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 - << SBS news of the week March 6th>> Kevin's Song of the week: news://msnews.microsoft.com/##8a8ufIFHA.2356@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl ------------- Blogs of Interest: Want a TV show back? Donate http://customerevangelists.typepad.com/blog/2005/03/star_trek_citiz.html Things to do next Tuesday http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2005/03/03/37537.aspx Dana Epp Security blogger attends SMB Nation ISV Summit http://silverstr.ufies.org/blog/archives/000799.html http://silverstr.ufies.org/blog/archives/000800.html http://silverstr.ufies.org/blog/archives/000801.html Toronto North SBS Consultants Group http://interprom.blogspot.com/2005/03/toronto-north-sbs-consultant-group.html Changing Role of the CFO: http://blogs.msdn.com/heatherleigh/archive/2005/03/03/384442.aspx Netscape takes on a new browser http://www.microsoftmonitor.com/archives/006774.html No patches next Tuesday http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1772443,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535 Sean Daniel on what is RSS? http://seanda.blogspot.com/2005/03/what-is-rss.html Microsoft research tech fest http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/004423.html?wbfrom=rss TechEd Blogger site starting up again http://techedbloggers.net/News/3874.item DVD or CDrom? http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2005/03/04/385279.aspx Want a conversational Office suite? http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jimgris/20050306#microsoft_office_users_should_try In other news: ---------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - A Kid Released Worm That Attacked Microsoft Web Site A second person, a juvenile, has been sentenced in connection with the release of a computer worm in August 2003 that attacked the same vulnerability in computer software as the Blaster worm did. The worm -- often referred to as the RPCSDBOT worm -- directed infected computers to log in on a computer (i.e., an Internet Relay Chat channel) that the juvenile controlled. On August 14, 2003, the juvenile directed the infected computers to launch a distributed denial of service attack against Microsoft's main web site causing the site to shutdown and thus became inaccessible to the public for approximately four hours. The juvenile was 14 years old when the activity occurred. http://www.crime-research.org/news/03.03.2005/1000/ - - - - - - - - - - Hacker helps business school applicants get early decision A computer hacker gained access to internal admissions records at Harvard, Stanford and other top business schools, then helped applicants log on and learn their fate weeks ahead of schedule, officials said Thursday. Few of the people who followed the hacker's directions managed to find out if their applications have been accepted, according to school officials. But many of them could end up getting rejected now that the schools are checking to see who tried to exploit the security breach. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/11044063.htm - - - - - - - - - - Judge Dismisses Spam Conviction A judge dismissed a felony spamming conviction that had been called one of the first of its kind, saying he found no "rational basis" for the verdict and wondered whether jurors were confused by technical evidence. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/03/sister_cleared_in_aol_spam_case/ http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-spam3mar03,1,3394040.story - - - - - - - - - - Lawmakers call for ChoicePoint investigation They fear terrorists could use information from commercial databases. A group of Democratic U.S. lawmakers called today for a federal investigation on how terrorists could use information from commercial databases, such as the compromised records thieves obtained from ChoicePoint Inc. http://computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/policy/story/0,10801,100161,00.html - - - - - - - - - - Auto download adware carries vicious payload First adware using the Exploit/LoadImage vulnerability Security experts issued a warning this morning after detecting infections caused by Searchmeup, the first adware to use the Exploit/LoadImage vulnerability which downloads itself onto computers without the user's permission. http://www.vnunet.com/news/1161651 - - - - - - - - - - Firefox Browser Fixes Security Flaw A new version of the Mozilla Firefox browser fixes a flaw that made users vulnerable to online fraud. The flaw allowed fraudsters to set up fake Web sites with names indistinguishable from legitimate companies. http://www.securityfocus.com/elsewhere http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/03/03/mozilla.security.ap/index.html - - - - - - - - - - Security patches issued for RealPlayers RealNetworks has released patches for its audio- video players in an effort to prevent attacks via buffer overflows. RealNetwork's patches, released Tuesday, address vulnerabilities in the software that could allow an attacker to run arbitrary or malicious code on a person's computer when a malicious WAV or SMIL file is processed. Secunia, a security information company, rated the vulnerabilities as critical. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5598064.html - - - - - - - - - - Anti-Phishing Act Introduced Some phishers and pharmers could be prosecuted under current wire fraud or identity theft statutes, Senator Patrick Leahy says, but such prosecutions would take place only after victims were defrauded. "For most of these criminals, that leaves plenty of time to cover their tracks." http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Anti-Phishing-Act-Introduced&story_id=30886 - - - - - - - - - - ID fraud rife in the UK - Which? A quarter of UK adults have had their identity stolen or know somebody who's been a victim of growing crime, a study by Which? published Wednesday reveals. The Consumers' Association magazine reckons identity fraud is the country's fastest growing crime, costing the economy an estimated £1.3bn a year. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/03/which_id_fraud_survey/ - - - - - - - - - - Security firm in email deletion fiasco It's a case of 'you had mail' for companies who use GFI's email security service, after a BitDefender bug scuppered a service update. Was the update tested properly? An email security scanning company has accidentally deleted thousands of its customers' emails. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39189933,00.htm - - - - - - - - - - Security fears fail to hold back Wi-Fi Despite security fears, the market for wireless Lan gear will roughly double in value and triple in unit shipments by 2009, largely thanks to next-generation technology delivering higher throughput, longer range and greater capacity. According to a newly published report by Datacomm Research Company, soaring demand for wireless home entertainment technology will help drive the boom. http://www.vnunet.com/news/1161666 - - - - - - - - - - India's cybercafés log customers' details Hundreds of Internet cafés in India's technology hub of Bangalore have started to record personal details of their visitors to comply with a new rule aimed at tracking perpetrators of online fraud, virus attacks and terrorism. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2005-03-03-cafe-privacy_x.htm - - - - - - - - - - Spam for the soul Who would have dreamed that spam holds the keys to enlightenment? Like many ignorant humans, I used to consider junk e-mail a nuisance. But once I opened my mind as well as my inbox, I discovered an amazing truth: All I really need to know I learned from those weird proverbs and quotations in spam messages. (LA Times article, free registration required) http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-wk-here3mar03,1,2996229.story - - - - - - - - - - Internal Threats To Security Are Increasing Enterprises are watching employees and employees are watching employers with increasing unease on both sides. In our global economy with its fluid workforce, in which longstanding relationships of trust are difficult to establish and maintain, the temptation for businesses is clear: monitor every employee, all the time. http://www.crime-research.org/news/03.03.2005/999/ *********************************************************** Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171314
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 - Seeing secure faxes from Share fax Hi there, I thought I was being very smart by configuring one of our fax lines for accounting/purchasing (secured data) and routing this to a separate Exchange Public Folder with specific permissions. To my horror, I've just discovered that all staff can still view the incoming fax from this secured line by double clicking the Shared Fax icon in Printers & Faxes. Is there a way of controlling access to view the faxes from Printers & Faxes? Thanks alot, Tom Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171313
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 - Exchange Information Store - Start Pending Hi All, I ran my updates today on my SBS2K server. All updates were those released in February. First stopped and set to manual all 3-rd party services. Updates installed fine and server restarted and came up fine. Only problem, the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service as been on Start pending for quite some time now. I rebooted again and same exact problem. Please give some advice on how I could solve this. Thanks! Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171305
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 - Dual Monitor in Terminal Session? Oooops, recommended dual monitor as a solution and found it don't stretch over both screens...;-) Can do two sessions but you guessed it, slows stuff down. Anyone know if it can be done or alternative. This is boss of firm needing to monitor program at office which has multiple windows. -- www.smallbizserver.net (2000 and 2003) microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000 (2000 NG) microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs (2003 NG) http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&safe=off&group=microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000 http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&group=microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs http://www.sbslinks.com/ http://www.sbsmigration.com Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171304
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 - Song of the Week - March 5, 2005 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C521D1.E27B2590 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I had to spend several days working on the east coast of Florida = (Titusville / Cape Canaveral area) this past week. While driving over = there I caught Jimmy Buffet's trademark song 'Margaritaville'. Although = I've never really liked the song, I have to admit that it's a crowd = pleaser. Several years ago in South Carolina we caught a one man act and = he did a great rendition of the song. So, with sunny, cool weather in = the air here in Florida, on the first week in March, as I'm grilling = pork chops for dinner (with apologies to all you vegetarians out there), = go get your beach sandals on, pour some suntan ooil on those flabby, = techno-geek bodies, and let's start hummin! Margaritaville aka Microsoft's New World Workin' on new disks, loadin' a hot fix; All of those patches I've got to download. Drummin' my fingers, the hourglass lingers, waiting to reboot, I'm beginnin' to boil. Wasted away again in Microsoft's New World, Searchin' for my last password I used. Some people claim that there's a woman to blame, But I know it's nobody's fault. Don't know the reason, I worked through the evenin' With nothing to show but this brand new disk drive. But it's a real beauty, A USB cutie, how it got here I couldn't have lied Wasted away again in Microsoft's New World, Searchin' for my last password I used. Some people claim that there's a woman to blame, Now I think, - shootl it could be my fault. I blew out my backup, Jumped into my pickup, Need a new tape, so I cruised on back home. But there's mail in my Outlook, Sue Bradley's new e-Book That fpromises help if I only hang on. Wasted away again in Microsoft's New World, Searchin' for my last password I used. Some people claim that there's a woman to blame, But I know, I haven't a clue. Yes, and some people claim that there's a woman to blame And I know it's Bill Gate's darn fault. --=20 Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP] "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long" ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C521D1.E27B2590 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff background=3D"">I = had to spend=20 several days working on the east coast of Florida (Titusville / Cape = Canaveral=20 area) this past week. While driving over there I caught Jimmy Buffet's = trademark=20 song 'Margaritaville'. Although I've never really liked the song, I have = to=20 admit that it's a crowd pleaser. Several years ago in South Carolina we = caught a=20 one man act and he did a great rendition of the song. So, with sunny, = cool=20 weather in the air here in Florida, on the first week in March, as I'm = grilling=20 pork chops for dinner (with apologies to all you vegetarians out there), = go get=20 your beach sandals on, pour some suntan ooil on those flabby, = techno-geek=20 bodies, and let's start hummin! Margaritaville aka Microsoft's = New=20 World Workin' on new disks, loadin' a hot fix; All of those = patches=20 I've got to download. Drummin' my fingers, the hourglass = lingers, waiting=20 to reboot, I'm beginnin' to boil. Wasted away again in = Microsoft's New=20 World, Searchin' for my last password I used. Some people claim = that=20 there's a woman to blame, But I know it's nobody's = fault. Don't know=20 the reason, I worked through the evenin' With nothing to show but = this=20 brand new disk drive. But it's a real beauty, A USB cutie, how it = got=20 here I couldn't have lied Wasted away again in Microsoft's New = World, Searchin' for my last password I used. Some people claim = that=20 there's a woman to blame, Now I think, - shootl it could be my=20 fault. I blew out my backup, Jumped into my pickup, Need a = new=20 tape, so I cruised on back home. But there's mail in my = Outlook, Sue=20 Bradley's new e-Book That fpromises help if I only hang = on. Wasted=20 away again in Microsoft's New World, Searchin' for my last password I = used. Some people claim that there's a woman to blame, But I know, = I=20 haven't a clue. Yes, and some people claim that there's a woman to=20 blame And I know it's Bill Gate's darn fault. -- Kevin = Weilbacher [SBS-MVP] "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are = seldom=20 long"</BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C521D1.E27B2590-- Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171301
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 - Mirroring hard drives Please can someone help me. I have a 2000 server running which has no mirrors or raid array. It has 2 36Gb hard drives, 1 is partioned (10 and a 26 ). I need to mirror these hard drives but can't get to the add mirror click as it is greyed out. How do I, can I mirror these partitions? If i need to reformat the 1st hdd I will but would rather not. Thanks in advance Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171296
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 - OWA problem Hi, all, Recently one of our important users can not access his email at home by OWA. He actually can log in, but the Inbox takes forever to load and will not load his new messages. It looks like just loading and never stops. I actually checked this account from my computer at home, it worked fine. Any idea? What direction I should consider? Thanks. Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171288
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 - WMI Status: 8 Timeout reached. Data Collector may be misconfigured - Errors on Windows 2000 SBS Hello All, I'm getting a number of errors in my Windows 2000 Small Business Server Health Monitor as follows Server Memory : Critical condition. WMI Status: 8 Timeout reached. Data Collector may be misconfigured. Processor : Critical condition. WMI Status: 8 Timeout reached. Data Collector may be misconfigured The MMC seems to be very slow, I found one article on MS site about it http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/wmi_troubleshooting.asp and according to it restarted the WMI service, which also restarts the SBS management service, which restarted perfectly fine but after the restart I have not been able to use SBS administrator console. Can anyone please help me with this , how to get this sorted, how to get the SBS administrator console working, and how to remove these WMI errors ? Imran. Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171287
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 - Terminating a local user session I've been wondering: is there a way to force a user to automatically logoff in the nights?. Or: is there a way to terminate a local connection at the end of the day? . I've had problems with a user that leaves the computer all night long downloading stuff from P2P networks. I''m using SBS2000 and the client computer is running W2K Pro. Thanks for any advise. Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171280
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 - is it possible to log into 2 SBS servers (please read before answering) Hi I have a server that is set to dual boot between a standard SBS2k (with a standard Citrix farm installed) and a default SBS2k install. Is it possible for a client machine to be set to log into BOTH servers. I know a SBS client can only log in to ONE SBS2k server. I currently have a Server running SBS2k with Citrix installed in our training offices (separate network from our main "production" SBS server). I would like to dual boot into a Basic Default SBS2k server and have the training machines log into that as well. Notes: one SBS2k (+10 user licence) with the Citrix installed is a legit bought copy which is only getting used for training and the other licence is one we have recived in our MSDN subscription (For development use only). The default SBS2k install has been installed but not used at present. We need would like server to have the option to boot between them and be accessd by the client machines for software development and testing. The "SBS2k Citrix" Server is also for Inhouse and client training when required but it is sitting idol for most of the time. Just wondering if it is possible? Company can't affored to shell out for another server and desktops when we have a good client / server network sitting idol most of the time!! If you need anymore info let me know, Thanks in Advance! Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171278
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 - OT- Spyware etc. Hi All, Just wondering what the SBS community are using to control spyware on a network level. We have tried pest patrol corp edition but didn't like it because of the lack of a client interface. Just wondering if there is an all-in-one product for virus, spam, spyware and email gateway scanner? Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171271
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 - Deleted Mail Returning to Inbox Hi All, Apologies if this issue has already been threaded. Had to sort out a misconfigured SBS2K installation on Tue, Boss at Site A had been set up with Outlook accessing his mail account directly via a POP account (!) I disabled this account and set up an Outlook Exchange account. Well! All his deleted mail came spewing back into his inbox! As fast as he deleted it it all came back again. As a temp measure just went back to the non-standard config. (sigh.) Then today, Boss at site B (what is it with bosses these days) - who has been set up correctly - rang and reported the same issue! Boss B had a trojan afew weeks ago... looks suspicious. Anyone know what causes this??? TIA Norm Hughes Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171268
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 - Using XCopy to Move Files to a New Drive in the Server Hello, SBS2k. I bought and installed two SCSI drives into my server yesterday to add to the single drive I had in the server before to make a total of three. I decided to move the SQL databases and Exchange databases to one drive and the User Shared Folders and Company Shared Folders, as well as my roaming user profile folders, to the third drive. The transfer of the SQL databases went okay. Exchange also went okay, or so I thought until I did a backup and it is telling me the file may be corrupt, but that is a different post in this group. The problem I am referring to here is when I tried to transfer the files to the new drive. I have three sets of files to transfer: C:\Users Shared Folders C:\Company Shared Folders C:\Users Profile Folders The users shared and company shared folders are pretty evident. They are the ones installed by SBS setup. The third folder, users profile folders, is another folder I created on the C: drive to hold the Roaming User Profiles for each of my users. The problem is that when I try to xcopy the Users Shared Folders over, it begins to work and copies the Administrator shared folder (the first one), but when it gets to the first user (AFoy), it created the folder, copies the first two files (one being a Power Point doc and the other, the desktop.ini file), then I get an 'Access Denied' message. Then, when I go to xcopy the Users Profile Folders over, nothing is copied (there is not Administrator roaming user profile) and I receive the following message: Access denied Unable to create directory - F:\Users Profile Folders\AFoy On the Company Shared Folders, the xcopy command works well and copies the files with the appropriate permissions. The problem is that in the past, I have moved users shared files and folders (users no longer here) to a folder called 'Old Files' in the Company folder and when the xcopy command gets to those folders, I get the same permissions problem message. I am sure the reason it is not working is the same reason the Users Shared and Users Profile xcopies are not working. I know that it is some sort of permissions thing. I need the permissions changed just long enough to copy the files over. I don't want access to these people's files and I really don't want to. Any ideas on how I get these files moved using xcopy? On the subject of moving all these files to the other drive, I have one more question. XCopy seems to do a good job copying to the new drive retaining permissions, but of course shares are a different story. To complete the process of the move, after the xcopy, do you just delete the share on the C drive and recreate it, with the same permissions, on the new drive? The reason I ask is because I have lots of shared folders within the files I am moving (in the company folder, plus, all the files I have set up for caching on local laptops) and want to make sure that no user maps are lost in the process. I also appreciate the help on this question. Thanks, Chris Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171263
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 - Exchange Information Store Corruption Hello, SBS2000. Last night, I moved my EDB and STM files for both my Mailbox Store and Public Store to another drive on my server by following the directions in the following articles (they all say essentially the same thing): http://www.msexchange.org/pages/article_p.asp?id=535 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=270693 http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=76 I did not move the transaction logs because the MSExchange.org article eluded that they should not be on the same drive. That said, I left the transaction log location alone and only moved the databases. Anyway, the move went well. All users can get into their mailboxes without a problem, but when I checked the log from last night's backup, I received the following message: WARNING: Portions of "\Mailbox Store (HI-SERVER)" cannot be read. The backed up data is corrupt or incomplete. This file will not restore correctly. This makes me very nervous. Does anyone have any idea of what's wrong here? Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks, Chris Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171260
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 - Vanishing Emails using pop3 connecter Hi Just a remark using POP3 connector with SBS 2003. There seem to be an issue with vanishing emails: - You have set up POP3 connector using individual mailbox accounts - No messages are delivered to the Exchange mail boxes, but all messages were downloaded from ISP POP3 accounts. Email will vanish if the delivery-to address of the email is not found in the Exchange mail addresses. We had setup an ISP mailbox wwwinfo@xxx.yyy, but not entered that address into any exchange account. No messages were delivered to ANY user account. After we have setup a distribution group, everything was fine again. I hope this solves some of the users trouble. Hans Musch http://www.dynamic-systems.net Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171257
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 - << BitDefender bug bites GFI >> Using GFI and all your mail being Quarantined or Deleted ? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/02/gfi_beserker/ Quote---- GFI's Mail Security anti-virus product threw a wobbler Wednesday afternoon (2 March) when an update to BitDefender Engine Module caused it to delete the body content of every incoming and outgoing message. ---------- -- Henry Craven {SBS-MVP} CI Information Technology ---------------------------------------------------- Melbourne SBS Users Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/melb-SBSusers/ Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171251
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 - WMI Status My health monitor shows a Network Interface Critical Condition WMI Status:2147749904 Can't find anything anywhere that helps out. Network performance has been bad - is this a hardware problem? Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171230
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 - POP3 Connector fails to start Hi, One of our clients are running Windows 2000 Small Business Server, their mails are retrieved from a POP3 box every 15mins, as of yesterday the POP3 Connector Service has faild to start. I have tried a reboot, and when the server comes back up i get the "One or more system services failed to start". In the SBS Admin console at the bottom it shows the service as stopped, when i try to start it in either the administrator console or the services console i get the following error; Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7031 Date: 01/03/2005 Time: 10:10:03 User: N/A Computer: LORD-SERVER Description: The Microsoft Connector for POP3 Mailboxes service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 2 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 0 milliseconds: No action. And when i try it start it from the services console i get the following; Could not start the Microsoft Connector for POP3 Mailboxes service on Local Computer. Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly. If anyone could shed some light on this it would be most appriciatated, it has me stmped! I have tried the usual resources on the internet for information but nowhere has an answer! Thanks Craig Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171229
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 - Access own company's web site from internal network I have problem to access company's own web site. I can access company's web site from outside network noproblem! I have SBS2000, and I know ISA server blocked company's web site. Please tell me when I can open or add for user can access web site from internal network! Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171228
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 - Delayed mail I am having a problem with mail sending in SBS2K. I send mail to India and Singapore and I don't get the delivered reciept for over a WEEK. This is also when the customer recieves the email. I sent 3 emails between 2/15/05 and 2/22/05 and all 3 were actually delivered on the same day, 3/1/05. It appears that all mail going out of the US is several days late. It does not appear to happen with email in the US. Where can I check to see if they left my exchange server on time? This could be a problem with my ISP. -nn Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171227
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 - Server for MS Access DB I already asked this question of Dell Support, but haven't really gotten a response. Although much of the question is hardware related, I imagine those here would be able to help me at least with the software portion of my question. I couldn't find a NG for MS Server 2k3... The following information is all being asked in reference to a MS Access Database that will be run in-house only. Thanks for any help. I work for a relatively small business, and we are setting up a server specifically for the purpose of storing and protecting our main company information database. This is to be accessible only within the office (so no remote management needed), and I had a couple of questions, as I'm relatively new to the world of server hardware and software. We will have 1-25 (probably no more than 10 at most times) accessing the database via a fronted placed on each user's system. What sort of processing power will it take to run this? 1GB Ram? Less? More? Second, we will be purchasing MS Server 2k3 to run this. Are there any specific advantages/disadvantages to using MS SB Server vs. MS Server? I've noticed that MS Server Standard is more expensive then MS SB Server, but that the additional CALs for SB Server are much more expensive. Finally, I would like to implement a RAID solution, as I understand that means we generate a 'mirror' of the data for both system stability and backup reasons. However, I don't know what sort of 'controller' I need. The system I was looking at here at Dell didn't offer a controller that was compatible, so I had to choose "No Primary Controller". Is that OK? What exactly does that mean? Thanks for your help. Vel Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171225
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 - blue screen error Event Type: Error Event Source: RemoteAccess Event Category: None Event ID: 20106 Date: 02/03/2005 Time: 13:53:27 User: N/A Computer: SERVER01 Description: Unable to add the interface {16423307-2118-45C3-8CAE-19D230C5A1EA} with the Router Manager for the IP protocol. The following error occurred: Cannot complete this function. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Data: 0000: eb 03 00 00 Ã«... I have run the performance monitor ad have found that logical % free space is at 92 memory available bytes is at 100% processor %C2 time is 100% A number of odd 100% but hoping someone might recognies the fault, any clues as the server has 512 meg and not running anything other than internet through the machine? Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171220
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 - Different printer settings for different users I have a client who wants to track who is printing to their networked printers. They have seperate ids for the print driver to identify them but they don't want the users messing with the print driver all the time and they have to clear it out when they're done. Is there a way to set-up usres with specific printing preferences so that if the user logs into XP or 98 boxes the printer preferences are set from the server? Thanks, Chris Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171219
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 - exchange users sending blank emails Hi all, I have a slight problem in that all of my exchange users are sending blank emails. I have tried with html, and text format email, with forwards, replys and new emails. All seem to arrive at the intended recipient, but with no subject. Can anyone help. Regards Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171215
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 - Really naive licensing question which I haven't researched yet (hows that for being honest up front!) I've got an SBS-2000 installation which is not presently using the Sql server portion. We've had a proposal from a vendor to move an app from a dedicated Unix server to Windows, and the Windows piece runs on SQL Server. So, their proposal includes SQL Server @ $666, and 6 Sql Server User cals @$146 each. Since I've already got Sql Server, how much of this can I save? Do I need the cals? We've got either 15 or 20 SBS cals, as I recall--the sub-operation that will use this software is probably 6 users max, which is why the spec. Pointers about where to read to understand limitations of Sql licensing welcome. As I recall from previous research, I'm not allowed to use the SBS SQL Server as a backing to a Web site. This issue will come up, but we are presently solving that via MySql, and may well continue to do that. -- Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171204
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 - Outlook Web Access Can anyone provide me with some URLs on how to install & configure Outlook Web Access for SBS2000 ? Thanks in advance, Matt. Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171198
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 - New database user Hi, Recently, I've added a new user to our SBS 2000 domain. Then added this user to our database using the enterprise manager, so she can use it. When she tries to open the database, the following error message appears: You don't have access rights to the database. I cannot find where the problem is, especially that I have just added another user a week earlier following same steps. Thanks in advance. Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171196
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 - <<< Unofficial SBS Contest>>>>> How good of a SBSer are YOU?: http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2005/03/01/37341.aspx Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171195
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 - OT: disk speed Hi, We are looking to add a new server to our domain. It will primarily be used for storage. I am looking at getting a RAID 1 controller with 2 250GB drives. What is the main difference between SATA and SCSI drives. I know the SATA doesn't spin as fast but is it that noticable? The cost difference is pretty large. I can save over 1k by going with SATA. I originally was thinking about getting a storage server (storage server 2003 OS, can't run applications) but down the line I may need to move sqlServer to this new server (not a ton of people hitting it, just ~10 developers. I know I will need to purchase a seperage copy of sqlServer). Our SBServer is a SCSI drive so I can't really compare anything. If the server is primarily storage, do you think a SATA drive would be sufficient? (the vendors always push the higher end stuff so just looking for an objective viewpoint) Thanks Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171190
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 - Site to Site VPN in SBS2000 and NG R55 Hi all, Can anyone assist in setting up a site to site VPN between an ISA2000 running on a SBS2000 machine and a Checkpoint NG R55 firewall. Upgrading to ISA 2004 at this point is not an option. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks TR Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171187
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 - Exchange Server Standard - Internet Mail Can Exchange 2003 Standard send internet mail if it has been installed with a local domain name ie: companyname.local? I would like to use it do host mailserver for companyname.com. If it can, how is it configured? Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171182
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 - VPN Speed Question What do people think would be a faster connection: Hardware based VPN (Linksys, Netgear-soho product) or SBS2K windows based VPN? Thanks Any documentation pertaining to VPN speed Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171181
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 - Total rebuild of SBS2000... I have an SBS 2000 server in bad shape. I am the 4th generation admin on it and I really don't think my predecessors had a clue. I have decided it's time to rebuild it. What I would like to know is how do I preserve the user accounts, shared files, exchange mail and most importantly the Active Directory data? I know I can backup system state data but won't that possibly include messed up Active Directory states/settings? I think I can just do a backup of exchange and import it in to the new server right? I really don't want to have to join the computers to a new domain and migrate profiles so any help would be great. Thanks, Rex Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171171
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 - where do I get additional cals? Hi, Where can I purchase additional cals for sbs2000? I have looked around on the web and can't find any place that sells them (I must be looking for the wrong thing) Thanks Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171159
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 - I can't remember OK. I think that the brain bucket has a huge hole in it. Can anyone tell me why I am not able to connect Outlook 2000 on a WIndows 98 system to my Exchange server. I cannot find the option that allows me to connect to Exchange, just POP/SMTP. I am running SBS2003. Thanks in advance. I know that I should know this one. Sorry. Aaron Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171152
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 - adding another server. Cals question Hi, We are running sbs2000 and are looking to add another server to our domain (win 2003). It will mostly be used for storage purposes etc. We currently have 15 cals for sbs. Is it correct that the server itself takes up one cal, but we don't need to purchase extra cals for each user accessing the new server. Its cals are rolled into the sbs2000 cals. So technically if we have 14 users, 14 cals are taken up by the users and 1 cal is taken by the new server. This means we don't have to buy any cals associated with the win2003 server. (If we needed to buy any cals it would be additional cals for the sbs2000 server). Please let me know if I am wrong. Thanks Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171147
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 - exchange backup getting very large Hi, We are running SBS2000 and are backing up exchange via the NTBackup. I have noticed our backup file is getting very large (> 2GB). We only have 13 users and looking at the mail box size for each user, the total only sums to around 1GB Max. Why is the backup so much larger? Is there any way you can reduce it's size? Thanks Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171146
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 - SBS3000 upgrade stalled due to underscore in netbios domain name It seems what should have been a straightforward upgrade from SBS2000 to SBS2003 is now a nightmare, because of a little underscore in the domain netbios name (VAN_INT). Microsoft allowed this in SBS2000 but is not allowing it in SBS2003 to conform to RFC. Apparently this is a showstopper for the upgrade and next step is to do a fresh install of SBS2003. (which means building AD and Exchange Server again). Does anyone know of a way to get past this (or rename the domain netbios name in SBS 2000)? Ken Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171143
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 - Update: i cant remember the exact message. Not onsite now. It is a DNS error Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171142
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 - cannot choose option for OWA When I re-run the ICW, the tick boxes to allow internet users access to my "web based mail server" are greyed out. Consequently users cannot use OWA remotely. I can use OWA internally however. Anybody any idea why they are greyed out ? This does not occur on any of my other SBS 2K sites. TIA Gary Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171141
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 - PC diagnostics utitliy Howdy. I need to get a diagnostics utility. I think that when I worked in a retail repair shop we used one called PC Check (not sure). Is there a decent one out there that is not too pricey that anyone has had luck with? I have a system that has been acting quirky for a while now. I have swapped out parts, etc. but still have not been able to find what the problem is. Don't know how many times I have reloaded Windows. Hoping a diag. can tell me what is happening. Thanks in advance. Aaron Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171140
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 - Default Exchange MDBDATA Directory permissions for SBS2K Hi hopefully one of you kind chaps(eses) can help me out a little bit here. Over the last weekend I had to replace a couple of disks in our sbs2k server in favour of a new hardware raid array. 4 disks in a raid5 config. Now it seems I ballsed up the moving of the exhchange database directories from the old disks to the new. Could someone kindly post for me the default security permissions of the mdbdata directory? the problem I have is that people are getting their e-mails etc, but no-one can add anything to the public folders. Many thanks Jimathy Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171138
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 - Enumeration of the active directory zone. Why / How? My 2000sbs server seems to be working, but I get this message in event viewer. Should I ignore it, or is there a quick fix for this error. If I try to run the fix, will I have AD problems. (I dont want to scratch where it doesn't itch...) Thanx Jo Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171135
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 - Change description of Exchange Server Header Hi again, Were using a SBS2K setup. Our incoming faxes are routed (by the administrator) to a public folder. The Incoming Fax subject header has the following description: "Fax server ABC received a new fax from +662 872 5002" I was wondering if there was any way to change the description of the subject header to read something like: "Fax server ABC received a new fax from DEF Company Limited", where the company name is substituted through recognition of the fax number? Thank you very much, Tom Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171134
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 - Internet works with Firewall Client Disabled Hi, One of our users accidentally disabled the Firewall Client on their machine. They were still able to get access to the internet. Is this normal, or have I done something wrong in the setup of ISA? Thank you, Tom Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171133
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 - << Tech Bitz week of 2/27/2005>> Tech Bitz: http://www.sbslinks.com/tech_bitz.htm Since it apparently got stuck... I'm doing the web version Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171132
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 - <<SBS News of the Week 2/27/2004>>> Kevin's song of the week: news://msnews.microsoft.com/OQcUNZOHFHA.3376@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl ----------------------- Blogs of Interest When a blank password is more secure than a real one http://silverstr.ufies.org/blog/archives/000791.html Firefox update [remove the old one and install the new one] http://msmvps.com/donna/archive/2005/02/25/36949.aspx Now it's Trend's turn for a security issue http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2005/02/26/37061.aspx The ugliness of passwords: http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2005/02/26/37099.aspx Windows 2003 SP1 - RDP over SSL http://blogs.msdn.com/tristank/archive/2005/02/24/379380.aspx First Choicepoint....now B of A http://www.financialcryptography.com/mt/archives/000372.html Got those FBI emails? I did! http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/#00000483 Speeding up Company web http://msmvps.com/kwsupport/archive/2005/02/26/37047.aspx He "would" have to be from Fresno wouldn't he? http://radio.weblogs.com/0133184/2005/02/25.html#a278 Understanding Least Privilege http://www.scorpionsoft.com/blog/archives/2005/02/understanding_l.html Tmobile hacked again http://blog.qaddisin.com/2005_02_20_archive.html#110938841278442757 In other news Bank of America says tapes with customer data lost Bank of America Corp. has lost computer data tapes containing personal information on 1.2 million federal employees, including some members of the U.S. Senate. The lost data includes Social Security numbers and account information that could make customers of a federal government charge card program vulnerable to identity theft. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/10994411.htm http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5590989.html http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/35170-1.html http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0205/022405c1.htm - - - - - - - - - - Online investment crook sentenced to prison A former resident of Mexico was sentenced Friday to more than five years in federal prison for his role in one of the nation's largest online investment schemes, which bilked 15,000 investors around the world out of nearly $60 million. Keith Nordick, 42, formerly of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, was sentenced to 65 months in federal prison for mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to launder money. He pleaded guilty in November in U.S. District Court. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-02-26-fraudster-sentenced_x.htm - - - - - - - - - - Thai man arrested for smuggling dinosaur fossils A Thai policeman looks at the seized dinosaur fossils in Bangkok on Friday. Police acting on a tip from U.S. officials arrested a man trying to sell dinosaur fossils at least 100 million years old and valuable antiques over the Internet, Thai police said Friday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7031742/ http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5590529.html - - - - - - - - - - Payroll hole exposes dozens of companies The payroll records of at least a dozen companies were exposed to the Internet by a flaw in the online W-2 service of PayMaxx, the accounting firm has acknowledged. The flaw, uncovered by a Web application programmer this week, affected a limited number of customers, PayMaxx said Thursday in a statement sent to CNET News.com. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5591029.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ChoicePoint theft prompts Senate investigation Pressure on ChoicePoint and other data brokers mounted Thursday as members of Congress called for investigations and new legislation to better regulate the industry. The intense scrutiny comes in response to last week's revelations that 145,000 U.S. citizens are at risk of identity theft after criminals stole a host of personal information from the database giant. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7024899/ Potential ID theft victims eye information Warren Lambert thought it was just another piece of junk mail until he read the letter more closely and learned that con artists may have obtained his Social Security number, name and address ? just what they need to steal his identity and ruin his credit. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-02-25-choicepoint-victims_x.htm - - - - - - - - - - UK Government Launches Virus Alert Site Although ITsafe has not yet launched its first offensive, Sophos security researcher Graham Cluley praises the government's strategy, especially for its potential educational advantages. "Anything that can raise awareness among the general public is welcome," he says. "Clearly, home users are a big problem." http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=UK-Government-Launches-Virus-Alert-Site&story_id=30681 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10551* http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5588756.html - - - - - - - - - - MP calls for action over menacing 'silent' calls Communications regulator Ofcom isn't doing enough to protect people from the menace of "silent" phone calls made by companies trying to flog their goods and services. BT receives more than 112,000 complaints a month from people worried that they've received a "silent" call. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/25/silent_calls/ - - - - - - - - - - Cyber warriors anticipate center Personnel in the military's new cyberdefense organization hope to operate a new command center by late spring. The facility will include new hardware and software to help workers of the Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations (JTF-GNO) operate, manage and defend the military's computer networks. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2005/0221/web-jtfg-02-25-05.asp - - - - - - - - - - Trend Micro archive bug unearthed Trend Micro is urging users of its anti-virus products to apply security updates following the discovery of a potentially serious security vulnerability in 29 of its products. The security bug - discovered by security researchers at ISS - involves flaws in the processing of ARJ archive files by an antivirus library that give rise to possible buffer overflow attacks. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/25/trend_micro_vuln/ - - - - - - - - - - EU and Asia unite against spammers European and Asian countries agreed to unite in the fight against spam at the conclusion of an ecommerce conference in London this week. Government participants attending an Asia-Europe (ASEM) conference on ecommerce issued a joint statement pledging to tackle the junk mail menace. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/25/eu_asia_ant-spam_agreement/ - - - - - - - - - - Firefox foils phishing flaw All Firefox users are being encouraged to download a security update for the popular open source browser. The update includes several fixes to guard against spoofing and arbitrary code execution, and improves stability, said The Mozilla Foundation. http://www.vnunet.com/news/1161518 Firefox dusted down with security upgrade http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/25/firefox_update/ Mozilla warns of security holes, updates Firefox http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/holes/story/0,10801,100060,00.html - - - - - - - - - - Microsoft offers $5 windfall for errant software Afraid Microsoft's anti-spyware will muck up your hard drive, erasing your digital photos, music collection and work files? Don't worry, you've got a $5 rebate coming your way in this worst- case scenario--enough to buy five songs on iTunes. That is, if you read and take advantage of Microsoft's legal promise. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5590042.html Microsoft patches firewall problems http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39189174,00.htm Ready or not, Windows XP update is coming http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5590501.html Microsoft IM release expected soon http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5590751.html XP deloaded? MS tightens screws on loose product keys http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/25/ms_oem_wpa_move/ - - - - - - - - - - Expensive anti-piracyware threatens open standard A handful of technology companies are overcharging for anti-piracy software needed for digital music stores on the Internet, preventing the emergence of open standards, electronics goods makers said on Friday. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2005-02-25-drm-infighting_x.htm - - - - - - - - - - Privacy advocates criticize Homeland Security privacy committee Privacy advocates say a committee set up recently to advise the Homeland Security Department on privacy issues amounts to little more than a fox guarding a chicken coop. One member works for a high-tech company that distributed software that many computer users complained contained adware. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/10991077.htm Privacy panel membership questioned http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7031597/ - - - - - - - - - - Online security - we must remain vigilant A recent online theft case highlights the risks of internet banking - and reminds us that security means never letting down your guard. Fran Foo reports from Australia. Miami businessman Joe Lopez could change the face of internet banking. Lopez discovered his company bank account was $90,000 short and a quick check online revealed the amount had been transferred - without his knowledge - to a Latvian bank. http://comment.silicon.com/0,39024711,39128178,00.htm - - - - - - - - - - E-mail reliability at risk as spam controls get aggressive Sometimes the only way to know whether an e-mail got through is to call. Just ask Ashley Friedlein, who runs E-consultancy Ltd. in London. He never heard back from a correspondent in the United States, a subscriber of Verizon Online. So he phoned and learned his e-mail was never received. ``I wouldn't have known anything about it had I not called to check'' he said. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/10993009.htm - - - - - - - - - - Japanese government computers hit by denial-of-service attacks A series of cyber attacks disrupted Japanese government computer networks this week, although no damage was reported, Japan's top government spokesman said Thursday. The attacks, seen three times each on Tuesday and Wednesday, targeted the Prime Minister's Office and the Cabinet Office, causing computers to freeze up under a deluge of data and made it impossible for anyone to access the two Web sites, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda told a news conference. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/10980656.htm http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39189080,00.htm - - - - - - - - - - U.S. charges four under 'spam' law Federal authorities say they managed to pierce the murky underworld of Internet spam e-mails, filing the first criminal charges under the government's new "can spam" legislation. Court documents in the landmark case in Detroit describe a nearly inscrutable puzzle of corporate identities, bank accounts and electronic storefronts in one alleged spam operation. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/8543317.htm US spam scams slammed http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39189085,00.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lawmakers to act on identity theft U.S. lawmakers on Thursday sought more control over data brokers like ChoicePoint, after criminals gained access to tens of thousands of names and personal details in the company's database. Several Democratic lawmakers said they would introduce legislation to limit the activities of data profilers, who sell Social Security numbers and other consumer information to business and government clients. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5589295.html Databases Called Lax With Personal Information The Social Security numbers of millions of Americans, including Vice President Cheney and celebrity heiress Paris Hilton, are available to many subscribers of a widely used information database company, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) charged yesterday. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51929-2005Feb24.html Breach Points Up Flaws in Privacy Laws The recently disclosed privacy breach at the data collection giant ChoicePoint, in which con artists gained access to the Social Security numbers, addresses and other personal data of nearly 145,000 people, has exposed the shortcomings of the laws governing the data-mining industry and consumer privacy. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/business/24datas.html Potential ID theft victims face a lifetime of vigilance Warren Lambert thought it was just another piece of junk mail until he read the letter more closely and learned that con artists may have obtained his Social Security number, name and address -- just what they need to steal his identity and ruin his credit. Lambert is one of nearly 145,000 Americans rendered vulnerable by a breach of the computer databases of ChoicePoint Inc., a leading trafficker in a growing pool of information about who we are, what we own, what we owe and even where we go. http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10552 http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/02/24/choicepoint.victims.ap/index.html - - - - - - - - - - Take three: Antivirus apps could spread infection Internet Security Systems has found a flaw in Trend Micro's virus-scanning software--the third time this month that the security company has picked a hole in an antivirus product. The vulnerability affects Trend Micro's Antivirus Library, a common set of code used by at least 29 Trend Micro products, according to separate advisories posted on Trend Micro's Web site on Wednesday and on ISS' site on Thursday. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5589439.html - - - - - - - - - - Patch for masses swats Windows bug Microsoft has pushed out a patch for a software bug responsible for crashing some Windows systems that had third-party antivirus and firewalls installed. The fix, which was sent out through the automatic Windows Update system this week, deals with a problem that only affects Windows XP computers with Service Pack 2 installed alongside Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 and Windows Server 2003. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5589248.html - - - - - - - - - - Firefox fix plugs security holes The Mozilla Foundation released on Thursday an update to the Firefox Web browser to fix several vulnerabilities, including one that would allow domain spoofing. The open-source project released Firefox 1.0.1 to fix, among other bugs, a vulnerability in the Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), a standard for handling special character sets in domain names that lets companies register domain names that appear to be the same in different languages. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5589693.html - - - - - - - - - - Microsoft says sorry for AntiSpyware error Microsoft has publicly apologized and compensated Web directory Startpagina.nl, one of MSN's main competitors in Holland, after the software giant's anti-spyware product incorrectly flagged the site as malicious. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5589000.html - - - - - - - - - - No Encryption for E-Passports Despite widespread criticism from security experts that a proposed high-tech upgrade to Americans' passports actually introduces new security risks, the government is declining to encrypt data on new high-tech e-passports, according to proposed new rules published last week. In response to this outside criticism and some public questioning by one of its own contractors, the State Department delayed its rollout of the chip-equipped passports and hired additional companies to provide prototypes. http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,66686,00.html - - - - - - - - - - Symantec, Computer Sciences team up Symantec and Computer Sciences Corp. on Thursday announced an alliance designed to broaden CSC's security offerings and extend Symantec's reach into the corporate and government markets. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5588774.html - - - - - - - - - - Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171131
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 - VPN needs static IP I have a VPN establsihed and works fine. However, it is either giving the local address by a static pool or DHCP. I need the ability to assingn a local IP to a specific user. I see the option in AD Users and computer, but it is grayed out. On the client side, I can pick an IP address in the TCI-IP settings for the VPN, but the server rejects it. Any ideas? Thank you Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171126
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 - Exchange 2000 all going to badmail... We have a Windows 2000 Small Business Server that *was* runningInternet Security and Acceleration Server and getting email justfine. After taking ISA out of the picture all incoming email isgoing directly to BadMail and we cannot figure out why. Here's what we did: 1. We unplugged and disabled the WAN adapter. (Internet connection now coming from Enterprise Firewall not ISA.) 2. We ran the Internet Connection Wizard and changed it from a broadband connection to router. We were told that ISA would not be used in this configuration and that made us very happy. 3. It then made the changes to Exchange and ISA and the connection. 4. Next I disabled Microsoft Firewall and the ISA related services. 5. We then changed all the clients on the LAN and things were good as far as getting to the internet but nobody was getting mail. 6. We run ORF and knew it was getting to the server but Message Tracking said it was going to BadMail. 7. At this point we did the exact same thing on the test server we have at another location. Well almost exact. I left the services alone. Everything worked perfectly. 8. So we enabled Microsoft Firewall and the ISA services and still no email. 9. We re-ran the Internet Connection Wizard and still nothing. Presently that's where we are at. We have email being delivered but Message Tracking says it's going right to BadMail. How can we fix this or figure out what the problem is? Thanks, Rex Tag: Profile for forcing complex passwords? Tag: 171124

I was pretty sure there is a profile setting for forcing complex passwords
with the users but I can't locate it. Can someone point me in the right
direction on SBS 2000?

Thank you
Doug

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Re: Profile for forcing complex passwords? by Jim

Jim
Mon Mar 07 07:29:00 CST 2005

I go in to the group policy and make changes. In SBS 2003 they do
things a bit safer and make new group policies for about 5 things. The
joy of that is if you screw up somehow you just delete the gp you made
incorrectly instead of having to dig around in the only one.

I looked at my SBS2003 to see the path. I did start/run gpedit.msc.
The Computer Config/Windows Settings/ Security Settings/Account
Policies/Password Policy

"Doug B -db-" <dburrows_nospam-@dbnational.com> wrote:

>I was pretty sure there is a profile setting for forcing complex passwords
>with the users but I can't locate it. Can someone point me in the right
>direction on SBS 2000?
>
>Thank you
>Doug
>

Jim B. SBS MVP

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