Windows® XP Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1,
and Windows Vista
Their Impact on
Diskeeper® Corporation Products
Service Pack 2 for Windows XP (SP2), Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003,
and Windows Vista contain a
number of security-related enhancements to their respective operating systems. Some of these
enhancements affect the operation of certain network functionality in Diskeeper
Corporation's Diskeeper, Undelete® and Sitekeeper® products.
Important Note: These changes are not necessary if you are using Diskeeper or
Undelete locally, i.e., not using the "networking" features such as PushInstall
or remote control connections.
Specifically, Windows XP SP2, Windows
Server 2003 SP1, and Windows Vista increase the default security levels for the
Windows Firewall (previously known as Internet Connection Firewall).
Additionally, the default security settings for the Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
facility and the Distributed Common Object Model (DCOM) facility have been
changed to more effectively "lock down" computers running these service packs.
As a result of these changes, it is necessary to modify some of
the new default security settings within Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 in order to allow the
networking features Diskeeper, Undelete or Sitekeeper to function properly.
Diskeeper Corporation has created guidelines and tools to help our customers
properly configure their applicable computers to work with our products.
These solutions are based on information provided by Microsoft Deployment Guides
and Knowledge Base articles.
The following documents and tools are available to help you configure your
Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server SP1 systems to work with Diskeeper, Undelete and Sitekeeper:
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Diskeeper_Corporation_Products_and_Windows_Service_Packs.pdf
This white paper presents an in-depth discussion of the specific changes in
Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows Vista,
and how they affect the various Diskeeper Corporation products. It also discusses special script files that automate the process of changing
your Windows configurations for compatibility with Diskeeper Corporation
products.
Diskeeper_and_Windows_Service_Packs.pdf
This white paper details how Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1
and Windows Vista affect Diskeeper. It also discusses special script files that automate the process of changing
your Windows configurations for compatibility with Diskeeper. |
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Diskeeper_Corporation_Group_Policy_Config.pdf |
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This article gives step-by-step instructions for using the Group Policy Editor
within Microsoft Active Directory® to make the network-wide configuration changes to
Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows Vista systems necessary for compatibility with Diskeeper Corporation
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Diskeeper Administrator Windows Service Pack configuration utility
This downloadable package, specifically for Diskeeper Administrator, is
a self-extracting executable file containing a batch file (or script) that
automates the steps necessary to configure Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server
2003 SP1 systems for
compatibility with Diskeeper Administrator. This script can be run
individually on each Diskeeper Administrator machine, or can be pushed out
via Group Policy as a login script for these machines.
Diskeeper Client Windows Service Pack configuration utility
This downloadable package, specifically for the various Diskeeper Professional and
Server editions, is a self-extracting executable file containing a batch
file (or script) that automates the steps necessary to configure Windows XP
SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows Vista systems for compatibility with Diskeeper. This script can be run
individually on each Diskeeper machine, or can be pushed out via Group
Policy as a login script for the affected machines.
Undelete 4.0
Client Windows Service Pack configuration utility
This
downloadable package, specifically for Undelete 4.0 or later Professional
and Server editions, is a self-extracting executable file containing a batch
file (or script) that automates the steps necessary to configure Windows XP
SP2 and Windows Server SP1 systems for compatibility with Undelete or to allow them to receive an
Undelete package delivered by PushInstall. This script
(Undelete_Firewall_Config.bat), can be run individually on each Undelete
machine, or it can be pushed out via Group Policy as a login script for the
affected machines.
Sitekeeper
3.5 Windows Service Pack configuration utility
This downloadable package, specifically for Sitekeeper 3.5, is a
self-extracting executable file containing a batch file (or script) that
automates the steps necessary to configure Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server
2003 SP1 systems to allow
the communication needed by Sitekeeper. This script can be run individually
on each computer that is managed by Sitekeeper, or can be pushed out via
Group Policy as a login script for these machines.
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As mentioned earlier, if you are not using any of the networking features of
Diskeeper or Undelete, you do not need to take any special steps to configure
your Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows Vista systems for compatibility with these products.
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