Windows Server 2003 Security Guide

Brief Description

The Windows Server 2003 Security Guide has been replaced by the Windows Server 2003 Security Compliance Management Toolkit, part of the Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series. See the note in the Overview section for the current download location.

Overview

This technical guidance provides information about how to harden computers that run Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Note: On February 18, 2009, an updated version of the Windows Server 2003 Security Compliance Management Toolkit was released as part of the Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series. Please go to the Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series location on the Microsoft Download Center to get the Windows Server 2003 Security Compliance Management Toolkit.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003

Any version of Microsoft Word or Microsoft Word Viewer 2003.

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Instructions

Click the Download button at the top of the page to start the download.

Do one of the following:

To view the file immediately, click Open

To save the download to your preferred location on your computer for .zip file extraction at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.

To install the tools and templates .msi package

Navigate to where you extracted the .zip file content on your hard drive.
To launch the installer, double-click the Tools and Templates .msi file.
Accept the Microsoft Software License Terms.
Follow the steps in the installation process to complete the installation.
Find the installed files in your My Documents folder or by looking in the Start/All Programs menu for a shortcut.

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