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  1. emaybee

    How can I disable 'Set as Desktop Background'?

    Thanks in advance.
  2. emaybee

    How do I create a user with a blank password in win2k3 server

    This would be a general purpose public account with group policy restrictions on it. Thanks in advance.
  3. emaybee

    How do you prevent Desktop Background change

    How can you prevent the users from changing the desktop background by way of Safari or any type of application? Thanks, Michael
  4. emaybee

    Can I Limit a Browser to one site only?

    I have a computer that only needs to go to one website. How can I limit the browser (in this case it's IE) to one site only?
  5. emaybee

    Changing the Apple Menu

    I encountered an iMac with the apple menu altered in the following way: Force Quit... Force Quit Restart... Restart Log Out xxxxxx... Log Out xxxxxx Shut Down... Shut Down The items without the trailer periods would perform the actions without a prompt. Without using something like...
  6. emaybee

    Can I enable the Messenger service using group policy?

    I need to enable this for Win XP SP2 clients(150+) on my domain so that important messages from administrators can be relayed.
  7. emaybee

    Network drive mapping and its display in explorer

    Is there a way to alter the display of a network drive in windows explorer so that it does not display the actual network path?
  8. emaybee

    Netscape Profiles and Mandatory Profiles

    I'm trying to use mandatory profiles in a domain(Win2k server/WinXP clients). When it comes to Netscape 7.2 the profile manager pops up upon starting the program with a default user but it can't find the folder. So then I have to delete what is there and create a new default. This is confusing...
  9. emaybee

    DVD-CDRW drives not properly recognizing media

    I've seen this happen on a few computers. When you insert a CD with anything on it Win XP doesn't respond to it but the icon in explorer changes to simply "cd-rom" with 0 bytes. In order to get the CD to work, I have to eject it through Explorer and re-insert it. When it comes to burning...
  10. emaybee

    Server being used for port scanning

    My network colleagues tell me that my Win2k server is port scanning the network. Now I checked for viruses and tried to stop any unnecessary processes from running. How can I tell what's causing the port scanning? The server is up to date with patches.
  11. emaybee

    Child Domains and pass-thru authentication

    I have a root domain (let's call it master.corp.com). It has 20,000 user accounts. I have a child domain called deptlab.master.corp.com that has printers and other resources that I'd like to share with the 20,000 users of master.corp.com. I have a workstation that is an object of...
  12. emaybee

    How to remove a child domain from AD

    I'm trying to remove a child domain from AD. The confusing question comes when I'm running DCPROMO at the child domain server: Should I check the box indicating that the server is the last domain controller in the domain? Not checking it seems to indicate the child domain server will be...
  13. emaybee

    USB drives will not eject

    I have a number of computers that are in a domain. When the users try to eject their usb thumbrives or any other device, they get the message that the device cannot be unmounted because it is in use. Any ideas on how to stop this?
  14. emaybee

    AD Replication w/parent & child domains

    Can anyone explain to me what is replicated between parent and child domains?
  15. emaybee

    User Replication question

    I manage a child domain that needs the main user database and whatever AD objects necessary to be replicated to my AD tree. The connections between servers are working. What do I need to do next?
  16. emaybee

    Mandatory Profiles not loading on Win XP clients

    I have erratic problems with mandatory profiles not loading on some clients and to resolve it generally requires a logout or a restart. I would like to minimize these occurances. I have a number of Dell Optiplex computers that this is happening to. Any ideas?
  17. emaybee

    IE file type settings question

    Before windows XP I could create a profile that would remember how to deal with certain file types like .sav for SPSS, .rm for RealPlayer, etc. These settings were saved in ntuser.dat but it seems that this is no longer the case. Can anyone tell me where these settings are stored? I suspect...
  18. emaybee

    updating Group Policy Objects

    I have a Windows 2000 Server that will have Windows XP Pro clients in its domain. How can I adjust the group policy objects so that I can make use of the settings that are specific to Windows XP clients?
  19. emaybee

    Restrictive Password Policies

    I'm trying to create password-less user in my W2k3 domain but the password policies won't let me. How do I adjust these policies so that I can do this?
  20. emaybee

    Adding a w2k3 domain to a w2k domain

    I have a w2k3 domain that needs to be a child domain to a w2k domain so that the user database on the w2k domain is replicated to the w2k3 domain. Has anyone done this successfully?

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