinement on the high level criteria, we can split off some individual threads for each category and try to flush out a list of criteria. Jeff -- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Jeff Jones <jrjones@online.microsoft.com> Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50456
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    - Why is XP listening on these ports? I have just installed XP Pro + SP1 out of the box onto a new machine, starting with a full disk format. The machine has no network card or modem yet, so it has had no opportunity to talk to the outside world. I have made no attempt to configure any services, and have not installed any other software (not even the Feb 2004 Security Update CD). So I am a little mystified as to why netstat -an reports the following: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TCP: 0.0.0.0, listening on ports 135, 445, 1025 and 5000. UDP: 0.0.0.0, ports 135, 445, 500, 1026 127.0.0.1, ports 123, 1028, 1900 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What's going on here? -- Ian Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50450
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    - can't install new security updates I'm having problems when some of my users run windowsupdate. This is the error they get. No Updates Were Installed The following items failed to install. To try installing them again, click review and install updates, and then click Install Now again. Security Update for Windows XP (KB######) I have a good copy of the executable files, but when I copy and run them from certain users machines, I get the a setup error: KB835732 Setup could not backup registry key HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\MUILanguages\RC\r tcdll.dll to file C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB835732$\reg00003. 1314: A required privilege is not held by the client. Anybody know what the issue is? Thanks in advance Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50449
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    - Smart card enroll station and windows 200 clients Scenario PKI deployed in a Windows 2003 enterprise server environment, 2000/XP client smart cards are mainly used for logon authentication is the domai several MS documents say that if a smart card has to be used on a 2000 client, the enrollment station by which the smart card is prepared must run on windows 2000 (not XP); is has to be used on XP or 2003 it can be prepared on 200/XP/2003 Is it right? Actually I have 2 win2000 client that are able to logon even if the smart card has been prepared on a XP enroll station Am I worng or I have misunderstood something TIA Tag: password for system admin forgotten Tag: 50441

i just bought a new computer with windows xp on it. i
tried to set up two account users and pass protected the
system admin account..i now cannot open this account. does
any one know how to find out what i used as my password.

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Re: password for system admin forgotten by Jupiter

Jupiter
Sat Apr 17 11:12:45 CDT 2004

Clifford;
Something here may help:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

"clifford a" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:045f01c4248b$3d37fcf0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> i just bought a new computer with windows xp on it. i
> tried to set up two account users and pass protected the
> system admin account..i now cannot open this account. does
> any one know how to find out what i used as my password.

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