In case no one has mentioned it, this solution works great:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Manuel Santos
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 10:49 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir]
Here's a script to get the OS. It'll give you a
start.
http://www.myitforum.com/articles/11/view.asp?id=7108
BTW: You could also utilizeremote installation, which
would auto-detect the OS.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve
ShaffSent: Thursday, May 13,
Can you post a copy of the script?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 3:35
PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ActiveDir]
Login script problems
I just wanted to say this newgroup
is GREAT and has saved me a lot of
Most likely from your friendly neighborhood MVP.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philadelphia,
Lynden - Revios Toronto
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:10 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS 2.0 Beta
How will we be
This was asked and answered in the recent Microsoft public chat on WUS, but
I can't seem to locate the chat transcripts page. Anyone have a link?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A.
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:57 PM
SUSServer.com is hosting a contest for a better name:
http://forums.susserver.com/index.php?showtopic=2032
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Seielstad
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE:
Also, if you stick in the CD to upgrade a server, it will check the server
and AD type, and will not upgrade until you have performed those steps. It
even gives you the steps to perform that you can copy/paste.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
You might try Appdeploy.com
But, still, if it comes in MSI format, it should be deployable via GPO.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Gauss
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:32 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [ActiveDir] MSI
VB Script and a GPO, or Login Script.
http://www.myitforum.com/articles/11/view.asp?id=2457
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philadelphia,
Lynden - Revios TorontoSent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 3:16
PMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: [ActiveDir]
Remote
Rename it with a .txt extension. Or upload it to a
site where everyone can get to it.
If you need it, myITforum.com has an upload facility for
anyone.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lou
VegaSent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:18 AMTo:
[EMAIL
till then
to subscribe. Rod Trent runs the list (whom I'm pretty sure subscribes to
this list too) so he can provide more information.
Mike
From: Brown, Bill [contractor]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 3:22
PMTo: ActiveDirListSubject: [ActiveDir] [OT] SMS
LIST
The straight version of VNC is less secure than PCAnywhere
(sends passwords in clear text format). You'll want to look at a secure
version that uses Windows authentication. UltraVNC offers
this:
http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
And, UltraVNC tends to be the fastest implementation out
Title: Message
SMS list= www.topica.com/lists/mssms
SMS web site = www.myITforum.com
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve
ShaffSent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:58 PMTo:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ActiveDir] Other
Listsrvs
This is a general
question
Look into Microsoft's Services for Unix 3.5.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/default.asp
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern, Tom
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 10:20 AM
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Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE:
The toolkit was released on 12/3/2003 but updated on 1/23/2003. The LDIF
was included in the update.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Murray
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 7:10 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir]
Doh! Yeah...2004. The SMS Admin could install the toolkit (who will want
to use it anyway) and then pass along the contents to the AD team. Still,
good point.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Murray
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004
Something like this?
http://www.myitforum.com/articles/11/view.asp?id=4380
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Kaiser
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:41 PM
To: ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Subject: [ActiveDir] Parse CSV with script?
I'm
I'm curious...why two different patching mechanisms?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of marcus
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 8:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Apply patch's via vbs scripts
Yeah, we use SMS for
You may need to give the InstallShield setup file a path on
the command-line.
http://www.myitforum.com/articles/1/view.asp?id=272
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Celone,
MikeSent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:12 PMTo:
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject:
Have you thought about looking into using ADS?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/ads/defau
lt.mspx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mulnick, Al
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 5:21 PM
To: '[EMAIL
Here's an example:
http://www.myitforum.com/articles/11/view.asp?id=1393
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich
MilburnSent: Monday, November 03, 2003 2:28 PMTo:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ActiveDir] vbscript output to
html
While scripting seems
to be a
Keep in mind that with the RestrictAnonymous value set, SMS will not be able
to detect the OS of discovered computers.
_
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcus Oh
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 12:21 PM
To:
Outlook 2003 does a great job at handling Spam.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fuller, Stuart
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 2:05 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: enterprise Spam blocking products
Jason,
Two
Title: Message
Amen.
BTW: MOM 2004 beta is right around the corner, and the
product looks awesome. MS will be making some serious headway with MOM in
the next 2-3 years, before combining their systems management
products.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Another issue is if the end-user manually visits the
Windows Update website and installs their own updates from there. This can
throw SUS for a loop.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of England,
Christopher MSent: Friday, September 26, 2003 9:21 AMTo:
[EMAIL
Axcent Solutions, Inc.
*Opinions expressed here does not necessarily reflect what the company views
are.*
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Trent
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 6:26 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir
Its going to get a LOT better...so hold on a bit.
MOM can be close to a hands-off product once its setup and the agents are
deployed. There are a lot of environment issues that can keep MOM from
healing itself, which results in a little more babysitting.
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From:
Beta for MOM 2004 starts in the next 30 days.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Shaff
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Microsoft MOM
MOM v2 is going to be very graphical.
Urban legend.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:58 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Microsoft MOM
Funnily enough, I talked to a Microsoft technical person about
That's good if you have a minimal number of servers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adams, Kenneth W
(Ken)
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 7:42 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now
I'll be setting up SUS
-
From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 7:49 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now
That's good if you have a minimal number of servers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
It uses SUS-type functionality, but the code-bases are completely different.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Seielstad
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:24 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now
Two
purpose in life is to automate building
the packages for SMS to then deploy. At least that's how I read it.
--
Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis Inc.
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From: Rod Trent
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now
Not if your SUS server is used to supply the fixes to your test environment.
Kenneth W. (Ken) Adams, MCSA, MCSE
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From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:22 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED
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From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 10:15 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now
Yes, and it still utilizes a synch machine that synchronizes with
the Windows Update site, based on an updated XML file. The SMS FP
also
Title: Message
SUS 2.0 will include other applications such as Office, SQL
server, etc.
SUS 2.0 preview should start this month, with a more
general public beta to follow.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger
SeielstadSent: Thursday, September 18, 2003
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now
Doesn't get any better than this:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/susdeployment.asp
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin
A.Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:55 AMTo:
'[EMAIL
Microsoft Systems Management Server. It will takes your 2 days down to 6
hours or less. When a serious vulnerability is found and an attack is
initiated, 2 days is too long.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Adner
Sent: Saturday,
This is from the same page where you downloaded the automatic update client:
Note: It is not necessary to install this Automatic Update if you are
running Windows 2000 with SP3 or later because it is already included.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.susserver.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Parker
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:17 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ActiveDir] What is SUS?
Hey all..
No flames ok?
I'm covered in jet fuel.
Could someone
It's a free download. Its different in the fact that it installs within
your company, allows you to download updates to the server inside your
firewall, and then gives you the ability to authorize only those updates you
decide are required for your environment. There's an ADM file that you
You have both of those if you use SMS with the SUS Feature Pack.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myrick, Todd
(NIH/CIT)
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:12 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [ActiveDir] SUS Feedback...
Is anyone out
For the reporting, use the SUS reporting tool.
http://www.susserver.com/Software/SUSreporting/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Parker, Edward
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS
Not sure why you would want to. Just download the .ADM file and use that to
configure SUS.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myrick, Todd
(NIH/CIT)
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 3:20 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir]
Title: Message
Its still in beta.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Parker,
EdwardSent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:30 PMTo:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS
Feedback...
Do you
have a link on SUS 2.0 info?
-Original Message-From:
:) Sorry...I only highlighted the words because
that's the statement from MS, and to thumbtack the issue. It caught my eye
only after your post, but I was responding to the general
thread.
I've seen this issue floating around due to BugTraq's
report. BugTraq provides a good service, but
Jon, if you wouldn't mind, send your TAM's
nameoffline.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon
Hicks/MIS/HQ/KEMET/USSent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 11:33
AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [ActiveDir]
SP4 question
I agree completely. It is funny,
after I
Agreed...Outlook 2k3 is probably the best product in the group. Spam
features alone are worth the price of admission.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
SMS with the SUS Feature Pack.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mitch Reid
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 3:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management
Hi, we finally 'found' some money to purchase software that
Try MOM.
http://www.microsoft.com/mom
When the email server is down, you can use scripts to send email via SMTP.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A.
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 4:35 PM
To: ActiveDir (E-mail)
Subject:
The name is going to depend on the antivirus vendor.
But...this is not an antivirus vendor issue...this is a patch issue. The
patch has been available for a couple weeks. Grab
MS03-026.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlos
MagalhaesSent: Tuesday, August
Add myITforum.com to that list...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:25 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] VBscript Help
I keep a list of these sites - hope this helps
You can use a .Zap file:
http://www.myitforum.com/articles/6/view.asp?id=648
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A.
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:05 PM
To: ActiveDir (E-mail)
Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Packaging Software
Title: OT: Tivoli
FaqShop.com also has some cooperation with the Tivoli folks
to republish material, and add FAQ type of answers.
www.faqshop.com
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duncan,
LarrySent: Monday, July 14, 2003 11:54 AMTo:
'[EMAIL
But, at what cost?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 12:03 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Tivoli
Here ya' go. You will probably enjoy managing with Tivoli's current
in staff?
Chris Flesher
The University of Chicago
NSIT/DCS
1-773-834-8477
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Trent
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 11:53 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Tivoli
But, at what cost
Server Group
(W) 336.424.3084
(M) 336.457.2591
www.vfc.com
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Unless you want to mess around with .Zap files, GPO needs MSI (Windows
Installer) installations. You can use Wise Solutions or InstallShield to
generate MSI's for apps that don't already conform to this standard. But,
most apps already come in MSI format. You just need to know the proper
Title: Message
The
TechTarget people are like that. You have to be very specific with them,
telling them exactly what they can and can't use.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myrick, Todd
(NIH/CIT)Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 7:32 PMTo:
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Win2k SP4 was released to Premier customers this morning. Those are the
links you are seeing. Public availability is June 30th.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Kingslan
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 1:16 PM
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Trent
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:54 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Link to Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Win2k SP4 was released to Premier customers this morning. Those are the
links you are seeing. Public availability
/service pack etc that your class of
service has not yet been made privy to
-Original Message-
From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 2:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Link to Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
You should also note
Scripting list: http://www.topica.com/lists/scripting
VB
Script you're looking for: http://www.myitforum.com/articles/11/view.asp?id=3102
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:14
PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does
Title: Message
Here's another one. Haven't made this live on the site
yet:
http://www.myitforum.com/inc/upload/7839islaptop-wsh-msica.vbs
Here's the description:
Detects if a computer is a laptop using up to 5 different WMI
classes. Runs as WSH and MSI Custom Action without modification,
I think there's only one question that needs to be posed. Why would anyone
need another directory technology?
Go back and innovate instead of duplicate.
-Original Message-
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vikas Deolaliker
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 3:15
Title: Message
DNS udp 53
DHCP udp 67
RPC TCP 135
WINS udp 137
NetBIOS datagrams udp 138
NetBIOS datagrams tcp 139
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On Behalf Of Brad MartinSent: Thursday, February 13, 2003
4:38 PMTo: Active Directory
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