Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2003 help and discussions.
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Backup problem
by Guest Dominick- 1 reply
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I have been running the server backup on Windows Server 2008 for about 6 months. In the last 3 days, backup has failed with the error "Backup ended before completing. Creation of the shared protection point timed out." I googled it and found nothing. I have no idea what this error is, can anyone shed some light? Thanks!
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How to mount .VHD file as non Administrative User
by Guest dln- 0 replies
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Hello all, I'm running Hyper-V on Server 2008 Enterprise 64-bit edition. I've got a VBScript that opens up a virtual disk (.vhd file) on the Server 2008 system, modifies a file stored within the virtual disk, and then unmounts the .VHD file. This script works providing I "Run as Administrator" - any other account, regardless of whether it's a member of the local Administrators group or not, cannot run the script without it erroring out on mounting the ..VHD. Stepping through the script, I've noticed that Windows sees the .VHD and attempts to add it to the system, and the Driver Software Installation dialog reports that it was added successfully. H…
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Missing templates
by Guest BigSam- 0 replies
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I added an Enterprise CA to a domain controller. When accessing the IIS interface, we request a certificate using the Advanced Certificate Request option. Then we select the Create & submit a request to this CA. On the request page only 2 templates are available: Basic EFS & User. I opened the Certificate Templates in an MMC & saw many more certificates, including Computer, which I want to use. I don't understand why these templates are unavailable at run time. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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W2003 profiles broken after password change
by Guest tomservo- 7 replies
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I hope I'm posting to the right group, if not please let me know... Running Windows 2003 server, clients are all XP Pro SP2 and 3 mixed. Long story short: As far as I can tell the following holds true: User's account is set to require a change of password at the next login. User logs on to workstation, and is prompted to change password. User successfully changes password, and logs in. User's Lotus Note's icon points to C: drive, My Documents does not appear to remap to server. User logs out, logs into different machine, Lotus Note icon correctly points to H: drive, My Documents appear to map correctly. User logs out, logs back into machine where passw…
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Upgrade Windows Server 2003 SP1 to SP2
by Guest G. Lyon- 6 replies
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Release notes for SP2 recommend upgrading SP1 installations using Windows Update to ensure all components work correctly. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773361.aspx What does Microsoft propose for an organization where servers are isolated and cannot use Windows Update? Has Microsoft provided a comprehensive list of actions to be taken in this situation?
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Batch file problem
by Guest Glenn Clark- 5 replies
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Hi All I have a couple of batch files setup for the admin account but seem to be having a problem. Both these batches deal with data on a permanently mapped drive. 1 remanes some file and deletes some and the other creates pst files. If I login as admin and run the batch files they work fine with no problems but if I use the schedule set to run under admin they say running in the scheduler but don't do anything. Anyone got any ideas Cheers glenn
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Unattend.txt to Unattend.xml
by Guest RLEE71- 2 replies
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I currently have a scripted method to install Windows 2003 SP2 Server using an Unattend.txt file. Question is, can one deploy Windows 2003 SP2 Server with an Unattend.xml file? I know this is possible with Windows 2008 Server, and MDT is supposed to support Windows 2003 SP2 Server. Just wondering if it was possible and how one would either create or convert from txt. xml file. Thanks, Ron
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Protected Services
by Guest Smurfman- 1 reply
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This is somewhat of a guessing question... because I can't recall what the feature is, but here goes. I have a Windows 2003 Server with SP2 installed - recently I installed a Third Party Piece of software that created a Windows Service. During a reboot, a dialog box was presented to me related to the exe of the service, I had two choices (checkboxes at the top) One was related to letting the server manage the other was something like allow all but the ones that I select, and then under that was a list box and there was a single entry in the list box that showed the exe name of the service. I left the setting alone, which I think was allow all but what…
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Windows 2003 cluster - install MSDTC resource into existing group using existing disk resource
by Guest Matthew Millers- 2 replies
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Windows 2003 cluster - install MSDTC resource into existing group using existing disk resource Hi, I was wondering what would happen to the data on a existing disk resource on a windows 2003 cluster if I install the MSDTC resource with that disk as a dependancy? I assume the data would remain intact and the MSDTC folder be created, but I would like to make 100% sure! Thanks Matthew
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W32Time
by Guest Victor- 1 reply
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Hi, I have encountered this error msg. Time service has not been able to synchronise the system time for 86400 sec because none of the time providers has been able to provide a usable time stamp. The system clock is unsynchronized How to resolve above problem. Possible to provide a guide to resolve it. Thanks. Victor
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Server 2003 R2 SP1 wacked after updates. Should I restore systemstate?
by Guest barretech@hotmail.com- 4 replies
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HI. I have a server 2003 R2 standalone DC with SP1 that we installed updates onto last night (about 25 updates). Now it seems to have some kind of problem with serving files. I have already gone into the Windows folder and one by one in proper order used "spuninst.exe" to remove each update. Didn't reboot between the uninstalls. Maybe I should have. Question:Should I restore the system state from the time before the updates were installed? I have a USB hard drive (actually two) with system state backups. I sure hope USB is supported during system state restores. Do I need to use Active Directory restore mode for this? Here is more info that led me to b…
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Roaming profile
by Guest rkovelman- 3 replies
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I have a user that has a "roaming profile" which he can basically go to any computer and log in. Works great! issue is that the icons on his desktop he can't move around. I have tried making sure his settings are not to put them in date order, snap to grid or anything like that and the settings dont stay. They change back to the grid layout. How can I fix this?
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Remote read Eventlog
by Guest Arne Garvander- 2 replies
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What rights do I need to remotely read an eventlog on a Windows 2003 server that I currently have no admin rights to? -- Arne Garvander Certified Geek Professional Data Dude
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HP printer drivers on a TS
by Guest yaro137@googlemail.com- 9 replies
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I'm having a problem installing HP printer driver on a TS to which I'm connecting remotely. Basically when I start the .exe driver file downloaded from HP's website it tells me that I have to use 16bit colour display to run this driver. Why on earth do I need 16bit colour depth to install a bloody driver in the first place?! Anyway, I set up my remote desktop connection to use 16bit colour space just to find out that when I'm connected it gives me 256 colours only. Eventually I extracted the .exe with winrar but now I've got another problem. There are plenty of .inf files in there and I've got no idea which one should I use. Any help on this? Cheers yaro
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how to know if avg. disk queue length is too high
by Guest Chris- 1 reply
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I have a volume on SAN with 6 disks. How can I tell if the value is too high? This is RAID 5. Thanks.