Problem with Offline Files
We are having a problem with Offline files in Windows XP. I am logged on as a user and when I right-click on their home folder and chose “Make Available Offline” it goes through the synchronization process but gives an error for every file: “Unable to make <filename> available offline on <share>. Access Denied” I’ve [...]

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2006  6:53 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Logging the user logons….
Hi, Is there a way to log the users logons(date and time)on every computers from the server or my computer?is there any policy or command or scrip for doing it? Thank you so much. ——– Regards Mahnaz

Answer Question   |  February 17, 2006  3:06 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Domain Admin Group
Does anybody know of a way to search our Active Directory to see what users are part of the Domain Admins Group. If so, what software and where do I get it. Thanks

Answer Question   |  February 15, 2006  1:42 PM
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Microsoft exchange 2003
Hi guys, i just got a contract in a new company tha wants to start using microsoft exchange 2003. could you kindly explain how to go about cinstalling and configuring their network for exchange. thank you

Answer Question   |  February 16, 2006  8:43 AM
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Exchange/POP 3 service fails to start
I have server 2003 and exchange 2003 running. I have a user that requires pop3 for mail. When I reboot the server, I get a warning that ? An error occurred while starting the Microsoft Exchange POP3 Service: server instance number 1 failed to start with error 0x80040a01 When checking the services, it shows the [...]

Answer Question   |  January 20, 2010  3:37 PM
Desktops, Exchange, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Terminal Services Vs RDP
From my application, I would like to know if I’m running under Terminal Services or Remote Desktop. If I use; GetSystemMetrics(SM_REMOTESESSION) I get “true” in both environments (TS and RDP). I would like to differentiate between the two as I don’t want my APP running under TS but allow it under RDP. My app is [...]

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2006  3:57 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

How to Configure DNS in place of Editing Host file?
This is what we’re doing: We connect via PPTP to other networks (our clients’). Once we’ve connected thru’ the tunnel, we then launch Remote Desktop Connection to connect and log in to the remote computer. The thing is, we connect to these remote pc’s by typing the IP address of the remote computer. Our clients [...]

Answer Question   |  February 14, 2006  7:42 PM
Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking services, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Random Unresponsive & Slow WIN2K Server
I have a Windows 2000 Server SP4 that all of a sudden started becoming slow and unresponsive to client’s share access/logon requests randomly (once a month or every 2-3 weeks). If I reboot the server it’s fine until the next time. I suspected the problem to be a leak in lsass.exe. So I ran the [...]

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2006  10:18 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Windows 2000 to Windows 2003 migration using ADMT
I have a single domain network that I run with only one computer running AD on Windows 2000 server sp4. Unfortunately the hard drive is dying and I am setting up our new PDC on a Windows 2003 server in a new forest and was hoping to use admt to migrate the user accounts with [...]

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2006  10:24 AM
Active Directory, DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Restricting # of TS Connections by Group
I am trying to configure my Terminal Server to only allow a certain number of users to be logged on by group at one time. Ex: I have 3 groups Group A – 10 users Group B – 5 users Group C – 8 users I want to make it so that Group A can [...]

Answer Question   |  February 6, 2006  12:35 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

What type of migration is this?
It seems like an easy task! All I wanted to do is upgrade my corp system. I had a single Windows Business Server (WBS) 2003 on a high end computer. It failed all the time, due to not enough disk space & slow responce time. I upgraded to 3 new Servers to accomplish all the [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2006  7:43 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

roaming profiles
about six months ago we updated out remote site routers. well since the updats if we have roaming profiles it takes 10 min to a hour to logon. because it is downloading the my docs from the network to the local PC. does anyone know of a way around this besides turning off roaming profiles. [...]

Answer Question   |  February 6, 2006  12:31 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Hardware, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server

2003 svr slow logon
I have a slight problem with a win 2003 server, the problem is simple the solution well…. i cant find one. The problem is when you first press crtl-alt-del to log on and of course logon with admin and password the server hangs for anywhere from 20 min to 60 mins applying computer settings until [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2006  6:28 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit usage
We need to use some of the utilities included in the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit due to ACL problems on a Windows 2000 Server, service pack 4. Will installing the programs from the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit supplement 1 CD cause problems since the Kit CD is older than the installed service pack? [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2006  12:43 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Faint LCD display of HP Comaq nx9010
Hello please, My boss’ HP Compaq nx9010 has developed a peculiar problem! It’s LCD display has just refused to display clearly. Let me try to explain the problem as succinctly as possible: from Power on, you can barely notice the displays after POST, in-short the dislplay is like looking at shapes in fog – at [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2006  12:09 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Hardware, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Development server’s and there place in AD.
We are collapsing resource domains into our Production AD w2k forest. Some of these resource domains contain servers used to develop home grown applications/products. My reaction to this is that these servers require a seperate forest. When asked why I respond with: Should code being written and tested have a flaw that creates a loop [...]

Answer Question   |  February 1, 2006  12:27 PM
Desktops, Development, Functional, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software testing, SQL Server

Upgrade From Win 2000 to Win 2003 server
Hi I am getting ready to upgrade server from 2000 to 2003. At the moment I have 2 DC running 2000 and Exchange 2003. We have purchased new server and would like to install win 2003 on it, join it to the domain as member server, install active directory on it, then transfer the roles [...]

Answer Question   |  January 31, 2006  6:48 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  February 1, 2006  1:42 PM
Availability, Cabling, DataCenter, Desktops, Hardware, Hubs, Interoperability, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Switches, Tech support

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 the Symantec Security [...]

Answer Question   |  January 29, 2006  11:44 AM
Availability, Cabling, DataCenter, Desktops, Hardware, Hubs, Interoperability, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Switches, Tech support

Ghost imagaing
Hiya all, Specs first.. Ghost Corporate multicast server 7.5. Switches are all 3com, 10/100. Wireless network is 10mg network ports (2) shared via 2 wirelss access points, (D-Link 22Mbps) Problem is, whenever i image multiple machines, the whole network goes slow. The machines affected are old and the new ones don’t suffer that much. The [...]

Answer Question   |  January 30, 2006  8:02 AM
Availability, Bandwidth, DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Performance management, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support, Wireless