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Hi We have a forest trust between 2 W2K3 domains that we will try to decommission. One of the first steps is to temporarily disable the firewalls between the two domains, to see what traffic is still exchanged. The question is: how long can we disrupt network connectivity between the 2 domains...

Hi We need to delegate permissions on an IIS 7 web site to some non-administrative users. Apart from some configuration settings, we also need the delegation to work for application pool recycling and maybe even an IIS reset (the server is dedicated for the one web site anyway). Is there a way...

Hi Is there a possibility to configure a VPN connection in Windows XP (and Vista), so that a secondary VPN server can be contacted when the primary server is not reachable? I searched for all kinds of information on VPN client redundancy but did not find relevant information. Cheers, Tim

Hi Is there a possibility to configure a VPN connection in Windows XP (and Vista), so that a secondary VPN server can be contacted when the primary server is not reachable? I searched for all kinds of information on VPN client redundancy but did not find relevant information. Cheers, Tim

We would like to install an ISA Server at the edge of our network for various reasons (VPN, internet access, ...) But considering this, what is the security risk when ISA Server crashes or its services are stopped? Does this mean our infrastructure (or maybe just the server itself) is completely...

Hi We will be migrating our PC's from two existing WINS servers to a couple of new ones. While doing so, we do not want to replicate all existing WINS records to the new servers. Instead, we would insert only a few static records which we are sure to be needed (applications that do not work...

Hi We currently have an environment with 2 separate AD forests and a two-way trust in between. Both domains have a DFS root, pointing to shares on a number of file servers. We need to know if it is possible to add DFS links towards the same share on both DFS roots, knowing that users connect...

Hi I need to run several LDAP queries on two Active Directory environments. I'm using ADODB to do this: Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command") objConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject" objConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"...

Hi I am working on a script to replicate account settings between two AD domains. One topic is the parameter "user cannot change password". The "problem" with enabling this setting is that I have two pieces of code that seem to do it: Const ADS_UF_PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE = &H0040 Set objUser =...

Hi We want to set up a trust between two Windows 2003 forests. Do we need WINS for that? One of the domains does not have WINS installed and relies only on DNS. And we would really like to keep it that way. Thanks!

Hi I have implemented a timer in VB .NET so that a piece of code is executed at regular intervals. This works fine, apart from the fact that the code is not executed until the first interval has elapsed. As this interval is quite large (several hours) it means that the code is not executed...

Hi I have a VB .NET Windows application that I would like to implement as a Windows service. Basically there are two scenario's: 1) The .exe file is executed normally. This is done manually and shows a Windows form, allowing the user to interact with the program 2) The .exe file is started...

Hi I'm trying to write a simple application to manage the password on an account. I need a program that is able to set the password on a domain account (password is calculated by the program, based on a number of variables). However, it should also be able to show a form that allows to retrieve...

Hi With version 10, SAVCE now offers some reporting interfaces. However is it possible to draw some simple reports from an older 8.x or 9.x environment? We basically need nothing more than an overview (e.g. a CSV file) with the status of virus definitions and the viruses that were recently...

Hi We created a simple user configuration GPO that sets a few registry keys under "HKCU/Control Panel/Desktop". When we assign the GPO to an OU and log on to a PC with an account from that OU, the policy is applied (as seen with GpResult). However, the registry keys remain intact with the old...

Hi We currently have an IIS6 server hosting many web sites and applications but only 2 application pools. We would now like to divide the applications into a number of new application pools to improve stability and troubleshooting, but we are somewhat concerned about the drawbacks. Are there...

Hi We would like to have a GPO that configures the screensaver for desktops in the domain. The GPO should only allow one screensaver (.scr file) to be used. Most other screensaver settings should not be configured. I.e. users should be able to change the time-out, password protection or even...

Hi We would like to set a user or system variable on all computers in our domain. Can this be done through group policies? I.e. can we define a name and value for an environment variable with a GPO? Thanks, Tim

Hi On our intranet we are using a combination of basic and integrated security. For most people access is granted transparently, but for others a popup is shown asking for credentials. When filling in their domain account and password they are granted access. If they choose to cancel, they get...

Hi On one of our intranet pages I would like to have a button that can trigger an application on the webserver. For example, when someone clicks that button a batch file should run on the server. Is there a way to do this in ASP? I.e. can you write ASP code that runs commands on the Windows...