New IT Director To Do list
I am starting a new role as IT Director of a small service company with 3 corporate locations and about 50 franchises across the US. Franchise support is limited to one hosted web and one distributed Access application. The primary responsibilites are for support of internal customers, standardization of technologies and policies, and for providing [...]
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| January 7, 2005 4:21 PM
Career development
I am starting a new role as IT Director of a small service company with 3 corporate locations and about 50 franchises across the US. Franchise support is limited to one hosted web and one distributed Access application. The primary responsibilites are for support of internal customers, standardization of technologies and policies, and for providing [...]
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| January 7, 2005 4:21 PM
Career development
iSeries Graphical System Debugger
Hello! Can anyone help me with iSeries Graphical System Debugger? I did install Graphical Debugger according to iSeries News (September 2004 issue) article “Introduction to the iSeries Graphical System Debugger” by Vadim Berestetsky and Cary Bates with no problems. When I start debugger (with java -cp tes.jar;jt400.jar;jhall.jar utilities.DebugMgr command in command prompt on my workstation) [...]
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| February 1, 2005 10:59 AM
AS/400, Hardware, Help Desk, i5, iSeries, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Servers, Tech support
Hello! Can anyone help me with iSeries Graphical System Debugger? I did install Graphical Debugger according to iSeries News (September 2004 issue) article “Introduction to the iSeries Graphical System Debugger” by Vadim Berestetsky and Cary Bates with no problems. When I start debugger (with java -cp tes.jar;jt400.jar;jhall.jar utilities.DebugMgr command in command prompt on my workstation) [...]
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| February 1, 2005 10:59 AM
AS/400, Hardware, Help Desk, i5, iSeries, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Servers, Tech support
telnet router
hi all, i have a cisco 3661 router.when i telnet the router from win NT machine which itself is a DNS there is a problm .when i telnet using ip address it does so but when i telnet using the name assigned to it doesnot.i can see the name of the router when i run [...]
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| January 10, 2005 11:17 PM
Active Directory, Bind, Cabling, DataCenter, DHCP, Dial-up networking, DNS, Hardware, Hubs, Network Interface Cards, Network management software, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Routers, Security, Security management, Switches, Tech support
hi all, i have a cisco 3661 router.when i telnet the router from win NT machine which itself is a DNS there is a problm .when i telnet using ip address it does so but when i telnet using the name assigned to it doesnot.i can see the name of the router when i run [...]
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| January 10, 2005 11:17 PM
Active Directory, Bind, Cabling, DataCenter, DHCP, Dial-up networking, DNS, Hardware, Hubs, Network Interface Cards, Network management software, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Routers, Security, Security management, Switches, Tech support
Win2k sp4-2
I upgraded my hp vectra machine(running w2k) from sp3 to service pack 4, now it is behaving erraticaly. It reboots it self, produce blue screen of death very often. Before the sp4 it was not behaving this way, though it was hanging for a while when restarting windows or at login. I update all drivers [...]
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| January 7, 2005 6:42 PM
DataCenter, Hardware, Help Desk, Intel PC hardware, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Third-party services, Windows 2000 desktop
I upgraded my hp vectra machine(running w2k) from sp3 to service pack 4, now it is behaving erraticaly. It reboots it self, produce blue screen of death very often. Before the sp4 it was not behaving this way, though it was hanging for a while when restarting windows or at login. I update all drivers [...]
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| January 7, 2005 6:42 PM
DataCenter, Hardware, Help Desk, Intel PC hardware, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Third-party services, Windows 2000 desktop
Win2k sp4
I upgraded my hp vectra machine(running w2k) to service pack 4, now it is behaving erraticaly. It reboots it self, produce blue screen of death very often. Before the sp4 it was not behaving this way, though it was hanging for a while when restarting windows or at login. I update all drivers that had [...]
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| January 8, 2005 6:41 PM
DataCenter, Hardware, Help Desk, Intel PC hardware, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Tech support, Third-party services, Windows 2000 desktop
I upgraded my hp vectra machine(running w2k) to service pack 4, now it is behaving erraticaly. It reboots it self, produce blue screen of death very often. Before the sp4 it was not behaving this way, though it was hanging for a while when restarting windows or at login. I update all drivers that had [...]
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| January 8, 2005 6:41 PM
DataCenter, Hardware, Help Desk, Intel PC hardware, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Tech support, Third-party services, Windows 2000 desktop
Browse List of Computers in “Microsoft Windows Network” on Windows 2000 has missing entries
Happy New Year to one and all. How can I get the Browse List of Computers in “Microsoft Windows Network” on Windows 2000 to show ALL of the Computers in my Subnet? I have several Domain Controllers on the Subnet, but I cannot see all of the Workstations within those Domains from the Browse List [...]
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| January 9, 2005 7:59 AM
Active Directory, DataCenter, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, General Directories, Help Desk, Implementation, IT architecture, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, NetBIOS, Network requirements, Networking, Networking services, Norton, Servers, Symantec, TCP, Tech support, Windows, Windows 2000 Server
Happy New Year to one and all. How can I get the Browse List of Computers in “Microsoft Windows Network” on Windows 2000 to show ALL of the Computers in my Subnet? I have several Domain Controllers on the Subnet, but I cannot see all of the Workstations within those Domains from the Browse List [...]
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| January 9, 2005 7:59 AM
Active Directory, DataCenter, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, General Directories, Help Desk, Implementation, IT architecture, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, NetBIOS, Network requirements, Networking, Networking services, Norton, Servers, Symantec, TCP, Tech support, Windows, Windows 2000 Server
Access from internet
Hi, I wanta access to my computer in office frm my computer in home,how can I do that if in office we have a leased line connection and a DSL modem and set an ip address in IE properties->coonnetction->lan setting as proxy address with win2k pro for clients, and in home win98 and a dialup [...]
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| January 26, 2005 7:19 AM
DataCenter, DHCP, DNS, Networking, Networking services, Software Quality Assurance, Tech support
Hi, I wanta access to my computer in office frm my computer in home,how can I do that if in office we have a leased line connection and a DSL modem and set an ip address in IE properties->coonnetction->lan setting as proxy address with win2k pro for clients, and in home win98 and a dialup [...]
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| January 26, 2005 7:19 AM
DataCenter, DHCP, DNS, Networking, Networking services, Software Quality Assurance, Tech support
Set default email account to POP3 not server using SBS2003
my client computers are using Outlook 2003. I need all mail to be sent to my outside email hosting company. I also need to keep my internal exchange to keep running. When users log on, outlook sets to server as the default account. How can I make the POP3 the default account?
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| January 5, 2005 12:36 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2003, Installation, Tech support
my client computers are using Outlook 2003. I need all mail to be sent to my outside email hosting company. I also need to keep my internal exchange to keep running. When users log on, outlook sets to server as the default account. How can I make the POP3 the default account?
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| January 5, 2005 12:36 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2003, Installation, Tech support
Exchange 2003 SRS
We recently added 3 new Pocket PC users and set them up to use ActiveSync to sync their email, contacts and calendar. We got them to sync one time. Then all of a sudden, none of the Pocket PC users could sync. After reviewing the event logs, I noticed an error saying the SRS database [...]
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| January 3, 2005 8:59 AM
Exchange, Exchange 2003, Exchange Server ActiveSync, Tech support
We recently added 3 new Pocket PC users and set them up to use ActiveSync to sync their email, contacts and calendar. We got them to sync one time. Then all of a sudden, none of the Pocket PC users could sync. After reviewing the event logs, I noticed an error saying the SRS database [...]
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| January 3, 2005 8:59 AM
Exchange, Exchange 2003, Exchange Server ActiveSync, Tech support
Power Meter and Processor overheating
I am facing a strange problem with my win 2000 server pc(256mb RAM, P4, 40gb hdd) as it automatically restarts when I start the computer. Yesterday it completely shut down before showing me the desktop and when I pressed the power button the initial screen came up showing message “the processor stopped working due to [...]
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| November 16, 2010 6:56 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, FAT and NTFS, Hardware, Help Desk, Implementation, Installation, Intel, Intel PC hardware, IT architecture, IT Governance, LANDesk, Power management, Security, Servers, Systems management software, Tech support, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows on Intel
I am facing a strange problem with my win 2000 server pc(256mb RAM, P4, 40gb hdd) as it automatically restarts when I start the computer. Yesterday it completely shut down before showing me the desktop and when I pressed the power button the initial screen came up showing message “the processor stopped working due to [...]
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| November 16, 2010 6:56 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, FAT and NTFS, Hardware, Help Desk, Implementation, Installation, Intel, Intel PC hardware, IT architecture, IT Governance, LANDesk, Power management, Security, Servers, Systems management software, Tech support, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows on Intel
Slow boot-up in win xp home edition
My notebook(40gb HDD, 256mb RAM)with win xp home edition has become dramatically slow in last 1-2 months. It takes more than 5 minutes to boot even after I removed everything from startup group using msconfig. The initial screen (win XP home) stays atleast 2-3minutes. How can I manage this? Is there something wrong with HDD [...]
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| November 2, 2011 4:24 AM
Administration, Application software, Clarify Inc., Data analysis, Data center operations, Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Disaster Recovery, ERP, FAT and NTFS, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Help Desk, Information risk management, Installation, IT architecture, Microsoft Windows, Network management software, Networking, Operating system platforms, Power management, Registry, Servers, Service and support, Services, Software, Storage, System utilities, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP
My notebook(40gb HDD, 256mb RAM)with win xp home edition has become dramatically slow in last 1-2 months. It takes more than 5 minutes to boot even after I removed everything from startup group using msconfig. The initial screen (win XP home) stays atleast 2-3minutes. How can I manage this? Is there something wrong with HDD [...]
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| November 2, 2011 4:24 AM
Administration, Application software, Clarify Inc., Data analysis, Data center operations, Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Disaster Recovery, ERP, FAT and NTFS, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Help Desk, Information risk management, Installation, IT architecture, Microsoft Windows, Network management software, Networking, Operating system platforms, Power management, Registry, Servers, Service and support, Services, Software, Storage, System utilities, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP
Exchange Serv 2k can send but can’t receive
Hi I am having an exchange server 2000 running on windows 2k server terminal, and I followed the steps in the article in: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF002.html to set up the server to send and receive external emails and it is sending but not receiving. I get this message when I try to send from outside: ******************************************************** Your [...]
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| January 24, 2005 9:32 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2000, Exchange Server ActiveSync, Installation, Mail protocols, Outlook, SMTP, Tech support
Hi I am having an exchange server 2000 running on windows 2k server terminal, and I followed the steps in the article in: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF002.html to set up the server to send and receive external emails and it is sending but not receiving. I get this message when I try to send from outside: ******************************************************** Your [...]
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| January 24, 2005 9:32 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2000, Exchange Server ActiveSync, Installation, Mail protocols, Outlook, SMTP, Tech support
Outlook Web Access page not displaying properly
I have an Exchange server 2003 that is functioning fine except for OWA. It lets you log on, but doesn’t bring up the mailbox correctly. No errors are displayed in the browser, just some text and a lot of boxes with red xs in them (the kind you see when a web page can’t find [...]
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| January 29, 2005 3:00 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2003, Outlook, Tech support
I have an Exchange server 2003 that is functioning fine except for OWA. It lets you log on, but doesn’t bring up the mailbox correctly. No errors are displayed in the browser, just some text and a lot of boxes with red xs in them (the kind you see when a web page can’t find [...]
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| January 29, 2005 3:00 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2003, Outlook, Tech support
Restricted access to win XP professional
I have a small WORKGROUP with windows 2000 server and 5 windows XP professional systems. All computers can read/write each other. Now I want to make one XP client secure/restric access, so that no other computer can access that except only other XP computer. How can I do that? Please advise. Thanks in advance!
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| December 29, 2004 2:48 AM
Administration, Application security, Compliance, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, DHCP, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Encryption, Exchange, Firewalls, Forensics, Help Desk, Implementation, Incident response, Information risk management, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Management, Network monitoring, Network security, Networking, Networking services, Physical security, Policies, Remote management, Remote users, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security management, Security Program Management, Servers, System utilities, Tech support, Third-party services, VPN, Windows, Windows 2000 Server, Wireless
I have a small WORKGROUP with windows 2000 server and 5 windows XP professional systems. All computers can read/write each other. Now I want to make one XP client secure/restric access, so that no other computer can access that except only other XP computer. How can I do that? Please advise. Thanks in advance!
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| December 29, 2004 2:48 AM
Administration, Application security, Compliance, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, DHCP, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Encryption, Exchange, Firewalls, Forensics, Help Desk, Implementation, Incident response, Information risk management, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Management, Network monitoring, Network security, Networking, Networking services, Physical security, Policies, Remote management, Remote users, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security management, Security Program Management, Servers, System utilities, Tech support, Third-party services, VPN, Windows, Windows 2000 Server, Wireless
No bootup with W2k – after “Verifying DMI pool data”
I had a working Win 2k OS running smoothly on Drive C, with a small D partition. I tried Norton 2004 Ghost and backed up Drive D to a CD. Ghost created a bootable CD with the proper backup file to restore D. I booted with the CD and restored Drive D as a test [...]
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| December 31, 2004 5:45 AM
Backup & recovery, Desktops, Hardware, Servers, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tech support, Windows client administration and maintenance
I had a working Win 2k OS running smoothly on Drive C, with a small D partition. I tried Norton 2004 Ghost and backed up Drive D to a CD. Ghost created a bootable CD with the proper backup file to restore D. I booted with the CD and restored Drive D as a test [...]
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| December 31, 2004 5:45 AM
Backup & recovery, Desktops, Hardware, Servers, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tech support, Windows client administration and maintenance
Windows media audio codec
Hi, Sometimes in some programs(for example Training CD’s) there is no sound from my sound card!!!!!!!I try this program on another computer and it has sound!!!!!!! In control panel->sound->audio codec->properties there are some compression driver for sound for example “Windows media audio codec” ,other computer has it but my computer doesn’t, how can I add [...]
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| January 2, 2005 4:49 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Development, ERP, Hardware, Intel PC hardware, Operating system platforms, Tech support, Windows 2000 desktop
Hi, Sometimes in some programs(for example Training CD’s) there is no sound from my sound card!!!!!!!I try this program on another computer and it has sound!!!!!!! In control panel->sound->audio codec->properties there are some compression driver for sound for example “Windows media audio codec” ,other computer has it but my computer doesn’t, how can I add [...]
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| January 2, 2005 4:49 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Development, ERP, Hardware, Intel PC hardware, Operating system platforms, Tech support, Windows 2000 desktop
VPN connection problem from WinXP to Windows Server 2003.
I have configured a Windows Server 2003 to accept incoming VPN-connections behind a firewall. The firewall forwards port 1723 to the server. When I try to connect with a WinXP Pro desktop via the internet (the server has a public IP at the firewall), I get an errormessage (number 691) that the server does not [...]
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| December 27, 2004 8:15 AM
Auditing, DHCP, DNS, Networking services, Remote users, Security management, Servers, Tech support
I have configured a Windows Server 2003 to accept incoming VPN-connections behind a firewall. The firewall forwards port 1723 to the server. When I try to connect with a WinXP Pro desktop via the internet (the server has a public IP at the firewall), I get an errormessage (number 691) that the server does not [...]
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| December 27, 2004 8:15 AM
Auditing, DHCP, DNS, Networking services, Remote users, Security management, Servers, Tech support
vpn through s-box firewall of checkpoint
i’m try to create a vpn from the internet to my “small buisness server 2003″ that act as vpn server without any luck, if i try to connect to my server from the internal network it’s work just fine, iv’e mapped the correct ports according to the microsoft article that say to forward port 1723 [...]
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| June 29, 2012 6:01 PM
Administration, Application security, Architecture/Design, Database, Documentation, Encryption, Exchange, Features/Functionality, Firewalls, Forensics, Help Desk, Implementation, Incident response, Installation, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, IT architecture, Knowledge management applications, Network security, Planning, Secure Coding, Security, Security management, Security products, Service and support, Spam, VPN, Wireless
i’m try to create a vpn from the internet to my “small buisness server 2003″ that act as vpn server without any luck, if i try to connect to my server from the internal network it’s work just fine, iv’e mapped the correct ports according to the microsoft article that say to forward port 1723 [...]
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| June 29, 2012 6:01 PM
Administration, Application security, Architecture/Design, Database, Documentation, Encryption, Exchange, Features/Functionality, Firewalls, Forensics, Help Desk, Implementation, Incident response, Installation, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, IT architecture, Knowledge management applications, Network security, Planning, Secure Coding, Security, Security management, Security products, Service and support, Spam, VPN, Wireless
Cisco 3745 and amd_flash_cmd errors
I have recieved about 30 Cisco 3745 Routers. I have loaded the 12.3.8.5T Enterprise Plus BIN image on them. Most of them work, but there are a few where the engine boards are bad and some where they work but I am getting amd_flash_cmd errors. I have swapped out the flash memeory and NVRAM. In [...]
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| June 2, 2012 11:24 AM
Cisco, Networking, Routers, Tech support
I have recieved about 30 Cisco 3745 Routers. I have loaded the 12.3.8.5T Enterprise Plus BIN image on them. Most of them work, but there are a few where the engine boards are bad and some where they work but I am getting amd_flash_cmd errors. I have swapped out the flash memeory and NVRAM. In [...]
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| June 2, 2012 11:24 AM
Cisco, Networking, Routers, Tech support
Microsoft: Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT)
Hi, I want to migrate a couple of users, computers and groups from an Windows NT 4.0 Domain to Active Directory (Windows 2003 NATIVE MODE Domain). The migration is not for the entire NT Domain, is only a group of users and computers from this one. I had used ADMT on a single forest to [...]
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| December 25, 2004 11:01 AM
Active Directory, Administration, Application management, Application software, Backup, Client management, Clustering/High availability, Database issues, DataCenter, DataManagement, DHCP, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Exchange, Exchange 2003, Exchange 5.5, Help Desk, Installation, LDAP, Lotus Domino, Maintenance, Microsoft Windows, Migration, Networking services, Outlook, Software testing, Software testing tools, Storage management, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support
Hi, I want to migrate a couple of users, computers and groups from an Windows NT 4.0 Domain to Active Directory (Windows 2003 NATIVE MODE Domain). The migration is not for the entire NT Domain, is only a group of users and computers from this one. I had used ADMT on a single forest to [...]
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| December 25, 2004 11:01 AM
Active Directory, Administration, Application management, Application software, Backup, Client management, Clustering/High availability, Database issues, DataCenter, DataManagement, DHCP, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Exchange, Exchange 2003, Exchange 5.5, Help Desk, Installation, LDAP, Lotus Domino, Maintenance, Microsoft Windows, Migration, Networking services, Outlook, Software testing, Software testing tools, Storage management, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support
