Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2003 help and discussions.
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Server Freezing Up
by Guest cypherus- 0 replies
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Hey all, For a couple months now our Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 has been freezing up and we couldn't figure out why. We have a Dell PowerEdge 2900 and contacted Dell for assistance. The informed us that we has too little RAM with only 4GB and 3.5GB being taken up by various services (MSSQL Server 2005, MS Exchange Server 2003, etc) so we got new memory. Things we ok for a couple weeks and then the same freeze- up again. It turned out we had the wrong amount of memory for configuration. They require that we have 2, 4, or 8 sticks in at a time (we have space for 12) so instead of the 2 4GB stick and 4 1GB sticks, we yanked 2 of the 1GB sticks and that left …
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Duplicate file finder
by Guest Thinkpad21- 7 replies
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Looking for a free or really cheap but effective duplicate file finder. One that can crawl trough 10 or 15 network shares on Windows 2003 servers and report on any duplicate file found... Have tried couple of tools from the Internet, but not very effective or even working... Thanks !!! --
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TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, WINS Tab, Netbt.sys
by Guest UselessUser- 3 replies
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Hi all, I am trying to work out exactly what each of these items do in terms of networking?! I have discovered that if I disable the netbios entries under the wins tab of my network card, my computer stops listening on UDP 137, 138 and TCP 139... so I assume the effect of this, it that my machine is technically unavailable for wins elections, and SMB over 139 (legacy clients)?? The TCP/IP NetBIOS helper seems to be an odd one, because the moment I disable it, I cannot use UNC shares etc nor join a domain using a FQDN - why is this exactly?? Do these things I am trying to do rely on NetBIOS in some way, or is that without this service running, the re…
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Hello, We currently have a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise server with VMware Server installed and three virtual machines of Windows Server 2003 Standard. I am considering migrating to Virtual Server 2005 to replace VMware. Is it possible to install Virtual Server 2005 on this same server and migrate one at a time? Mainly I am curious if there is any compatibility issues by using two different virtualization technologies simultaneously. Also, I was able to do this in a test environment, but I mainly ask because I am planning on doing this shortly in the live environment and would like confirmation that this works. Thank you!
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HELP PLEASE! HTTP 404 error, cannot access website anymore.
by Guest Steve- 1 reply
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I had a wesbite serving up an online curriculum program, and have been hosting additional content in the web folder of the site located on this server. Well, I got a little bored and tried to host an Access database with a data access page in the same folder, but when I got the "Internet Server Error: Object/Module Not Found", I did a little research on MS website, and screwed with the Execute Permissions settings on the Home Directory tab in IIS. It did not fix my database problem, and now I cannot even access my site. I went back to undo what I did, and the settings I had previously changed, appeared as though I had not changed them, however the website …
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Write your Thesis with this one
by Guest Michael- 1 reply
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OK Ladies and Gentlman, Why would my ProcMon be spitting this out left and right?: Class: File System Operation: DeviceIoControl Result: FAST IO DISALLOWED Path: \Device\Tape0 Hint: There is a backup running.
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Files corrupted / will not open
by Guest Tom R- 4 replies
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All of a sudden today one of our 2003 servers has a problem. When trying to open documents (Word and Excel), it prompts to do a file conversion. Wants to know what "Encoding" to use to make the document readable. It appears all across this server, but does not appear to be a problem on other servers I checked. I have started a full backup (probably too late), and plan to run scandisk after the backup completes. Any ideas?
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what port is domain authentication using.
by Guest inenewbl- 4 replies
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Hi all. I have a small office with a few domain client PCs. The DCs are housed in my main office. The small office is located in another location away from the main office and both offices are connected using a lease line. We are using a firewall to restrict traffic coming from the small office into the main office. Hence i would like to know what port should i open to allow the domain PCs in the small office to be able to authenticate to the DC upon logon. Thks in advance.
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Server 2003 - Limiting jobs sent to Print Spooler?
by Guest daniel_l_v- 0 replies
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Hi All, At work we utilise a Windows Server 2003 Print Server. We have recently had issues whereby customers have unwittingly sent huge (200+MB) jobs to printers, causing slowdown on the Print Server. Is there any way to limit the size of individual print jobs that are sent to the Print Server? Is there a way of stopping such jobs before they even reach the Print Server? Note it would be preferable to accomplish this within Microsoft's own environment and tools, rather than resorting to 3rd Party, but any ideas appreciated. Regards, Daniel V
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SNMP request not working
by Guest seanmig- 0 replies
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Hi, We are using Dell IT assistant application to monitor or Dell servers with Windows 2003 installed via SNMP. Dell IT assistant can detect and monitor all Dell servers in our networks except for one Windows 2003 SP1 server. SNMP service is starting on that server. Restarting SNMP service and the server itself won't work. SNMP configuration on that server is exactly the same as the others so that shouldn't be the problem. Very unlikely that the problem is with Dell IT assistant since all other server can be detected. Any suggestion on how to fix this problem. I prefer not to install/reinstall SNMP yet. I would rather just replaced the SNMP …
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PC Server File/Folders display as truncated on MAC
by Guest Geoffrey Starr- 3 replies
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My team uses a file storage "server", at another physical location on our network, and when we save files to it from our PC's every thing is ok. However when our Mac's vew the files on the "server" the names appear truncated to six characters and a ~ plus the file extention. It show up only on the MAC side of things so i was hoping there was a way to make the names appear on the Macs the same way as they do for the PC's.
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How do you add a GDI Object counter in perfmon?
by Guest ll97527- 0 replies
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Hi, How do you add a GDI Object counter in perfmon? I see that it is possible to display this info in Task Manager, but I can't seem to find it anywhere in perfmon. Thanks, LL.
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this should be so simple..... but it ain't ... so far
by Guest kinda lost- 5 replies
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my 2000 server died and i built a new 2003 server with the old servers computer name and ip address, install dns, wins, and dhcp all fine i have all the AD user id's and passwords set up in the AD i have 35 users that use to login to the old 2000 domain (mixed xp pro and windows 2000 machines) i can login sometimes as administrator and other times i get errors or can't login at all is there something on the workstations that identifiy them to the old server and NOT to the new server hope there is a simple fix for this ps. i unjoined my xp workstation from the domain and then rejoined the domain and then i could log on everytime without a prob…
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Hi, I desparately need to disable password expiration and enforce strong passwords on the local account policy on a Server 2008 box that is a domain controller, I havent been able to find out how to do this, all of the options are greyed out. any ideas?
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Server will not shutdown or log off
by Guest Glenn Hayes- 2 replies
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W2k3 R2 sp2 will not respond to a log off or shutdown command. Nothing unusual logged in the event log. Removed APC UPS software to eliminate that possiblity. Can't seem to find anything that is not right but it is slow to respond and no response on shutdown, restart or logoff. Server is a Dell 2850 Dual proc server. -- Glenn Hayes
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Server (domain) migration
by Guest Smith- 3 replies
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I have test environment based on Windows Server 2003 and there are two AD servers. My knowledge for Win2008 is limited, so for new test I'd like to migrate second AD to new machine which will be Server 2008 and then move first AD also to a Server 2008 (probably move roles etc...). What do you recommend for this scenario?
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Better Server Performance
by Guest Luiz- 2 replies
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Hi, I would like to know how can I get a better performance from my Windows Server 2003, with 4 GB of RAM. In Advanced Tab, from Computer Properties, in Performance, must I set Processor Scheduling and Memory Usage to Programs? Thanks. Luiz
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VSS snaps filling my drive
by Guest Phil McNeill- 2 replies
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Hi, Just got a warning from my monitoring software that my 400GB database drive with around 100GB of Exchange information store is 75% full. I've seen this before, so went looking at the System Volume Information folder (after changing permissions to allow me access to it) to discover that it had accumulated 200GB worth of snapshots over the past 2 months. Every day when Veritas BE 9.1 (yes, we're upgrading this year) kicks in, I get the following message in my app log: Event Type: Information Event Source: MSExchangeIS Event Category: Exchange VSS Writer Event ID: 9604 Date: 5/1/2008 Time: 4:30:37 PM User: N/A Computer: PAGE Description: Excha…
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Troubles installing thru MSI on GPO
by Guest Gregorio Aranda- 1 reply
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Hi everyone, I have a domain with a Windows 2003 and a Windows XP inside a laboratory and I'm testing the Software Instalation option on the domain policy. I'm testing with the "User Profile Hive Cleanup Service", if you want to test it with the same packet, you can download it on http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en Well... the trouble is that on the server, I put to make the installation thru the user group policy, and when I start the user, nothing happends, but on the sucess viewer I have the event ID. 308. says that "all the changes to the software installation configurati…
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File and foler security
by Guest Casey- 1 reply
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I have to partitions drive c: for the system and drive d: for data. I like to have the d: data drive security setup that when user click on properties they do not see the permissions and can not change any security. I have it now that is that the owner of the file can change permissions.
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Additional Mailbox Stores
by Guest David Brown- 1 reply
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What are the steps to create and use a second or third store for mailboxes and how do I move the mailboxes to another store. Thanks, -David
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Windows 2000 to 2003 domain Upgrade
by Guest PMC1- 1 reply
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Hi, I'm in the process of upgrading our domain from W2000 to W2003. Before any upgrade tasks I had 2 x W2000 DC's. One of these servers was the only DNS server in this domain. So far all I have done is performed a DCPromo on a W2003 server (following a forest and domain prep). Also I have installed DNS on the new W2003 DC. My query relates to Domain Trusts and how the might be effected by this upgrade. Configured on the W2000 server is an "incoming trust" to an external domain where we have access to a shared folder on a server. From an AD perspective there are no other connectivity to the external domain. With the view of gradually retiring the W2000 …
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Question about exporting the DHCP database
by Guest Brian- 2 replies
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Hello, We have a 2003 Server SP1 as our domain controller. To save possible headaches itwas suggested that for disaster recovery purposes I can create a script to run that will export the domain controller DHCP database to a text file. That text file can be exported to another location, perhaps on a server where where it could be quickly imported into DHCP for in case the original domain controller suffered a failure. I was reading these articles: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325473 http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci1048889,00.html# http://www.geekadmin.com/?p=13 My goal is to have a copy that periodically copies the D…
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Restarting Services Without Admin Rights
by Guest Dragon- 2 replies
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Hi, Is there a way to assign permissions to a regular user account to start/stop/restart particular/all services? We have an application which, at time, requires that we restart it's services. I rather not give someone admin or power user permissions just to restart these services. Thank you.
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JCIFS18_15_5D
by Guest Charles- 6 replies
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We had a few Windows servers that had the last batch of Windows Updates installed and were not rebooted (there was a box indicating that a reboot was required on the desktop). We noticed that a user account that is used on many services on these servers was getting locked out on the domain controllers every couple of minutes. We finally resolved the issue by rebooting the servers. What makes this odd is that the source of the authentication request aws from JCIFS18_15_5D and JCIFS18_145_ED. These machines do not exist on our network. We scanned our network and did not find them. We did a NETSTAT -a and no host was found. My question is this: …