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The Logon Message box only displays a message...it doesn't give you the opportunity to require the use to agree or not agree to anything. No, KiXtart is not difficult to learn. There are some really good editors that will help you. I recommend AdminScriptEditor (it does more than just KiX), but a good free one is Crimson Editor. Here's a basic MessageBox script using KiX: $X = MessageBox("By agreeing to this statement you agree to abide by the usage terms blah blah blah", "Usage Consent", 4116) If $X = 7 ? "NO selected, logging out...." Logoff(1) Endif The 4116 number tells KiX to display Yes/No buttons, the Stop symbol and to wait until the user chooses an option. If Yes is selected a code of 6 is returned to the script. If No is selected a code of 7 is returned. In this case we are checking to see if 7 is returned (No selected), and if it is then we're logging off. You get the numbers by adding up the selections from the below options: So to get 4116 I added the following: 4 (Yes/No buttons) + 16 (Stop symbol) + 0 (First (Yes) button is default) + 4096 (System-modal) = 4116

If you're in a domain it's best to use a GPO for this. Otherwise...yeah, you have to manually edit the registry on the client to tell it to point to the WSUS server for updates. Yes, it very well could cause issues with WSUS...plus A LOT more. I'm going to assume you imaged all of the machines without using SysPrep?

You can do this with a logon script and KiXtart. However, it happens at logon and not when they launch Outlook. Using that method you would setup a policy so that user scripts run syncronously...that way explorer.exe won't load until the script finishes (i.e. until they click 'Yes').

That's incorrect...unless, as you have stated, the user gets higher permissions from another group. By now you could've just set it up using the Security tab of the folder's properties. Personally...I use more groups that give me more granular control. Users that need only read permissions aren't members of a group that has write permissions. It makes things much easier to manage.

Run chkdsk and it'll likely recover the files. You really should reconsider the number of partitions you're using... And not to start another NTFS vs. FAT32 debate...but you really should be using NTFS.

Right, the FQDN is not limited to 15 characters...only the NetBIOS name.

Are the paritions formated NTFS or FAT32? Also...why so many partitions on a single drive? Drives a relatively cheap now days...

<taps on mic> *knock*knock* Is this thing on?

My Asus P5B-E does the same thing. On a reboot it completely turns off for a second or two and then starts back up. I was worried the first time it did it but now it's just a minor annoyance.

You may need to update the AU client on the workstation. What OS is the workstation running?

Run the following in the client: wuauclt.exe /detectnow BTW, this information is available in the WSUS Operations Guide.

Wait...all you want to do is grant that group read access, but not write access? That's easy. If you're only granting read permissions then you don't need to deny write permissions. Read permissions is just that...it only gives them access to look at what's in the directory, not to make any changes. Run the following two commands. The first one will completely revoke any permissions the group already has on directory and all subdirectories/files. The second command will add them back with only read permissions. XCACLS M:\ZBSCAN /T /E /R dpag_admin XCACLS M:\ZBSCAN /T /E /G dpag_admin:R Remember, if it's a domain group then you should specify the group as DOMAIN\dpag_admin.

SubInACL is a little tricky. Grab the EXE version of XCACLS and give that a try. Once you 'install' it on one system then XCACLS.EXE can be copied to any other system.

It's just Alt+PrnScr. The Ctrl isn't necessary.

You can do a console connection via RDP on Server 2003. mstsc /console /v:<server name or IP address>

Ok...here's a basic example. This one will disable the Windows Tour popup when a new user logs on: CLASS USER CATEGORY Nuisances POLICY "Disable the Windows Tour" KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour" VALUENAME "RunCount" VALUEON NUMERIC 0 END POLICY END CATEGORY Keep in mind that the Group Policy Management Console will not show these by default because it filters out GPO settings that will "tattoo" a machine. "Tattooing" is when you have a non-standard setting that will stay even if you disable the GPO in the future. To get it to show the settings when you're in edit mode (Group Policy Object Editor) click on View and then Filtering. Uncheck "Only show policy settings that can be fully managed". Disclaimer: I take no responsiblity if you hose your machines with a bad policy.

Unfortunately there isn't a tool to create it for you. ADM templates are nothing more than text files so they can be created/edited with Notepad or any other text editor. I've created a few but I'm not at home right now or I would paste an example for you. I'll do that when I get back home... Of course, you'll need to eventually figure out what registry settings you need to set. I'll see if I can figure that out too...but I'm not making any promises on that one.

Best method? Don't make them Administrators of your computer.

Yeah, the 2.4GHz deal is better in two ways: 1. It has CAS4 memory 2. The CPU has 4MB cache instead of 2MB cache That's definitely the deal I'd go with.

If you know the registry key you can make a custom ADM file. All GPOs do is enforce registry entries. The sort order is probably a really long hex value though...

You probably already could...it's only about £24 more. But yeah...the 22nd is only a few days away. It wouldn't ship over the weekend anyway so you'd still end up waiting a few more days before it arrived. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....&subcat=791

If you keep waiting for price drops you'll wait indefinitely. There's always either another price drop or the "next best thing" right around the corner. The total price for the bundle and PSU would be £413.55. I don't know what your shipping charges are like but I would think you'd still be within your £500 budget.

If you can see the CD (without opening it) it'll say on the front. If it doesn't specifically say OSR2 it'll say something about USB support. OSR1 didn't have USB support...

It's not exactly what you're looking for...but you can boot from floppy to start the installation. See this page for how to create the floppy disks: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197063 Or, you can follow the instructions on this page to make a bootable CD. They also have the boot images available for download: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=297

http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html That's a pretty good deal considering the parts included. Without VAT it comes out to about $582USD. A quick search on NewEgg for the individual parts comes out to about $640ish USD. Once VAT in included the price is about $683USD...but I also know that prices don't necessarily translate between non-US and US vendors so it's not necessarily an entirely valid comparison. At any rate, that deal gives you all the parts you need and you'd still have some left over for a PSU. A quick search on that site netted a Seasonic S12 500W Silent PSU for £72.84 inc VAT. And you'd still have a bit left over for miscellaneous parts.