Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 23rd 09, 08:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
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Booting issue
That was most helpful, thank you very much.
I pretty much managed to fix my problem now - I found a boot.ini
configuration that works when I set the computer to boot from the drive
attached to the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 23rd 09, 06:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 114
Booting issue
"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
Since, as you say, this is a Win2000 issue, why not post it in a Win2000
newsgroup (e.g. win2000.general)?
Because this is not all that W2k specific since the bootmenus...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 23rd 09, 06:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 114
Booting issue
Hello,
I have this issue with W2k, but I think it doesn't matter since this seems
to work the same in XP. So, here's my problem:
I recently dusted off a really old PC of mine (PII-333) because I...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
December 7th 07, 02:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 4
Views: 601
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
December 4th 07, 07:38 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 3
Views: 447
Restricted Users Changing Power Scheme
What kind of laptops do you have?
I'm used to them autosensing if they are plugged in or running on battery
power, and automatically switching power saving schemes.
Or do your people want to run...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
December 3rd 07, 10:08 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 4
Views: 526
Spam
We shouldn't post in these threads.
Oops,I just did it myself. :)
"David B." wrote:
The post that he was referring to, is it that hard to figure out?
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
December 3rd 07, 10:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 3
Views: 447
Restricted Users Changing Power Scheme
Not sure why that is an issue for you.
You admins can set up different power saving policies for A/C powered
operation and for battery-powered operation, it will then kick in regardless
of user...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 30th 07, 06:49 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 4
Views: 511
Test Driving EFS - couple questions
Not sure what you want to secure, but maybe you're better off with a
third-party encryption program.
I like TrueCrypt http://www.truecrypt.org/, not the least because it's free.
:)
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 30th 07, 06:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 8
Views: 761
Backup Data
Or DriveImage XML:
http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 30th 07, 06:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 8
Views: 451
recommendation for mirroring software
Sounds like a job for a RAID array - two identical disk where one mirrors the
other (raid 1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID). Windows XP Pro supports
that:
(from Help) dynamic disk
A physical...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 30th 07, 06:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 3
Views: 398
System Restore
Maybe through expensive forensic services... but if your old restore points
aren't there anymore, that means they've been overwritten, which means the
portion of the hd they used to occupy is now...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 30th 07, 06:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 3
Views: 305
Secure A Process
If they have admin rights, there may not be anything you can do.
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 30th 07, 06:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 5
Views: 446
Stored USER NAMES and passwords
You sound like you need a third-party password manager.
If you use the FireFox browser (or anything based on it) you can use its
built-in tool (switch on strong encryption if you do!), or if you...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 30th 07, 06:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 1
Views: 417
Grant a user the rights to start/stop services
You could create a user group if you don't have one already - XP comes with
several groups, but I don't recally if there's one that can work on services
only - that has permission to do what you...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 28th 07, 07:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,112
How effective is a Limited User Account?
That can be done - at least to a certain degree - by using sudo (for
windows). It'll give temporary admin powers to your own account for things
like installing software. There are several...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 28th 07, 07:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 1
Views: 297
User Security
You need to make sure that account is limited. That'll make changing any
important settings difficult. Still won't be as restrictive as you want
though.
For that, take a look at the "Lock Down...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 28th 07, 06:51 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 2
Views: 525
Portable Security
Truecrypt is great, but it's not very useful for this purpose because it
requires installation on the target PC, which in turn needs admin rights (it
installs a device driver). It's OS independent...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 27th 07, 06:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,112
How effective is a Limited User Account?
Look, the bottom line is this:
Running a limited account does not mean you are absolutely safe. Having an
army of AV and ASW programs does not mean you are absolutely safe.
The fact of the matter...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 26th 07, 07:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 8
Views: 450
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 26th 07, 07:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 1
Views: 239
Key Logger. or Spywayre.?
Do you have NumLock on when you try to use the number pad?
But if you have malware on your computer, it may be hiding. Try to boot from
a CD and scan your computer. I can recommend UBCD4Win....
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 26th 07, 07:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,112
How effective is a Limited User Account?
But that was not the question. :)
There are bugs in software (IE, Office, mail and web servers etc.) or errors
in the configuration/software of firewalls that can be exploited and allow an...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 24th 07, 06:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 8
Views: 450
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 24th 07, 06:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 5
Views: 490
SAM cracking
Bad news:
http://www.openwall.com/passwords/microsoft-windows-nt-2000-xp-2003
http://www.fastcrack.com/faq.html:
"Q: What if my SAM database is encrypted with Syskey?
A: If you use pwdump you’ll...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 24th 07, 05:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 6
Views: 420
DomainService, fotomoto, vundo: Still Infected?
Whatever you do, do not boot from HD when you try to clean up these things!
Boot from a CD so the malware doesn't get loaded into memory.
You may also need to get used to the idea of nuking your...
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Forum: Security and Administration with Windows XP
November 24th 07, 05:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Replies: 3
Views: 355
Do I need Windows Defender?
What kind of hardware do you have that Defender is a "huge" drain on your
resources? I have it running in the background, and I don't notice it at all
unless it's complaining that it wants to do a...
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