Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2003 help and discussions.
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Excluding Directories with Robocopy
by Guest Steve- 1 reply
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Hello all, I am copying data from an old volume to a new volume with Robocopy. My first question is do I really need to copy the System Volume Information directory and the Recycler directory? I would think not. If not what is the proper syntax using the /XD switch to skip these two directories?
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Folder Browsing Slow
by Guest netadmin07- 0 replies
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We have a brand new server Dell PowerEdge 1950, running Windows Server 2003 ENT, SP2. It has two 1TB drives, not running any Raid. Basically, some of the folders on the drives are very large, and if you open them it takes a very long time, longer than normal. The screen goes to white, and you wait, then eventually the flashlight icon starts going back and forth. Finally the data will appear. If we close that folder, after all the data is visible, and go back into that folder right away, this does not happen anymore, it opens up right away. We did notice that the Indexing service was disabled by default, so we enabled that service, but still havin…
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shared folders lost!
by Guest tom.doniphon- 6 replies
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Hi colleagues, My problem is the following one: I've a W2K3 Server Standar Edition platform as file server and periodically the shared folders spontaneously lost the shared characterístic and i've to share them again. I have read in some side that a patch exists to solve this problem. Is this certain? Is there some other solution? Many thanks in advance.
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Volume Shadow Copy 0xffffffff error
by Guest Miha- 4 replies
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Hi I'm having trouble using NTBackup on Windows SBS 2003 SP1. After running NTBackup, I get the following error: Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1. Timeout before function completed Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:0xffffffff. Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:ffffffff I have tried all kind of solutions that I have found, but none of them works. Any ideas what to do next? Regards,Miha
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Printer Permission Stuff
by Guest Zoddy- 3 replies
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We got our printers on the Domain Controller. We want to give our helpdesk support access to create and alter printers on the DC but are having difficulties on trying to give them the access to do so without giving them admin rights. Thoughts
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allow regular user to change password
by Guest OM- 2 replies
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We have a standalone 2003 server for file sharing purpose. I would like to allow user to change their password on their own. I was suggested to use psexec to run the net user command. However, it was giving access denied error when running the command. I didn't get the same error if I didn't attempt to change the passworkd command works psexec \\server -u user1 -p user1_password net user user1 command gave access denied error psexec \\server -u user1 -p user1_password net user user1 new_user1_password Do I have to gain specific permission for user to change password? All these are done from the user's workstation. Thanks
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Robocopy
by Guest Henry Teague- 0 replies
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I use Copyrite XP which is a GUI for Robocopy. http://copyrite.dyndns.biz Very easy to use WYSIWYG interface and you can save settings and save jobs to batch files. Henry
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pf usage rises constantly
by Guest Chanchel- 2 replies
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Server 2003 standard edition sp2. PF usage on the server constantly rises and never retruns to normal unless we reboot. It takes 4-6 hours for it to reach it's max. The memory usage stays completely normal. I've scanned for viruses and spyware with several programs and found nothing.
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Windows 2008 Memory Caching
by Guest C S S- 0 replies
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We are starting to test Windows 2008 in a virtual environment. We created an instance of 2008 on top of a VMWare server, and assigned this VM 12GB of ram for windows (no reserved amount on the host). What we're seeing is that Win 2K8 itself (in performance manager) claims it's using only 2GB of ram. However it looks like it's keeping 6GB tied up for cache. Since this is being used, on the host server instead of just 2 GB being allocated to the VM, it's allocating 8 GB of host memory. My question is, what is this cacheing in 2008, is it like the pre-fetching in Vista? And is there a way to disable it? We are much less concerned with performance imp…
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Command Line Escape Characters (WinZip)
by Guest sean_walsh- 4 replies
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Hi I have a zip file that is encrypted with a tricky password, which I need to extract from a .bat file. The password is: -33,33_(}33"33*33=33|33^%33 So I try this line in a .bat file: "c:\program files\winzip\wzunzip.exe" -o -s-33,33_(}33"33*33=33|33^%33 MYZIP.zip C:\MYZIP\ This hits a problem because of the double-quote in the password. "ERROR - missing closing quote on argument" This also doesn't work: -s"-33,33_(}33""33*33=33|33^%33" I believe the ^ char is an escape character for DOS Command Line arguments, but that doesn't work. I tried to simplify this by changing the password temporarily to 33"33 and using the following arguments: -s33^"3…
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Where are local files stored with folder Redirection
by Guest Jon Osborn- 1 reply
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We are implementing Folder Redirection very soon (just my documents and desktop). We have put all the IT people (3 of us) on Redirection for testing but we have come up with some questions. Everything works fine, but where are the local files store at? If we take our laptops home we are still able to open/modifiy files like normal. If I open my documents and modify a file the C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents does not refelect the change. But if we are offline the My Documents (off desktop) will show the change. Where does it store the files? One users C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents is blank but all files are aviable …
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XP Indexing Services
by Guest Kenny- 0 replies
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I currently have a strange issue whereby indexing services is skipping one of my pdf's. As a test, I have setup indexing services on two XP SP3 machines, both with a fresh OS build. I can find the pdf when I search on one of the PC's, but not the other (both test PC's have identical indexing service setups and sample pdf data). One of the test PC's is a core 2 due, the other a single core box. I am not convinced the problem is related to hyperthreading, but won't rule this out. Can anyone please help? Cheers, Kenny
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Top Free Windows XP Registry Cleaner
by Guest jeremiah wright- 1 reply
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If you are reading this article then you have probably come to the point where your computer has started to show declined performances and possibly become less functional. Unfortunately this will happen to almost every PC user who uses their computer frequently and changes software and hardware over time.There really is nothing more annoying than having a problematic computer which restricts your ability to work or play games and most of the time these problems arise as a result of registry errors. The registry is a database which stores all important information regarding software and hardware related setting in the form of keys. As time passes and your pc beco…
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Shadow Copy - Backup Option disabled
by Guest JayJay- 0 replies
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Hi Guys, I'm trying to get this kb article but it happens since yesterday, it goes to a page saying that the article is not available. Are you having the same issue? There's another way to get it? http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=833829 - "The 'Disable volume shadow copy' option is unavailable in the Windows Server 2003 backup utility "
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Windows Server 2008 w/Exchange 2007 Authentication on Active Direc 1 2
by Guest netadmin07- 27 replies
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> We are setting up a new test LAN. These are brand new servers, and brand > new > installations of OS, AD, and Exchange, as well as, we are setting up a > test > DNS box for this test LAN. > > The main problem we are facing is: > > We install DNS on 1 box, then on another box we setup Active Directory > with > the Domain. We then create an Admin user and assign that user all the > rights > needed to administer the Exchange installation and management for > Exchange. > (member of the domain admin and schema admin groups in AD) > > > However, it appears to be a permission issue, because when I tr…
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Windows Server 2003 R2 and OLP Device CAL "installation"
by Guest Bruce_IT- 2 replies
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I have done a lot of searching and can't find any microsoft approved info about installing or using Device CALs. We just ordered 3 servers from Dell along with OLP licensing for all servers and 18 Device CALs. Going into the EOPEN site and the related licensing site we have located and used the server product keys to install the server software. Despite numerous trys with Microsoft, I have not been able to find out what the correct process, if any, is to install/use the device CALs. There is no apparent software or product key or magical incantation to use to acquire the Device CALS In our case we have enough device CALS purchased to cover our worksta…
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read queue extremely high SQL Server 2005
by Guest G. Janssen- 2 replies
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Hi all, We have a problem with performance of our Microsoft Dynamics SQL Server 2005 box. It is a HP DL350 with P400 Controller (with battery and 512MB cache on controller) on controller 8 disks 2 mirror disks drive c 2 mirror disks drive e (SQL Log) 4 raid 10 disks drive f (SQL Data) When performing an action in the database (posting invoice) we see the average read queue on drive f: fot 4 minutes 100% in that case cpu is 5%, on drive e no action. We have latest controller firmware (5.20). Do we have wrong SQL parmeters we could check? kind regards, Gerrit
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Remotely writing on event viewer
by Guest John Skandar- 6 replies
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Hello, I have a client application that can log operations done by users onto the event viewer of the server, in the "Applications" section. I've found that the application can do this only if the local user is also an admin on the server. Of course, we can't give users administrative rights on the server. So, is there a way to grant a remote user the right to write on the event viewer without being administrator? Thanks
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Extend System Partition - Win2003
by Guest JeffB- 1 reply
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Curently have 8gb system (basic) partition that needs extending. Can this be done? The HDs are not physically connected to the actual system. It uses shared storage located on an IBM AS/400. They allocate the space and I usually use diskpart to extend a data partition. Read a couple things and looks like system partition may be different. If it can't be, what are my alternatives? thanks
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how to receive notification errors in event logs?
by Guest cbass- 1 reply
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Currently the only way to see if there are errors in the event log i have to check the event log on all the servers manually. Is there a way to send out an email notification or some form of notification when critical errors occur like a hard drive failing?
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Redirection, Synch, Profile Failures
by Guest Innovations- 7 replies
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Vista sp1, Server 2003 & 2008 dfs: The users have roaming profiles with the GP redirecting profile folders to a dfs location on the network \\domainname\dfsfilespace\Users\(username)\... profiles are also set to come from \\domainname\dfsfilespace\users\(username) recently redistributed locations on the server and now everthing has gone to crap. Users get messages at logon saying that the server copy of their profile has not been found and they will be logged on with a temporary profile, even though the network and folder appear available. Even moreso running a file sync gives hundreds of Access is Denied errors. This happens even for a newly…
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Software and hardware inventory on windows domain
by Guest Marcus- 0 replies
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Hi, we have windows domain with 300-400 computers (deskop and laptop), 10 printers, 20 servers... Now we have to save on one place all software and hardware inventory data, so any software will help us. Requirements for software: 1. work without installing client (agent) 2. find out data from remote PC such as computer name - IP address - CPU - RAM - HDD - OS installed. 3. useful graphical or data (rows) report for step 2 (getting inventory data) What do you suggest for? All three requirements are mandatory. Thnx all!
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A trappable error
by Guest lukesh- 1 reply
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Hi, We have a Commerce server 2002. Our website is hosted on the iis server which is a windows 2003 server. Our users get this problem intermittently. When they submit a payment, they won't get confirmation email and get this error. Active server page error 'ASP 0115' Unexpected error /abc_bizdesk/500error.asp A trappable error (c0000005) occurred in an external object. The script cannot continue running. However, the payment goes through. We get following errors in event logs. Event Type: Error Event Source: Active Server Pages Event Category: None Event ID: 5 Date: 9/18/2008 Time: 11:07:18 AM User: N/A Computer: SGOLDWEB001 Description: …
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Windows 2003 R2 - Missing Disk Space on System drive
by Guest zinger-uk- 12 replies
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Hi, We have a problem on one of our Domain Controllers which is running windows 2003 R2 server (SP2) The server almost ran out of disk space I have managed to free up enough disk space to give us some breathing room, but the MAJOR problem we have is Windows Explorer is reporting that there is only 602MB free on the 8GB System © drive. But if you run chkdsk it reports that 4314608 KB is available (i.e. 4GB of space) Does anyone know how we can get the windows to recognise that we have 4GB of free space and not 602MB If we do a dir /a /s it reports that 4,029,885,992 bytes are used and that 631,287,808 bytes are free The drive is formatted w…
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Cannot PING Windows 2008 RRAS server IP
by Guest N D- 7 replies
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I hope somebody in here can assist as I am tearing my hair out. We have three servers A B and C. All are running Windows Server 2003. We use RRAS to setup demand dial between the servers to enable "private" communication between them as opposed to the Internet facing network traffic on the single network card in each. Each server has it's own private (192.168) subnet on the demand dial interface. This has worked fine for a couple of years but now we are going to introduce a fourth server (Lets call it D) running Windows server 2008. I have added the server role to get RRAS installed and configured. I have added a Demand Dial link on the server to connect…