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Answer Question   |  November 24, 2010  8:42 PM
ITKE, ITKE Contests, Knowledge Points, XBOX Contest

Our IP address is being blocked because of a network scanner
Hello We run a small business with about 20 clients on a lan and wlan architecture. We dont have a centralized management. We have about 10 engineers who are connected to a VPN. They are using a remote application located on a University Server. Today, I received a phone call from their IT manager. ”We [...]

Answer Question   |  November 25, 2010  7:58 PM
Access Points, Linksys RV042 VPN Router, Network Scanners, Network security, WLAN, WLAN access points

Microsoft SQL Server BCP Utility password
I am executing a Microsoft SQL Server Job that runs a BCP Utility.  The utility loads a table from a file using the ‘in’ argument, a format file and an error file.  I have ‘hard coded’ the user name and password in the command line using the ‘U’ and ‘P’ arguments. I am looking for a [...]

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2010  7:42 PM
BCP Utility, BCP Utility password, SQL Jobs, SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition, SQL Server Enterprise Edition

Can a 4 bay external hard drive have different hard drive sizes?
I have a “Mediasonic 3.5-Inch USB 2.0 and eSATA Pro Box 4-Bay Enclosure HF2-SU2S2″ and it has 4 hard drive slots, can each hard drive be a different size or must they all be the same for it to operate. Im not trying to raid, I just want to access 4 hard drives with 1 [...]

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2011  7:30 PM
Data storage management, External Disk Drives, HARD drive, Hard Drive Installation, Hard drive space, HDD

How to display Domino form field on the web
I have a text field which it’s string value has been separated by semicolon and displayed by new line. I want to display this field on the web the same way it displays in Notes. On the web the content of the field display as one block of 100 line with not break in read mode. Is there [...]

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2010  7:01 PM
Domino 7.0.2, Formula Language, Lotus Domino, Lotus Notes, LotusScript

Error msg when trying to execute a program Windows from Iseries through the RUNRMTCMD.
I have problems trying to execute a program Windows from Iseries through the RUNRMTCMD, the message appears me is “command was not exceuted properly”, these are the sentences I’m using CMS (‘ls’) RMTLOCNAME (’142.15.2..210′ *IP)  RMTUSER (USERID) RMTPWD (‘PASSWORD’)

Answer Question   |  November 26, 2010  6:26 PM
Execute Format, iSeries, iSeries error messages, RUNRMTCMD

Routing problem with two Windows Server 2003
I need some help here please Scenario: Devices: Three routers and one hub; 2 servers 2003 (one with two NICs) in its own forest; and 3 Windows clients. Each router is on a different subnet (ISP and two private subnets). Note: The ISP is using broadband router, and the two private networks is using Linksys [...]

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2011  5:34 PM
Broadband, Network routers, Routers, Routing table protocols, Subnet Setup, Windows Server 2003

Not compressed backup of databased with data compression enabled
Hi All, currently recent databases version comprise features of data compression for storage optimization such as Oracle Advance Compression or DB2 Compression. My question is regarding backup of these databases with compression enabled when there’s already a compression/deduplication hw product for backup storage saving. Is it possibile to have not compressed backup file (using RMAN [...]

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2010  5:05 PM
Backup and restore, Backup storage, Data Deduplication, Data storage, Data storage management, DB2

Count unique characters in field in batch Cobol
Please adwise how to count number of unique characters (any character can be)  in batch cobol. Thanks

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2010  4:48 PM
Batch jobs, COBOL, COBOL statements

Preventing users from installing Flash through SonicWALL or Barracuda
We want to prevent users from installing or running flash. Can we block all flash from the sonicwall firewall or our barracuda web filter? We also want to block downloading the installer/ running the installer. This is on an Active Directory 2003 network with Windows XP SP3 clients.

Answer Question   |  December 13, 2010  3:47 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2003, Barracuda, Firewalls, SonicWALL, Web filtering, Windows XP SP3

Getting a list of all apps installed on domain workstations in Windows Server 2003 environment
We need a list of all installed applications on all domain workstations. How can we create this report? Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows 7 desktops.

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2010  3:46 PM
Application management, Windows 7, Windows Application, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2

Creating template of Active Directory user
I want to create a template of an Active Directory user and use that to start when adding a new user instead of the blank template we get now. Basically login script, office address and that kind of stuff everyone should have.

Answer Question   |  October 25, 2011  3:39 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory scripting, Active Directory User Profiles, Active Directory Users, Login scripts

Setting up NTP time source for Windows Server 2008 Active Directory network
How do you set the NTP time source for a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory network and force all clients to sync to the 2008 ad server for time? Will this keep the network in sync for Kerberos?

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2013  3:34 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2008, Kerberos, Network Authentication, NTP, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

Is it right to do faculty job after CCNA?
I am CCNA certified and I want to earn some experience.  Many companies prefer experienced CCNA candidates. So I am planning to join CCNA faculty job in any Computer Hardware and Networking institute to earn experience and then join any company for the post of network engineer. Can companies consider faculty job experience? Kindly suggest [...]

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2011  2:38 PM
CCNA, CCNA Certification, CCNA Security, IT careers

Migrating mailboxes from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003
We are in the process og migrating from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003.  Before we go through this process I was wondering if there was a method out there to use to determine how many mailboxes or the total size we can migrate within an 8-hour window.  What we are trying to do is to [...]

Answer Question   |  June 14, 2012  1:53 PM
Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Exchange Mailbox Migration, Exchange migration, Exchange upgrades, Windows Server 2000

DNS hosting
Greetings, Which would be the best provider only for DNS hosting, zoneedit or dnsmadeeasy.com or any other recommendations. The Amazon cloud does not provide DNS services Thanks

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2010  1:17 PM
DNS, DNS companies, DNS management, Domain name servers management, Domain Name System

Rename username in Oracle 10g database
Rename username in oracle 10g database without droping it

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2010  12:31 PM
Oracle 10g, Oracle 10g Database, Oracle 9i, Oracle administration, Oracle User Profiles

iSeries Navigator
how i can find iSeries navigator users. is there any EXIT programe or can use any CL for this.

Answer Question   |  November 26, 2010  11:58 AM
AS400 iSeries Navigator, CL Program, CL programming, iSeries Navigator

Duplicate data in column in Oracle 10g Express Edition
I hava created a column like:                               create table pen(no integer, name varchar(30)) It contains the following data:             NO NAME              1         reynolds              2 [...]

Answer Question   |  November 25, 2010  11:21 AM
Oracle 10g, Oracle 10g administration, Oracle 10g Express, Oracle administration

How to move an AS/400 numeric field to an alphanumeric field without disturbing the value in it?
How to move a numeric field to an alphanumeric field without disturbing the value in it. I have a numeric field(9,2) with value MyVar = 9876543.21 I need to move this (as it is)into an alphanumeric field(12 A), without distorting the value in it. But if I use %CHAR, it gets moved along with decimals, [...]

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2010  11:18 AM
AS/400, DB2/400, OS/400, RPG/400