Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2003 help and discussions.
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User Can't Log On
by Guest kelmel- 2 replies
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We have a Windows 2003 AD network and Windows XP SP2 workstations. I have set up a user for a special program and this user has worked fine for several years. Without any explanation, this user is now logging on to random machines only at this particular site. One machine logs on fine and the next two won’t work. As soon as you log on as the user, the machine hangs at “loading your personal settings”. We have deleted the user and profile folder on the local machine, and then re-added the user. We have started the machine in safe-mode with networking and also tried a system restore. We have even changed cables and switches, just to make sure it is …
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UNC Path to local host
by Guest E-Double- 4 replies
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Is there some general way to make a UNC path point to the local host - like the localhost entry does for URL paths? Ideally a batch file would be created that could be used on any machine but that would point to that local machine at the beginning of the path to run some scripts - i.e. \\localhost\program files\. For some reason this is not working with a universal way to point to the local machine. Using C:\program files is not an option for this particular script, and editing each batch file to point to each specific machine by its Netbios name would work but is not an attractive option given the # of machines. TIA for any help on this one ...
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Website fails after a few hours....!!!
by Guest Neil- 1 reply
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Hi There all.... would be very grateful if someone could shed some light on my problem. I have a windows 2003 sbs with 2 nics. The 2nd Nic has the direct connection to my router for internet access. I have a need to access a remote web site. This will work for a few hours and then all of a sudden it fails. If I wait for a few hours I again have accesss to this. If however i connect a laptop directly into the router bypassing the server then I can still access the site no problem. Therefore it must be a server issus somewhere????? any ideas... Thanks in advance.. Neil
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Password Policy
by Guest Lino767- 2 replies
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Hi, I am setting password policy on w2k3 server, users already have password that doesn't expire. After my policy is active do I have to go in to their account check the box "user must change password at next logon"? or is there any otherway to make all of them change? The policy will require them to change every 90 days.
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Virtual Server
by Guest azlan- 1 reply
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Dear Sir, I'm using virtual server 2005 R2 to manage 2 virtual server in a single physical server. In the log event, i noticed a message " Virtual Machine Additions on "OCS" is out of date. Please update to the latest version of Virtual Machine Additions." For your info one of the virtual is OCS server and the other one is AD for OCS. May i know what is the meaning of the message? Thanks
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strange permissions error on share
by Guest Brian Z- 1 reply
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I cannot run exe files directly from the server. When running them from the share (\\server\share\file.exe), I get a permissions error that reads "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item." It does run however when I execute it from explorer using the drive (D:\folder\file.exe), or using the unc path from another computer. I am logging in as the domain admin. All users have full share permissions. What could be causing this? Thanks for any help, Brian
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Using browser to access server filestore - how to setup?
by Guest Mike- 1 reply
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I have seen in some organizations the ability to browse a windows server filestore from ones browser. The benefit is that it becomes easy for people to browse to a file location, and copy the link e.g. intranet.mycompany.com/customers/proposal.doc and include the link in an email / document, rather than the actual document (Also, individual drives are mapped to drive letters in explorer, so it isn't easy or practical for them to send paths from explorer). I have asked my IT group about doing this and they looked fairly blank at how to do this. Can anyone describe in general terms what I need to do to get a Wiki server (or other Web server) set…
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What's a best practice for creating a password that can be used to approve things at the admin password prompt for users on Vista Business machines connected to 2003 AD Server? For example, a user needs to install something that is acceptable to me. I have to walk over to their machine and type in the admistrator password. I can type in a server domain password or the password for the local admin account on their machine. What's better? What's a good best practice? I don't want to type an important domain password while people are watching. So is there a way to create some limited access domain account on the server that will only work for these …
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Limitation in Storage Report
by Guest Perjo- 1 reply
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Hi. On our fileservers we have Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2. In “File server resource manager” we would like to run a storage report. We are interested in the report “Files by File Group” and more specific we have selected the file group “Executable Files”. We have tested different report formats but regardless of format the report are limited to the top 100 files. The exact message is: “More than the maximum number of files per group matched the report criteria. Only the top 100 files are shown in the following file groups: Executable Files.” We don’t won’t this limitation but can’t find where the settings are that control this. Any i…
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Windows Share Access Issue
by Guest steveosit@gmail.com- 3 replies
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Hi, I have a folder shared on a server that gives DOMAIN\GroupA "Full Control". Nine members of GroupA have no problem accessing the share, but one member keeps getting Access Denied. I've double-checked group membership, everything things to be in order. If this user logs in at a *different* computer and tries to connect to the share, they are successful. So, it seems that there's something local to their computer that's causing the issue...but I don't have a clue what it could be. Unfortunately, a restart did not resolve the issue. Any ideas? Thanks, Steve
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64 bit print server...
by Guest John Whites- 1 reply
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has anyone ever set up a 64 bit print server? I wanted to make my windows server 2003 x64 r2 into a print server but it seems to be a bad idea because I can't get anything to work properly... Not all printers have x64 drivers, so what do you do? Try to use the x86? Doesn't work. Try to use just generic and then specific the x86 drivers? Doesn't work....always says they're not the right drivers.... Guess i'll just reinstall with 32 bit.
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Remote Web Workplace & Microsoft Server 2003
by Guest msinca@gmail.com- 1 reply
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Hello all. I have a quick question. Last year, my company migrated upward from Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 to Microsoft Server 2003 for various reasons. The only thing that we really miss is the nice little Remote Web Workplace functionality that came part of the SBS package. We used it extensively for users in the field to be able to easily remote back to their workstations in the office. I know that I could turn on Remote Access on each workstation and do some router mapping of various ports back to their individual machines. However, the SBS Remote Web Workplace handled this with ease without having to jump through all these routing hoops…
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Folder Redirection:(application data) Permission Problem
by Guest SBN via WinServerKB.com- 0 replies
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Hey guys we have a permission problem with one of our softwares installed where the software is redirected as part of the application data, but all users receive a access denied and yet all users have full access to the folder where there desktop, my documents and application data is being redirected... only in this particular software that they receive the access denied error. -- Message posted via http://www.winserverkb.com
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DFS for Folder Redirection Cause Problem
by Guest SBN via WinServerKB.com- 0 replies
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Hey guys i just created a DFS to test if it can be used as a UNC for a folder redirection, i test it on a temporary account i created, it work actually but then something goes wrong. the computer where i logged my temporary account to test my experiment, all users who logged on to that pc has a problem with their account not able to find the folder for their respective folder redirection, these users is under a different folder redirection settings. the error says that it cant access the folder assigned for the folder redirection, when i check the error message its pointing to the DFS i created for my temporary account. my theory is that the users who try to logge…
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open file - Security Warning
by Guest dfranklin88- 0 replies
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Greetings, We recently installed IE7 across our Windows 2003 Terminal servers and PC's. One of our critical apps which runs from a network shortcut now displays an "open file - Security Warning" before it can be run. We have run into this before and usually add the location of the share to local Intranet trusted sights. However in this instance it does not appear that we can use that method to remove the warning message. I have tried: Local Intranet - Sites - deselect "auto detect Intranet network" and other combinations of options in this area. None of which make a difference. I have found that: using this commad works "cd %userprofile%\desktop, …
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ID# 7000 NDIS Proxy service failed to start, cannot find specifiedfile.
by Guest egaskill@gmail.com- 0 replies
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So I keep getting this error in my event log, and I'm trying to get rid of it. I don't see any services in the service.msc that aren't started that should be, and all I keep getting is the following message: Source: Service Control Manager Event ID: 7000 The NDIS Proxy service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. I checked eventid.net and there isn't anything that applies. Any ideas?
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Junction.exe question
by Guest dusty- 5 replies
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I'm working in a student lab enviroment with 55 windows xp professional workstations, which are members of a domain. For the spring semester, I need to setup myitlab, a pearson product, and the instructions I received call for creating a junction point to redirect a folder to all users that logon. The instructions say to change the logon script group policy for the machines in the lab to include the junction statement. A command line example would be: \\server\share\junction.exe “c:\ Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\ TAIT3” “c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\TAIT3” I downloaded junction from microsoft and read add…
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Different resizing behaviour on 120 dpi screen
by Guest Jack- 0 replies
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Hello, I am testing my app look and resizing. When testing it on 120 dpi screen the behaviour is as follows: 1. dragging the bottom right corner diagonally upwards or down it moves window outline only and when mouse is released the form fills the outline. In 96 dpi there is not outline but all form borders resize with the mouse movement. It is not my app only behaviour but all other programs behaviour the same way. I believe it is a video driver issue. But 2. 120 dpi: when dragging mouse fast and on the longer distance it causes the resized form being not resized proportionally, but doing it slower and in smaller steps resize is proportiona…
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Mail server got problem!
by Guest susan- 1 reply
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Dear all, Please help me with mail server. It always ask me to type password. I use exchage POP3 5.0 mail server. And when I send/received it says failed to log on to incoming mail server (POP3). This problem occur only a user but other is ok. Could you please help me with this? It is urgent for me. Thanks in advance, Susan
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configuring dns in a disaster recovery site.
by Guest Fabio- 5 replies
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Hello tech world, Here is the scenario. I have my working site that has my 2 domain controllers. I have 2 more domain controllers in my disaster recovery site that mirror my working site just incase something happens in my working site. how do I configure dns on my disaster recovery site so that it can work with my working site for contineus replication just incase my working site falls? Most appreciative,
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Open Files show wrong user information in Computer Management
by Guest Nancy R- 1 reply
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Hi Folks, Here's a strange one that we are having trouble figuring out. What happens is that sometimes our file server will show the wrong username for the person accessing a file. *USER1 opens an excel file from a network share. They make some changes and close the file. It is a large file and can take several minutes to close. *USER2 tries to open the file but gets a message it is Read Only. They call IT. *IT checks to see who has the file open so they can tell them to close it. *In Computer Manager on the file server, under Open Files, it shows USER3 as having the file open. USER3, while they have access to the file, has not opened it before a…
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Sharing Printers in R2 DFS
by Guest Burnviktm- 2 replies
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Does anyone have any experience with sharing printers via a DFS target in Windows Server 2003 Standard R2 SP2? I know that the printer management was added and created some functionality, but I am not finding any resources for sharing printers in DFS. I have several sites, and I would like to create a namespace (\\ {domain}\Printers\{site name}) where everone can go to find printers withou having to UNC to their server. Any tips on the subject? Thanks!
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Strange IP Address Behavior
by Guest razor- 7 replies
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Hello-- We run a W2003 environment and host our own websites on an IIS server within our subnet. Our web developers use different internal IP addresses in their web page host headers and the corresponding IP addresses are statically configured into the IIS server's TCP/IP properties of it's NIC card. It seems all of a sudden, the NIC card started with the bouncing yellow ball and states it is acquiring a network address. But, it has a static address already in it. I have flushed DNS, rebooted, etc, etc. Everything works fine, but when I look at the support tab on the NIC properties, it shows all zeros for the addresses. Again, everything works…
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Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:8004231f
by Guest Bryan Marks- 0 replies
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Hello I am currently having a problem with my NTbackup. When I run try to run a backup I get the following error Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:8004231f I am running windows 2003 SBS SP2 It looks like it has to do with the VSS writers. Here is my vssadmin list writers log Writer name: 'System Writer' Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220} Writer Instance Id: {10648447-7c1a-4637-ab04-18ca1c702639} State: [7] Failed Last error: No error Writer name: 'NTDS' Writer Id: {b2014c9e-8711-4c5c-a5a9-3cf384484757} Writer Instance Id: {7d8e1ecb-cb0c-4abf-88d2-3ebe259a2090} State: [1] Stable Last er…
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Windows Server 2008 Backup
by Guest Andrew- 1 reply
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I've done a "All Critical Volume" Backup on a Domain controller it produces a VHD file which I suppose I can mounted and open it in Virtual PC then I insert it and power on the Virtual PC, whole computer hanged up I can view the content of the VHD by using tools "WinImage" is it intended to be used like this or just my thought? btw I am using Windows Server 2008 RC0 Hyper V 64bit and I ran "wbadmin start backup -allcritical -backuptarget:f: