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Knowledgeable people say that an un-protected machine that is connected to the Internet can and will probably be penetrated within 72 hours or less. Without proper protection chances are you will be targeted and penetrated – even if you have nothing secret or important to hide. That is why you MUST install and properly configure…

One of the most tedious day-to-day tasks for Active Directory administrators in medium to large organizations is the management of user accounts and their respective information, things such as resetting user passwords, clearing account lockouts, updating of phone numbers and additional information. It’s true that in Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory Users and Computers allows…

The “Paper MCSE” Imagine this scenario: You’ve been studying for the MCSE certification for over six months. You’ve gotten passing scores on all the tests. And now, Systems Engineer Certificate in hand, you decide to jump into the job market in search of your extra $10k a year in salary. Then the rejection letters come….

How can I optimize the Windows 2000/XP/2003 virtual memory (Pagefile)? Memory tweaking is an important part of the System Administrator’s responsibilities. Having too much memory won’t hurt you, but this is something we cannot expect to have all the time. This page will give you some working tips on memory management for Windows 2000, Windows…

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition is a part of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family. It is an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-manage server operating system that is optimized to be a complete Web hosting package. Windows Server 2003, Web Edition includes the following features: Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, which provides a robust architecture for building and publishing secure Web…

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition boasts a number of features that lesser versions of Windows Server lack. Find out what they are in this handy overview.

What are the Outlook Command-Line Switches? Outlook supports a number of command-line switches; these are normally used when you need to restore Outlook settings to their factory defaults. Some of these switches are recommended for solving problems. If you do hit an unexpected issue and want to run one of these switches, we strongly encourage…

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The standard model for networking protocols and distributed applications is the International Standard Organization’s Open System Interconnect (ISO/OSI) model. It defines seven network layers. Short for Open System Interconnection, an ISO standard for worldwide communications that defines a networking framework for implementing protocols in seven layers. Control is passed from one layer to the next,…

Description This utility builds up Active Directory users, OU’s and groups as well as private and public shared folders. The users are retrieved from the attached Excel file. Requirements: Windows 2000/2003 domain. Download Download [this_link_has_been_removed] (2mb) You need to extract the tool/script found in the downloaded file by using WinZip or similar. Usage First, install…