Microsoft Systems Management Server

Forest password synchronization

How can i synchronise password between 2 forest without using MIIS. Thanks and kind regards

Systems Management Server 2003 with SP3 and SQL 2000 sp3a advertisements at logon question.

I've deployed SMS 2k3 with SP3 and SQL 2000 sp3a. My issue is with Advertisements that I want to run at logon. I have some Advertisements working fine at logon. When I create a new one, I need to have two entries in the mandatory field. one for logon and the other at an interval..(Strange) if I log...

How do i use Systems Management Server to take inventory of hardware and software?

How do i use Systems Management Server to take inventory of hardware and software?

Loading Personal settings

When users login through RDP to application serverwith there credentials, it takes approximately 4 minutes to load peronal settings. I have thought about flipping the primary and secondary DNS addreses. Is there any thing else that might help to resolve this problem?

Remote users with VPN client slow access times

I have couple of remote users with VPN clients. From time to time when they are not connected to main site they report that it takes long time to open documents on local machines. Their laptops are attached to domain; I enable logon cache in for 50 logons, via policy. Am I missing anything else? It...

Retired computer accounts in Active Directory

I need a dependable script!!! After several domain migrations and adding a few new sites over the past two years I have found that there are hundreds of computer accounts in Active Directory. We are a global company so tracking computer names is impossible. Because we use several management...

Looking for Antivirus for Win Storage 2003 x64 server

Hi, We are looking for an antivirus software that proven to work well with windows storage 2003 x64 server. Our current product works just fine on all other 2003 servers, but it brings down this one from time to time. Thanks, Oksana

Critical Error in Security Log

All, I mamange a Windows 2003 Small Business Server Network with 9 clients. The server provides all network services. We use Logon/logoff, shared storage, and print server functions. We do not use exchange except for the server reporting tool. We do use about 4 instances of SQL. All...

security problem

Hello, I have small workgroup having 10 computers in my office. I do some personal work in office like using yahoo messenger, checking personal e-mails and some online banking site. But how does one of my senior knows it? I do everything lonely and securely so that nobody in the office knows it....

Hard Drive Partition

I have 40GB of available space of which is split 50% between C: and D: drive. I am using Windows XP home. The C: drive is almost at full capacity whereas the D: drive has 15GB free space. How can I repartition to add additional capacity to C: drive

2 NIC's

SMS 2003 with 2 NIC's What would be the best way to configure and connect them using static IP? Can they be on different VLAN's? And what about Bridging them? Thanks

Two NIC's

SMS 2003 with 2 NIC's what would be the best way to connect and configure each NIC? Should or can they be on different VLAN's and what about bridging them? Thanks

Best practices involving admin rights for user on user system

We are currently in the middle of figuring out the approach we are going to take in regard to a user having admin rights on their system. Typcially we set up a new user as an administrator on their system when they are logged into the domain. They don't have a local admin account on the system,...

how to replace motherboards without loosing installed XP or 2000.

Somebody out there must have figured out a reliable method of replacing a dead motherboard without loosing installed XP or 2000. Preferably a way that doesn't include matching the old motherboard (or its chipset). I am tired of seeing the "blue screen of death" or the "NT loader not found" message....

Installation and updates

Howdy folks, Tryin to keep things going around here....need some advice. I have Win2003 servers and Active Directory.....single domain....approx. 100 client computers.....one location. Am upgrading all computers from Office XP to Office 2003. My project: Install Office 2003 and all updates...

Can't login as Administrator

Hello Everybody, I can't login to adminstrator profile in my standalone win 2000 adv server. I use this system for my study purposes. What happened actually is when I was shuting my system, it got powered off because of some UPS problem and the next time when I logged in using Administrator, it...

Network Resource Allocation cum Planning cum Technical Problem

This is the real commercial problem face by my company. Well, the reason I ask this problem is I salute and respect all of you as I believe all of you are as good as network solution company out there, or even better!! Lets me rephrase the entire problem again. Company expand so fast that the...

Login problem

Hi, I have a desktop that a ex-employee used to use. He left and didnt leave the password for it. I change the login name and password which i could login now but there some files that i need that are in his login name. Does anybody know how can i get those files back. thanks

All Documents lost their content.

Hello All, could someone help ASAP. All my microsoft office files suddently lost their content and they all have their sizes reduced to 32kb. I know it could be virus but how do I recover my documents back? have no back up. Please help ASAP.

End Program - explorer.exe

From the last few days I am facing this problem. When I shut down my Win 2000 Server(SP4) at the end of the day the end program-exlorer.exe dialog box comes up twice and it shuts down only after I click on the 2 end now buttons. Both end program dialog boxes are same and comes one after another....