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I had not bothered about this for some time - but I thought I had better get it sorted now as I had not updated for a while.

I kept getting the error Automatic Updates, BITS and Event Log services not running. Even if you go to the services list and find that they are running it still does not work.

I found that the problem was with the Automatic Updates service that was not set to start up automatically - probably something I did a while back when I pretty much switched almost all the services off!

Anyway - to solve this problem - right click on the automatic updates service and change its start up mode to automatic, make sure RPC is running and then restart your machine.

That should do the trick!

great little tool:

http://myutilities.blogspot.com/2005/10/mount-iso-files-under-windows-xp.html

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx

http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2006/09/20/how-to-using-synctoy-to-make-a-nightly-mirror-of-my-documents/

To schedule a task using the operating system:

1. From the Start menu, select All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Scheduled Tasks.
2. Select Add scheduled task to start the Scheduled Task Wizard. You will see a list of possible programs to run.
3. SyncToy may appear as an option in the list. If SyncToy does not appear in the list, click Browse and go find it.
   (Note: Odds are, it’s in your c:\Program Files\Microsoft\SyncToy directory)
4. The wizard will next prompt you to enter how often you want to run the scheduled SyncToy (for example, daily, weekly, et cetera). Select a frequency.
   (Note: I’d suggest weekly unless you make lots of changes to your documents)
5. The next page asks when to start the task. Select a start time.
   (Note: I’d suggest middle of the night.)
6. The next page asks for the user name and password to run the program under. Enter your user name and password.
7. The final page contains an option to open the properties dialog when the wizard ends. Select this checkbox.
8. Modify the Run textbox to include (append) the –R command line option. –R all by itself will run all folder pairs that are active for run all. (Note: Sufficient if you only have this one pair, or other similar pairs. In which case, you’re done with this step) If you want to run just a single folder pair, add –R“My Pair” to the end of the command line. Note: there is a space before the hyphen but not one after the R. If the folder pair name contains a space, surround it with quotation marks, as the example above shows. For another example, assume that SyncToy is in the folder named C:\My Folder and that you want to run a folder pair named “My folder pair.” Enter the command line as follows, including the quotation marks: “C:\My Folder\SyncToy.exe” -R”My folder pair.” Note that there are two sets of quotation marks in this case: one is around the path to the SyncToy program file and the other surrounds the folder pair name.

Ever run more than one remote desktop at once? If the answer is yes then get yourself this:

http://www.codeplex.com/Terminals/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1697

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows-Server-2003-Resource-Kit.html

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&displaylang=en

http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/multisitesoniis.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/fsutil.mspx?mfr=true

Very useful:

http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/

Much better than the MS version of multiple desktops:

http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?groupname=virt-dimension&filename=VirtualDimension-0.94.exe&use_mirror=belnet

http://www.hostmysite.com/support/dedicated/IIS/passwordprotect/

The following article explains how to create a password protected section of your website. The protected section will require users to login before they can view contents of the folders. This is a three step process; the first step creates a Windows user account with limited access to the machine, the second step removes Anonymous Access to the folder, and the third step assigns the user to the folder.
To password protect a folder, please follow these steps:

1. Login to your server through Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Connection.
2. Create the Windows User by following the steps in How do I create a new user on my Windows 2000 & 2003 Server?
3. Click Start, select Programs, and then click Administrative Tools.
   • For IIS 5.0 click Internet Services Manager.
   • For IIS 6.0 click Internet Information Services.



4. In the left column you will see the Server Name.
   • In IIS 5.0, expand the Server Name to find the domain name.
   • In IIS 6.0, expand the Server Name and then Web Sites to find the domain name

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5. Right-click on the domain name and select Properties.



6. On the Directory Security Tab under Authentication and Access Control click Edit.



7. Uncheck Enable Anonymous Access.



8. Choose the level of Authenticated Access:
   • Integrated Windows Authentication - encrypts the password sent to the server (we recommend this method).
   • Digest Authentication - this level works only if Active Directory is configured.
   • Basic Authentication - sends the password across the network in clear text (we do not recommend this method).
   • .Net Passport Authentication - a web authentication service.
9. Click Ok and then click Ok a second time.
10. Navigate to the folder on your server containing the contents of your website.
11. Right click the folder and select Properties.



12. On the Security tab click Add.
13. Enter the name of the user you created and click Ok.



14. If you wish to allow other users to login, repeat step 14 with the additional user names.

Your website is now password protected. If you prefer to password protect only a folder, rather than your entire website, you can repeat the exact steps above on the individual folder, rather than your entire website.