Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2003 help and discussions.
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No drive letter for USB drive in Windows Server 2003
by Guest Bill Fuller- 3 replies
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I have a 500gb WD My Book that I am tryng to attach to a Windows Server 2003 server. It shows up under devices, but it is not showing as a disk or creating a drive letter. Is there some kind of security setting that is preventing this?
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VBScript Error against Windows Server 2003 - 'GetObject'
by Guest Jason- 0 replies
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Hello, I am trying to run a VBScript against a Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2 as a normal 'Domain User' and I get the following error: The remote server machine does not exist or is unavailable: 'GetObject' The Script works against a Windows 2000 Server (SP4) fine, it just errors out when I run it against a Windows 2003 server. Some other info: - The server is not offline - Windows 2003 Server Firewall is DISABLED - The Client OS I'm using to run the VBScript is Windows 2000 Professional /w SP4 and WSH v5.6 - If I add the Authenticated Users group to the Local Administrators group on the Windows 2003 Server then my VBScript will run against th…
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Print Server help
by Guest Cyborg- 1 reply
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Hi, I have installed a print server for the first time. I'm running Windows 2003 R2 and have 5 printers installed. All the settings on the server are correct e.g. paper size, double sided etc. When I get a user to install, the printer installs fine, but none of the settings are adjusted on the users PC. Should the user get the server settings? If so how?
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Extract Email Addresses
by Guest Vishal- 2 replies
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Hi, i am trying to extract email address for the domain. I have come across http://www.winzero.ca/DOE.htm is it safe to use (and not some kind of spyware) ? thanks
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Master Browser Issues
by Guest TJCooper1972- 2 replies
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I have two 2003 DCs on a subnet. When I do a "browstat status" on DC00, it reports DC00 (itself) is the Master Browser and reports 3 servers as backups, and DC00 is in that list. When I do a "browstat status" on DC01, it reports DC00 is the master, and 3 servers are backups (with DC00 on it as well), and 2 server different than what it reported on DC00. It also reports "Unable to retrieve server list from DC00: 64" So, I think I need to reg hack DC00 and set it to Auto, set DC01 to true (the one I want to be the master), and choose other backups and set them to Auto (If I want), and all other servers to FALSE. Then force an election, making DC01 th…
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Web site acces restriction using group policies
by Guest Romain- 1 reply
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Hi, I try to find a way to prevent a user to access certain web but allow him to access to some specific web site. - Windows firewall rules and ipsec commands are not an option here because they will apply to the computer so all users will be affected by those rules - Have tried some option of Internet Explorer (Content, trusted site) with no luck. Of course, a proxy will be the trick but just consider for now that I can create one, I just want to know if there is a way to manager web site filter in Windows using Group Policies or other tricks for a specific user. I will also put this post in Windows Server Networking and Windows Server General. T…
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SoftwareDistribution\Download folder
by Guest David Alge- 1 reply
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We are getting somewhat low on disk space on our C: partition and need to free up some room. During a search, we found that our C:\WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder is almost 200mb and wanted to know if the contents in this folder can be safely deleted or moved. We are using Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2. Thank you, David A.
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Printer Driver Settings
by Guest Derek Da Silva- 0 replies
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Hello, I currently have 10 printer drivers installed with various paper settings (for instance one driver has tray1 as the default tray and driver #2 has tray4 as the default tray). I am migrating everyone from using the generic logon ID (PRINTER) to their own network ID. When the user signs onto the server they have to setup up all 10 drivers settings. Which files/registry settings do I need to copy in order to migrate all printer settings to every user? Thank you, D
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Windows domain - backup on logoff?
by Guest Sue- 2 replies
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Does any one know of any software/method that will automatically backup on logoff? We need to backup mydocuments and any other files including database and emails that users have saved on the local harddrive (C;) and shared network drives. Is this possible to configure in the windows Active Directory? Can the files be set up to backup on logoff by synchronizing roaming profiles? Any disadvantages to this? Sorry for all questions - thanks for any help - I am wondering how I should set up a good backup strategy, I have software suggestions for Legato and Retrospect.
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Stored User Names and Passwords NOT WORKING
by Guest The_Nite_Owl- 0 replies
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We have some Win 2003 SP2 servers that are application appliances. We log into these boxes with a local logon account and map drives to shared resources on our domain using alternate credentials (a domain account). These mappings never reconnect themselves after a reboot of the server unless you open up Windows Explorer, click the drive which will pop up a window stating that the password was incorrect, then enter the password. We have 4 mappings that point to sub-folders on the same resource. Example: J: folder1 on 'ourserver\ourfolder' K: folder2 on 'ourserver\ourfolder' L: folder3 on 'ourserver\ourfolder' In Stored User Names and Passwords we have a…
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bcdedit - boot.ini
by Guest me- 1 reply
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All, I'm exploring window 2008 and am getting to grips with bcdedit, one thing I have noticed is that on the old boot.ini an entrey points to the hardware not the windows drive letter i.e. multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS Under bcdedit a boot menu option only lists a osdevice or device as C: How can I find out what physical device in my system C: is refering too ? I ask this as in a DR we recover servers to new hardware and the Os drive (C:) can be on partition 1 / 2 /3 and we could easily edit the boot.ini to reflect this. Can anyone help Cheers Paul
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Compute time using multiple time servers
by Guest Klaas- 2 replies
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Hi, I want to point our PDC in the top level domain to external time servers. I am aware of the recomended setup of time synchronization (domain hierarchy, NT5DS etc. etc.) Can anybody tell me how w32time on the top level domain PDC emulator (Windows Server 2003) handles a situation with multiple time sources? Does it follow the appropriate RFC's? TIA, Peter
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Error Deleting file or folder when trying to empty recycle bin
by Guest Sabo, Eric- 2 replies
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We are getting an error when we are trying to empty the recycle bin on a windows 2003 Service Pack 2 server. It says the following "cannot remove folder. cannot find the specified file" Is there a way to reset the C:\recycler directory ? thanks in advance, Eric Sabo
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Hi, Got a laptop user who gets "Offline files [\\server-01\users on server-01] Access to 'Filename' is denied on \\server-01\filepath" errors when syncing files that he's modified or looked at whilst off-line. Not a problem if he modifies them on-line and other laptop users do not suffer from this error. I've checked NTFS, Share and Ownership settings as per the MS White Paper "User Data and Settings Management" and all seem fine. Any ideas???? Cheers John
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Cross-forest administration
by Guest PedroAsani- 0 replies
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I'm having trouble finding the information I need, I suspect mainly because what I am trying to do violates a basic security principle, but the business case for doing so is valid. I am working for a company that buys and sells companies. They have their own sysadmin team that do all the admin for all the companies [ForestA]. They want to be able to sell off the companies with as little hassle as possible, so each one has their own Forest, the idea being that all we would need to do is give the new owners the passwords, unhook the Trusts, and we would be done. [ForestB, ForestC etc] The Trusts are in place, but we want to be able to make an account in…