My current hotmail account, has been hacked, the secret questions changed. The password changed. I cannot find a way as to how to recover it. In need of immediate assistance. ...more >>

Hi, I have a problem. My web server is a Windows 2k Server and my database server a Windows 2003. I use windows authentication to login at SQL Server, but when I access from a client machine that uses Win 2k Professional I always receive this message: "[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL ...more >>

I don't see an option anywhere in IIS to restrict traffic to the web server based on IP address or IP range. I think I saw it only for the FTP server... is this option not available for web sites also? I'm using IIS 5 on windows 2000. thanks in advance. any info is appreciated. ...more >>

Hi I have installed certificate service for my outlook web access.Now only administrator can login to the Ootlook web access.How can I give access to all users Chris...more >>

How do we stop the data miners from getting into our PC's. They just keep coming back after we delete them using adware 6....more >>

Hi, I followed the instruction in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN- US;290625 to set up my web SSL, but I got Page can not be dispalyed error message. I am using Win 2003 and IIS 6. Please help! Thanks in advance! Lisa...more >>

hi, When I open the connection to a JET database, I get 80004005 "unknown error". I know, it's usually permission problem, but I added all users to the db directory, and have this error only if I debug the application: (environment: "celan" w2000prof, interdev server, all patches.) here are...more >>

We are trying to migrate the SSL Cert to a new server and have run into a snag. When we start the export wizrd the "export the private key" option is not available. (Also, the do not delete the key once exported is not available) I tried turning off IIS 5.0 to see if that would solve the pro...more >>

I've recently exported a Verisign Global Certificate from Win2k/IIS5 using these instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232136 I then imported it on Win2k3/IIS6 following these instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232137 This in itself doesn't seem to be enough, as I get a ...more >>

Not much info. I go to website in IIS. Properties, dir sec, Server Cert. Create new cert Prep but send later. Go through entering my info. When I get to the end I get "Access Denied" Error. I am logged in as Admin and tried saving file to C:\ and desktop. The Server is 2003 Web Edition whi...more >>

I have installed IIS and after doing so I go back to Add/Remove programs but Certificate Authority is still not an option to install. I have Windows Server 2003 Web Edition....more >>

We have set up SSL on our Win2K, IIS 5.0 server. On the Directory Security tab, we are unable to open Edit for the Secure Communications properties. The server is listening on port 443; HTTPS is working on the server thru a test of a web page; and the SSL Diagnostics tool does not show any ...more >>

There has been a sudden increase from hackers changing the the root files on the webserver... They are exploiting something... but can someone help here??? the message people get is "Fatal Error ownz YOU" a number of groups on irc.brasnet.org are hitting thousands of websites... it will s...more >>

Is there a way to enable SSL for multiple domains that are hosted on a single IIS server? Thanks....more >>

Hi, Due to the nature of our system, we need to dynamically import certificate files into windows certificates store and access the certificate store from ASP pages, these ASP pages call a VB dll component, which uses the CAPICOM component to manipulate windows certficate store. Because A...more >>

just installed tonight freedom security. I am connected to the net and yet it says not connected. Because of this problem I am unable to activate the system. Have tried what was suggested to me and cannot seem to rectify this problem. What do I do now. Please reply as soon as possible...more >>

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i like the popup blocker but for those who already have software its a menace sometimes disabling both for sometimes posting a comment here i like the new setup it looks really nice, but i would rather have the "Windows Update" look like the previous version this one seems to be quite anno...more >>

I keep having the same files put in my favorites when i go on the internet. How can i stop this ?...more >>

Hi All, I had and ISAPI application running very well on IIS 5.1 under WIndows 2000 Pro. I reinstalled it on IIS 6.0 under Windows Server 2003 web edition and I get a 404 message. Is there any new security setting to perform or any new alias? any help will be appreciate serge ...more >>

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I don't like it already, where is the burn to CD -- Johnny Kitchens ...more >>

I have something very weird going on. I have a very simple counter on our website run under IIS5/2000 for over two years. No problem. It simply keeps a incremented count in a text file, opens the file, read the value, increment by one, write the new value back to the text file, (Overwrite it). D...more >>

Greets. I manage a bunch of IIS servers and am seeing quite a bit of traffic relating to attempts to gain access to my machines. The information I see is in the event logs. In the security logs, I see: Source: Security Category: Account Logon Event ID: 681 The logon to account: pubah by: M...more >>

I have a photo album on my website on which I want restrict access to certain personal albums. In order to do this I opend up IIS manager and disabled anonymous access for the specific folder and created a user account, say "User" and made it part of the Guests user group. I disabled logon l...more >>

What does it mean when a message in the sent items folder states 'this message is being watched.' Thank you. Fred...more >>

Hi, we have a windows 2000 server (2 partitions c: and d:) running with several websites hosted on it. Everything went fine until we had a crash a month ago. On the c: drive the system is installed and on the d: drive the data of all the websites and logfiles etc. is stored. After the crash...more >>

Does anyone know how to for username/password login window to re-appear after session times out? It's Win 2003 server system, with Integrated Windows Authentication enabled. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Paul ...more >>

Hi, I have a website running under IIS 6.0 on Windows 2003 server boxes. The site hosts ASPX web pages (ASP.NET v1.1). The website is load balanced between two servers (the user hits a virtual address, and is then routed to either of the web servers). The site uses SQL sessioning. Integrated ...more >>

I found this question on the web and it is the same problem I am having, but I cannot seem to find an answer, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, David --------------------------------------- We have an IIS 5-based intranet Web site running on a Windows 2000 Server domain me...more >>

I recently had my computer on/off switch replaced and noticing now that task manager displays a network tab and it states wan ppp/slip Interface. A system scan in troubleshooting mode has me worried. I don't know what it means but it sure looks to me like I have a network card and somebo...more >>

I don't know what has happened but I have looked at my credit card statement and find trhat you have charged me $35 for what I do not know I do not recollect that I sugned up for STREAM Please cancell this immediately Joseph...more >>

How can I stop Outlook Express deleting attachments that it thinks has a virus?...more >>

I've got a stand-alone sever with iis6.0 and CA installed to generate a cert for my https site. It seems to work fine, albeit very, slow to bring up the ssl page, say 30 seconds or so. I've been using the SSL Diag tools to create a cert for test and it really increases the access speed to ...more >>

am i able to block all porn from my computer for any user even if they are a guest?...more >>

i listed my question earlier, but accidentally exited before i received my response. is there a way that i can totally block porn from any user on my computer or my aol account?...more >>

is there a way that i can block all access to porn on my computer. i have older children that have access as general (18), but i do not wish for them to have access to the porn sites...more >>

Hi, We are planning to migrating our current Windows NT to Windows 2000. I am looking for a checklist that shows what are all the steps we need to makesure the migration will be smooth and successfull. Specifically, checklist and configuration changes related to SSL - Digital certific...more >>

Hi All, Help!! We have installed the System Update Service on our server in order to distribute Windows updates to the 60 pc's on the LAN. Now we have problems with our intranet applications. The SUS program and associated files were uninstalled and the IIS lockdown wizard used to resto...more >>

Hi, Can I use my Windows 2003 server as a certificate server. I am developing an application which uses OCSP for certificate validation. Till now I have been using Netscape CMS for generating certificates in my test environment. But this software has issues with UTF8 encoded certificates...more >>

Dear administrator, I tried to open my e-mail at yahoo.com but I can't. The page I tried to open is always refresed. What happened with it? Is there any virus? Regards, Anis...more >>

I need to delegate administration rights to 4 users. I do not want them to be local administrators on server, i just want them to be able to controll IIS. How can I do that? ...more >>

I believe I have a virus on my computer which I have tried to remove manually. Apparently I am not doing it correctly so I desperatley need help it is called Internet Optimizer....more >>

I'm having a problem with my home computer. Currently, my Norton Antivirus has been shut off and I cant seem to enable it again, also when it shut down my internet went down as well. Does anyone know what this might be..i think maybe a virus tried to get in but the firewall blocked it caus...more >>

I recently had a software vendor ask me to give the account that the asp.net process runs under administrator privileges so that their application would work correctly. This seemed like a real security risk to me. Should the asp.net process be allowed to run as an administrator account or is t...more >>

Would anyone know why this error appears after windows 2000 server updates The server certificate for instance '3' does not chain up to a trusted root certificate. For additional information specific to this message please visit the Microsoft Online Support site located at: http://www.m...more >>

Greetings! If we are doing loading balancing across servers using NTLM, is a sticky session required? I assume that a sticky session would not be required by Basic authentication, because the user name and password is sent every time a browser sends data to the server. We are thinking o...more >>

Hello, I have SBS 2000 running with IIS and Exchange and went through this walk though on how to secure OWA with an SSL certificate. http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=83 We set the default website up to require an SSL connection because we didn't want people to be able to acce...more >>

I have a reasonably hardened install of Win2k3 and IIS. I am a .NET developer, so I understand that world fairly well. However, I now have some PHP that needs to be run on the same server. I'm looking for a little insight and/or advice. My primary concern is: what security issues do I need...more >>

I am having some kind of security problem which I don't understand. I have Windows 2003/iis6 as my web server which is hosting web application configured for integrated authentication (NT Authentication). My Domain is set on other Win2k server box with Active Directory and I am using fixed IP a...more >>