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Using Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 in a Managed Environment

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This white paper provides information about the communication that flows between components in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) and sites on the Internet, and it describes steps to take to limit, control, or prevent that communication in an organization with many users.
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    8/26/2003

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    Mn_2Ksp4.doc

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      This white paper provides information about the communication that flows between components in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) and sites on the Internet, and it describes steps to take to limit, control, or prevent that communication in an organization with many users. The white paper is designed to assist you, the administrator, in planning strategies for deploying and maintaining Windows 2000 SP4 in a way that helps provide an appropriate level of security and privacy for your organization’s networked assets.
  • System Requirements

    Supported Operating System

    Windows 2000

      • Microsoft Word or Microsoft Word file viewer
  • Install Instructions

      1. Click the Download link to start the download.
      2. Do one of the following:
        • To start reading the document immediately, click Open or Run this program from its current location.
        • To copy the download to your computer for reading at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.
  • Additional Information

      Microsoft® Windows® 2000 operating systems include a variety of technologies that communicate with the Internet to provide increased ease of use. Browser and e-mail technologies are obvious examples, but there are also technologies such as Automatic Updates that help users obtain the latest software and product information, including bug fixes and security patches. These technologies provide many benefits, but they also involve communication with Internet sites, which administrators might want to control.

      Control of this communication can be achieved through a variety of options built into individual components, into the operating system as a whole, and into server components designed for managing configurations across your organization. For example, as an administrator you can use Group Policy to control the way some components communicate, or for some components, you can direct all communication to the organization’s own internal Web site instead of to an external site on the Internet.
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