NonTechnical::Link

Very interesting resource of information about locations and people:
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet

NT4::Server service will not start

After applying SP3 the server service will not start. The event log shows an event stating "there is not enough server storage"
Applied SP6 and still have the issue.
MS151427
Describes my exact event log errors. In the situation reference in the KB a network card had just been installed.
It recommends reinstalling the service pack.
Perhaps for some other reason my Srv.sys file got reverted back to the original CD copy....

A guy on usenet also recommends checking and possibly increasing IRPSTACKSIZE value from 6 to 11 under registry key:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\LanManServer\Parameters

Exchange 2000::Export E-Mail Aliases

Success!!!

ldifde -f c:\email.ldf -l mail,proxyaddresses
The above generates a huge export file designed to import someplace else.

Out of this file extract all the lines that start with: proxyAddresses: smtp: (NOT case sensitive.)

This is a list of all the aliases!

Active Directory Schema Attributes

Default Active Directory Attributes in the Windows 2000 Schema:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q257218&

Exchange::E-Mail Address Listing

How in the heck do I export a list of e-mail addresses (including aliases if that's not too much to ask) ????

Here is a good article about using LDAP & VB script to get a list of e-mail addresses:
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Creating_a_list_of_Users_and_their_email_addresses_in_Exchange_2000_2.html
However I think part of it is missing - I can't get it to run.

The Microsoft Conspiracy

I've never bought into the belief that Microsoft is a plague on the earth sent by satan. I believe most Microsoft "issues" (mildly put) stem from greed and technical oversight and maybe sometimes intentional technical oversight serving the interest of greed.
"Microsoft's Really Hidden Files" http://www.windows-sucks.com/content/ms-hidden-files.shtml is a very interesting article at: http://www.windows-sucks.com/
I'm using W2K Professional and IE6 patched and patched and patched and patched. I followed those instructions for seeing the IE hidden cache but didn't find much--a couple URL's from yesterday. However, since I had emptied my cache and cleared my history I really should have seen nothing. I doubt there is a "big brother" at Microsoft planning to read through everybodies deleted mail in Outlook Express or purged URL history, but it makes you think. We all have to be mindful that once we store something on a computer it can be very hard to remove.
I once heard a computer forensics analyst say that when she finds evidence that someone tried to wipe freespace on a drive or otherwise destroy evidence that just made her look even harder because she knows there is something to be found -- and often finds it elsewhere in a place nobody thought to try to purge.