Windows 2003 Server
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cannot ping using netbios name
by Guest Jeff- 4 replies
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hey I have 2 computers in my home network, one computer with winXPpro (sp2) and another with win2k3. I haven't configured lmhosts because I thought that is for network with many computers, so having lmhosts is an overkill... am I wrong, then please correct me... WINS is not installed on the win2k3 computer win2k3 computer is configured as domain controller, I've run dcpromo.exe. This wizard created a DNS which don't have any Reverse Lookup Zone.... The computers can ping each other using IP address, but they cannot ping using netbios name.. what am I missing here? Jeff
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OT but Important: Usenet Abuse and Impersonation by a sick individual using IP address 208.142.141.177
by Guest Radium- 0 replies
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OT but Important: Usenet Abuse and Impersonation by a sick individual using IP address 208.142.141.177 Hi: To all respective forum readers, please take notice: 1) First of all, my apologies for such a wide off-topic cross- posting. It's unusual, and very frowned upon. But I deem it necessary in lieu of recent events. You can just disregard if you will. 2) There is a user on the net who has impersonated "Don Klipstein", me, as well as other respectable Usenet posters. He/she is using our names, email addresses, and profiles to post nonsense on Usenet newsgroups. This impersonator seems to be located either in Burma or Korea and has the IP address of 2…
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Problem with ROBOCOPY version XP026 an ERRORLEVEL
by Guest Tom Meier- 2 replies
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Hello, i have a problem with robocopy. There are 3 different versions of robocopy: Version XP010: - included in Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools - has complete documentation included - URL: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en Version XP026: - included in Microsoft Robocopy GUI - only the documentation of version XP010 included - new parameters of version XP026 are not described - URL: http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/d/0/fd05def7-68a1-4f71-8546-25c359cc0842/UtilitySpotlight2006_11.exe Version XP027: - included in Windows Vista - no documentation included…
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find user logon machine
by Guest console1- 4 replies
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hi everyone, is there a way (script or rk tool) to find out what machine a user is logged on too in the domain? I have user domain\user and I want to find out the name of the machine that user is logged on. ? thanks
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Folder redirection
by Guest justmark- 9 replies
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Okay, I'm just trying to get a handle on this... We have Folder Redirection set up with a GPO, using \\%HOMESHARE%%HOMEPATH% to redirect our users' My Documents to a network share area. We also have Offline Files configured to synchronize their files. From what I can see (and maybe this is by design), it appears that opening a document in My Documents is actually opening it live from the server rather than locally? In addition My Documents Properties states that the target folder location is \\server\etc. rather than a local folder. I guess I don't understand what's happening here. I'd assume that you'd want My Documents to be an actual local folde…
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display server info at background
by Guest Chris- 3 replies
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I'd like to display some server information such as name, OS version, IP address, etc at the background after logon. I have seen such thing from other companies. How to make it work? Is it from WMI? Thanks.
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Vista Offline Files - Can't Exclude Subfolders
by Guest craigfreyman@hotmail.com- 1 reply
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I'm syncing a folder for offline use and would like to be able to uncheck certain folders/files from the sycn. Every subfolder has the "Always Available Offline" greyed out with a checkmark. I have tried to enable the local group policy: User Config --> Admin Templates --> System --> Folder Redirection --> Do not automatically make redirected folders available offline But it seems to do nothing after a gpupdate /force. I know in XP this attribute was under Offline Files and they seem to have moved it. Anyone know how to allow me to uncheck certain folders/files? Thanks!
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Excessive disk activity
by Guest Gerald- 3 replies
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We have a server running Server2K3 that has excessive disk activity. Disk drive is so busy that normal browsing on the serve itself is slow. It is a 3Gig Pentium processor with 2Gig RAM and 160 Gig HDD. We have an email app and WSUS-2 running. Neither of these apps are very active and even if they are disabled the disk activity does not cease. When we run "DiskMon" it shows continual write activity, but I cannot determine file names to try trace what is happening. Any suggestions as to how i can resolve this. I am considering reformatting and re-installing Server 2K3 and the apps. Thanks in advance ....
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help setting up test lab with virtual pc
by Guest rocketz21- 1 reply
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At home I installed Server 2003 onto virtual pc on my regular pc. I would like to add one pc to the domain, a laptop. I would perfer to use my wireless router for a connection for simplicity. What should I be using for my dns settings and ip settings? Should I be using the subnet of my router and dns provided by my ISP or should I be making up those settings? Should I use DHCP? It's not a requirement to access the internet, however, I would like to test some things with SUS. Reason asking, I was able to add the laptop to to domain, but not able to see any of the shares or printers, etc. If someone has experience doing this before, I would like so…
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New server required
by Guest Craig- 1 reply
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My company is using small business server 2003 but I feel they are outgrowing both the software and hardware. The server is running out of disk space on both C drive and the data drive but has dynamic disks on a raid1 so I am not sure how to copy the operating system onto a bigger capacity disk. They are also up to mailbox limits on quite a few users . They have also just bought 2 other companies and would like to connect them as branch offices (or maybe use terminal services). I am recommending they get a new server (windows server 2003 and install exchange 2007). I would prefer to get the new server ready and then copy any required data from the old befo…
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Hello, I NEED HELP! (1) First Sign - Database connections fail, mysql and mssql MSSQL Error "[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied." (2) Real Problem? - Telnet fails from the command line for any query, Example(s): telnet mail.testdomain.com 25 could not open a connection to host telnet sql1.testdomain.com 3306 could not open a connection to host This has been happening for a few days now approx 3-4 times a day we have had to reboot the server. Looking for advice, help anything I can do. I have already done a ton of research on the MDAC components, changed ports on the switch. Is this a network car…
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sysprep Win2K SP2
by Guest Pat Hall- 6 replies
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Downloaded and ran the KB926068. It did not ask me where to save the files and I can't figure out where it put them if it did. Have extracted the deploy.cab in system32. The version of the sysprep.exe is 5.2.3790.3959. Do I have the right version for SP2?
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Feedback Wanted - Remotely Administering Windows Server 2008 DNS from Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
by Guest Darrell Gorter[MSFT]- 0 replies
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Feedback Wanted - Remotely Administering Windows Server 2008 DNS from Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Problem Statement: An interoperability bug in the current release of Windows Server 2008 prevents Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 computers from remotely administering Windows Server 2008 MS DNS Servers via DNSCMD, DNSMGMT.MSC or by using WMI. Specifically, attempts to remotely administer Windows Server 2008 MS DNS Servers from a pre-Vista client will fail with the error "access denied" when the 2008 MS DNS Server is referenced by its single-label hostname or short name. The administration of Windows Server 2003 MS DNS Servers from Windows Vista an…
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DHCP clients losing DNS entries
by Guest Christopher A. Newell- 5 replies
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Randon (apparently) DHCP clients on my network are losing thier DNS entries. The users report what turn out to be connectivity problems with name based hosts (raw IP related ones obviously resolve just fine.) IPCONFIG ends up revealing a single DNS server entry which is not on my network. I have had several different values, but they all fall in the 16x.X.X.X format. (Today's most recent one was 168.95.1.1) The user PCs are able to reconnect temporarily by executing ipconfig /renew (or re-starting the system.) This is 2003 Server, SP2 (although searcing back in my memory, I seem to recall similar incidents with SP 1 and native 2k3 Server.) Standard…
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Event ID: 10005 / Source: DCOM error
by Guest Sherry- 4 replies
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I am getting the following error in my main DC System event log and am going crazy trying to get rid of it. I have searched the MS help and support, technet, Google, etc. to no avail. This error gets logged every few hours. My IISADMIN service is and has been disabled. Would there be any need to have it enabled? Running W2k3 Standard OS. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Event Type: Error Event Source: DCOM Event Category: None Event ID: 10005 Date: 9/5/2007 Time: 12:09:15 AM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Description: DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled d…
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Creating very restrictive group policy for select users
by Guest mike- 0 replies
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Hi, I'm trying to create a group policy that restricts all access on a domain machine with the exception of a few key applications, and I'm having trouble restricting access to the command shell (cmd.exe) as well as My Computer (to prevent file browsing). I've managed to remove all the icons I want from the Start Menu and network access is already limited as much as I want, but when it comes to really 'locking down' the machine for a very specific use I can't figure out where in group policy I need to make some changes. Does anyone know of some good references to use in creating a group policy like this? Is there an index out there that shows where i…
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This one is baffling me. We have a fresh install of Server 2003 Enterprise edition with SP2 IE6 and cannot get a single web page to load. The Server has valid IP info and can get responses from websites via pings at the command prompt, so we know DNS and name resoluition is working. However you cann't access any page via its name or ip address in internet explorer. Just for kicks, I put the exact IP info into another server plugged into the same switch port, runniing win 2000 server and it connected to public web pages fine. Any ideas???? Is there a security setting in Server 2003 enterprise or IE that could be blocking me? Dave MCSA…
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Event ID: 5721 Event Source: NETLOGON member server windows 2003
by Guest Edwin Delgado- 1 reply
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Event Type: Error Event Source: NETLOGON Event Category: None Event ID: 5721 Date: 9/6/2007 Time: 10:47:36 PM User: N/A Computer: CDC_DBASE Description: The session setup to the Windows NT or Windows 2000 Domain Controller \\ALBMAIL.corp for the domain CORP failed because the Domain Controller did not have an account CDC_DBASE$ needed to set up the session by this computer CDC_DBASE. ADDITIONAL DATA If this computer is a member of or a Domain Controller in the specified domain, the aforementioned account is a computer account for this computer in the specified domain. Otherwise, the account is an interdomain trust account with the specified dom…
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Large Partition for Windows 2003 Server
by Guest Brillmike- 6 replies
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I am purchasing a HP NAS device with 12 500GB hard drives. I want to configure this device as one large partition. Is there a best practices I should follow? What is the largest partition I can create? Should I mess with block size? I will be using HP's hardware array to configure the drives, is there a recommended RAID level for windows for a partion using this many drive? This is a storage only device for data that remains pretty stagnent. Thanks, Mike
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Disk Mgr and pagefile
by Guest Dan DeCoursey- 0 replies
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Hi , I usually have a dedicated drive for my pagefile. So I have Windows installed on C: with the recommended minimum (2048) pagefile on C: ( for system dump) and then I specify to have another pagefile on Drive E: (windows managed) I have seen when using the Disk Mgr snap in that on one drive E: actually says "pagefile" on it and on another server it does not it just says "E: basic healthy" So my question is ......IF I am doing pretty much the same setup on multiple servers......what makes Disk Manager actually tag one physical disk as "pagefile" and othe server setup the same way Diskmanager just says the drive is healthy ??
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Server will not boot after Driver Verifier enabled
by Guest David V- 0 replies
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We were testing our internal software on a new server due to go live within a few weeks, when the server failed with a BSOD. A search of the errors online indicated probable driver problems, so I ran verifier.exe, as per KB article 244617. I selected "verify all drivers", which required a reboot. Now the server is stuck in an endless loop of detecting the memory and RAID controllers, prompting for a boot from a backup ROM or PXE, and then shutting down and starting over again. What is going on? Has anybody experienced problems like this with verifier? How do you get around it? Thanks in advance for any help.
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Event Logs (Mac Address)
by Guest Rob- 1 reply
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Can windows 2000/2003 log the source MAC forincoming connections? If so I would assume this can be found in the security log but I can't locate any mac addresses there. Is windows capable of doing this and if so where or what policy would enable this? Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Thanks -Rob
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Bare Metal Backup/Restore Using Virtual Server
by Guest Ron- 0 replies
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I'm testing virtual server 2005 SP1. I'm told that you can use virtual server for bare metal backup/restore of our servers. However in reviewing the documentation I don't see any mention on how this is done. Using virtual server how do you backup and entire server, store it, and then perform a restore to a system with no OS on it? Can this even be done in Virtual Server 2005?
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system language
by Guest Humphry- 0 replies
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Hi, I'm developing an application in PERL that runs over w2003 servers in different languages (spanish, english and french, overall). Depending on the system language the application does different things. Does anybody know how can I guess the system language in a W2003 server?? Is there any record in the system registry with this information?? Does anybody know a function in PERL to get this information?? Thanks.
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Networking
by Guest SuperSlueth- 1 reply
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I have 3 servers in the office all servrer 2003 each with 2 NICs each server has it's own public and private IP address Primary domain controller / DHCP 192.168.1.10 x.x.x.162 File sever 192.168.1.20 x.x.x.163 exchanger server 192.168.1.30 x.x.x.164 i have the 2 different subnets on different switches what do do about different default gateways the aim is to get people inside and outside office to be able to access all the servers. does anyone have any docs about setting up multiple servers with multiple NIC's on different subnets