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Hi
I heard a lot about accessing any computer if it is connected via the Internet. So I’m worry about the secret information in my computer ! especially when every one say that WinXP have more problem in Security !
Could any one tell me please how this is possible even if I did not make any share folder on my computer ?
Dose any one know a good articles about this subjects ?
Thanks very much
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bfadi wrote:
every one say that WinXP have more problem in Security
I haven't heard that at all. WinXP is more security conscious than previous versions, though I have no doubt that a serious hacker can probably find a way into any PC. XP makes it harder (it's hard enough for a legitimate user to make it work), and you as an individual are not much of a target for hackers.
If you are not sharing any files or devices on your PC it would be very difficult for anyone to get in, if it's possible at all. I don't personally know of any way to do so. One good bit of insurance is a firewall; a hardware device is better, but more expensive than a software firewall. ZoneAlarm Pro and Sygate Personal Firewall Pro are two I've used, and both are excellent. Search Google for download sites.
If you're curious about how exposed you might be to the outside world while connected to the Internet, there's a quick and dirty scanner available at www.grc.com[^] which will scan your PC and report any ports or services found on it. Once you identify a vulnerability you can research methods for closing the gate to outsiders.
If you're not on a network, just using the PC for personal pleasure, you should remove or disable any services you don't need. Using the Services applet in Control Panel you can temporarily disable various things to see how the computer behaves, and customize a configuration that allows only the operations you need and want. It's a bit risky, though, so it's advisable to save your system configuration before making each change, allowing you to restore your previous settings if something you change really messes things up.
Keep in mind, though, that as an individual user your aren't likely to be targeted by hackers, and your secret information is of little value to anyone else. Unless you have enemies looking to do you harm, I wouldn't lose any sleep over this.
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It is possible if they have administrative privileges using the hidden shares like C$ (for the entire C drive), etc. However, if they somehow got administrative privileges on your computer (which would requires a series of hacks anyway) they probably could do a lot better things than accessing your shares.
It's true that most "hackers" (the media is stupid, the correct term is "crackers" and "phreaks") probably won't target an individual's files, but they will try to gain elevated priveleges if possible to launch additional attacks, such as DDoS attacks.
XP is more secure, though, so long as you keep up-to-date with Windows Updates (use the automatic download if always connected, or use the Tools->Windows Update command from IE often). No OS (even linux, despite what those junkies always say) is secure all the time. Even security specialists in the field (like Bruce Schneier) will tell you that nothing's uncrackable - it's only a matter of time. Just make your computer as secure as you can, keep up-to-date on patches, and don't worry so much because it's not as large a problem as the stupid media (and linux junkies when attacking Microsoft because they're successful and linux isn't) makes it.
PS: This isn't an attack again linux - it has it's uses and I enjoy it for certain purposes since no OS is perfect for every problem / solution. It's just the propaganda that its primary users spew-forth!
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I have windows 2000 professional and a week ago my tooltips disappeared. Even when I hove over the clock it doesnt show the date
my default registry looks like
9e 3e 00 80
can someone please help
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the girlfriends laptop has a problem with the modem basically it's this,
If you try to connect to the internet the report comes back that there are two errors found on the modem. The modem makes no noises and it doesn't make any odds if the lead is attached to the modem and connected to the phone socket or not.
If you then go to the control panel in win 2k and do a query on the modem everything reports as fine. The modem is installed and it answers the query reponses.
The problem is that because win 2k says that everything is fine with the moment I am hesitant to tell her to get a new modem in case it doesn't fix the problem. But having said that it seems apparent that if windows thinks everything is O.K. with the modem then I'm wondering if it could be a software problem.
There's also the problem that she isn't exactly well off so having to buy a new modem is quite an expense for her ( I gave her the laptop but she would insist on paying to replace the modem card as from her point of view it was her who broke it ) So for that reason I'd hate to tell her to get a new modem only to find that the problem hadn't gone away.
Thoughts?
pseudonym67
Neural Dot Net Articles 1-11 Start Here[^]
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On a PC modem I always attach a telephone, in "pass through" mode to check that the modem cable is correct first of all.
If you hear a ringtone then I use Hyperterminal and enter:-
ATDT 1471
This will dial the number 1471, in the UK this is a free phone number that tells you who was the last person to dial you, or try any free phone number. Pick up the phone after dialing and see if you hear anything, you should hear something via the modem speaker.
Also try it on another phone line, i.e. at your houuse.
Or reset the modem to the factory default using the relevant AT command, see your manual and try again.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. - Isaac Newton 1676
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I have installed a personal Firewall, I cannot open IIS, or i cannot run any application which accesses the IIS such as .NET.. or any ASP application on my local system.
Any one Help please..
Thanks
Rasa
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Which firewall? Generally, you have to enable applications and ports individually on a new firewall.
Most software firewalls automatically inform you that a program is attempting to access the Internet and ask whether you want to allow this. If you permit it you will not be blocked again. If the one you have installed doesn't offer this, you'll need to check the documentation to find out how to enable specific types of traffic.
I've only used one type of hardware firewall, and it gave no notification of any kind; I had to manually create a table of permitted ports and traffic types allowed to pass.
If you are using MMC to open IIS, you should have no trouble (I think), but using the web interface for administration won't work until the firewall is properly configured. At a minimum you need to allow HTTP traffic on port 80, but others may be required, as well.
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long
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I need to create a ftp&web virtual directoryfrom my installer which I'm developing now. Does anyone have any C++ example ..... how to do that?
Thanks in advance and regard!
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it's enough to post this only one time!
Don't try it, just do it! 
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Not sure how well everyone has been in keeping up with the story so far. So I will provide a cheat sheet.
A customer has previously been rorted by their IT company and as such had the following hardware and software in their office.
Compaq Proliant 400 (Pentium III 500 64MB) running Windows NT 4 Server PDC
Celeron 600 128 MB running Windows 2000 Professional
Pentium III 450 64 MB running Windows NT 4 Workstation
Pentium 166 64 MB running Windows NT 4 Workstation
Pentium 133 64 MB running Windows NT 4 Workstation
All of this setup in the last 2-3 years. I have been onsite a few times putting out fires and installing a Pentium IV 2.4GHz 512MB running Windows XP Professional.
This customer is not frightened to spend money if he feels he is getting something worthwhile for it. Unfortunately we ran into a few teething problems getting the new to play nicely with the old. He was pissed off and calling us all the names under sun until the QuickBooks bloke came onsite to install the 2003 version. It blew up cause the systems weren't up to minimum requirements except for the Win 2k ans XP machines.
Consequently we are supplying him with 3 new XP machies and after a RAM upgrade the server is to be upgraded with Windows 2003 Server as I believe Windows 2000 Server is no longer available.
Problem is the closest I ever got to installing Windows 2000 Server in the real world with Active Directory and all was 3 weeks. That is how close I was to being the Australian Domain Admin when my last company was doing the worldwide rollout but I was given the arse.
So I obviously don't have a spare copy (or any copy) of Windows 2000/2003 Server lying around I can install and experiment with.
So does anyone have any idea how I can figure out what I need to do to get all this to work? Theory only isn't ideal, but I don't seem to have any other option and I don't want anyone else in to do the job. I want the experience and more importantly I want the money for doing the job.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end."
- Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
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I have a copy of Win2003 Server RC1 sitting on my shelf here. How big is your inbox?
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long
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2000 Server is still available, but obviously it's closer to the end of its support lifecycle (by three years).
Server 2003 I've not yet really used 'in anger', as it were. Installation was no harder on my old PII-300 than any previous version of Windows, really.
You're upgrading a PDC. I'd recommend backing up the server before you begin - but then you should do this when upgrading anything. On upgrading an NT 4.0 domain, Server 2003 will start off in Mixed Mode on the domain. To migrate to Active Directory is a bit more painful.
You can get an evaluation copy of Server 2003 from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/trial/evalkit.mspx[^]
I suggest reading the upgrade notes at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/upgrading/nt4/default.mspx[^].
Hope this helps.
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Not long got home (02:15 02-Aug-2003) from installing the server. Fresh install not an upgrade. Back there in about 7 hours to finish configuring the clients and connecting them to the domain. After that copy all data back to the server and new clients and install a bit of software. Sunday we take them from my company premises back onsite reconnect and hope all is well.
Windows Server 2003 (as David Stone told me it was called) installed OK. But the wizard that set the role of the server bit me. I took the typical settings as it was my first time through and it was getting late. Bad move as it created a DHCP server, didn't want it as we have hardware doing it elsewhere. Removed it, activated it and updated it. Looking good so far.
Thanks for your reply.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end."
- Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
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How can i let my system need password when delete a file(not folder)!
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login as adminstrator, set the file access attributes, logout and login as user for example....
just asking for password is not possible as far as i know!
Don't try it, just do it!
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i mean the file opertions hook which i can use in my code!
and for example the shell programming(copy hook handler) just can handle folder,but for file,it seems not work any other suggestions?
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sorry ,my english is poor,the copy hook handler can handle the operations of folds,but cant useful for files,i just want the file's operations 's hook
thanks
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use a file system filter driver!
Don't try it, just do it!
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shall we discuss it more in detail?please mail to me:yanyuejin2003@hotmail.com
i dont know the detail ,i need your help ,My dear sir!
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Has anyone ever, or know how to set up Windows Media Services to serve content from a capture card such as ATI TV Tuner?
Matt Newman
Sonork: 100:11179
Signiture 2.0 Coming Soon!
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I figured out I needed Windows Media Encoder to create a live stream. That caused a problem with CPU usage would be equivelent to powering the space shuttle with the engine out of a Geo Metro.
Matt Newman
Sonork: 100:11179
Signiture 2.0 Coming Soon!
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I have error message "Apache.exe: module "mod_jrun20.c" is not compatible with this version of Apache (found 20020329, need 20020903). Please contact the vendor for the correct version".
/* I downloaded the last version */
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apache 2.0.42 is not the lastest version!
Don't try it, just do it! 
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