Marc Erickson

The advantage of a dynamic disk is that you can span two (or more) disks and you can perform disk and volume management without rebooting. Microsoft says a dynamic disk cannot be changed back to a basic disk without deleting the partition(s) and rebuilding the disk. But what if you’ve got a lot [...]

Michael Gregg of SearchNetworking.com writes:
You have just gotten the call from an associate at work that the network you’re responsible for has been hacked. You’re going to need to make some decisions very quickly as to what needs to be done. Individuals who haven’t planned for such an event may actually be thinking, “Do I [...]

Jim Boyce of TechRepublic.com shows us a command-line registry search alternative that will save you time and effort when working with Windows 2000 Professional. He writes:
If you work with the registry at all, it is likely that you have spent some time searching through the registry in Registry Editor, looking for keys or values. The [...]

This problem occurs because a change was made to the spooler process in Windows Server 2003 SP1. When an application submits print jobs by calling the ImpersonateLoggedOnUser function, the application may not have access to duplicate handles. Duplicate handles are required by the Print Spooler service.

Install your own service or configure an app to run as one. Windows 2000 columnist Jim Boyce walks us through it. In TechRepublic.com, he writes:
Not all Windows programs run in a window and provide an interface to the user. Instead, some programs run as services. Services generally run behind the scenes in a system context and [...]

Microsoft CRM 3.0 is available as a 90-day trial version in each language in which Microsoft CRM is available. This page will be updated with new languages as they are released.
Each trial version can be converted to full use by applying a commercial license key in Microsoft CRM License Manager. A re-install is not required. [...]

A Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer may stop responding unexpectedly. Additionally, you may receive the following stop error message:
Stop 0×0000000A (0×00000806, 0×00000002, 0×00000000, 0×804fd3aa) IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Note The four parameters in this error message vary.

When you install a 32-bit application on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Server 2003, you may find that the 32-bit application is not initialized and installed correctly for a new user who logs on to the computer.
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended [...]

After you run a program for approximately eight hours on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based computer, the program may stop responding and you may receive an error message that is similar to one of the following error messages.

Microsoft now releases ISO-9660 CD image files that contain all the security and critical updates that are released on the Microsoft Windows Update Web site for Windows and for other Microsoft products. The ISO image files are released at the same time as security and critical updates are released on the Windows Update Web site.
The [...]

Jim Boyce of TechRepublic.com writes:
One Windows 2000 Resource Kit utility that can help you better secure your systems is Floplock.exe. Read this tip to find out how Floplock.exe makes your computers more secure.
From the conception of the first computer virus, floppy disks have posed a very real security risk for computer users and IT managers [...]

This article discusses how to implement system policies for Windows XP-based, Windows 2000-based, and Windows Server 2003-based client computers in non-Active Directory environments.
View products that this article applies to.

When you use a roaming profile to log on to your wireless network from your Windows XP-based computer, you may receive the following error message:
Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming profile and is attempting to log you on with your local profile. Changes to the profile will not be copied to the [...]

For a Microsoft Windows 2000 version of this article, see 306850.
When you start a program in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or in Microsoft Windows XP, the program may run very slowly if the following conditions are true:

Andrew R. Hickey of SearchMobileComputing.com writes:
Protecting a wireless network from attack may have just gotten a little easier.
Network Chemistry Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based wireless security vendor today will launch Wireless Vulnerabilities & Exploits (WVe), a public Web site listing risks and threats that could strike wireless networks and ways to fix and avoid them. [...]

From TechRepublic.com:
Task Manager’s Processes tab can be difficult to decipher because it often shows many different instances of the same generic process name (e.g., Svchost.exe). To help you more readily identify which service a listed process represents, Greg Shultz has created this Service Process Identifier script.

When you try to log on to a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), you may receive the following error message:

Free registration may be required to download this tip sheet.
Creating and managing trust relationships can be a little tricky, and a misconfigured trust could have serious repercussions for your network. IT pro Rick Vanover put together a list of facts and pointers to keep in mind as you work with domain trusts. The [...]

Microsoft knows about a potential file corruption problem on NTFS file system volumes in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). This problem may occur during extensive stress test scenarios on the storage stack. Microsoft regularly runs stress tests on the NTFS storage stack. These stress tests include scenarios that are very far outside [...]

This guide will be an indispensable resource when you plan strategies to secure administrator-level accounts in Microsoft Windows NT-based operating systems such as Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. It addresses the problem of intruders who acquire administrator account credentials and then use them to compromise the network. The main goal of this guide is [...]