Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2003 help and discussions.
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delete files older than...
by Guest Hugo- 11 replies
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Hi everyone ! What tool can I use to delete files older than a specified number of days (on command line)? Thank you ! Hugo
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Windows 2003 Server hangs at splash screen / acpitabl.dat after SP
by Guest GrantEllsworth- 11 replies
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After installing win2k3 sp2 on win2k3 server which had no prior sp1, update to dot.net framework 3.0 hung and I had to power down/restart server. In normal boot, it hangs at spash screen; in safe mode, it hangs at acpitabl.dat. What can I do to fix without having to rebuild the server? We are running win2k3 on a HP Proliant ML150 G2 with win2k3 mirrored 80G SATA drives.
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Roaming profiles on Windows server 2003 AD
by Guest Kaddie- 11 replies
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Hi, We got a request from a director to give everyone in our org a roaming profile. About 500 users. Some on a slow network link that we dont want to roam. We are assigning the Roaming Profiles via OU's. We use a GPO that does folder redirection. This is placed on each of the OU's with each users properties/profile tab has the Profile path set to the location on the network where the profile is stored. So this does 2 things creates a folder for each user called user data and user profiles. The user data folder stores application data and desktop. The user profile folder stores all the roaming stuff like folders, deskop as per how roaming profil…
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System drives says it is full but it's not
by Guest JKarmy- 11 replies
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I have a three week old install of win 2003 Enterprise on a 19 gig partition. There are few programs installed on it(symantec endpoint, sp2, .net framework 2.0, java runtime, and the rest on D: where SQL 2000, syspro, and office 2003 are installed. up until a few days ago there was at least 5 gigs left on C:. i remoted on today and found that there is only 550mb left. I had this issue with two other servers recently and had to rebuild the system drives becuase i could not find what was taking up the drive space. I checked and cleared the event logs, temp files, and ran a diagnostic for larg files but none were found-HELP! This is my SQL server and would re…
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Installation locks up eating memory
by Guest Adrian Brown- 11 replies
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Hi I posted a few days ago about a problem with SBS2003 fresh install locking up during server tools setup on Internet Explorer 6.0 installtion. I had a reply saying it was probably due to an active internet connection. Since this i have installed a brand new harddrive and pulled the plug on the router while attempting the setup. Again the initial part of the setup is fine, its when it gets to the actual server configuration. Its gets as far as installing server tools, the message says its doing internet explorer 6.0. Ive left it at this point for several hours and it gets no futher. A look in the process list shows the setup process is just eating more an…
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Server 2003 "applying computer settings"
by Guest Wowbagger- 11 replies
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This seems to be a very common problem without any clear answers. Windows 2003 Server SP2, stand-alone DC with ActiveDirectory installed and providing DNS services. The machine has a static IP address. When the server reboots (after installing patches through windowsupdate, for example - something that will NEVER be run again on this machine) it gets to the part about "apply computer settings" and then hangs. Sometimes the process bar moves, sometimes it doesn't. The APC issue does not apply here. The Symantec Antivirus issue does not apply. The BackupExec issue does not apply. DNS is configured correctly - the machine points at itself (127.0.0…
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Ugent help with Exchange 2003 System attendant
by Guest Flaps- 11 replies
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We are having issues with our exchange 2003 server. For some reason, the Exchange System Attendant wont start. It comes up with Error 1068: The depedency or service group failed to start We need a fix asap as there are alot of people in our company which rely on the exchange server to run (for obvious reasons). All permissions are in place, we have restarted DNS, and rebooted our Active Directory servers. Please advise Regards
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Primary Drive space being eaten away
by Guest George Schneider- 11 replies
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I noticed this weird problem the other day. My primary C drive which has nothing installed on it but Windows is runnign out of space. I have 3 GB of 30 GB free at this point. ITs a SQL 2005 DB server. I've traced the problem to the C:\windows\installer directory which is 20 GB in size. I looked at the files and have noticed that I think everytime I try to run the Visual Studio 2005 SP1 it fails to installed I beleive the space gets used then. I wondering if the install files are being dumped here and not removed since the install never finishes. How can I resolve my space issue and second how can I get this update installed. I'm niot sure where vis…
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Server restart
by Guest MSExchangeStudent- 11 replies
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Hi all I have format my server. Win2003 Server is now loaded on it. Everytime if i leave the server without working on it for approx an hour it rebootes by itself and stop at the option where it says : System currently configured for Windows 2000 Press F1 to continue Press F9 for ROM based setup utility Press F10 for System Partition utilities Press F12 for PXE Boot Why is it doing this and how can i solve it?
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Reset Recovery console password
by Guest Jeff- 11 replies
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Hello everyone, I'm trying to reset the password for just the recovery console of an application server. This server is on an Active Directory network but is not a domain controller and is a 2003 SP2 server. I found articles/info about setting the Directory Services Restore password, but nothing on resetting the local administrator password. The local admin listed on the machine in Local Users and Groupds is the domain administrator account, but not the local administrator. I had an issue with a corrupted system file or registry hive and wasn't able to log on to the recovery console using the domain admin password or the old local admin password t…
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Surprise Shotdown
by Guest CLM- 11 replies
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I posted this yesterday but didn't get much of a response, so I thought I'd try again: We have a Win 2003 Ent SP2 server that just shuts down unexpectedly. The admins never tell me what has happened with this box. I looked in Event Viewer and there's no clues there. Furthermore, Perf Mon logs do not show anything unusual, i.e. high activity, etc. Where else can I look to find out what is going on with this server? I guess what I'm asking is what logs (besides event viewer) can I look at to see why this keeps going belly up and how do I find them?
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NNTP time settings for 2003 domain servers and workstations? GPO?
by Guest markm75- 11 replies
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I cant recall this one.. But i noticed, since getting rid of our old DC, that our domain member server is reporting errors about not finding the time server for the old server. I checked in GPO management, I dont currently have a policy in there, though i think i may have in the past.. or maybe i set this at login (I cant recall the simple one line script that set it either).. What is the proper way to set the default NNTP server for the domain.. is it login script or GPO or does it matter? (This main NNTP server points out to a time server on the internet for synch). Thanks in advance
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Hi, I was wondering, if I take regular snapshots of my system drive (C:), and, say, a system file becomes corrupted and Windows Server does not boot, if there is any way to restore a snapshot? Maybe by doing a temporary install of Windows Server into a separate directory, or some other way? Thanks, Dimitri
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Mass copy of files: how to?
by Guest JR- 11 replies
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Hello folks Due to severall reasons, I have to copy, at regualr intervals, severall thousand from server (or PC) A to server B. I've been using a batch file with a simple "xcopy *.*" command but, usually, either the scheduler fails or the command itself aborts for some reason or another. I usually end up having to manually copy the files 2-3 times per week... Does anyone have a better idea on how to do this? Some basic backup system, or utility? Any idea? Thanks for any help
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Antivirus 2008
by Guest Alan C- 11 replies
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One XPPro workstn was infected by the antivirus 2008 trojan, which I have managed to clean. One problem remains: I cannot browse any server (2003) shares via network places or explorer, although all mapped drives are accessible. When I try to browse to the server, - '\\our_srv\' only one share is shown - 'userdata' - and this appears as an empty folder. I know that the trojan affects the local policies, which I've reset, but cannot find anything that would cause the above. Any help, suggestions, guidance would be gratefully received. P.S. I'm not sure if this is the correct ng. Hope it is.
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redirect http to www
by Guest To Old To . . .- 11 replies
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I am not sure if this is the place, but when I type in xxxxxx.com or http://xxxxxx.com I can't get to the site. I have to type http://www.xxxxxx.com. I moved my site from Unix to Windows. In Unix I can add a line to the .htaccess file. How do I do this for IIS? Thank you in advance.
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External Domain PCs wont browse to OWA nor Sharepoint sites
by Guest techtedg@kc.rr.com- 11 replies
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We are currently running a single domain controller with exchange 2003 and sharepoint v2 both installed. We have a VPN setup. When PCs/laptops are here in the office they can access both OWA/Sharepoint without any trouble. When a domain PC is external to the local network (i.e. a site office) users CANNOT access OWA/Sharepoint sites through the std internet connection. However if i connect those same PCs/Users to the VPN they CAN access OWA/Sharepoint while they are connected, as soon as they disconnect from the VPN they lose the ability to browse to OWA/Sharepoint they just get the std "page cannot be found" error in IE. Now whats weird is if i either dis…
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Any issues with promoting a standalone 2003 server to a DC?
by Guest Janetdeb- 11 replies
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I have an existing windows 2003 standard server running as a workgroup, however users are having issues with the Remote access via VPN. I thought that if i promoted the server to a DC it might help?. Would there be any issues with doing this. The server currently runs an ACT database and basic file and printer sharing functions. What problems with i come up against if i run the DCpromo? with any of the existing software? thanks
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Strong Authentication for Terminal Services
by Guest straightup- 11 replies
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I'm looking for 2 factor authentication options to layer on to my Terminal Services implementation. Anyone have any experience or opinions?
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Hi all. It would be fab if you could help me please! I need to run 2 ftp sites on the same server (windows server 2003). I've got the first one using port 21, but need the second ftp site to use a different port I think (unless there's a way to get 2 ftp sites working on port 21? binding?). so, for my second ftp site I am using port 8001. it works ok with my ftp client with the windows firewall off, but when I turn it on and add port 8001 to it my ftp client doesn't want to connect any more. I've noticed that my ftp client is actually connecting using port 8001 but then switches to an arbiutary port number afterwards when finishing the connection. This…
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System Optimizer
by Guest 456- 11 replies
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Windows XP tips and tricks. Learn how to bypass very common windows problems, speed up your system and make it more reliable with useful tips and tricks. http://windows-xp-tricks.blogspot.com/
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Filesystem Notification
by Guest vivekian- 11 replies
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Hi, Writing a small application which requires the application to be informed when the content / filename / location of a particular file changes. Is there a Win32 class available which does this ? Thanks in advance, vivekian
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Server 2008 Folder Redirection
by Guest Andy Smith- 11 replies
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Hello, I have configured folder redirection on my server for Documents, Downloads, Videos, Music and Pictures within an OU which contains all the users. However, when logging on to client machines (all running Vista) none of these folders get redirected. When trying to manually change the location of these folders to a shared directory on the server (\\Server\Users\%Username%\Documents) I get an access denied error message, even though the users have full control to their directory. Now, the interesting part is that if I manually change the location using the IP address of the server (\\10.0.0.12\Users\%Username%\Documents) it works fine, which pret…
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Profile
by Guest Clayton- 11 replies
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I have a profile at work and I logon to Windows 2000 server, is there a way I can logon to my profile at home? Thanks
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Web Site Mystery
by Guest TheScullster- 11 replies
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Hi all Not sure this is the correct group but here goes........... Although we have our own corporate domain europacrown.com, we do not host our own web site at this location. Instead, our parent company hosts our site along with their own. So in our DNS setup, there is a pointer to the ip address of the host server. For some reason, attempts to access our company web site http://www.europacrown.com don't work from our corporate network. I have tried the same from a dial-up connection without any problems. Although it is not clear how long this has been an issue, we recently promoted our a SQL server to act as a domain controller and active directory …