The problem is that Microsoft makes the OS, so they have to "integrate" the software.

I see your point and it's valid, but not practical. For some reason, most users that...

I don't think I was implying only Microsoft can or should make security software. I use Password Safe myself and have written about it many times.

The issue is often that...

If you run the proc with auto-fix, it will match up all users to logins.

To get logins moved, get sp_rev_helplogins from Microsoft and run that to script out logins...

The domain account should not have any rights on the domain unless it needs them to access something. If you create the account, no rights assigned, and then pick it...

Apologies for that. It's kind of a low priority item. Actually I should remove it and just let people vote on scripts.

I'm certainly not worried about paying for utilities. Not sure where you got that impression. I've purchased his admin toolkit before when I've been in a jam.

I'm more concerned...

Which older versions? I believe that I've seen people use .dat for data files in v6.5. Haven't checked v7.

Thanks for the comments.

This is a basic article on some easy ways to get started. There are lots of other ways to dig into individual problems and the SET...

The questions has been edited to be more clear and points awarded back. We do go through and try to clarify these over time, but creating questions on a regular...

I'd disagree. Services are not likely stopped by people randomly. The Windows Service not starting really isn't valid because you started the install and it failed. So the service was...

If you can send SMS through an email, you can use that.

There are certain things that can cause SQL Server to fail. I believe the error log failing is one of them. Did you run out of space or perhaps the...

Is this being executed by a sysadmin? I don't think it works unless a sysadmin runs it. An individual user can run it, but only for themself, not for any...

The rootkit is a lot of it. Their forways into music and movies and the efforts to prevent any use under the fair use guidelines has me worried as well....

Public competition works in some areas. IT is not one of them.