Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2003 help and discussions.
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Edition of Server 2003?
by Guest David Walker- 2 replies
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I just did a test install of Windows server 2003 on a system that I'm going to upgrade (soon) from 2000 server to 2003 server. I did a clean install into a new partition. The CD say "Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition". There is Disc 1 and Disc 2. Disc 1 has a part number of X11-73011. When I installed the software and the system rebooted, Control Panel/System (along with the boot splash screen) tell me that I have Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition. Is this a known confusion of the versions? I searched Google but didn't find anything relevant. If Control Panel/System tells me that I have Enterprise Edition, is this the version I r…
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Can programs run without requiring a logon.
by Guest ThomasAJ- 8 replies
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I want to run say a file backup (using a commercially available scheduler) without having to be logged on. Sure the scheduler runs if I DISCONNECT administrator from Terminal Services. Can this be done in W2003? -- Regards Tom
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EventLog Mixed
by Guest Sajid- 5 replies
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We are using Windows Server 2003 SP1, last week we had a power outage, due to which server was re-booted without proper shut down. After getting up the server eventlog is all mixed up, that is all three Application, System and Security logs are coming in all three (if you click on Application, System and Security logs are shown as well, same with the other two). I checked the Log file names they are pointing to, and it seems to be right, Application eventlog is pointing to AppEvent.Evt, the other two to SecEvent.Evt and SysEvent.Evt respectively. We want to know what might've happened that has caused this and what can we do repair it, without affecting …
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Console Security
by Guest scarter- 3 replies
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Is there a way to limit the console access to the Administrator login only?
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Problem Reading File when Name contains character numbers 63 ("?"),164, 186, 243, 248
by Guest PHPBABY3- 2 replies
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Problem Reading File when Name contains character numbers 63 ("?"),164, 186, 243, 248 I am trying to access all of the files in a directory, using $a=opendir($dir) ; while ($file=readdir($a)) and $b=file_get_contents($dir."/".$file). However, when $file contains characters 63 ("?"), 164, 186, 243 or 248 $b is "". I tried substituting each of the characters chr(0 to 255) for a single "?" in file names but none of the resulting names created a value for $b other than "". How do I read these file contents? P -
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How can I give an employee a mailbox without at least making him a user
by Guest OscarVogel- 8 replies
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We have a temporary employee starting next Monday. He will need an email account, but it's important that he NOT have access to any of the shares on the servers. My problem is that there are a lot of shares that are accessable to "Everyone". If I make him a "domain user" he'll be in the "Everyone". And I'd rather not "Deny" his account access to each of the shares. So, is there some way that I can give him an email account with a mailbox (Exchange 2003 on a SBS 2003 server), without making him a Domain User? Thanks
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Compare Server 2008 and 2003
by Guest Marc- 2 replies
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I'm a little bit familiar with Server 2008, just installed few 2008 servers. Can you please give few (5, 10, 20) most important features and benefits of Server 2008 because I'd like to test in my environment and compare 2003/2008 servers. Thnx!
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Inactivate a dynamic partition?
by Guest David Walker- 2 replies
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How do you inactivate a dynamic partition? The Diskpart program only works on basic disks. Also, how do you tell which partition(s) are marked Active? I don't see that info in Disk Management snap-in. This question applies to Windows server 2003 (and Windows Server 2000, which I am upgrading from). Second, the one time I booted from a floppy (just as an experiment), and then told the boot loader to load the second partition on disk 0, then looked at Disk Management: Disk Management still told me that the FIRST partition on disk 0 was the "system" volume. The second partition was marked Boot. I can't find exactly what "system" means, or why the…
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SME Windows Job Scheduling Software
by Guest SteveCage- 0 replies
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Does anybody know of a good Windows job scheduling package for small to medium enterprises. Functionality should include job dependancies and user security. Thanks for any help, Steve Cage
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Installing Server 2003 x64 From MSDN Disk
by Guest ServerHelp!- 2 replies
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Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I have been completely unsucessful in trying to get a hold of Microsoft. I am trying to install a Dell Server using my MSDN disks. I have been trying to install the 64 bit OS for Server 2003. When the server boots up, it only gives me the option of the 32 bit OS options, not 64bit. I contacted Dell to ensure the system is 64bit and it is. Does anyone know how to get the 64 bit option installed? I have tried burning just Server 2003 x64 to a CD but the system doesn't boot from CD either. It keeps saying no OS found. Any help would be greately appreciated!
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2008 -> 2003 CAL downgrade
by Guest Dave Harry- 2 replies
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I have Server 2003 with CALs. If I aquire an additional licence of server 2008 but downgrade the installation to 2003, are my 2003 CALs valid for the downgraded server? -- Dave Harry
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NTP Server Question
by Guest Ovidio B.- 5 replies
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Greetings, I have one medium AD domain enviornment with 2 DCs , but I want a small portion of my domain computer members to recieve their time from a different NTP source. Is this possible? Basic Q's: 1. Are all members of the domain automatically synced with the DC's? 2. Do all computers have to be synced up with the DC's time to login to the domain? Please advise, thanks a million :)
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Server Running Very Slow
by Guest DHamer- 9 replies
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Firstly.... the server: POWEREDGE 2800 - XEON 3.2GHZ/2MB 800FSB 4GB SINGLE RANK DDR2 MEMORY (4X1GB) ADDITIONAL XEON 3.2GHZ/2MB 800FSB, CACHE ADAPTEC SCSI 39160 CONTROLLER CARD(N) PERC 4/DC DUAL CHANNEL RAID CARD, 128MB Hooked upto this is a Powervault Drive Array housing 6 drives (all 15k) as a raid 5 array The server is acting as the storage for user's home area. We have around 10,000 users (students), but only around 400 logged on at any one time. Basically the server is quite often comming to a standstill. The users cant login, the ones logged in cannot do anything. We have run some performance monitoring, and have tried to find out the problem…
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Rename Admininistrator Account and Change Password
by Guest dm3281- 3 replies
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Hello -- I have about 70+ Windows 2003 Servers and 100 Windows XP desktops in my enterprise environment. We recently demoted one of our IT admins and would like to change the admin name on all our machines and its password. Does anyone know of good free or commercial tools that allow for this? I cannot stand the thought of having to remote into all machines every time someone leaves our department -- or to simply change the local admin accounts for workstations.
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Server 2008 write permissions for web sites
by Guest Angel de la Noche- 0 replies
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I am moving several web sites from a 2003 to a 2008 server. These sites use an Access 2000 database file to store information, and also permit uploading image files. On the old server I just gave the IUSR_ and NETWORK users modify permissions to the specified folders and it worked. With 2008 I have had to give the "everyone" account modify permissions to the folders in order to be able to write to the db or upload files. Even then, for some sites, it is still not working. The sites are all written using classic ASP. What is the correct account and permissions that need to be given write access to the db and files folders?