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Chas: You mentioned Access. If you are going to use front page to interface with a database such as access, you will still need the database on the server hosting the site. But then you can create the back-end database and use frontpage to create asp documents to store and retrieve the data. However you go, if you are going to be using front page and are new to it, here is a great site to get your questions answered: http://www.timeforweb.com/forums.htm I asked a lot on this site when I was first learning asp programming, and now am able to answer questions on occasion :)--> Rick

I may give it a shot then alfakat. I'm getting a new computer in the next week or 2, and this one is going to become a bsd server, so it's going to get wiped shortly anyway. Might as well experiment! :)--> Rick

I haven't tried it in the windoze world yet, but I use it on all my linux and bsd machines. Goey, what version of windows are you using it with? I'd really like to use it instead of IE but the last time I tried Netscape (quite a few years ago now) it caused all kinds of problems with my machine. If your using it on XP pro with no problems, let me know. Rick

There ya go! That makes it even more worthwhile. Rick

Please do not rely on these sites to "protect" you. This is only good to tell if you have a virus AFTER the fact. In many cases, if you get infected by a virus, you may not even be able to get connected to the internet to use these sites. Norton Anti-Virus 2004 can be purchaesd for about 50 bucks, and you get a years worth of updates, both program updates and virus signatures. That's a small amount for the peace of mind it gives you. Sorry, I hate to sound like I'm preaching, but as I tell my clients when they ask me if they relly need anti-virus software, either pay symantec 50 bucks now, or pay me 65 bucks PER HOUR to clean it after you get infected, your choice! :)--> Rick

http://www.imagemagick.org/ This is a free program and works really good for converting from one file type to another. Rick

"Remember, dead sure or dead" from The Mechanic

VI was the first full-screen editor, to my knowledge. It followed ed, which M$ stole later and called Edlin. VI is STILL the best text editor I have ever used, for programming. The Set commands, which are abbreviated by se are very powerful. As are global substitutions. But that would be a thread unto itself, to go into all that! :)--> Rick

Glad to hear it Zix! A lot of people use Webmin and really don't realize how unsecure it is. I started working with Unix back in the mid-80's when I was a programmer for At&t. Best os ever, in my opinion. Now I use Free-BSD for servers, although Red Hat looks really good for the Desktop. I see your just teaching yourself linux...if you have any questions, let me know! Rick

Zix...Webmin is a GREAT BIG security risk. You can root a *nix box running webmin in about 30 seconds. If you HAVE to use it, ssh in and run the service only when you need it, then stop the service when finished. Rick

Heck, I'm just looking for more of those slang terms that I've never heard! :)--> Rick

John: With 2000, you still have to have a valid user account and permissions to access folders on the machine, even on a local area network. Here's a suggestion. Create a user account on the 2000 machine, with the username and pw the same as you are using for the router. Then, under computer management, create your file shares to the folders you want to access. Give this user permissions to those folders. Then, try the vpn and see if you can access those folders. It really sounds like a permissions issue, as you said you can see the remote computer when you make the vpn connection. Steve: Shadow copy seems to be one of the coolest features of 2003. It basicaly lets you set a "go back" point for individual volumes. Delteted a file by accident? No problem, you can restore it. Overwrote an important file with a different copy? Again, no problem, as you can restore the original from the backup point. Really cool! Rick

OK, that's about the most hilarious line I've seen on this whole thread! Thanks Dot! Rick

I never took this class but after reading "head gasket for a hot rod" makes me wish I did. Must be all kinds of slang I've never heard! Rick

John: If you can "see" the remote computer from home, then I'm not sure where the problem lies. I didn't ask what os you are using on the remote end, but if it's 2000 or XP pro, do you have a user account set up to access it remotely? Rick

John: Sorry about the late reply here...been a busy week already and it's only Tuesday! What kind of routers are you using? And what kind of port forwarding do you have set up? Or, are you DMZ'ing one machine on both ends? Rick

Well, the obvious advantage of a vpn is the security. I have not played with Microsoft's vpn capabilities, although I have heard that it is not as secure as MS makes it out to be. I HAVE set up a few hardware firewalls called Sonic Wall, that DOES provide very good security via a vpn tunnel. It utilizes triple-des encryption and the algorithm changes like, every 30 seconds or something like that...very good security! But the cost for the hardware might be a little more than your current needs...they aren't cheap! You are right about PCAnywhere having more bells and whistles than Terminal Services. I don't use the built in remote desktop sharing that comes with XP now, I mean the acutal Terminal Services Client. It seems to be a good bit faster than PCAnywhere. IT's really good for me cause I have a number of clients running MS servers and I can connect to any or all of them at the same time, in different windows. And as I said earlier, once I'm connect to a 2003 server, I can remotely control any xp desktop client on the network. As far as using a vpn for connecting, you have to decide how secure you need that connection to be. For example, if your working with say, the health care field, and have to meet hipaa standards, then you would certainly be required to have a secure connection. On the other hand, if you just want to remotely control a home computer form the office, or vice-versa, a password-protected PCAnywhere connection should be just fine without the vpn. BTW, if you or anyone you know has a non-profit business, go to www.techsoup.org and check out thier prices. You can get 2003 server with 25 cals for 55 dollars! And the software comes direct from Microsoft! Rick

OH, I forgot to mention, both installs I have done so far have been on multi-processor systems, one a dual 2.4g xeon system. The Xeon processors are way cool! Multi-threaded so each processor basically breaks down into 2, so a dual system is kinda like having a quad system. And John, if you go with any *nix os on a server, use free-bsd instead of linux. A lot more secure, and stays truer to SCO than any of the free *nix's I've seen! Rick

I've installed it for 2 clients so far, and doing a third next week. Simple install, all things considered. NetBeui is totally gone and not supported, so if that's an issue, then you may have problems. One of the installations was an upgrade, it wouldn't even let me continue the installation till I uninstalled NetBeui and Norton personal firewall. They were using Norton Ghost and an external drive for backups, and Ghost was not supported either, but that was no problem really, as I have my own backup program I wrote in Visual C++ that worked nicely. The QoS packet handeling has been done away with also. Some good things...The Administrator can easily send console messages to all users through Computer Mangement. That's a nice feature. I do a lot of work through terminal services, and the other nice thing is, any xp machines on the network with remote desktop enabled, I can remotely control right here from home! That's a REAL good thing when you have a user on the network with a problem, and they aren't real computer literate! All in all, I think it's a pretty decent upgrade. Just be careful of the new "Enhanced Security" stuff! If you install it for the server and clients, all your security is set at the max, which means only websites that you specifically allow will be available. This could be good in a corporate setting I guess, if you want only limited internet access, but if its for a home or home business, I don't think it's a good idea to install it. Well, that's my 2 cents worth! Rick

My Free-BSD machines and Red Hat Linux machines didn't either :)--> Rick

Not till mid-August when it will become miserably hot! :D--> Rick

Ginger: Don't want to derail this wonderful thread, so I posted some Blind Faith for you over on the nostalgia thread. Come on over there and we'll discuss the ubiquitosly hidden teaching of Jim Beam (or, Jack Daniels, if you please) :D--> Rick

Hey, I STILL like Blind Faith! Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ric Grech, Ginger Baker...Great band! Oh wait...this isn't the music thread. Sorry, I'll leave now! :D--> Rick

Happy Birthday! Sudo...don't give up yer day job :)--> Rick

I was wondering the same thing, as far as if Goey actually put the redirect there himself or not. Goey?