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I believe you scan script SubInACL to do this. If you have Server 2003 R2, it has some built in reporting tools what will do some as well.

Critical updates aren't included in WGA. Anyone can download the monthly "Patch Tuesday" hotfixes regardless of their WGA status. Since WUD only gets the critical updates, it doesn't violate WGA in any way.

FrontPage Server Extensions are installed when you install IIS. I believe it'll be FPSE 2000 though. After you install IIS, you can download FPSE 2002 from Microsoft. Here's the link for the x64 version.

What's the exact BSOD message? And was that P4 ever overclocked?

Wait...what kind of server did you get the new memory for? Is it an actual server or is it a desktop system being used as a server? The reason I ask is that servers generally require Registered ECC memory...which will NOT work on your motherboard. Even if the server required Unbuffered ECC it probably won't work on your motherboard.

Make sure you put any expansion cards back in the same slot they were in on the old motherboard. As long as all of your BIOS settings are the same you shouldn't have to worry about anything. Windows will redetect all of your devices...but since the motherboard is the same model you shouldn't need to do a reinstall. Also...when it redetects your devices it's going to ask to reboot to finish the process. DO NOT restart until you're sure that it's finished detecting all of the devices. Otherwise you're going to end up with multiple reboots. And be ready to reactivate Windows XP...

The "NO spaces" part isn't exactly optimal. That can end up causing more fragementation. Say for instance you have a Word document and you edit that document. Now instead of the drive having a little extra space right after the file to write those changes, the changes have to be written on another part of the disk. Thereby fragmenting the file. Now you say "well, that doesn't happen often", but how many ini, tmp, log, cache, registry hives, etc, etc files are accessed/modified by Windows during normal operation? People complain that "Defrag utility XYZ doesn't consolidate all the free space". The above explenation is one reason why a good defrag utility won't. Defrag utilities (particularly the latest version of Diskeeper...not sure about others) account for this when defragmenting files. It'll take files that are used a lot but not edited (executables, dlls, etc) and put them together. Other types of files will be written so that updates can be placed on the drive with little to no fragmentation. It's not possible to remove all fragmenatation, but you can sure minimize the effects of normal operation. For those of you wondering about Diskeeper 2007 vs. the others, here's a good article. I'm using this method on a SQL2005 x64 cluster with great results. The difference was noticeable after just a few days (Diskeeper has to "learn" the usage patterns). I'm not saying that other defrag utilities aren't good, I just know what Diskeeper 2007 has done for us. It's much improved over previous versions.

Your PC's are behind a router. That means they're using Network Address Translation. Unless you open/forward the correct ports on the router to an internal PC (or put a machine in the DMZ), no one from the outside will be able to get to your PC's. Honestly, IF someone got through I'd be more worried about the open shares from Simple File Sharing than I would about the default admin shares.

You do it in the display properties. Right Click Desktop > Properties > Appearance > Advanced The two options you're looking for are Icon Spacing (Horizontal) and Icon Space (Vertical).

If you're on a private LAN I see no reason to worry about disabling them at all. Only Administrators have access to the admin shares--hence the name "administrative shares"--and this access level can't be changed. To answer your other question...no, it won't affect simple file sharing (or any other sharing) in the least. The admin shares are simply default shares that point to the root of each drive and the Windows directory: Admin$ = %SYSTEMROOT% (normally C:\WINDOWS\) C$ = C:\ D$ = D:\ E$ = E:\ And so on. Those shares are also required for tools such as SMS, remote scanning with MBSA or centralized AntiVirus management. You're probably not using those so that's not a concern...but again, I see to reason to worry about disabling them.

I'll give ya that one...

It's your money...if you want to waste it we can't stop you. See above and the last several pages of posts...

I recommend replacing it with a P5B Deluxe. I realize your current board is based on the 975, but the 965 is actually newer. It also users a newer southbridge (ICH8 vs. ICH7). There was a specific reason I went with a 965 based motherboard over a 975 based board...but a year later and I can't remember what that reason was! It had something to do with supported features and something the 965 supports that the 975 doesn't...I just can't remember exactly what it is.

Windows 2000 doesn't know the difference between two cores and two physical CPUs. So it sees a dual core CPU as two physical CPUs. If you have a quad core CPU and run Windows 2000 (Professional), you'll have two cores that will never be used due to the two processor limit. For that matter, Windows 2000 doesn't even make the distinction between virtual processors (hyperthreaded) and physical processors.

Legal or not what's the point since joining it to a domain breaks the ability to use Media Center Extenders? Unless, of course, you're buying it since it's cheaper than Professional. It's not a supported environment so if you opt to run your company/domain on MCE you can pretty much count on no support from Microsoft if you have problems.

That'll be A LOT slower than even IDE. Personally I'd just get new drives to replace them...but that depends on your budget. I certainly wouldn't boot a system from USB for normal usage.

UDMA7 = SATA150 We're talking strictly about the PATA controllers. Intel never went past ATA100 (UDMA5) with their PATA/IDE controllers.

I know you can't purchase from NewEgg...but this should give you an idea of what you're looking for: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16812107112

It will use both cores of a dual-core CPU (and even all four cores of a quad-core CPU). Not legally.

I believe that MP3 Tag Tools will do what you're looking for. It can set the tag based on file name criteria.

We put a list like this together over on my gaming clan's forum. This isn't a plug...I just don't feel like typing the entire thing over again!! http://www.nightmarextreme.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2542 It's been a while since the list was updated, but most of the links should still be in working order. I don't personally use all of those tools, but I have used a good number of them.

XP Home will use both cores of the Core 2 Duo.

The main differences: The ability to join a domain - XP Home can't be joined to a domain (XP MCE can't either) Support for two physical CPUs - XP Home only supports one physical CPU* * Contrary to "popular" belief, XP Home can take advantage of both Hyperthreading and multi-core CPUs. You just can't use more than one physical CPU. So if you had a single dual-core CPU, XP Home will use both cores. But if you have a dual CPU system, XP Home will only use the first CPU.

ATA = PATA = IDE...they're all the same thing. As for your existing IDE devices...that motherboard (and pretty much any new Intel based motherboard) only has one PATA port on it. And since you can only connect 2 devices to a single PATA port the answer to your question would initially be "No". However, you can get PATA-to-SATA converters and attach your existing IDE hard drives to the SATA controller. I would do that anyway just to eliminate cable clutter.