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How to grant network access to LocalSystem account?

How do you grant access to network resources to the LocalSystem (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) account? Background When accessing the network, the LocalSystem account acts as the computer on the network: LocalSystem Account The LocalSystem account is a…
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How do I configure proxy settings for LOCAL SYSTEM?

If I edit Proxy Settings through the Control Panel, the settings are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyEnable and ...\ProxyServer. These settings are of course not used when running as a…
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Where does the LOCAL SYSTEM account store its "personal" files?

I'm using a continous integration system (CruiseControl.NET) as a service on our Windows 2008 64-bit server. Now I would like to run Delphi 2006 from CruiseControl.NET (which runs as a service). The point where I'm stuck is that Delphi 2006 requires…
Timo Kosig
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Where is the Windows 7 "LocalService" account's home directory?

Windows 7 allows you to configure services to use the LocalService user account, rather than the default LocalSystem user account. If the services run as LocalSystem, and try to create a file in the user's home directory, then it gets created here:…
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How to temporarily stop time syncing with domain controller?

I wish to do some testing on my local machine which requires me to put the date forward a year. So I can test some stuff in SQL Server (i've found it not possible to override the sql server time). However because I'm connected to a domain, I believe…
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Is there a way to run PsExec specifying a user name and password (-u -p) when running as Local System?

I have a Windows Service running as Local System on Windows Server 2003 and I'm trying to use PsExec to run a command as another user (using the -u -p parameters) but I keep getting Access is denied. PsExec could not start errors. The following can…
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In a managed environment, should user PCs have local external HD backups?

Our environment manages thousands of user PCs, provides high-end secure file servers. Users (from new staff to executive-level) are urged to store data to the file servers and generally do so. PCs are acquired with a standard HD image (currently…
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Correct way to access a network share in a Windows service

I have a Windows service which requires on-demand access to a remote CIFS share. Whenever it needs to access the share, it first tries to 'mount' it with provided credentials, NET USE \\host\share password /USER:user uses the share's contents, and…
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Will a Local System service notice changes to environment variables in Windows 2008 R2 without a reboot?

Microsoft has a knowledge base article, last reviewed in June 2007, which states: If you update environment variables or add new environment variables, you must restart the computer before the changes that you make affect services that run under…
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Win Service running under LocalService account cannot access environment variables

I am looking for prove or disprove of my theory. We have windows service which runs under LocalSystem account. the service is calling msbuild and builds csproj (Visual Studio project) file, which use Environment variable. But its falling as it cant…
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How to resolve security warning concerning WebAdministrationProvider?

I have a new Windows Server 2012 install, and have just installed IIS. I see the following warning in the Application Log: A provider, WebAdministrationProvider, has been registered in the Windows Management Instrumentation namespace …
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Running SEP scans with the SYSTEM account

I need to run Symantec Endpoint Protection scans on Windows 7 systems using the SYSTEM account. I know that I can run DoScan.exe to manually run a scan, and this works fine using a regular user account. Unfortunately, when I try to run DoScan as…
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"net session" listing GUIDs for computer names. Won't accept its own GUIDs

When I run "net session" or "net session /list", I get GUIDs for computer names: C:\Users\Administrator>net session Computer User name Client Type Opens Idle…
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How to login faster using a domain account when the domain is unavailable

I have a laptop with Windows 7 ultimate enterprise edition installed. This is a company laptop so i have domain account as I am a domain user but also a local administrator on my laptop. My problem is that now i am out of the company premises for…
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SSL with no warning for local IP's

I have several services running on a local server that I would like to work over HTTPS. The problem is that self-signed certificates will always give warning if I am not mistaken so it's not really an option for practical reasons. I do have a shared…
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