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Group Policy (gpedit.msc)

I was told that one could control, or turn on and off automatic updates for MS Office (2003) by doing it through policy editor. Is this true? and if so where in policy editor can I find the whatfor to do it? Or where do I go to turn it off?

View Answer   |  Feb 1 2006  10:58 AM GMT
Hardware, Cabling, Development
asked by HarryO69

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Logging in to domain with batch file

I use batch files to map drives when a user logs into our Windows2003 domain. Each user has their own POP3 email account in Outlook (XP), so the PST files are on the individual workstations. I need to back them up daily to the network and do this by calling a separate batch file from with the login...

View Answer   |  Jan 27 2006  1:42 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by PaulIsaacs

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Drive mappings come and go

I installed a new server: Windows 2003 Server, using Active Directory. Clients are all WinXP Pro. At each workstation, I mapped drive P: to point to the accounting data on the server. Everything was working fine. A few days later, I did the Symantec Client Security upgrade as a managed system with...

View Answer   |  Jan 27 2006  11:44 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by BobYoung

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changing trunk protocol on cisco switches

Anyone who has done a change on trunk protocol in a live 24/7 environment. My main question is if all trunks will go down during the change? The net consist of 7 switches and on one of them is an tftp server from which I hope that I can download the configs needed. If all switches are in a long...

View Answer   |  Jan 27 2006  7:13 AM GMT
Hardware, Network protocols, Switches
asked by stbr05

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loging to long

we have a winserver 2003 we use a 16ports vpn linksys router switch, but the autentication period is to long over a minute, how we can fix that? we had other routers and is the same problem with out autentication to the server the workstations log on in less than 10 seconds, and also after 8 hours...

View Answer   |  Jan 24 2006  9:07 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Network management software
asked by luissal

  0 pts.

Data Center Issues-Please Help!

Hi Everyone, My name is Maricel, I work for an IT Infrastructure Consulting company and I am responsible for putting together Educational seminars for our clients who are IT/Facilities Professionals. I want to make sure our upcoming seminar focuses on issues that IT Professionals are faced with in...

View Answer   |  Jan 17 2006  4:40 PM GMT
Remote management, Power management, Cabling
asked by maricel

  0 pts.

Network Issue.

Hi. I am running a network, and have setup a small room with 12 PC's. The room is gonna be used for research, but there is only 1 network port coming in (10meg. So, i have a 8 port hub, and a small switch. 8 of my PC's are on the network,, on the hub, but the other 4 are not. I get a link light on...

View Answer   |  Jan 12 2006  11:16 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Switches
asked by Carl0s81

  0 pts.

Can't connect to vpn since Microsoft Security update

I am trying to connect to a Win 2003 VPN server from a PC running Windows XP Professional wired to a Linksys WRTP54G router (Vonage voIP) and cable modem. On Thursday, January 5, I got the VPN connection working fine. I used it multiple times including rebooting the PC. That night the automatic...

View Answer   |  Jan 7 2006  3:21 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Switches
asked by dasi4jpm

  10 pts.

Exposing an IP Address

One of my customers wants to use a software vendor who insists on having the IP address of the server which will host his software. he says this is so he can apply daily updates to the software. I am not comfortable exposing the IP addresses of any machine of the network and need some assistance in...

View Answer   |  Jan 3 2006  7:51 PM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Switches
asked by Stuntz

  0 pts.

Composing a network-switches and routers

I am looking for information to help me decide whether to buy a larger Switch or larger Router? I think I need to get all equipment on the same device? I have a small business network with 2 desktops, 3 to 4 laptops, 2 multifunction Printer/Fax/copy/scanners via USB dedicated to PC?s; 1 USB Photo...

View Answer   |  Jan 3 2006  3:01 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by kfink04

  0 pts.

NMAP IN WIRELESS

Hello, Can any one explain me what is NMAP , how NMAP works and how to use it. Kind Regards, Gopal.

View Answer   |  Dec 29 2005  9:10 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by breathe

  0 pts.

WIRELESS BRIDGES

Dear Sir's, I have two wireless bridges. Master and Slave which are 800 ft apart and two high gain antennas are attached to these units. I am finding a disconnection problem with these bridges. It works for a while but gets disconnected and after doing powercycle on the slave end the...

View Answer   |  Dec 26 2005  9:06 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by breathe

  0 pts.

Loadsharing between two ISPs

dear sir, I am looking for a load sharing solution between 2 leased lines for 2 different ISPs the diagram goes lke this: LAN-->Cisco Pix-->Router-->2 leased lines. can load-sharing be done at the router without extra configuration at the providers side? can CEF (cisco express forwarding)...

View Answer   |  Dec 26 2005  10:15 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Ethernet
asked by skullyMJ

  0 pts.

Remote Syslog with MySQL and PHP

Dear All, i want to set up a Remote Syslog with MySQL and PHP on system with whitebox linux,can some tell me a step by step on how to install and configure this,also the requirement needed to complete the task Regards Edwin

View Answer   |  Dec 15 2005  4:43 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Network management software
asked by eduado

  0 pts.

LAN connectivity problem

I have a Compaq EVO n1020v notebook. This works fine in our office LAN and soemtimes it does not at all. Office LAN is a workgroup with ICS enabled in win 2K server. If I check the IP of the notebook it shows the IP of the LAN but never connects to the internet, can't access LAN...

View Answer   |  Dec 6 2005  1:35 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by BinooDas1234

  10 pts.

Remore RS232 Control

Good Day All I wondered if anyone knows how to remotely access and control RS23 devices. I will give you my example. I have a PC which is attached to 2 RS232 devices. I would like to have some form of control of the devices attached to the PC from a remote location, like a PC in another room or...

View Answer   |  Nov 30 2005  6:25 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by jondean

  0 pts.

routing between vlans

on layer 3 switch (3com 4900).. I added 3 ip interfaces,one interface defined for each vlan with difrenet subnet. without enabling any routing protocol ,I achieved a communicattion between two pc's that belong to diferent vlans . is there any internal routing between the ip interfaces on layer3...

View Answer   |  Nov 29 2005  2:04 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Networking
asked by agipnet

  0 pts.

Cisco 7606 Vs. the compitition, Foundry XMR series or other.

My company is looking to purchase a new router, we are looking at expanding our cable tv division down the road with video/ video on demand and need to upgrade our current router due to bandwidth constraints, my question is does anyone have a different router good or bad. All answers are welcome...

View Answer   |  Nov 28 2005  9:22 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Storage
asked by dfng2002

  15 pts.

VPn solution required for remote IP telephony

We would like to have remote ip telephony connectivity for our office so that it will be helpful for our remote users and our Royal customers to have ip soft phone which will be connected to our network through VPN tunnel to our IP PABX and dial out locally. We are having ADSL modem connectivity...

View Answer   |  Nov 27 2005  11:40 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Network security
asked by gobinatty

  0 pts.

ARP, Layer 2 Broadcasts, Switches and NICs

How does ARP work with layer 2 broadcasts? What I mean is, if an IP address is not yet in its cache, ARP broadcasts an ARP request in order to discover the corresponding MAC address, right? Does that mean that the hardware address of the Ethernet frame that encapsulates the ARP request is...

View Answer   |  Nov 25 2005  9:11 AM GMT
Hardware, Networking, Switches
asked by robroy

  0 pts.

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