Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2003 help and discussions.
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Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003
by Guest Sabo, Eric- 5 replies
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We are trying to install Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 and we are getting stuck at backing up the registry part, it does nothing, we let it go for about 30 minutes and still nothing. Does anyone have any suggestion on what to do?
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general question
by Guest MikeJ- 1 reply
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hi...i would like to know best practice when assigning a value to a variable example below set or select declare @var1 varchar(25) set @var1='abc' select @var1='abc' to me set is implicit select implies conditions i see both used all over the place here at my new company.... so witch is better practice tks MJ
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Change User Permission
by Guest jcpub- 2 replies
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Our Business Manager has an upgraded version of DAC Easy. One change to the upgrade is the user needs to have administrator access. Her login to the network is a normal user with limited rights. How can I change her login settings so that she has enough rights to run this payroll program? For now I have her log off as a user and then we log her in as an administrator while she runs payroll. I am not concerned with this person having administrator rights since she is already my backup for checking the server for overnight backups and various logs when I am out of the office. Thank you.
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Redundant DC windows 2k3
by Guest ardi- 1 reply
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Hi All, I want to setting redundant DC in windows 2k3, so if one DC fail, redundant/secondary DC will take over could you give me how to setup/setting windows? thanks ardi
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Domain Local / Global / Mail Enabled Groups
by Guest steve- 1 reply
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I am in the process of setting up a new network and am having some difficulty understanding why I would want to set up the recommended "Global -> Local -> Permissions" relationship. In my existing network I use only local groups (most of which are mail enabled) and administration is easy. It seems to me that setting up three separate groups (e.g. "DG_Sales" distribution list, a "GG_Sales" group and a "DL_Sales" group) would create an administrative headache compared to the benefits it offers? What do most people do here? Thanks steve
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Empty Folders in BKF files? Windows Backup not working!
by Guest Paul- 1 reply
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Hi everyone - I'd be really grateful if you could help please. when I try to restore from my BKF file the folders appear to be empty! The correct directory structure is in place, but why are they all empty? the BKF file is huge, so the data must be in there somewhere?! What am I doing wrong?! Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks!
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minimum permission to connec to network printer
by Guest Ehren- 6 replies
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Hello- I am having an issue on some of our "restricted access" computers in connecting to network printers. It says you do not have permission to connect to network printers when I browse to the location of the printer and right click it and click connect. I actually have a script set up that automatically maps the printer. When i add the user to the administrators group it works, when i remove them it doesnt. I am wondering what the minimum permissions or rights on the computer the user must have in order to map a network printer. Thanks!
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Dhcp Scope
by Guest wmb- 2 replies
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Hi All I would like to know if there is a way to import a DHCP Reservation list from one DHPC server to another server. I am creating a backup of my current DHCP server to a new server Thanks Wayne
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Upgrading from Windows 2000 to 2003
by Guest Christopher.dh.scott- 2 replies
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About to start this process (finally) I thought I'd save myself some time by getting some experienced advice on the most straightforward approach relative to my setup. I have two 2000 servers, both domain controllers. I want to add a 2003 server to the mix. This machine will serve as the primary file server, database, backup, etc. I'm thinking I install it as a domain server, with the lovely replicated user accounts, dns etc. Move the files using the migration tool from MS, then upgrade the other 2000 machines to 2003 and switch to 2003 native mode from the windows 2000 mode after the new server has been humming for a bit. Is this the easiest path to fo…
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mapped drive problem
by Guest Cindy B- 1 reply
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Hi - I am setting up a new server (winodws 2003 R2) and am in the process of doing the data migration - However - when I change the map drives to the new server. It is hanging onto the old paths. I found a solution to that by adding a net use P: /delete at the beginning of the script, then mapping the drive correctly. It works EXCEPT... it then throws in a Z:\\oldserver\oldpath drive??? I can't figure out where it is getting that from or how to get rid of it??? - Any help would be appreciated!!!! thanks in advance for your time!!!! -- Cindy B
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DHCP Netsh export Fails
by Guest Jen- 4 replies
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Im having the same issue as a previous post that was not answered(2003 Server) Another admin had tested doing an netsh dhcp server export on one of our dhcp servers. She then did an netsh dhcp import of the same data back to the same server, as she was testing that the active leases would still be available........(sigh) Now that its time to export and move the scope data to another server when I run netsh dhcp server export c:\dhcp all, I get an error "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format" and a c:\dhcp.txt file with only one line "1K2W. So it seems that something got hosed up doing the previous export or import. Anyone …
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c: drive getting full
by Guest Patriot- 9 replies
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Is it possible to move the windows updated files or other files in the c:\windows directory to another partition? A new customer purchased a server from Dell with a 12 GB primary partition. Now they have 2GB free, over 7 GB is the c:windows directory. The other big directory is c:\documents and settings. BTW they are running Windows 2003 sp2 with AD and Exchange 2003. Thank you for your help.
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How to read minidump file.
by Guest Plasticman- 0 replies
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Hi, I am attempting to read a minidump file and it says I have loaded the wrong symbols. I have downloaded the correct symbols from the Microsoft website and installed them. In the debugger I point to the symbol path but no matter what I symbols I point to after I run the debugger it says that my symbols are incorrect. I guess I need some instructions on how to use the debugger. I tried the knowledge base and attempted to do what it recommended but had no luck. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Steve -- Steve Systems Administrator PSI
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Query
by Guest David Parkes- 3 replies
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Hi everyone, We have a *.BAK file and inside it is some useful data. We do not know what program was used to produce this file all we know is it is a backup of an SQL database. Is there anyway we can extract the data which it contains without knowing the program used to create it?
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disable control panel, desktop settings, etc.
by Guest win2003 beginner- 1 reply
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we have some guests that's changing the settings of control panel, desktop and some settings. is there a way that i can restrict those users? thank you
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ODBC Servername reverts to old servername once I click OK
by Guest Aaron J- 0 replies
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Hi All, We're currently experiencing some issues with ODBC connectivity in Windows 2003. Basically when I define an OBDC String for example for SQL Server and populate the following details as follows: Select System DSN Click Add Select SQL Server Enter Name, Description and Servername e.g. SQLSERVER01 Then select TCPIP Test Connection OK Then after a couple of hours the SQL Servername loses the SQLSERVER01 and reverts back to the previous Servername of the above DSN Previously used and deleted. i.e. Servername reverts to: OLDSERVER in ODBC. Thanks in advance, Aaron Jumani.
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Everyone Group
by Guest SuperPlay- 0 replies
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Hi Folks Query relating to the "everyone group (Pre Windows 20000)." We have a Windows 2003 domain which was upgraded from Windows NT 4.0. I am aware under windows 2003 that the membership of the everyone was changed so that it no longer contains the token for anonymous. It seems that newly created users are no longer automatically added to the everyone group but they are added to the "domain users" group. However the "everyone" group is still the default group set on permissiosn tabs (Shares ETC) Question: So is it best practice to 1) Manally add all individual domain users to the "Everyone Group" 2) Clear all users from the "Everyone G…
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Windows Server Standard vs. Enterprise
by Guest UWide User- 6 replies
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Hello, I have installed Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard on a dual socket Quad Core Blade. My app administrator has already installed Sql 2005 Enterprise. Being that this is the first 8 core system I had ever installed, I forgot that Windows Server standard only uses 4CPU's while enterprise can handle 8CPU's. In this situation does this still hold true? Or is it the number of sockets that is important? Basically I would like to know whether I need to upgrade the OS and if so can I just do an in-place upgrade as we have production code on it now? Thank you for your help! ----------- Anyone who knows everything, leads a pretty boring life
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Security Patch
by Guest Gaurav- 1 reply
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Dear Friends, I m handling Windows server 2003 in workgroup enviroment. monthly I used to update microsoft security patch manually. Suppose in any case after installation of Patch my server start showing error in my application. How can i uninstall this security patch? thanx in advance gaurav
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WSUS 3 - showing computers but only one at a time
by Guest Ehren- 6 replies
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Hello- I have a very strange issue that I have never seen before and wonder if anyone else has any experience with it. We have several computer labs here, each with 10-12 computers. We have a main domain, call it "maindomain" and then we have a separate domain for the labs ... call it "teaching". The WSUS server is in the maindomain and obviously the lab computers are in the teaching domain. In my head this shouldnt be an issue because you just configure the computers via group policy to point to the wsus server and it really doesnt matter what domain its in because its http (right?). To save myself dns hasstles I configured automatic updates via…
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Need help resolving Event ID 1054 Errors appearing in event log constantly
by Guest thelotus99@gmail.com- 5 replies
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Hello all: I have a newly installed domain controller for a client of mine that I'm having a problem with, and am hoping I can get some good advice on tracking down the problem. This is for a small office, with about 8 computers total. This server is the first domain controller, as previously the network was set up with all stand-alone computers. It's a custom built box running Windows 2003 Small Business Server SP2. Hardware specs are AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ with 2GB RAM. The problem I'm trying to solve is Event ID 1054 appearing in the Application Log every 5 minutes like clockwork, for the last few months now. Event Type: Error Event Source…
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Access denied on a particular file
by Guest Muzzzy- 9 replies
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Hi, I'm running a Win2003 R2 server with AD (at home for file sharing); yesterday i decided to do a backup by just copying the D: drive onto a 1 TB external drive. On one file it gave "Access denied" error and so far I can't find a way to get rid of it: 1. I'm running as a user with admin rights, but still i changed ownership of the file to myself - didnt help; 2. I checked if file is locked by a process (which would be weird as this file is not used - it's a part of an old archive) - none. 3. I ran couple of different antiviruses overnight - none 4. Ran chkdsk - didn't find any problems I need to note that problem exists if i try to do anything with…
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To display all the shares given to others
by Guest ykffc- 3 replies
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In a machine running Window 2003 server, I've created a dozen of shares from various folders of the local disk drives for other users to access. Say folderA, folderB, ... are shared. If all the folderA, folderB, ... are sitting under the root directory, I can see them quickly but what if they are not. I thought there must be some buildin Windows functions to show the location of all these shares but I can't find them. Do I miss something? thanks.
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Windows 2003 Server: Questions regarding RDP, CALs
by Guest C. G.- 3 replies
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Hi, I am looking into getting a Server running Windows Server 2003 for my heterogeneous office network. Intended hardware base is a Server + 'n' thin clients running embedded linux. There are already Linux Servers in the network. Q1: If I get the 5 client version of Server 2003 does that mean I can simultaneously connect from five independent thin-client sessions over rdp? Q2: Do I really need windows 2003 CALs at all if none of my desk machines use a windows desk-top? Answers greatly appreciated.
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Drive Space
by Guest jcpub- 4 replies
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When our server was set up in 2003 Drive C: was allocated 5.85GB. Over the years much of that space was used up and we are down to about 415MB. We have our databases and applications on Drive D:. I deleted the $NTUnistall* files except for the most recent and that broght the free space to about 1GB. The next morning the free space was back to about 415MB. The Veritas backup runs overnight but the space on C: that it uses is freed up upon completion. Any ideas why the free space would change so dratsitcally overnight? I could add another hard drive but I have heard that moving/expanding drive C: is not that simple. Thank you.