IT Newsgroups: Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003 General Discussion

Updates & Downloads Problem

MNCoughlin - 5 Mar 2005 10:41 PM - 1 message

Hello, Here is our layout- 2 Win2003 Servers; 1 with AD/DC/Appl/TermSrv/Wins. the 2nd with AD/DC/Wins/Exchange/CA. We had SUS installed and it WAS working but then stopped. Since mid-Feburary we are not able to download or install any updates. We ...

SBS 2003 - Move Profiles, Etc. from 2000 Server

Karl Burrows - 5 Mar 2005 9:48 PM - 4 messages

We have a really old server running Server 2000 (old HP NetServer PII 400), so we purchased a new SBS 2003 thinking we could use it to migrate to Exchange, etc. at some point. Our office has grown from about 6 people to ...

Incorrectly detected DOS attack

Kartal Guner - 5 Mar 2005 8:21 PM - 1 message

We have one server writing out millions of small files to shared folders on another server. Both servers are running Windows 2003 Standard. After a while the storage server starts rejecting requests from the other server. The following is found in the event log on the storage ...

Trouble Setting Up RAS

mjp - 5 Mar 2005 7:45 PM - 2 messages

Hello, My friend and I are trying to set up a serverfor remote access. He's behind a Belkin wireless router. He's set up a server with a class c IP addy. I'm at home trying to access the server. I configured an account to vpn into the ...

Logon Banner Problem

Clayton Sutton - 5 Mar 2005 6:14 PM - 6 messages

We are running Windows Server 2003 DC's and wanted to add a windows logon banner. I added the info. in "Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on" and "Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on". ...

login restriction

dadospartacus - 5 Mar 2005 5:57 PM - 1 message

How do you control the number of simultanous login in a AD environment? Can you point to the How to.. article? Thanks. ...

Secondary DC setup

bunters - 5 Mar 2005 3:38 PM - 4 messages

I am about to setup a secondary domain controller, for fault tolerance, (Server 2000) in our office. You folks happen to have any "best practices" points I have to remember/implement while doing the install? Thanks, Bunters ...

Emergency Repair Disk?

David Bock - 5 Mar 2005 2:57 PM - 3 messages

OK, I am running Server2003, and I recently thought I needed to do a repair. It asked for the ERD. Looking in Technet, in 2000 they moved it to the Backup program. Where is it now? When I tried to repair the volume it asked ...

Can I do this with DFS?

Axel Larson - 5 Mar 2005 2:48 PM - 1 message

Setup: SBS2003 server and Windows 2003 File Server in one domain. Both are DC's. 1. ServerA has C:\Apples and D:\Oranges that I would like put into DFS with ServerB 2. ServerB has D:\Users that I would like to put into DFS with ServerA. ...

Terminal Service not operable

Andreas Sames - 5 Mar 2005 1:09 PM - 1 message

Hi I have a W2K Server with SP4 and TS running. Server runs properly. After update with W2003 Server everthing seems to be fine exept TS Service that seems not to be installed. Also the remote tab on system is missing ?? After ...

run scheduled tasks from cmd window

rohitk18 - 5 Mar 2005 12:33 PM - 2 messages

Hi I trying to run scheduled tasks from the .cmd window in Windows 2000 server. I will really appreciate if somebody help in this. I would like to run .exe file which i scheduled as a task. I would like to run that .exe file and stop the same .exe file from command ...

How to mount remote shares for all users?

Olav Tollefsen - 5 Mar 2005 10:38 AM - 8 messages

How can I mount a share on a remote machine and make it available as a drive letter on my system for all users? This includes system users running ASP.NET code under IIS. Olav ...

Moving 2003 to new machine

Mark Armstrong - 5 Mar 2005 7:01 AM - 15 messages

I have a customer that is running 2003 Server on a low spec machine, we are suppling a much high spec one and I was wondering what is the best way of moving the contents of the drive over to the new machine? ...

Setting up Server 2003

Vince - 5 Mar 2005 5:57 AM - 2 messages

I want to set up Windows server 2003 on my computer that I am running XP Pro on one Hard Drive. I have an extra 200 gb Hard drive that is just sitting there. Can I install Server 2003 on that extra Hard Drive and if so, How ...

setting up server 2003

Vince - 5 Mar 2005 5:45 AM - 2 messages

I want to set up Windows server 2003 on my computer that I am running XP Pro on one Hard Drive. I have an extra 200 gb Hard drive that is just sitting there. Can I install Server 2003 on that extra Hard Drive and if so, How ...

Why Can't 2003 SBS Create Trust With Another Domain?

Karl Burrows - 5 Mar 2005 4:15 AM - 3 messages

We just upgraded to a new server (long over due!). The old server was Server 2000 and we got SBS 2003 for this one. When I tried to create a trust to move the files from the 2000 server, 2003 told me it could not ...

IE and windows 2000 server

shawn - 5 Mar 2005 1:37 AM - 1 message

I have a windows 2000 server network with windows 2000 pro. - SP4 client pcs. The problem that I have is that I need my users to be able to check and uncheck the "Use automatic configuration script" option on LAN SETTINGS on ...

Upgrading DC from 2K to 2003 and Storage Server

angry_white_male - 4 Mar 2005 9:47 PM - 2 messages

Currently we're running Windows 2000 Server which is our Domain Controller and our general file server, as well as the host for DNS and DHCP. We purchased a new server which will act solely as a Domain Controller, DNS and DHCP host, and a separate NAS which will be our file server. ...

What's legal

Tom Bokman - 4 Mar 2005 7:59 PM - 5 messages

I received a promotional not for resale version of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. Since I have no use for this item, how can I legally give this to someone who can make use of it. Thanks. ...

isa 2000 and windows 2003 WINS authentication

gotenks - 4 Mar 2005 7:53 PM - 1 message

isa 2000 and windows 2003 WINS authentication I currently have 2 isa servers/sp2/fp1 on windows 2000 sp4 server. external nic - ip: 10.10.0.100 sm: 255.255.255.0 ...

Unlocking an in use Computer

keith - 4 Mar 2005 7:27 PM - 6 messages

What security rights are required to unlock a PC that has been locked by a secure screen saver? I know the domain administrators can unlock it, but would like to have it set to were an supervisor of a dept. can unlock users ...

Saving ASP file as Unicode

AGMSoft - 4 Mar 2005 7:09 PM - 1 message

The IIS 6.0 documentation says that it supports unicode. I saved one of my asp file as unicode but when I inclide it in another asp page and access it using browser (on windows 2003 machine) it gives Error ASP 0239 UNICODE ASP ...

Dynamic Disk Problem

Dan - 4 Mar 2005 7:05 PM - 2 messages

I have SBS2K w/ 2 harddrives that are mirrored. Both are Dynamic. In Disk Management Console both drives say they are Healthy but in the left part of the window for Disk 0 and Disk 1 there is a yellow caution sign and they say ...

How do you know if a server is back up?

Greg R. - 4 Mar 2005 6:34 PM - 5 messages

I'm installing patches through SUS. I'm using Bindview for the reports of installation success/failure, and for server uptime (determines if server has been rebooted after install.) Now what I want to do is determine by the Event log that the server is back ...

Command line option for defragmenting ...

Sarah Tanembaum - 4 Mar 2005 6:22 PM - 2 messages

Hi, is there command line option in W2K3 Server for disk defragmentation? I'd like to be able to schedule disk defragmentation for each disk/partitition and other maintenance stuff thru scripting. Thanks ...

Move win2000 server to a new drive?

Mike M - 4 Mar 2005 5:56 PM - 5 messages

Ok been looking all over and I can not find an app that supports Server for moving or ghosting to a new drive. What is the most popular and reliable way to change drives on an active server? ...

Strange things have happened

Peter - 4 Mar 2005 5:53 PM - 2 messages

A client that we have recently got involved with has just experienced a very strange problem, firstly we got involved as on a visit to discuss something different we found that all the machines had live IP addresses and the system ...

PROBLEMAS NO SPOOLSV.EXE

Sergio Toledo - 4 Mar 2005 5:19 PM - 2 messages

Meu micro fica lento e quanto monitoro a performance ele mostra spoolsv com 97% uso do meu micro. Alguém com este problema?? Sds Sergio Toledo ...

I cannot search network resources from a Windows client

Marty Browne - 4 Mar 2005 4:54 PM - 2 messages

I have a Win2000 server in a Win2k3 AD. I cannot seem to search any directories that are shared on the Win2000 server. I can access on the Win2K server just fine, but I cannot do a "Search". If I get on the console of the ...

Moving Domains to different servers is this possible??

ardilla - 4 Mar 2005 4:10 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I have the domain a.b.c I hava a server for domain a one for domain b and one for domain c Since domain b.c is not used any more, I would like to move the hole domain ...

NT 4.0 as member server in 2003 domain?

btbadmin - 4 Mar 2005 3:41 PM - 3 messages

I have a few questions, perhaps someone can answer me. Is it possible to run a NT 4.0 member server in a Windows 2003 Domain? Can i make a Windows 2000 Server to a Domain Controller in a 2003 Domain? ...

Strange Icon for DLL

Shawn H. Mesiatowsky - 4 Mar 2005 3:24 PM - 4 messages

I have an adaptec 21610 SATA raid controller in my server and one of the drivers for the controller is aaccin.dll . but when I install Veritas Backup exec v9.1 the aaccin service fails to start. It states that it cannot find ...

netsend

TomD - 4 Mar 2005 3:05 PM - 3 messages

I am in a 2003 active directory environment (single domain), with XP workstations. I would like to know if anyone knows how to enable the "netsend" command only for a limited group of users. I know that disabling the messenger service will stop netsend in a general sense. What I am trying ...

W2k to W2K3 Upgrade Checklist

Jason - 4 Mar 2005 2:45 PM - 4 messages

i know this has been posted a few times but i just want to make sure i have it right. i will be upgrading my servers from w2k to w2k3. i currently run exchange 2k, this will also be upgraded to Exchange 2K3. Single domain no ...

Alternative to windows system monitor

Osk - 4 Mar 2005 2:36 PM - 3 messages

Hi, Is there any good alternative for drawing charts from Windows 2000 system monitor tsv file, other than the system monitor itself? I want more precise view time range positioning for large files. Is there anything out there? ...

Strange Performance Logs and Alerts behaviour

Henrik Zawischa - 4 Mar 2005 2:24 PM - 3 messages

I am still trying to get this counter logging to work. Strangely this command creates a Log that works as expected: logman create counter Test01 -b 04.03.2005 00:00:00 -e 04.03.2005 23:59:00 -r -f tsv -si 60 -v nnnnnn -o c:\perflogs\Test01 -cf ...

Server 2003 & FRS & cloned Disk

Ben Pezzei - 4 Mar 2005 2:01 PM - 3 messages

Hi I cloned a running 2003 Server System from an IDE Disk to a RAID 1 System. Everythink works fine except that the File replication Service couldnt start. The event log says following : The File Replication Service is unable to add this computer to the ...

Re: Windows 2003 Cluster Printers

Marc - 4 Mar 2005 1:09 PM - 3 messages

I am having a very similar problem on my Windows 2003 Cluster. We created a printer, and it generated an error. Now the printer appears as a share, but it is not listed in the printers and faxes folder. I do not know how to ...

Multiple Jobs

Holger - 4 Mar 2005 12:39 PM - 2 messages

Hi folks, is it possible to start serveral, differential Jobs to the same time? Thx for help ...

Best tutorial for implementing my first Windows 2000 AD domain?

pastmyprime? - 4 Mar 2005 4:52 AM - 5 messages

I have Windows 2000 server and want to create my first domain (at home) utilizing Active Directory. Th server will have 2 NICS and run connected to the net via a DSL modem. What's a good tutorial that makes this install run well without any ...

Possible to do the following?

asdf - 4 Mar 2005 4:25 AM - 8 messages

My setup: Have win2k server. Has 3 disks. Disk 0 contains volume C and D (total size 35 Gb) Disk 1 contains volume F (total size 35 Gb) Disk 2 is a mirror of volumes C, D and F (total size 70Gb) ...

Totally Off Topic

JP Hamilton - 3 Mar 2005 9:30 PM - 2 messages

I want to present to my manager at least some evidence of consequences to the company from 'outside influences' when a member of staff engages in piracy. A member of staff had installed WINMX and downloaded 20 MP3's. Has ...

Dynamic Disk with Hardware RAID-5

JereMN - 3 Mar 2005 9:25 PM - 5 messages

Greetings, Currently running SBS 2003 with hardware RAID-5. 5-disks in the array, one as hot spare. Want to add 6th disk for additional storage. Within Windows Disk Mgmt I have volumes C:\ and D:\ under Disk 0. Both volumes are set as ...

group policy object

Brian - 3 Mar 2005 5:51 PM - 2 messages

Hello. we recently got windows 2003 enterprise server, and one of the other IT guys was messing with the group policy snap-in in the MMC and now we cannot access the MMC...even administrators are locked out of it. I tried the fix in the ...

Problem with DNS resolution when W2K goes to internet.

seannmc - 3 Mar 2005 5:35 PM - 5 messages

When I try to access the web using names, my W2K server doesn't work. (Ie pinging, browsing etc to [link] returns no result). However using an IP address does. (Ie I can't ping [link], but trying ...

Server 2003 Eval and Ghost

wraggsyboy - 3 Mar 2005 5:09 PM - 4 messages

Hi, Just wondering if I can take a Ghost image of Windows Server 2003 Evaluation and have 120 days eval on each deployment of the Image, or is the expiration date embedded in the install? Regards, James ...

Pls help!..Cannot turn off firewall to XP Sp2 comps on SBS 03 domain

news.microsoft.com - 3 Mar 2005 5:04 PM - 3 messages

I have a new domain on SBS 2003, 12 XP Sp2 comps, Sp2 installed before migration to domain, cannot disable XP Sp2 firewall. Says on XP machines that it is being controller by domain, I go in to gpedit.msc and disable ICF but it doesn't seem to effect clients. ...

2003 Domain Controller

John Holt - 3 Mar 2005 4:45 PM - 3 messages

Hello everyone.:-) Hopefully a quick question. Can you make a w2k3 server a domain controller in a w2k domain? I was hoping to replace the 2 current domain controllers by adding 2 (1 at a time) w2k3 servers, making them the domain controllers and eventually taking ...

4-Processors weirdness in Device manager

Bernard Trichard - 3 Mar 2005 1:24 PM - 3 messages

Hi, We have a client with a 4-processors box, and when we look in the Device manager under "Processors" we see two "Intel Xeon 3.0 mhz..." and two "Processors" (just that and nothing else). I'm asking because we have very ...

ntbackup.exe not compressing data

Pegasus (MVP) - 3 Mar 2005 3:46 AM - 2 messages

I have a few servers that use Seagate 10/20 GByte backup drives, with Travan cartridges. I now find that none of them compress the data, even though I do use the /hc:on switch. To ensure that this was not caused by incompressible data ...

Backing up system/OS drive/partition to a bootable DVD ...

Sarah Tanembaum - 3 Mar 2005 2:57 AM - 2 messages

Does anyone know if Windows 2003 Server comes with an OS backup program? I have 4GB system drive and would like to backup for disaster recovery. I also have a DVR+/-RW drive, which I’d like to use it to backup the ...

mmc snap-in tool failed to initialize

JeremyDMarshall - 2 Mar 2005 11:33 PM - 2 messages

I have created a snap-in tool for active directory and users. When I open it on a domain controller, no problem. WHen I open it on a Windows XP client machine, I get this error message: "MMS snap-in tool failed to initialize" etc etc.... ...

How to exprie ALL acct. passwords?

Clayton Sutton - 2 Mar 2005 11:10 PM - 4 messages

We are running Windows 2003 Servers as our domain controllers and about 5000 users. What we want to do is expire EVERYONE'S network acct. and make them change their passwords at the end of this week (Friday). Any ideas on an ...

SNMP Alerts

Antonio - 2 Mar 2005 10:50 PM - 2 messages

Does anyone know if there is any way I can configure Windows 2000 or 2003 to send me an alert whenever a SNMP trap is received. I can see that my Windows server is recording snmptrap on the Event Viewer. But I also want to ...

ADM Files

Enrique - 2 Mar 2005 8:07 PM - 6 messages

Where do I get the .adm files to control new features of Windows XP SP2. I need to set these files up on my Windows 2003 DC and control throught group policy. Thanks, Enrique ...

Internet Access restriction for 2 domain users

news.microsoft.com - 2 Mar 2005 4:08 PM - 6 messages

Please help. I need to prevent two domain users from ever being able to access the internet on SBS 2003 Standard Edition. They are currently members of the "users" template. Newbie to SBS 2003 Thanks in advance, Tom in VT, USA ...

WinXP Pro logging to Win2K server. Taking too much time.

Mustufa Baig - 1 Mar 2005 3:41 PM - 9 messages

Hello Everybody, We have Win2k Server and we just upgraded our workstations from Win2k Pro to WinXP Pro. The problem we are facing is when we enter our login/password and press enter.... it just stucks on the "Applying your personal settings" ...

Event ID 8005 and 8009

GD - 1 Mar 2005 10:29 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I have DHCP set up on a Windows 2000 Advanced server. In the last while I am having to restart the server every day. I am getting Event ID 8009 error "The browser was unable to promote itself to master browser. The computer that ...

Server 2003 & new dual processor MB

wdeagle1 - 28 Feb 2005 4:35 PM - 4 messages

I changed MBs to an ASUS P2B-DS and added 1 Ghz PIII processors. My OS does not recognize the dual processors, but the BIOS sees it fine. Any ideas what I need to do for Server 2003 to recognize the second processor? ...

NTBackup from different DAT Drives

Mike Hayes - 28 Feb 2005 3:41 PM - 7 messages

I recently installed a DDS-4 drive on a W2K Pro machine. We used NTBackup a W2K Server writing to a DDS-2 tape drive. Should I be able to do Restores with NTBackup on the DDS-4 drive from tapes written on ...

IIS6 on Widows 2003 server is extremely slow behind FW/NAT

Max - 27 Feb 2005 5:21 PM - 10 messages

Hello, This is my first post here and I'm not sure if I'm should have posted in the iis newsgroup instead, please let me know. My problem is this: I have a Windows 2003 Enterpirse server with IIS6 and ...