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I am a bit worried about the updates to Windows Update, I went and read the article you posted from winsupersite, and then went and read the applicable section of the microsoft paper.

In the...

Ok, maybe it was I who was acting the @ss here, then again, font doesn't allow much in the way of clues to how someone really mean something, no non verbal clues here.. Havent been having the best...

OK Mr Pooh,

I went back and reread your first post, I am still looking for a link to a whitepaper though, you did post a link to itright, come to think of it, I didnt even see a mention of a...

I was asking you questions about it in my initial post. You have proclaimed yourself the expert, I asked a few simple questions of a "expert". I never made uninformed decisions. I didnt make a...

Mr. pooh, or whatever your name is.

You are correct, I did not read the whitepaper. I do not need to read the whitepaper to know that turning something off which is on by default means more work...

This may be all well and good for home users, which will make life a bit better for the rest of us that actually have a clue, but ,How does this help me do my job? Seems to me that it just makes it...

Suse will repartition the drive for you. I have had good luck with it on 3 seperate occasions. Windows XP still bootable after suse resized the partition. There are limits to how much free space...

Im getting 503 error here as well.

Was also getting 503 error with slashdot earlier, but then it started working again... now, 503 errors.

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AFAIK, you cannot have a global catalog on a server with out it being a domain controller.

So, install AD on server in city 2. It can be part of the domain you created in city 1.

Basic...

essentially, but, ANY domain controller can make changes to Active Directory by default(may be able to limit this), it is not like NT where there were clearly defined roles for domain controllers,...

You can have more than one global catalog, that should not be a problem.

As far as I know it is impossible to host parent and child active directories on the same box.

We have a site which...

There are two differnent things with windows XP. first is registration, which you do not have to do if it asks, you can just cancle. The second is Activiation, which you DO have to do, else your OS...

One question, why do you want to name your domains this way? It seems that you have a small network and you probably want to keep it as simple as possible.

You can make just one Active Directory...

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DOH, you beat me to it while I was looking up links for him..

AFAIK, the "port" number listed in those firewall logs is not really the port number with ICMP as it would be with TCP or UDP....

Once you know the mac address of a network card, you can figure out the manufacturer just by looking it up.

The best list(most updated) is from ieee.org as they maintain the list.
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can you post your grub.conf file? perhaps something there isnt quite right. I have seen some issues with the lines in the grub.conf file for loading windows before...

Also, what exactly is the...

on windows it is

arp -a

on linux you can just use

arp

Well, considering that the netbios port is listed on the remote machine, and your laptops port are above 1024, I would guess that those connections originate from your laptop, going to the other...

I don't want to get into the debate over whether this is good or bad, but...

Im assuming this is automated....

It seems to me if they were not careful about how they did this, they are...

well, redhat 9 is end of life in MArch 2004, which means redhat will no longer supply updates for it.... Supposedly they have made an updated up2date which will download and install other ( .deb and...

Hi all,

I just went out and picked up SUSE 9.0 pro, as I hear a lot of people saying nice stuff about suse. I have been a redhat guy, but, hey, I want to try it.....

I install suse on a...

Google is immensely helpful for stuff like this....

Look for local security policy.

Info about account and local policies...

to install the schema snapin if you havent already, go here...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/server/help/SchmMgmt_Install_Snapin.htm

for more...

Single master operations roles can be moved using warious mmc AD utils... you may need to install the schema snapin for mmc, I do not think it installs by default..
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um, yes it does say what the assembler app is


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