Richard Slater

I have been trying to create an ADM file to disable simple file sharing, pretty much a shameless rip from a number of places on the internet, however it dosn't seem to work. It creates the category fine, however the policy it self is not created in GPO Editor, here is my code. Any ideas? CLASS MACHINE CATEGORY "Sophos" POLICY "Enable Simple File Shareing" KEYNAME "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa" VALUENAME "forceguest" VALUEON NUMERIC 1 VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0 END POLICY END CATEGORY Title Edited - Please follow new posting rules from now on. --Zxian

Net send messages are broadcasted to all computers, they are only shown, however, on computers where one of the parameters match... i.e. Domain Name, User Name, Computer Name

Okay, My boss has bought 5 servers with the following specs: CPU: Dual Xeon 2.4 HT RAM: 1GB CAS 2.5 Non-ECC HDD: 1xWestern Digital 40GB, 1x Western Digital 200GB NIC: Intel Pro1000 From these five servers, he would like the following: 1 x Exchange Server 1 x IIS Server 3 x File Servers There is currently not that much data in home areas to go on the File Servers, only about 72GB in user data and another 20 GB in general shares, the main problem is at any one time there may be 100 people accessing it at the same time. Here are my questions: 1) Would three servers running Windows 2003 and DFS be a good idea, i am personaly of the "all servers must have a RAID 1 array minimum" camp, however if the three servers were running as File Servers using DFS to share the home drives (they would most likely be Domain Controlers too) then we would have redundancy as if one server was down DFS would automaticly use another server, am I correct in this thought? 2) The Exchange and ISS servers are currently not RAIDed, they do however have SATA RAID controllers, I was thinking it might be better to have two SATA drives in RAID 1. As for the Exchange server I am very tempted to say that we really can't be doing with SATA RAID, we really need a SCSI RAID 5 array. Anyway... what do ya think

It would be really nice if MS did implement, a group policy to restrict the Domain drop down box, the number of call outs I get due to people choosing the wrong thing thing in the Domain box, or not understanding that although they are sitting infront of a computer they can't log on to "This Machine".

Assuming you have a windows 2003 and active directory infrastructure, take a look at nLite and RIS (Remote Instalation Services) together. Currently working on it at the moment.

I have been using the guides on the site and trawling the forums for a couple of weeks now, so I thought I would introduce myself, and try and put some experence back into the community. Great site, great design, and from what I have seen great people!