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Christopher Rice           There will be cases in your line of work where you will have to delve into the Registry. I know that everyone hates doing this because it always leads to problems, and I know that you all hate getting Registry errors because they can be very difficult to work through. It is […]

by Marcin Policht In his latest article in a series discussing a scripting approach to modifying Security Descriptors, Marcin Policht discusses how to make modifications to Security Descriptors that control permissions to files and folders on NTFS-based partitions. This is the third article in the series discussing a scripting approach to modifying Security Descriptors. In […]

“To begin with, let’s answer a very basic question for all those of you unfamiliar with programming jargon: what’s a variable when it’s at home?” “A variable is the fundamental building block of any programming languages. Think of a variable as a container which can be used to store data; this data is used in […]

Troubleshooting using Setup Logs Windows XP Professional generates a number of log files during the setup routine that contain information that was logged during installation that will assist you when you are attempting to resolve problems that may have occurred during the setup. Action Log (SETUPACT.LOG) – The action log records the actions that the […]

Additional Logs for Troubleshooting Error Log (SETUPERR.LOG) – The error log shows any errors that occurred during setup and their severity level. If errors do occur, the log viewer displays the error log at the end of setup. (The SETUPERR.LOG can be found in the Windows directory in a default Windows XP Professional installation) The […]

WindowsdebugNetSetup.log Logs activity when computers join domains or workgroups. (This entire log was only 7KB, so I copied all of it) 01/07 23:40:03 —————————————————————–01/07 23:40:03 NetpValidateName: checking to see if ‘WORKGROUP’ is valid as type 2 name01/07 23:40:03 NetpCheckNetBiosNameNotInUse: for ‘WORKGROUP’ returned: 0x85801/07 23:40:03 NetpCheckNetBiosNameNotInUse for ‘WORKGROUP’ [ Workgroup as MACHINE] returned 0x85801/07 23:40:03 NetpValidateName: […]

by Dan DiNicolo http://www.2000trainers.com When Microsoft announced that security would become their new “prime directive” a few months back, many people took it to be little more than standard Microsoft lip service. Certainly the road to building more secure systems will be a long one for Microsoft, especially since they’re in catch-up mode for the […]

602Pro LAN Suite 2002 is a perfect example of a product that is both more and less. It’s more because it bundles what are often separate products into a single suite of servers, offering Mail server, Web server, Fax server, Proxy server, and DHCP server components. It’s less because none of these servers are high […]

Performing the Upgrade Installation The next point of the Upgrade installation is the setup type. Even though you are actually already within an existing operating system, you are not forced to upgrade to the new operating system. You can choose the option to perform a clean installation at this point. (The default recommended option is […]

by Jason Zandriwww.2000trainers.com Welcome to this week’s installment of Learn Windows XP Professional in 15 minutes a week, the fourth in this series. This article covers how to setup a RIS server in order to deploy Windows XP Professional via RIS as well upgrading from older operating systems to Windows XP Professional. Jason Zandri’s latest […]

The mail-enabled recipient is fairly similar to the mailbox-enabled recipient, with the exception of a mailbox. Whereas a mailbox-enabled recipient has an Exchange 2000 mailbox, a mail-enabled recipient has an external e-mail address associated with it. This might be the case where your company actually has an employee from a business partner that reports directly […]

by Marcin Policht In his latest article, Marcin Policht illustrates how the Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) can be used to manipulate permissions on the NTFS file system level. Active Directory Services Interface is typically used for management of various account repositories, such as Windows NT SAM database, IIS Metabase, or LDAP-based directories such as […]