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Cheers for the advice, maybe thats the way I'll have to go, I do have access to server software and several versions of Linux but it's not the ideal solution for my class. I do think it's a bit 'off' that Microsoft dictate through software how many computers you can host from one machine, but I...

From a recent magazine, you can download a free calc from www.computeractive.co.uk/download/101194 I downloaded it two weeks ago, used it a few times and its far better than the Windows calc.

Hi all, I had a look through some of the old threads but couldn't find anything, so I hope somebody can answer this. We have several training classes, each set up as Workgroups, they used to be W98 but we have now got WXP. The problem started when certain computers couldn't access certain...

Thanks for the tip, I'll have a go at doing the latter then.

Hi, At work we have a W2k Server connected to a BT Broadband box ( Not a good choice but apparently the servers there to stay ). In the BT manual it says to de-activate the Servers DHCP, which we did and everything works fine. At another of our small branches we left the DHCP on the server...

Thanks to you both, I did find one called Diagnose, freeware and looked good though it did crash a couple of times and freeze but it was impressive for freeware. I'm downloading as I speak, God bless all those talented programmers and technicians who spread joy and sighs of relief among the...

Hi all, I'm doing some tech training for some young techies, work doesn't want to pay for diagnostic doftware for them to take away but I want to give them some stuff they can use in the real world. Does anybody know of any good freeware diagnostic software and where it can be obtained, I'm...

Hi ukjane, You obviously solved the problem yourself through logical progression, so don't feel bad at all. I'm no expert but I do build and repair computers for our company, many a time I've blundered and spent hours troubleshooting a mistake that I had made. This just builds up your own...

Thanks crow, I may just take a look, it never hurts to have something up your sleeve.

Smah, I could kiss you. Just had a quick look at tucows and bang there they were, if only I had the sense to look there a fortnight ago. Hopefully by dinner I'll have set something up and written working documents for it. You've saved my skin, Cheers.

Hi all, I've been asked to set up an Internal mail service, not for company use but just as a training exercise for a small amount of people. I must admit I feel daft asking this, I remember doing this as a part of my initial training and I remember it seemed so easy to do, but now some years...

Good advice, I must admit I started this thread to try and find out a way to give a malicious user a bit of a shock, nothing over the top, just something to make them realise another person could see what they were doing and didn't like it. After reading about the latest SQL-Sapphire/Hell virus...

Thanks for the address. I must say I didn't know about dshield but it's a site I'll now start to visit often.

Hi everyone, I constantly get spoofed and port checked, I have Sygate Firewall PRO installed and it seems to do a grand job at stopping them. I also block their specific IP addresses, but it is annoying. I do a 'back check' of who they are, I also 'ping' them and do a 'tracert' to their IP...

Thanks for the replies, Both have been equally useful in providing further avenues of information and time saved looking into areas not needed. I must admit I like researching issues 'before' implementing it. I'm not MSCE/CISCO trained but know enough to know how much I don't know, it seems...

At first we were just going to have a computer with Win98 as an access point for the Internet with connection sharing, firewall on ect. I also looked into using Linux as the operating system, also running the firewall. 'One in the know' stated we must use Win2000 server, and so we have a...

Hi everybody, Our small company recently decided to go it alone in the big bad world of the Internet. Initially we were going to use a lone computer using Win98 Internet sharing ( we're on peer/peer and don't really need much in the way of domains ) with that computer being the access point...

Thanks all, Excellent idea, block everything then slowly allow what you need. Although I've still got a shed full of stuff still to read, the answers becoming clearer. Cheers for the links and the help.

Thanks peterve for the link, I went through it and found a lot of info, I did get bogged down in the technical stuff though, maybe it was the amount of Christmas and new year booze I've consumed over the last few days. All the clients will be going through the server to the internet, so their...

Thanks for the prompt reply. We've not yet configured the server to anything else but allowing Internet access, it was all a 'get it done in two weeks or we all die'. Our old ISP's contract cut off at the end of the year. The systems safe at the minute, we turned it all off for the Christmas...