Where to go for help.

Go to:
[link|http://www.winguides.com/|http://www.winguides.com/]
Click on their security guide. See if it helps you.

For whatever you do, don't post on a Newsgroup from your NT/W2K Server saying you need security help, if you do, post from a different IP address.

Also earn some points at:
[link|http://www.experts-exchange.com/|http://www.experts-exchange.com/]
They can answer the questions for you.

For Exchange:
[link|http://www.msexchange.org/|http://www.msexchange.org/]

Also for NT/W2K FAQs:
[link|http://www.ntfaq.com/|http://www.ntfaq.com/]

You'll also want the latest security updates:
[link|http://windowsupdates.microsoft.com/|http://windowsupdates.microsoft.com/]

Make sure that you don't have any blank passwords for admin accounts or any other accounts, nor any easy to guess passwords. Don't run anything as the Administrator account, only use an account that only has access to the resources it needs to access.

Also I put more links at:
[link|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/MSWindowsSecurity|http://twiki.iwethey...MSWindowsSecurity]

I got in trouble for putting them there, without much context, but hey they are valid links that will help someone. So what if I didn't write four paragraphs per link?

I feel sorry for you, because most people online will either tell you to find another job, or switch to a different OS/Software. But when your boss tells you to use MS Products, what can you do?

Good luck!

Post #75,841 by orion 1/21/03 4:57:12 AM Reply	Where to go for help. Go to: [link\|http://www.winguides.com/\|http://www.winguides.com/] Click on their security guide. See if it helps you. For whatever you do, don't post on a Newsgroup from your NT/W2K Server saying you need security help, if you do, post from a different IP address. Also earn some points at: [link\|http://www.experts-exchange.com/\|http://www.experts-exchange.com/] They can answer the questions for you. For Exchange: [link\|http://www.msexchange.org/\|http://www.msexchange.org/] Also for NT/W2K FAQs: [link\|http://www.ntfaq.com/\|http://www.ntfaq.com/] You'll also want the latest security updates: [link\|http://windowsupdates.microsoft.com/\|http://windowsupdates.microsoft.com/] Make sure that you don't have any blank passwords for admin accounts or any other accounts, nor any easy to guess passwords. Don't run anything as the Administrator account, only use an account that only has access to the resources it needs to access. Also I put more links at: [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/MSWindowsSecurity\|http://twiki.iwethey...MSWindowsSecurity] I got in trouble for putting them there, without much context, but hey they are valid links that will help someone. So what if I didn't write four paragraphs per link? I feel sorry for you, because most people online will either tell you to find another job, or switch to a different OS/Software. But when your boss tells you to use MS Products, what can you do? Good luck! [link\|http://pub75.ezboard.com/bantiiwethey\| New and improved, Chicken Delvits!]
Post #75,881 by screamer 1/21/03 10:19:34 AM Reply	Add one... for the usenet types, from the Microsoft News Server: microsoft.public.sql.setup microsoft.public.sql.* They seem to have quite a few engineer types lurking and maintaining their news groups. I have found this to be the best place to go for help, FWIW. Just a few thoughts, Screamer Living is easy with eyes closed misunderstanding all you see, it's getting hard to be someone but it all works out it doesn't matter much to me J. Lennon - Strawberry Fields Forever
Post #75,887 by inthane-chan 1/21/03 10:42:45 AM Reply	Hee hee hee! Orion made me laugh! For whatever you do, don't post on a Newsgroup from your NT/W2K Server saying you need security help, if you do, post from a different IP address. Heh. I like that. Any deity worthy of a graven image can cobble up a working universe complete with fake fossils in under a week - hey, if you're not omnipotent, there's no real point in being a god. But to start with a big ball of elementary particles and end up with the duckbill platypus without constant twiddling requires a degree of subtlety and the ability to Think Things Through: exactly the qualities I'm looking for when I'm shopping for a Supreme Being.
Post #75,910 by orion 1/21/03 12:26:41 PM Reply	Re: Hee hee hee! Well sometimes people do get my jokes. :) [link\|http://pub75.ezboard.com/bantiiwethey\| New and improved, Chicken Delvits!]

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