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I am working on a machine that has 2 raid controllers, with each controller having 2 channels. What on earth is the significance of a channel? How does a channel effect how my raid containers are set up? any info you can throw at me would be most helpful.

XP Pro x64 is running great on my 3800+ X2. Just make certain that you have 64-bit drivers for all the hardware you need to use. (like j0j081 said)

Well I am not a big batch scripter, so help me out here. I know that when you call a program from a command line the OS sends the parameters as an array of strings to the program. So when I put quotes around ANYTHING at the command line, does the OS detect that and consider it one parameter, and hence the program itself receives it as one parameter? That would explain why I couldn't find ANY documentation regarding using quotes with the net user command.

here is a special trick i just figured out: net user <username> "<password>" works like magik.

I think my way around this is to write a c++ program instead of a batch file.

Here is what I am currently using in a batch file: net user <username> <password> my problem is that once in a while the password has special characters in it (like spaces, &, etc). It causes the command to set passwords different from what was intended. Is there a way to have such passwords using net user?

Never mind. I found a book about IIS security which told me about everything I need to know!

Thanks. I'll give them a try. Have you heard anything about OnTrack's EasyRecovery software?

So I have a big problem. A folder containing 11 months of work managed to disappear from my 120 gig external Western Digital drive. Several other files outside that folder are also gone too. The majority of the files on the disk are still intact and otherwise the drive appears to work fine. I ran a "search" using R-Studio and the missing files / folders do not show up anywhere. I need advice or help from anyone with knowledge of data recovery. What system tools can I use to attempt to recover the files? ANY advice is appreciated.

Thanks for the info it_ybd! At least now I have the new admin pack installer around if I need it. Maybe Microsoft fixed some of their "known issues" in this release of admin pack. Now if only Dell would get their act together on their OpenManage software...

Did microsoft make any changes in the actual admin pack, or did they simply release a new installer that will work on machines running SP1?

I am hosting websites for several different entities using IIS. I want to allow asp and possibly some other server-side scripts. Is there a way to isolate users scripting privileges such that the scripts do not jeopardize the security of the system and any other entities' site files?

This made my day on friday. After installing SP1 on server 2003, the adminpak installer refused to install because it did not recognize Sp1 as Windows XP or windows server 2003 and above. Thank you Microsoft.

Okay, so if I am configuring arbitrary servers in my domain that are not domain controllers, then I necessarily will not configure domain and domain controller policies for each one..?

okay great! now my next question is: in Domain Policy mmc, am I editing the policy for all computers in AD? Or am I still editing the local policy for the server i am working on?

There is definately a logical explanation. I think it must have something to do with the version of Windows Server 2003 I am using. I have checked several servers in my department, and they all lack the same group policies. Perhaps they don't really exist outside of MS documentation. Maybe I am looking in the wrong place. I am using gpedit.msc.

I've been trying to follow Microsoft's documentation on group policy security in their Windows Server 2003 Security Guide, and I have come across several inconsistencies with my own servers. In particular, Microsoft speaks of Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Event Log in the Group Policy Object Editor. I clearly have no such object under Security Settings. None of my servers do. Furthermore, I am missing Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\System Services\ Can anyone explain this anomaly?? I am running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, with all the latest updates.

thanks! i completely forgot about ms scripting center. hopefully it'll give me the info i need.

I apologize if this has been discussed here previously. I am new here and don't know my way around. Anyway, allow me to get to my question: I am looking for VBScript code that will programmatically delegate control of and OU in AD to a group. I have been using the active directory cookbook, but it fails to show any more-advanced VBScript. Any links, book suggestions, etc would be greatly appreciated. thanks!