Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2003 help and discussions.
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DHCP question/Scenario
by Guest booker@mgt- 2 replies
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looking at the DHCP logs on a non windows DHCP server(Infoblox Grid Manager appliance), it appears that my switch ports are active and live on a boot cycle, because I can see the dhcp discover message sent from the Windows XP client, and I can see the infoblox appliance send back the offer. But it stops right there upon either booting or changing networks. It will repeat the discover and offer process about three times.. Now if I take out the network cable for about 10 seconds and plug it back into the machine and check the dhcp logs, I then see the full dhcp process in action.. Discover, offer, request, acknowledgment What, if anything, could be cau…
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How to increase existing space on VHD
by Guest Girish J Bhatia- 2 replies
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I am sorry if this is the not the right DL but I couldnt find anything else on the Newsgroup about Virtualization so hence this NewsGroup. I am using Virtual PC 2007 and I have a VHD upto 10GB and is almost reaching its limit. Is there a way to increase the existing size of the VHD from 10GB to 20GB since I dont want to add another HDD to the Virtual PC. Any answers or links would be useful. Thank you... Girish
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folder redirection for 1 out of 70 users is not working... why?
by Guest techtedg@kc.rr.com- 9 replies
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We have server 2003 and all xp sp2, roaming profiles and user home directories. Inside our main gpo for all users i have configured folder redirection for my documents using the setting "redirect to user's home directory". This works great since the "u:" drive on all profiles is now the same as the my documents location and therefore all my doc links (on desktop and in apps) goes to the same place. We have had this working for over a year now, last week one of the user's my documents folder started not redirecting. When you right click my documents on the desktop it says "c:\documents and settings\username\my docs" instead of the UNC path like everyone els…
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Roaming Profile Question
by Guest John W- 7 replies
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I posted a question a few days ago to see if there was a way to put temporary internet files into a users roaming profile on SBS 2k3. I found out this is not possible. My next question is regarding a users cookies. We have a few users whose cookies do not show in their profile while everyone else's do. All systems are running XP so I'm not sure why there would be a difference. Is there something I can check to correct this? Thanks!
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C:\WINDOWS\Installer
by Guest Nick Wilton- 1 reply
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Please could someone inform me why by default, Windows does NOT delete all temporary installation files from the C:\WINDOWS\Installer folder? I have a number of servers within a farm here that have over 30 GB of disk space eaten up through temporary files. I assume it is safe for me to delete everything in here? While we are about it, is there any option within microsoft update that can mitigate the affects of this bug? Thanks in advance,
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Moving file shares to new server??
by Guest WetBehindEars- 3 replies
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Our file server has run out of room so we need to move the shared folders over to a new server where users can access them from here on out. We have the server already and my question is as followed. Is all I need to do is use Robocopy with the appropriate switches and change the netlogin.bat script for the users? We have good backups just in case. I was going to run Robocopy on Friday night and change the login script once that is finished. After that I would test from the users workstation. Is there anything I may be missing?
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Adding sites to Trusted and Intranet Sites using Group Policy
by Guest cbob66@aol.com- 2 replies
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I'm trying to run Lock down IE on a Windows 2003 stand alone Server that is going to be used as a remote desktop server. I want them to be able to go to only certain sites. I've been trying to add those sites into the "trusted Sites" Zone through gpedit. but it doesn't seem to take. Does anyone have any guidance on how to correctly set this up? Thanks in advance.. Bob
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admin groups
by Guest BuckySteven- 0 replies
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Hi all: What is the difference of privilege between the Builtin\Administrators group and the Domain Admin group? It confuses me all the time. What is the difference between adding a user into Builtin\Administrators group and the Domain Admin group? I know Domain Admin group is a member of Builtin\Administrators, but it seems the Domain Admin group has more privilege than the other one. Because if I add a user into Builtin\Administrators, he/she can't be in the Local Admin group, which Domain Admin group can do the trick. And what happen if I delete the Domain Admin group in the Builtin\Administrators member list? The Domain Admin group will not funt…
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Cannot run executables on servers! Please help.
by Guest Christine- 0 replies
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Ok, I've seen this all over usenet with no real answer but here's my problem with all that I can find on it. Got 3 servers (DC, Exchange, App Server) all running Windows2k3 Standard. I have about 50 systems running WinXP SP2. Just last week I went to install the client for an application when the client executable file came up with the generic executable icon (the blue/white one) and when I tried to run the application it popped back the error, "only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed". Troubleshooting done so far: 1. tested on various machines- approximately 10. Through network mapped drives the error occurs 2. tested via…
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Help! Long delays after removing XP Client from Win2003 domain
by Guest richard@planet-richard.com- 1 reply
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Hi, I have a WinXP machine that until recently was part of a Win2003 Active Directory domain. Since changing the computer from domain back to workstation (due to death of server), I've encountered very long delays on opening IE, right-clicking on any file, and double clicking word and AVI docs. I can only guess that it's still looking for the server for some reason. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Richard
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VPN file Connection deployment
by Guest Smokey Grindel- 1 reply
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We set up a VPN through our Windows Server 2003 Network and now need to deploy the connection object to a few hundred laptops... Is there any easy way to create a VPN connection object without going through the connection wizard on every single system to create it? I was thinking about deploying it through a group policy in AD to our Laptops Organization unit.. but first I need something to deploy, a file, config script something.Thanks!
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FTP with Windows 2003
by Guest RSteph- 3 replies
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I'm still fairly new as it comes to working with windows server. Is there a built in FTP system within Windows server, or do I need to download an FTP program? We have a server hosting our website. We are looking to add some shopping cart software for our site. The company we are going through actually ftp's the software onto our server, then we have to give them a login and they setup the software for us, so that we can start adding items. It's been a while since I've used ftp for much of anything though, and I've always just used a downloaded ftp program. I've never tried ftp'ing into my windows server. Any help on this would be greatly appreciate…
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If I run Windows Server 2008
by Guest ITA Support- 1 reply
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Folks, If I run Windows Server 2008, will I be able to keep using Windows XP, or will I have upgrade to Vista? Thanks, Alec
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Best Way to rename a file server
by Guest Lok Tak Cheong- 1 reply
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I attempt to rename 2 servers. Server 1 is a file server. There are many PC clients may drivers to, with offline file enable. Server 2 had installed share point service. (Not share point server) What is the best way to rename them?
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Log out in Standby Mode
by Guest pvong- 1 reply
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I have a computer running XP Pro on a DOMAIN and it's set to go to Standby mode after 1 hour of non use. The problem is that I have different users using the same computer on the same domain. Is there a way to tell XP to logout when it goes into Standby? No matter how hard I try to make it a policy for the user to log out, they can not remember. Thanks
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Unable to Backup Server 2003 System State
by Guest Jason Talbot- 7 replies
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I have a Server 2003 AD Domain Controller with SP2 that I can't backup the system state on. This server runs Microsoft Windows SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE) which is part of the install for WSUS. My main backup software is BackupExec 10d and everytime I try to select the system state for backup it hangs. I then tried to use NTBackup and this also fails with the following error report: Backup Status Operation: Backup Active backup destination: File Media name: "Backup.bkf created 22/08/2007 at 09:41" Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1. Timeout before function completed Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:0xffffffff. …
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DHCP question(s)
by Guest booker@mgt- 2 replies
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One easy one, i think to get out of the way. I read somewhere, where you can change the default behavior of XP dhcp clients to use a Microsoft vendor specific option named Release DHCP Lease on Shutdown. Where do you configure/change that? Is that on the Windows DHCP server. Actually the 2nd question I will make a different post because it is such a crazy scenario.... Thanks
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CurrentControlSet question
by Guest Gonzo- 4 replies
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I have a CurrentControlSet,CurrentControlSet1 and CurrentControlSet2 on my Windows 2003 SP2 server, which one is my server using? I only ask because I have to make a registry change in CurrentControlSet but the part I need to change only appears in CurrentControlSet1 and CurrentControlSet2 Hope that makes sense, really needs some help on this.
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prevent cd-writer use
by Guest Burhan ERSOY- 1 reply
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how can i prevent users to use cd-writer that use any programs, such as nero,roxio, adaptec etc. how can i do with Windows 2000 Server GPO? thanks for advice burhan MCSE
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managing auditing logs
by Guest inenewbl- 5 replies
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Hi all. Currently my company's server has enabled alot of auditing which makes the security log very big. Hence i would like to know if its possible to automate the task copying the content of security log to a separate file before deleting the contents inside the security log. The reason is i would like to automate this task every week so as to reduce the size of security log, as it would be very difficult to find audit events of a particular day in a very huge security log file. If there are better ways of managing the security logs or auditing, please share with me. Thks in advance.
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No longer have option to log on to Local Machine
by Guest M_Hood- 3 replies
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Hi, I recently made some server changes (which may be the cause of the issue I am experiencing) - One server was reconfigured to become the Primary Server in the domain. It is a W2003 SP1 environment. I restarted the Servers today after a power failure (the UPS didnt shut the devices down properly) and when it got to the login screen, I was only offered the option of logging on to the domain, where previously I could log on to the local machine too. This has only affected the 2 servers on which I made configuration changes. Can anyone shed any light on why this has happened, and put my mind at rest? Thanks in advance.
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prevent cd-writer use
by Guest Burhan ERSOY- 0 replies
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how can i prevent users to use cd-writer that use any programs, such as nero,roxio, adaptec etc. how can i do? thanks for advice burhan MCSE
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Mass Username Change-How do I do it?
by Guest Dalton, Randall P.- 3 replies
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We have about 350 end users on our Windows Server 2003 network. All clients are XP SP2. Our present username format is first initial, middle initial, lastname. Is there a way to change that format to firstname.lastname? I don't want to have to change all of them manually. Thanks, Randy
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im running windows 2003 server with 4 gigs of ram, how do i know if it is 32 or 64 bit? is there some way to verify for sure which it is?
by Guest Daniel- 3 replies
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im running windows 2003 server with 4 gigs of ram, how do i know if it is 32 or 64 bit? is there some way to verify for sure which it is? im running windows 2003 server with 4 gigs of ram, how do i know if it is 32 or 64 bit? is there some way to verify for sure which it is?
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ODBC not working - what to reinstall?
by Guest Steve- 1 reply
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i think some 'cleanup' software screwed up my win2003 server. I click on Data Sources (ODBC) and nothign happens. I have a db program on there that is not functioning properly as well. Do i need to reinstall win2003? or is there something easier? I am not seeing anything in the event logs to steer me in the right direction.