Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003 General Discussion

Connection Set Up

Avatar - 2 Sep 2006 7:24 PM - 5 messages

Short story: A Windows 2003 Server (Standard) SP1 machine is temporarily connected to my home two-machine LAN Network. (Key to longer story: I am babysitting it for a while) While I can use both IE, OE & Firefox on the Server to connect to the ...

Avoid Ctrl-Alt-Del on login

reader - 2 Sep 2006 1:58 PM - 3 messages

Just installed server 2003 rs (128 day trial) and whenever I login or leave the interface for a few minutes, I get a dialog telling me to press Ctrl-alt-del as a security precaution. I'm in a low risk environment since this is a home single user network ...

How To Gradually Remove WINS Infrastructure In Windows 2003 AD

Stan - 2 Sep 2006 1:50 PM - 3 messages

I have a very large enterprise within a Single Forrest W2003 Natvie Mode. With 3 regional child domains hookup with an Top Level AD Root Domain. Most devices are Windows 2003/2000/XP but I am sure we have some NT4 & Win9x ...

Avoid Ctrl-Alt-Delete message on login

HarryPutnam - 2 Sep 2006 1:48 PM - 4 messages

I've just installed server2003 rs (128 day trial). Whenever I login or leave the computer alone for a few minutes I get a dialog telling me to press Ctrl-Alt-Del. I'm not in a ristky environment. It is a home single user setup. How can I ...

Backup to NAS device fails on verify

Karlheinz Blank - 2 Sep 2006 12:33 PM - 2 messages

Hi, can anybody verify that this normally works or anybody having similiar problems? I am using NTBACKUP on Win2k3 SP1 machine and backing up to file. If the file location of the BKF-File is pointing to my NAS device (in my ...

"logon as a service" and "logon as a batch job"

Spin - 2 Sep 2006 10:14 AM - 3 messages

Gurus, I understand, in highly secure environments, where you have to in certain situations have to give certain accounts the "logon as a service" right. But how does one know when to also give that account the "logon as a batch ...

Unusable results when you search a network location in Windows Ser

wdewey - 1 Sep 2006 8:18 PM - 3 messages

This is the title of Knowledge base article 822686. It states that this problem was fixed in the latest service pack, but I am searching a 2003 server SP 1 share from a XP SP 2 machine (I even have applied all security ...

add deleted NT authority Users

Guri - 1 Sep 2006 7:56 PM - 4 messages

Hello, While working on WIndows XP for Domain User's, I accidently remove following users NT Authority\Authenticated Users NT Authority\Interactive Can you tell me how to add back these users In "User Group" in XP, Coz when I try to add and made search in Domain, I am unable to find thses account, ...

Windows Storage Server 2003 R2

dm3281 - 1 Sep 2006 7:43 PM - 2 messages

Hello, all. I'm upgrading an environment from a Windows 2000/2003 DC to include our new Dell NAS that has WSS 2003 R2. The server is on our Active Directory domain and I have upgraded our Active Directory from version 30 to 31 to take advantage of R2 features. ...

Exchange Server 2003 on SBS

Guri - 1 Sep 2006 7:37 PM - 4 messages

Hello Administrators, I am getting these Error in Event Viewer "event id 1023 pop3 connector, 1029, 1036, 1015, 1019" on regular basis after every 15 min for every user. I need yours help to fix these errors. Also tell me why these error are ...

Swap file location

skhips - 1 Sep 2006 7:23 PM - 5 messages

Hi, We will be using hardware RAID on a RAID 1 with a C: and D: configfured with 4GB RAM. What is the best setup for the swap file as I have read several. e.g 1. split across drives, ...

Dcpromo - log files location

skhips - 1 Sep 2006 7:20 PM - 2 messages

Hi and thanks for reading. When running dcpromo you are given a choice to put the volume and logs on different partitons. A lot of docs refer to best practicse to put them on seperate partitions is this that one will be on the system partion and one on a seperate partition ...

RAID Config

skhips - 1 Sep 2006 7:15 PM - 3 messages

Hi and thanks or reading. Ref Hardware RAID on Dell Poweredge 1950. Normally on our servers we build 2 disks on a RAID 1 for the O/S and three disks on a RAID 5 for the data / apps and have a hot spare assigned. ...

SBS 2003 question

BobT - 1 Sep 2006 4:58 PM - 4 messages

I have SBS2003 running on a rackmount server. It is too noisy, and I'm at the point where I want to get a tower server that will be quieter. When I get the new server, what is the easiest way to get all the files over ...

Cannot read large saved Eventlogs

Don - 1 Sep 2006 4:41 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I'm having a problem opening large saved event logs. Once the .evt file exceeds ~ 550MB, I receive the error "unable to complete this operation, not enough storage is available to process this command" when I try to open it ...

RPC/connectivity problem w. R2 in multi-site domain?

Liam - 1 Sep 2006 3:36 PM - 3 messages

We have a 2003 AD domain spread over a number of (well-connected) subnet sites and have recently upgraded several of our servers to R2. Since these upgrades we've had a number of intermittent connectivity problems. Symptoms are: connectivity (file sharing, Remote Desktop, AD authentication, ...

Can't open port to access a workstation

clive vinyard - 1 Sep 2006 3:16 PM - 3 messages

I'm trying to access port 80. when i do a netstat i can't see it open. I have Server 2003 Server OS. Here's what I've tried. Confirmed that ISP isn't blocking 80 port Disabled firewall ...

Uninstall R2

Jennifer Thomas - 1 Sep 2006 2:19 PM - 2 messages

Can this be done? ...

Windows 2000 Server UI messed up! how to repair?

Galpersonal - 1 Sep 2006 2:13 PM - 5 messages

When Windows 2000 Server starts up, I can log in, but after opening windows, the UI messes up, and you can see the windows, but there isn't any text in the boxes, so I don' tknow where I'm pointing. ...

Drive letter change

Tristan Leask - 1 Sep 2006 10:52 AM - 3 messages

Hi Guys, In our server we have had 2 disks running with one mirroring the other. Now, one of the disks has been unmirrored and removed from the server and placed in another server that is of the same hardware. ...

Backup Strategy Question

DirkDiggler - 1 Sep 2006 10:33 AM - 5 messages

I have a file server I need to establish a backup strategy on. I was thinking of going Friday-Full backup and then differentials the rest of the days of the week so I only have to restore the last full and possibly ...

Unable to delete user profile on Windows 2003 Termninal Server

David Harris - 1 Sep 2006 10:23 AM - 5 messages

We have a user that logs on to our Windows 2003 Terminal Server. She has a problem and I need to delete her user profile and let the server create a new one. When I right click My Computer (on the server) and click Properties, ...

IE7 Update Question...

Craig Mann - 1 Sep 2006 10:20 AM - 2 messages

Microsoft state that Internet Explorer 7 will distribute as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates. To prevent automatic deployment of IE7 update, Microsoft list various options for blocking this update which includes the update management solution using Windows Server Update Services ...

Roaming Profile stopped working

Arnie Dapiss - 1 Sep 2006 8:09 AM - 7 messages

Hi, I had roaming a profile on my account and then removed it. Recently I tried to enable roaming profiles on my account again but it doesn't work. This problem is specific to the one PC (my laptop) so it may be a registry ...

Backup Software like Veritas with DVD as the media

Martin Panggabean - 1 Sep 2006 7:48 AM - 5 messages

Hi.... Is there any of you here know what software for Backup ? Software like Veritas or Legato where we can use DVD Writer as the backup media. Since as I know Veritas doesn't support DVD writer. The reason why I choose DVD ...

Close ports?

Matthias Gutehall - 1 Sep 2006 5:32 AM - 4 messages

Hi all, How do I close ports on Win 2003 Server? Thanks Matthias Gutehall ...

WSUS does not show All systems in network

jagan - 1 Sep 2006 5:29 AM - 3 messages

Hi, Our WSUS server console does not show all systems in the netowrk. But all systems get updates from the server and deploye patches. Does any one has idea abt it? ...

How can I use all of 4Gb under Windows Server 2003 Ent?

Shurick - 1 Sep 2006 4:08 AM - 4 messages

I have CPU Pentium 4 506 2660 on the motherboard GA-8I945GMF and 4Gb RAM. In specification of this motherboard is text: "4 DDRII DIMM memory slots (supports up to 4GB memory) * * Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved ...

IPsec filter

beachboy - 1 Sep 2006 3:23 AM - 4 messages

Can we use IPsec filter as Windows firewall to block the untrust access as similar as hardware firewall / iptables on linux?? Thanks. ...

What Port need to open for WinXP to join the Domain?

Jimmy Chan ++ - 1 Sep 2006 2:52 AM - 3 messages

Hi all, I set up a W2K3 DC, with a name abc.com, while all DNS setup all right, the WinXP client can not join to the domain, but if I turn off the W2K3 build-in firewall, the WinXP Client can join, I Don't want to turn off the W2K3 ...

twin toolbar in taskbar. unable to remove

jesuran - 31 Aug 2006 11:35 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I have got this silly issue with windows server 2003 enterprise edition where there are two taskbars which are th same. Please see image here: [link] I want to get rid of one but dont know how. If there is anyone out ...

Setting up a website in IIS

Homam - 31 Aug 2006 8:29 PM - 3 messages

I am experienced with IIS in windows XP, now I have my windows server 2003 ready and I wanted to host some domains. That'ts a dedicated server and I have full Here I have a question what are all the things that should be set in ...

MiniDump - 0x1000008e Windows 2003 TS server

Rex - 31 Aug 2006 6:08 PM - 2 messages

My Win2k3 TS server intermittently crashes and generates the following error... ....the last unexpected shutdown of this computer is: System Failure: Stop error Reason Code: 0x805000f Bug ID: Bugcheck String: 0x1000008e (0xc0000005, 0xbf86f7af, 0xa5019e04, 0x00000000) Comment: 0x1000008e (0xc0000005, 0xbf86f7af, 0xa5019e04, 0x00000000) ...

ASR Automated System Recovery Fails

jeffgoldman10 - 31 Aug 2006 5:10 PM - 2 messages

When trying to perform a ASR backup in NTBackup on a Windows 2003 Standard server I receive this message: The files for the recovery diskette could not be created. The operation was cancelled. I find reference to this on MIcrosofts site pertaining to a Passive ...

Print server/print queues

Jim B - 31 Aug 2006 4:43 PM - 4 messages

I have a server with a 36gb system partition and a 200gb secondary partition. I will be making this server a print server servicing 7 network attached Ricoh copiers/printers/scanners. My question, is there a way to redirect the print queues to the 200gb ...

nternet conn. lost after active directory

dindigul - 31 Aug 2006 4:06 PM - 2 messages

Hello At home I have one server with 2000, one client with 2000 pro. On the server I have one lan card for my ISP through router. Since the ISP already runs a server, I chose the other option creating a new forest. Then the s/w ...

Windows Time service and netowrk time

dgallacchi - 31 Aug 2006 2:24 PM - 3 messages

I was wondering if anyone had seen this type of windows time issue. We're running Windows 2003 SP1, a single domain with (2) DC's. A few days ago I started to see time server evnet id's and one on my PDCE that stated it was ...

Severe iSCSI Issues (

Kit - 31 Aug 2006 12:46 PM - 3 messages

I came in to work and today the iSCSI Disk we have on Windows 2003 Server was inactivated. As I reactivated it it casued it to Blue Screen and restart. Before it restarted it appeared to have received a error message in the ...

GPT Partitions

Andy W - 31 Aug 2006 12:22 PM - 2 messages

Hello Everyone, I'm looking at moving our file servers into VMware using Server 2003 SP1. I see this new partition option GPT. I was wondering is it a good idea to use them for the partitions that will house the shared files? Any access issues ...

Restricting inbound/outbound smtp question

Ry-UK - 31 Aug 2006 10:18 AM - 3 messages

Hi Guys, First off, apologies if this is in the wrong section, was unsure as to which catergory this would fall under. My question is; I have all my mail routed through to an offsite exchange server (ExchangeDefender), which filters all of my mail for spam/malicous ...

"Service Unavailable" IIS 6 Windows 2003

oltres - 31 Aug 2006 9:29 AM - 2 messages

Hello, My website give me this error: "Service Unavailable" In the events: Scource: W3SVC-WP Event id: 2268 Could not load all ISAPI filters for sites/service. Therefore startup aborted. W3SVC service is started but "DefaultAppPool" couldn't stay on (I start ...

Question about profiles.

Spyros - 31 Aug 2006 8:18 AM - 2 messages

Hello, I have a question regarding an infrastucture based on W2k server and w2k+XP clients we have in a Hospital. The users authenticate thier clients using accounts from the Active Directory hosted in the w2k server system. Now the problem: ...

problem with chm files not opening

lurowam - 31 Aug 2006 4:53 AM - 2 messages

I came across this article at:[link] but in my registry i don't have HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\HHRestrictions What i have is HTMLHelp\2.0\localReg\.. Don't have HHRestrictions ...

Network Access Lists

Mike - 31 Aug 2006 1:43 AM - 4 messages

Is it possible (natively to windows) to create an IP based access list? That is allow only certain other IP based machines to see this PC on my network. Kind of like a VLAN. For example I want the PC to have an address of 10.1.1.1 and only allow PC's ...

Service account needs to change domain user passwords

Berry at JSO - 30 Aug 2006 11:24 PM - 2 messages

I am installing a third-party app that allows users to reset their AD password, and the app service account needs permissions to change AD domain user passwords. What are the minimum AD permissions needed for the service account? Domain ...

frequently-traveling users and their company-issued laptops

Spin - 30 Aug 2006 10:32 PM - 3 messages

Gurus, For you IT manager types working at large companies, what is your policy regarding frequently-traveling users who have company-issued laptops - what level of rights do you give them to their laptops? Do you make them local ...

ISP at one end, how to maintain server?

dindigul - 30 Aug 2006 9:23 PM - 3 messages

Hello While doing home networking, one network card is for my ISP thru router, other for my client pc. While internet is used, I can't configure my server, telling "it is the only server". Also though other card is for client pc, ...

cd key

seancrm - 30 Aug 2006 8:04 PM - 2 messages

I have two identical servers running server 2003 standard edition. One cd was lost. When upgrading to a new server we tried to use the one disk we had and the cd key from the server that would no longer be used. It will not accept ...

Does R2 do more than just add features?

JChoronzon - 30 Aug 2006 7:33 PM - 2 messages

We've had lot's of miserable problems with Windows Server 2003 Standard R1. Too numerous to list here. All problems went away after installing the trial version of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Ediition R2. Does anybody think R2 fixes bugs (or lets just call them "problems") that ...

security log file sizes

Dave - 30 Aug 2006 7:27 PM - 2 messages

I have a 2003 server that I need to doing reports on on access from the Security log. I set the size at maximum (4 GB) but the log stops logging at random times saying it's full. The size is only 700 MB but varies. I jave ...

Slow Access mdb file open on server

JChoronzon - 30 Aug 2006 7:25 PM - 3 messages

After upgrading our server from NT4 to Windows 2003 Standard Server R1, suddenly it takes 20 to 30 seconds to open small (1 MB or less) Microsoft Access database files (mdb's) regardless of how small they are. The same ...

Permissions help on folder needed

SteveP - 30 Aug 2006 7:06 PM - 7 messages

On E: drive of a 2003 standard server SP1 (with all users running XP Pro) I have a shared folder that is used by two Sec Groups. On occasion the folder gets moved by accident and I have to go find it and ...

Daily Backups Too Large

LibbyStew - 30 Aug 2006 6:41 PM - 7 messages

I've been bugged by this scenario for months. Symantec/Backup Exec has referred me to Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard edition server Backup Exec AND Windows Backup have following behavior: Full backup ok. Incremental backup ok - no files backed up when no files changed since last ...

Event Viewer

butter - 30 Aug 2006 6:41 PM - 3 messages

Is there software, a script, or anything available that I can use to consolidate all my event viewer logs into one place? ...

Best Practice for FTP - Upload Only

Joe Guerry - 30 Aug 2006 6:32 PM - 3 messages

I'm running 2003 in terminal server mode. For security, I do not allow remote users to map local drives. I need to create a way for remote users to upload files to the server. However, I need to make sure that remote users ...

Windows NT Registry

soup_or_power - 30 Aug 2006 5:38 PM - 7 messages

Hi I would like to modify a registry key on a client machine. I have added the user to administrators. I still can't modify the key. I clicked on Permissions after regedt32 and added the administrator privilege in vain. Can anyone please help? ...

Sharing Permissions on C: Drive

Justin - 30 Aug 2006 3:51 PM - 3 messages

I am trying to share the C: drive on my Windows 2003 server and set the permissions. However I keep getting an information popup when accessing the properties that says "This has been shared for administrative purposes. The Share permissions and file security cannot be set". I also do not see the ...

2003 server shared printer problem

Dave - 30 Aug 2006 3:35 PM - 3 messages

I have set up some shared printers on a Windows 2003 Standard server. On our XP pro machines, per our auditors, we changed our local security policy to only allow Administrators in the Access This Comptuer From The Network policy. ...

Windows 2000 UI Totally Messed Up!!!!!! - Add/Remove Programs from Command Line?

Galpersonal - 30 Aug 2006 2:26 PM - 4 messages

Here's the deal - I have a Windows 2000 Server sharing files, Domain Controller and DNS/WINS server. We installed SP4. Everything was fine. I installed Terminal Services, because I wanted a pay to remotely manage this server. After I ...

Windows 2003 Temporary Folder ?

Jonathan - 30 Aug 2006 2:17 PM - 4 messages

Hi all. Microsoft Windows 2003 SP1 Latest Windows Update I have 2 windows 2003 server that do the same thing. In c:\windows, I have a lot of strange folder that have nothing in it. The names of all folders looks like a temporary folder name. ...

WSH Question

Mostro - 30 Aug 2006 1:41 PM - 2 messages

Does WSH come installed on Windows XP pro by default? In the user properties I specified the network path to the script, I did not put the script in the sysvol folder like is normally done. If I put the ...

ntdll.dll

mss_admin - 30 Aug 2006 12:59 PM - 3 messages

I'm having cotinuous failures on ntdll.dll which is causing a bunch of other critical services such as server, workstation, computer browser et. al. to fail and making my PDC unavailable. The message I get is that svchost.exe failed on ntdll.dll. The version of ...

Delayed Write Failed

Newbie - 30 Aug 2006 12:54 PM - 2 messages

When files are saved from win2k sp4 pro workstation to win2k sp4 server I occasionally get this error. "Delayed Write Failed". Event Log "event" 50, "Source" MRxSmb, and "Data" c000020c leads me to the following microsoft article kb831373, "Delayed Write Failed" error message when you ...

Problems running applications from mapped drives

Simon Keating - 30 Aug 2006 12:35 PM - 6 messages

I have set up a Windows 2003 Enterprise edition SP1 server to trial some remote access software. I'm having problems running applications from mapped drives. I've set up a user as a member of the administrators group and, when ...

Windows 64 bit drivers

MarcusB - 30 Aug 2006 11:17 AM - 3 messages

Do I need special drivers for RAID controlers, network cards etc to be able to use them on Windows 2004 64 bit? Does normal drivers for Windows 2003 (32 bit) do not work with Windows 2003 64 bit? Marcus ...

2003 SBS stalling randomly

Blue Wezza - 30 Aug 2006 9:01 AM - 4 messages

Hi all, I have a 2003 SBS server which has worked superbly for the past nine months, however the past couple of weeks the server has needed to be restarted after becoming unresponsive. The application log file (400 MB large!) is filled ...

svchost.exe and netapi32.dll error

Luka Obersnu - 30 Aug 2006 8:23 AM - 8 messages

Hi, I'm experiencing odd events on our Windows 2003 server. This situation occurred twice in last week and the symptoms are that all shared resources were not available, net logon, server, and some other services were stopped. It seems that all starts with this event in the application event log: ...

Image for the User Like in XP

Prabhat - 30 Aug 2006 8:12 AM - 2 messages

Hello friends, I have Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard OS. I have created my User (In administrator group) and using that user for my work. I have also enabled the Theme and using the Xp Style theme. How Can I set the Picture / Image of ...

Test windows 2003 dhcp function on virutal network

Eco - 30 Aug 2006 7:31 AM - 2 messages

There are two VMWARE machine installed with win2003 server for testing on winXP host machine. One of the VMWARE machine (win2003 server) is enabled with DHCP function. But other VMWARE machine (win2003 server) won't obtain IP from this DHCP and still use the VMWARE software which provides the IP. ...

registry editing tools

jim4113 - 30 Aug 2006 6:31 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I am trying to export a section of the registry from one w2k3 server to import into other multiple servers. I would like to be able to import these settings remotely. I've had a look around and it seems regini and regdmp seem like the best ...

Documenting a Windows network

HHarvey - 30 Aug 2006 4:24 AM - 4 messages

I have been hired to administer a windowâ€™s network. I previously had a business supporting small companies â€“ mostly setting up and supporting Small Business Server 2000 and 2003 versions. This network consist of 6 servers (1 Windows 2000 server for Web services in a DMZ setup, 1 Windows 2000 server ...

Installing Windows 2003 Server

Moin - 30 Aug 2006 2:17 AM - 3 messages

Hey guys. I just bought a new Dell Dimension 9150 which comes with a SATA drive. It came with Windows XP Home, but i'm attempting to turn it into a server by installing Windows Server 2003. The only problem is when i'm ...

VPN with Linksys

Candace Sparks - 30 Aug 2006 1:07 AM - 2 messages

We have a vpn set up with a linksys router at both locations. The host location is cable internet and the remote location is DSL internet. The server is running Windows 2003 and is a terminal server. The remote ...

Warning in Event viewer for w32time event id 36

Guri - 29 Aug 2006 10:04 PM - 3 messages

Hello Friends, I am new to Server 2003. This is our DC for our domain. Can any one help me with this warning message that is logged in Event Viewer having event id 36 & Source : w32time. I go through all stuff, but I didnt get any answer. I am ...

IIS 5.0 advice

mike - 29 Aug 2006 9:38 PM - 3 messages

Hi all, I will soon be setting up a Web server, now the basics of installing and trouble shooting the IIS servers. I can get it up and running ect. I have to use server version 2000 / IIS 5.0 would rather use 2003 / IIS 6.0 ...

Memory Windows 2003 Server

vpont - 29 Aug 2006 8:10 PM - 3 messages

Hi, Is there anything special that needs to be done for Windows 2003 Server Enterprise 64bit to see 16 gigs of memory? Currently the OS sees only 14 gigs? Thank you. ...

running vb script as a logon script

Mostro - 29 Aug 2006 7:22 PM - 3 messages

In user properties, I pointed to a vb script as the logon script but it did not appear to run. Is it not supported? Will only .bat files run that way? ...

IIS 6 install errors

me.real00 - 29 Aug 2006 6:09 PM - 2 messages

I currently trying to install IIS 6 on a Windows 2003 standard edition server. When I try to install it, I keep getting an error because it cannot find convlog.ex_ or convlog.exe. I have several copies of 2003 ...

Share Drive Access - [WildPacket]

WILDPACKET - 29 Aug 2006 6:08 PM - 2 messages

Have a big file server in headoffice and remote locations have their own file servers. How can I protect any users from remote locations to map a drive to a share on the headoffice file server and vise versa? Advise please. ...

Can Windows Server 2003 act as a iSCSI Target out of the box

Wolfgang Hauer - 29 Aug 2006 5:46 PM - 3 messages

Tks Wolfgang ...

Recover Hard Disk

Newbie - 29 Aug 2006 4:49 PM - 10 messages

Hello, I like to use Diskprobe to recove my hard disk. All I have the information are: Maxtor 7L250S0 250GB SATA Hard Disk 3 Disks 5 Hears 512 Bytes per sector Total Sec 488,263,482 Do I need any more informations? ...

Consequences of excluding "SoftwareDistribution" folder from backu

SteveM - 29 Aug 2006 4:31 PM - 3 messages

Hello, and thank you in advance for reading and for your help. For our Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows 2003 SP1 servers (all that we have), the Legato (7.3) backup logs state that various ".bin" files within "c:\winnt\SoftwareDistribution\EventCache" cannot be backed up because the ...

Drive partition Masters please respond

Jhender - 29 Aug 2006 4:22 PM - 4 messages

I have 2 volumes, C and D that live on one physical disk. It is also a Dynamic disk. I would like to make C bigger as it is almost out of space. I will even remove the D volume alltogether and use its space on C. I do not want to ...

issue regarding nt backup reports

inenewbl - 29 Aug 2006 3:43 PM - 3 messages

Hi all. I would like to know what settings can be made so that i can increase the number of reports (for a longer duration) in my ntbackup report? Thks in advance. ...

Upgrading to R2

Rob - 29 Aug 2006 2:03 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I have a machine with windows 2003 standard. I just put the R2 CD in and it asked if I want to upgrade, I said yes, but after a long installation, it seems that I have the same version. Actually I wanted to use new R2 DFS ...

Symantec: Access Denied

soup_or_power - 29 Aug 2006 2:01 PM - 5 messages

Hi I run the backup exec using the login of the administrator on a Windows 2000 server. For some reason the backup exec is unable to save a mailbox. In the logs it generates the error access denied. I checked ...

Windows 32 bit or 64 bit

MarcusB - 29 Aug 2006 1:44 PM - 2 messages

What Windows server vesrion I should install on Xeon 64 bit CPU. According HP specifikation: OS Support: Windows Server but they do not write which I can use. MarcusB ...

Domain account passwords

ITDUDE27 - 29 Aug 2006 1:28 PM - 2 messages

Hi. I was wondering if anyone here can help me out, with a new policy I just setup on the domain. I recently setup the password lockout policy, and I have a few users which are setup on a Monitor app for email synchronized with ...

Windows Media Services

FCosta - 29 Aug 2006 12:35 PM - 3 messages

Given that some updates cannot be applied without server restart, what would happen to windows media encoders pushing the content to my windows media server when I reboot it? Do they keep trying until it comes back online? Is there a timeout period? ...

Windows 2003 problem

MarcusB - 29 Aug 2006 12:20 PM - 5 messages

I am posting again my problem. I did not get any answer so far. But I tetsed running server without raid card but the proble is still and server crash very often (after 2 hours now) We run Windows 2003 Server on the same machine for two years. Six month ...

windows 2003 enterprise server version windows 2003

khul99 - 29 Aug 2006 12:17 PM - 4 messages

HI I have a Purchased copy of windows 2003 enterprise server version windows 2003. can I install it in differnet machine thank you khul99 ...

Moving from one scope to another...

shakespire - 29 Aug 2006 12:07 PM - 2 messages

Hi, We have a VPN connection between our 2 offices, the servers (DHCP, DNS) and the Internet connection are in Paris, on the London office we have only clients. Now we are moving the HQ to London, including the servers in the first ...

Xeon or Dual Xeon CPU

MarcusB - 29 Aug 2006 8:47 AM - 5 messages

I am buying Proliant server with one Xeon 64 bit processor to run File Server on Windows 2003 and I have quoestions: 1. Is it worth to have two Xeon CPU , will Windows use it? 2. Can I install Windows 2003 32 bit on it? ...

Change Administrator Password

Chi - 29 Aug 2006 7:22 AM - 2 messages

Becasue the old system administrator leave the company , we want to changet the password of the administrator. But what should we keep attention? this is a chlid domain administrator,. Thanks for your advice. ...

Hello, I am first time this newsgroup

Michael Daniell (DrWizard) - 29 Aug 2006 12:59 AM - 8 messages

Today, We bought a new Intel XEON Dual Processor with Intel Server Motherboard and Windows Server 2003 R2 Std version. 1x XEON Dual 3.2GHz with 1066FSB 4Mb Caches Intel S5000PSL Motherboard 2Gb ECC 533MHz RAM 1x SATA2 Seagate 250Gb HDD ...

Solicting opinions - What is your favorite SSH client?

Spin - 29 Aug 2006 12:42 AM - 11 messages

Not a Windows question, but I wanted to ask what is your favorite SSH client? Running Windows 2003 and there are a lot of freeware out there to choose from. I would rather pick something that someone recommends from ...

Roaming Profiles Question

sdcpaman - 28 Aug 2006 11:50 PM - 3 messages

I am thinking I just need to turn roaming profiles off unless someone has a solution. As an example, on Day 1, my local computer joins a domain. With roaming profiles turned on, my desktop icons, my IE favorites, files in My Documents ...

Server 20003, installing full version over trial.

Jeff - 28 Aug 2006 11:44 PM - 4 messages

YIKES!!! I have Windows Server 2003 Trial (Enterprise) installed (it's being used as a Term Server), and it's time to install the full version (Standard). I had thought I would be able to keep the current settings, but I just ...

No sound from speakers

grandlady01 - 28 Aug 2006 11:14 PM - 2 messages

I have checked everything and the only thing i can see wrong is that the driver is not signed . What do i do ? How do i get it signed? ...

Firwall - Port 80 is blocked

Rob D. - 28 Aug 2006 9:20 PM - 5 messages

I've add port 80 in the Exceptions list in the Firewall properties. When I do an netstat is command prompt it doesn't list this port open. I suspect a policy is still blocking this. How would I resolve this issue? Please advise. ...

IIS Failover and CLustering or Virtual Server

2003 Server RDP errors

HOWTO: Install Windows Server 2003 on an Acer Notebook

Xeon 64 bit or Pentium 4 - File server

domain issues

Client could not connect to remote computer

Synch / Cluster as Disater revover opt?

Determine Groups/Users with Access to Server

Reboot/Shutdown

Rebuild File Server

Run DLL message

FXP command line client ?

Issues logging in

Odd locked file behavior - Any assistance greatly appreciated

Client Access Licences

Roaming Profile and a laptop

Profiles

Unable to backup System State with NTBackup on Small Business Serv

Scripted backups..

cannot see my 2003 server

Unable to start Windows 2003 SBS after SP1 install

Deactivating License on Windows 2003