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The Domain Name System (DNS) is the Active Directory locator in Windows 2000. Active Directory clients and client tools use DNS to locate domain controllers for administration and logon. You must have a DNS server installed and configured for Active Directory and the associated client software to function correctly. This article guides you through the…

How do I copy a user profile in Windows XP? Why is the COPY TO button grayed out? UPDATE: This method is no longer supported. You need to create an additional account and copy it over that account (and not over the default user profile). To copy a user profile in XP do the following:…

In W2K, XP and Windows Server 2003, if you attempt to convert a File Allocation Table (FAT or FAT16) partition to the FAT32 file system using the “drive:’convert drive: /fs:fat32” command-line switch, where drive is the drive from which you are running the convert utility and the drive you are trying to convert to FAT32,…

I have seen this question several times at different message boards, so I’ve decided to write something on it. The built-in GPO settings do not provide a method for controlling the size of the “Temporary Internet Files”, hence the users (if no restriction on the user profile size exist) can quickly fill up the disk…

In Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008, when a removable drive (USB flash drive, flash card reader, portable hard drive, etc.) is attached for the first time, Windows mounts it to the first available local drive letter. So far so good. But if there is a network share on this letter, Windows will use it anyway for the new…

Uncontrolled use of iPods, USB sticks, PDAs and other devices on your network can lead to data theft, introduction of viruses, legal liability issues and more. In a society where the use of portable storage devices is commonplace, the threat that these devices pose to corporations and organizations is often ignored. GFI EndPointSecurity is one…

How can I configure an IPSec Policy through GPO? As written in previous articles (see related articles at bottom of page), Windows 2000/XP/2003 machines have a built-in IP security mechanism called IPSec (IP Security). IPSec is a protocol that’s designed to protect individual TCP/IP packets traveling across your network by using public key encryption. Besides…

This is a step by step setup of how you get Windows XP to use Internet Connection Sharing or ICS. These instructions assume that when you have a Cable Modem connection or an ADSL connection (frankly, it can also be a simple Dial-Up modem connection, but that won’t get you anywhere, would it?). Let’s say…

This is a step by step setup of how you get Windows 2000 Server (or Professional) to use Internet Connection Sharing or ICS. These instructions assume that when you have a Cable Modem connection or an ADSL connection (frankly, it can also be a simple Dial-Up modem connection, but that won’t get you anywhere, would…

How can I configure Forms-Based Authentication in Exchange Server 2003 OWA? Exchange Server 2003 has greatly improved the Outlook Web Access (or OWA for short) experience when compared to older Exchange versions. Besides the nice new GUI, spell-checking in different languages, drag-and-drop features, S/MIME support (see Configure Message Security in OWA 2003 for more info)…