Complete Newbie - Need some general advice

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From: John Gibney (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/18/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:55:26 -0800

Welcome Anne, First I would go into Administrative
Tools/Computer Management and click on Local Users and
Groups. If you see any usernames that you don't
recognize, then I would strongly consider disabling the
account. To do so, right click on the username, select
Properties, and check mark off Account is Disabled.

Secondly, Go into Control Panel, select System Properties,
and look to see if Remote Assistance is turned on. Here
is where you can enable or disable this function. Also
you will notice the Remote Desktop is available here.

Lastly, if you wish to use Terminal Services Client, you
must also enable a user to be a member of Remote Desktop
Users.

Good Luck
John Gibney
Net Administrator
City of Wauchula Florida
>-----Original Message-----
>I am in charge of the computer network at our company.
(Small company with
>25 users). Until last week, we had WinXP Pro peer to peer
network with some
>WinXP Pro, Home, Win2K, and Win98 workstations.
>
>Last week, we hired a local IT company to change our
system to a dedicated
>server with Win Server 2003 with 30 user licenses. They
have completed the
>job and the system is working fine.
>
>When we were still in the negotiation stage with this IT
group, one of the
>guys used my desktop computer and logged on to one of
their previous
>client's server using Remote Access and gave me a demo of
how things work.
>Once inside the computer, they could see all the folders
and other data.
>
>I thought that was rather strange for someone to get into
someone else's
>computer and show me their files etc. This is what is
worrying me now about
>our server. So my question is, how can I find out if they
have left a
>backdoor open for themselves? Where and what password (or
any other info) I
>need to change so they cannot get into our system?
>
>Meanwhile, I am going to buy books on WS2003 and read as
much as I can. I
>will also keep an eye on this newsgroup to learn more
about this software
>but in the meantime, I just want to assure myself that
our system is secure
>from outside world.
>
>Your ideas and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
>I have extensive experience with WinXP Pro and below but
this 2003 is brand
>new to me.
>
>Anne
>
>
>.
>

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