How to force screensaver with password in SBS 2008 domain
Hi I want to force a screesaver after certain time in SBS 2008 domain and should ask for the password after the screensaver. Can any one tell the appropriate GPO setting that would effect all users including administrators in the domain. Thanks

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2011  1:09 AM
GPO, Network security, SBS 2008, Small Business Server 2008

How do you prepare for snow emergencies?
For those being affected by “winter mixes”, how do you prepare or plan for all the stresses of snowstorms, blizzards and more? So far today, we’ve seen power outages, VPN overloads, network traffic spikes and more, but we’d love to hear what you’re dealing with, as well as advice on preparing or dealing with these [...]

Answer Question   |  February 2, 2011  5:14 PM
Disaster Preparedness/Recovery, Network management, VPN

IT Knowledge Exchange’s iPad Contest Starts Today!
Today marks a new contest around IT Knowledge Exchange. The Lowdown (i.e. The Rules**) Every member who earns 500 knowledge points in the next 4 weeks (between today and Wednesday, February 16th) will be entered into a drawing for 5 names. You must have a completed profile including a photo or avatar to be eligible [...]

Answer Question   |  January 20, 2011  4:55 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Contests, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, iPads, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows, Windows Server

IPv6 support
We are configuring routers with IPv4 addresses and would like to configure IPv6 address instead of IPv4 for some devices. Please suggest me the best way of doing it and things to be considered (IP validations & subnet Mask, etc) while doing this enhancement.

Answer Question   |  January 13, 2011  4:02 PM
IPv4, IPv6, VB.NET, Visual Basic

Cisco VOIP
merging data and voice network We hae seperate Data and voice network. For data network we have interface vlan 1 ip address 10.91.192.0/24 in one core switch 4506. For voice network we have interface vlan 1 172.20.1.0/24. Now i am going to merge data and voice network. But vlan 1 on these core switches are different [...]

Answer Question   |  February 7, 2011  7:43 AM
Cisco, Cisco 4506, Cisco VLAN, Cisco VoIP System, VoIP

Telnet problem on SCO Unix 5.05
hi.i have a problem with my pentium 4 computer with sco unix 5.0.4 operation system to server computer or another computer (pentium 1) .the network is tcp-ip.eather i can not ping to server or other client.if you help me i been grateful of you.

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  3:08 PM
Server connectivity, TCP/IP, Telnet, Unix

LAN connectivity problem
In my laptop network adopter show “network cable unplug” while cable is ok, LAN card is ok,adopter is enable and no group policy is applied. Then whats the problem? On the other hand, there is a switch also port is enable. What can I do? Help me I’m very disturbed.

Answer Question   |  June 14, 2013  12:56 PM
LAN, LAN Connections, Local area networks, Network connectivity

How does VDI handle IP addresses for each virtual desktop?
I’m setting up a test environment in VMware View, with Windows Vista and Windows SP. We use DHCP but each IP in the DHCP scope is reserved. Does the virtual desktop point back to the parent VM? How does VDI handle the IP address for each virtual desktop? Am I going to have to go [...]

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  6:55 PM
Desktop virtualization, DHCP, IP Addresses, VDI, Virtualization strategies, VMware View, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Free automatic backup applications for a small Windows Network?
What are some free automatic backup applications for a windows small network? We want to back up all PST files and My Documents. We do not want the end user to have to do anything.

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  5:02 PM
Backup, Backup and recovery software, Backup and restore, PST folders, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking

Disabling Network Threat module in Symantec Endpoint protection
How can I permanently disable the Network Threat module from a Symantec Endpoint protection 11 installation. I installed it by accident and do not want to do a full uninstall/reinstall.

Answer Question   |  March 2, 2011  4:59 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11

Manual updates of Symantec Endpoint security
Symantec Endpoint protection will not update manually using the intelligent updater. We are using version 11 and upgraded from corporate v. 10. I get a error that a service is not running.

Answer Question   |  January 13, 2011  4:34 PM
Network security, Security updates, Symantec, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11

Flows Data through a Pix 515E firewall
The flows data originates from a Cisco 1841 router outside the firewall at 200.100.1.1 A ‘show ip cache flow’ and a packet cap outside the fw shows data flowing. The flows port in use is 2055. Inside the firewall is a local machine 10.10.19.4/16 to capture the data. But no data arrives. On the Pix [...]

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  1:13 PM
Cisco 1841, Cisco NetFlow, Cisco PIX 515E, Cisco Routers, Firewalls

Remove running configuration in Cisco routers and switches
How do I remove running configuration in Cisco routers and switches? I tried to run erase config/all, erase flash: nvram etc but it does not work. I want to erase all running config in devices. Can anybody help me? 

Answer Question   |  April 18, 2013  5:51 AM
Cisco router configuration, Cisco Routers, Cisco switch configuration, Cisco switches

PoE feature disabled in Cisco switches
Hi guys The scenario: we have more than 500 switches around the camp, all of them cisco switches, and everytime we have a thunderstorm the poe features in most of the switches dies, stops working, only data can go through, so my question is: its possible that after the thunderstorm the switch disable the poe [...]

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  11:58 AM
Cisco PoE Switch, Cisco switch configuration, Cisco switches, PoE

Show IP ARP command for tracking IP addresses running on Cisco switches
What is the command to enable show ip arp | in [strong]IP Adress [/strong]OR [strong]Mac Address[/strong]  so that i can trace IP Addresses running on my switches

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  11:01 AM
Catalyst Switches, Cisco Catalyst 2950, Cisco Catalyst 3560, Cisco switches, IP address management, IP communications

Windows XP SP3 network at capacity
Hello all,               A network was set for a small school of which a student information system must be accessed by all on a server. But anytime thre are a maximum of  people on the network,no one is able to join.It diplays a message that reads;there are enough people on the netwok and you cannot [...]

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  8:12 AM
Network administration, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking, Windows XP SP3

F5 VPN Download of the specified resource has failed
I am getting this error : “The Download of the specified resource has failed” when I am trying to connect from home. What could be possible reasons for this? I am successfully able to connect using a website for remote connection provided by my company but unable to connect using clientless F5 VPN due to [...]

Answer Question   |  May 4, 2011  11:10 PM
F5, f5 vpn, Remote connection, VPN, VPN connection problem, VPN connectivity, Windows Server 2007

Accessing DNS from client server
how to access dns server from client and about /etc/resolve./etc/hosts

Answer Question   |  January 9, 2011  5:05 PM
Client Access, DNS, DNS Lookup, DNS management, DNS server

MPLS VPN connection
[html xmlns=""> i am using vpn/mpls network problem is that show the connection. Lan is already connected but cannot access internet explorer or any browser.....what is problem for that

Answer Question   |  January 8, 2011  12:27 PM
LAN configuration, MPLS, MPLS VPN, Networking, VPN

Dumping 7 Cisco routers on a LAN simultaneously?
Is there a method to dump the configuration of seven Cisco routers on a LAN at the same time?

Answer Question   |  February 7, 2011  9:27 PM
Cisco Configuration, Cisco Routers, LAN, LAN administration, Router configuration