Domain Rename
I recently had to rename a domain. Everthing went fine and as planed (surprise!) using the latest tools. However, when I ran gpfixup it reported that the operation completed with errors, please check. Everything seems ok. Where and what should I be checking for these errors? There doesn’t seem to be anything in the documentaion [...]
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| January 1, 2007 3:18 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
I recently had to rename a domain. Everthing went fine and as planed (surprise!) using the latest tools. However, when I ran gpfixup it reported that the operation completed with errors, please check. Everything seems ok. Where and what should I be checking for these errors? There doesn’t seem to be anything in the documentaion [...]
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| January 1, 2007 3:18 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
iSeries accessibility to VB.NET, ASP 2.0/3.0 ,NET programmers in Visual Studio
My shop does not have WebSphere but does have a sizeable VB.NET team using the MS Visual Studio. They need access to the iSeries files in DB2/UDB – real-time. We already thanks to me have a number of batch/DTS package type transfers. Do any of you know packages that can make the iSeries files available [...]
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| October 14, 2010 10:35 AM
Access, ASP.NET, C, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, DB2, DB2 Universal Database, Desktops, ESRI, HEAT, HTML, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, MySQL, Oracle, OS, PC/Windows Connectivity, Perl, PHP, Security, Servers, SQL Server, T-SQL, VB.NET, VBScript, Web site design & management, WebSphere Studio, XML
My shop does not have WebSphere but does have a sizeable VB.NET team using the MS Visual Studio. They need access to the iSeries files in DB2/UDB – real-time. We already thanks to me have a number of batch/DTS package type transfers. Do any of you know packages that can make the iSeries files available [...]
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| October 14, 2010 10:35 AM
Access, ASP.NET, C, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, DB2, DB2 Universal Database, Desktops, ESRI, HEAT, HTML, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, MySQL, Oracle, OS, PC/Windows Connectivity, Perl, PHP, Security, Servers, SQL Server, T-SQL, VB.NET, VBScript, Web site design & management, WebSphere Studio, XML
Inetinfo.exe service takes CPU usage…..
Hi, I have a so slow server!!! The OS is win2003 server Enterprise edition R2 and it is SQL Server and IIS server too. When I check the cpu usage the inetinfo service takes 50% !!!!!!and my server is too slow!!! What’s the problem!!!!??? What can I do!!!??? It’s too urgent for me!!! Could you [...]
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| January 4, 2007 4:24 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
Hi, I have a so slow server!!! The OS is win2003 server Enterprise edition R2 and it is SQL Server and IIS server too. When I check the cpu usage the inetinfo service takes 50% !!!!!!and my server is too slow!!! What’s the problem!!!!??? What can I do!!!??? It’s too urgent for me!!! Could you [...]
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| January 4, 2007 4:24 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
SQL Server 2000 Performance issue
Hello! I am .Net developer.My client has more than 300 outlets for transaction sql server queries. When web application runs, SQL Server2000 occupies 100% CPU usage & uses 1.7GB memory usage. I am really confused how to minimize the CPU usage of SQL Server2000 as it slow down the performance of the web application. I [...]
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| December 26, 2006 5:02 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL, SQL Server
Hello! I am .Net developer.My client has more than 300 outlets for transaction sql server queries. When web application runs, SQL Server2000 occupies 100% CPU usage & uses 1.7GB memory usage. I am really confused how to minimize the CPU usage of SQL Server2000 as it slow down the performance of the web application. I [...]
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| December 26, 2006 5:02 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL, SQL Server
Win XP Pro & Win 2K Pro – Track Logins
Is is possible to obtain local user sign-on information? i.e. time / date / user name. Also, what is the easiest way to create a login reports for future use. Thank you
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| December 26, 2006 4:26 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Is is possible to obtain local user sign-on information? i.e. time / date / user name. Also, what is the easiest way to create a login reports for future use. Thank you
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| December 26, 2006 4:26 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Unchangeable Calendar items – setting an originator
Hi there, I’ve encountered a really peculiar problem… Background: We’re running an exchange server 2003, all clients use Outlook2003. Using the AD(2003) I’ve change a user details and email from dorothy to sigalit. The only things that I’ve change are her name, display name and email adrs. Few minutes after, I was asked to return [...]
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| December 18, 2006 4:02 AM
Desktops, Exchange, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
Hi there, I’ve encountered a really peculiar problem… Background: We’re running an exchange server 2003, all clients use Outlook2003. Using the AD(2003) I’ve change a user details and email from dorothy to sigalit. The only things that I’ve change are her name, display name and email adrs. Few minutes after, I was asked to return [...]
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| December 18, 2006 4:02 AM
Desktops, Exchange, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
Windows XP power settings not staying…
The setup: Server: Windows server 2003. Workstations: Windows XP Mandatory roaming profiles. All computers login as the same user. I do not want the computers to go into standby or hibernate or turn off the monitor. I have configured mandatory profiles, set the workstations into ‘Presentation’ scheme, and even went into Group Policy and enable [...]
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| October 6, 2008 11:24 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
The setup: Server: Windows server 2003. Workstations: Windows XP Mandatory roaming profiles. All computers login as the same user. I do not want the computers to go into standby or hibernate or turn off the monitor. I have configured mandatory profiles, set the workstations into ‘Presentation’ scheme, and even went into Group Policy and enable [...]
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| October 6, 2008 11:24 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
Moving into the InfoSec role
I work at a company that currently does not have a position dedicated to information security. I come from a background in networking with a good portion of my focus on firewalls and other security related technologies. I am interested in positioning myself into the role of InfoSec Admin at my compnay and was hoping [...]
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| December 22, 2006 1:36 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms
I work at a company that currently does not have a position dedicated to information security. I come from a background in networking with a good portion of my focus on firewalls and other security related technologies. I am interested in positioning myself into the role of InfoSec Admin at my compnay and was hoping [...]
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| December 22, 2006 1:36 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms
Windows 2003 Server R2 mmc error…………….
Hi, When I use of some windows program or want to make a mmc for using windows programs it got an error about the version of mmc!!! My OS is windows 2003 Server R2,could you please help me? Thank you. — Regards Mahnaz
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| December 12, 2006 3:32 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Hi, When I use of some windows program or want to make a mmc for using windows programs it got an error about the version of mmc!!! My OS is windows 2003 Server R2,could you please help me? Thank you. — Regards Mahnaz
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| December 12, 2006 3:32 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
AMD Sempron
Hi all, I have one desktop running on AMD sempron 2200. In my home network. It?s clock speed is 1.5 GHz as per manufacture?s specification. but in system properties It showing only 800 MHz. OS is using XP SP2. But it working very smoothly. Anybody have any idea about why it likes this?
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| April 9, 2012 4:25 AM
390, Cabling, DataCenter, DB2, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Hardware, Hubs, Linux, Mainframe, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Switches, Systems management software, Tech support
Hi all, I have one desktop running on AMD sempron 2200. In my home network. It?s clock speed is 1.5 GHz as per manufacture?s specification. but in system properties It showing only 800 MHz. OS is using XP SP2. But it working very smoothly. Anybody have any idea about why it likes this?
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| April 9, 2012 4:25 AM
390, Cabling, DataCenter, DB2, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Hardware, Hubs, Linux, Mainframe, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Switches, Systems management software, Tech support
convert public folder IPM.POST to IPM.NOTE
i have an sbs 2003 with exchange runing on it and gut a public folder that i’ve created for general mail to the employee’s. i’ve routed all mail to that folder from specific account, the problem is that the mail’s arrived as a IPM.POST format mails and not like the traditional mails that is more [...]
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| December 4, 2006 6:56 PM
Application security, Availability, Bandwidth, Biometrics, Business/IT alignment, Database, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, E-business, Encryption, Exchange, Exchange security, Identity & Access Management, Instant Messaging, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, provisioning, Secure Coding, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spam, SQL Server
i have an sbs 2003 with exchange runing on it and gut a public folder that i’ve created for general mail to the employee’s. i’ve routed all mail to that folder from specific account, the problem is that the mail’s arrived as a IPM.POST format mails and not like the traditional mails that is more [...]
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| December 4, 2006 6:56 PM
Application security, Availability, Bandwidth, Biometrics, Business/IT alignment, Database, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, E-business, Encryption, Exchange, Exchange security, Identity & Access Management, Instant Messaging, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, provisioning, Secure Coding, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spam, SQL Server
Accessing Mail Server
I have remote users who are not allowed on the domain… At times they need to work in the main office and log in via wireless directly to the Wirelss ADSL modem/router.. putting them in a different ip range to the domain. Internet access works well with this arrangement but they are unable to get [...]
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| November 30, 2006 4:19 AM
Access, Availability, Cabling, DataCenter, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Exchange, Hardware, Hubs, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Networking services, OS, Patch management, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Switches, Web services, Wireless
I have remote users who are not allowed on the domain… At times they need to work in the main office and log in via wireless directly to the Wirelss ADSL modem/router.. putting them in a different ip range to the domain. Internet access works well with this arrangement but they are unable to get [...]
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| November 30, 2006 4:19 AM
Access, Availability, Cabling, DataCenter, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Exchange, Hardware, Hubs, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Networking services, OS, Patch management, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Switches, Web services, Wireless
Database Tuning Advisor “not permitted” error on SQL Server 2005 DE
Hi! I’ve bought the Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition and with it comes Visual Studio SQL Server 2005 Developers Edition. I’ve installed it and started developing my applications, but now when I try to tune it with the Database Tuning Advisor I get the error-message: “Tuning this edition of SQL Server 2005 is not permitted.” [...]
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| November 29, 2006 10:05 AM
Database, DB2, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Oracle, OS, Security, Servers, SQL, SQL Server
Hi! I’ve bought the Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition and with it comes Visual Studio SQL Server 2005 Developers Edition. I’ve installed it and started developing my applications, but now when I try to tune it with the Database Tuning Advisor I get the error-message: “Tuning this edition of SQL Server 2005 is not permitted.” [...]
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| November 29, 2006 10:05 AM
Database, DB2, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Oracle, OS, Security, Servers, SQL, SQL Server
SBS 2003 Monitoring No More
Running SBS2003 with patches up-to-date. I had been getting regular reports, daily and weekly, on the status of the server. These reports suddenly stopped after November 4. When I go to the Server Management console, and select Monitoring and Reports, I get the message, in the right hand pane “Server Error in ‘/Monitoring’ Application. ————————————————————————– [...]
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| December 3, 2006 2:44 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
Running SBS2003 with patches up-to-date. I had been getting regular reports, daily and weekly, on the status of the server. These reports suddenly stopped after November 4. When I go to the Server Management console, and select Monitoring and Reports, I get the message, in the right hand pane “Server Error in ‘/Monitoring’ Application. ————————————————————————– [...]
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| December 3, 2006 2:44 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
Would upgrading to a managed/faster switch help?
I have a client that currenlty has an unmanaged 10/100 24 port D-Link switch. I was wondering the pros and cons to upgrading to a Cisco 2950 10/100/1000 switch. The current (simplified) network diagram. Clients/Server—–>Dlink Switch—–>Linksys Router—–>Internet I was thinking, if possible, upgrade to the Cisco switch because it has two 10/100/1000 ports. Could I [...]
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| November 29, 2006 4:44 PM
Bandwidth, DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
I have a client that currenlty has an unmanaged 10/100 24 port D-Link switch. I was wondering the pros and cons to upgrading to a Cisco 2950 10/100/1000 switch. The current (simplified) network diagram. Clients/Server—–>Dlink Switch—–>Linksys Router—–>Internet I was thinking, if possible, upgrade to the Cisco switch because it has two 10/100/1000 ports. Could I [...]
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| November 29, 2006 4:44 PM
Bandwidth, DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Network documentation/Diagram
I am curious as to how others are documenting their network; both visually and configurations. I am familiar with MS Visio for drawing the network. Are there better options? What about documenting all equiptment? IP addresses? Settings? Changes? I am just using MS Excel/word to create all sorts of lists. Is there a better way? [...]
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| August 13, 2010 2:34 PM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Project management, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Systems management software, Tech support
I am curious as to how others are documenting their network; both visually and configurations. I am familiar with MS Visio for drawing the network. Are there better options? What about documenting all equiptment? IP addresses? Settings? Changes? I am just using MS Excel/word to create all sorts of lists. Is there a better way? [...]
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| August 13, 2010 2:34 PM
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Daylight savings – Change in politics
Greets to all, First off, where I live (WA, Australia) we have had a change in politics. We now have daylight savings starting in 1 week. The problem is as follows. Details * 3 Domains (not linked to each other) * Multiple external sites (not tied back to base) * Multiple DB systems and authentication [...]
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| November 28, 2006 9:34 AM
Database, DataCenter, DB2, Desktops, Hardware, Linux, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Oracle, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Greets to all, First off, where I live (WA, Australia) we have had a change in politics. We now have daylight savings starting in 1 week. The problem is as follows. Details * 3 Domains (not linked to each other) * Multiple external sites (not tied back to base) * Multiple DB systems and authentication [...]
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| November 28, 2006 9:34 AM
Database, DataCenter, DB2, Desktops, Hardware, Linux, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Oracle, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
DLL registration without local administrator rights
Hi there We create an Excel addin using MATLAB Builder for Excel. Our IT department has taken away local administrator rights from all users of our addin. We are able to install the addin using Altiris, but how can we allow users without admin rights to upgrade to new versions of our addin? To upgrade, [...]
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| November 22, 2006 11:56 AM
Altiris, Business/IT alignment, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server
Hi there We create an Excel addin using MATLAB Builder for Excel. Our IT department has taken away local administrator rights from all users of our addin. We are able to install the addin using Altiris, but how can we allow users without admin rights to upgrade to new versions of our addin? To upgrade, [...]
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| November 22, 2006 11:56 AM
Altiris, Business/IT alignment, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server
AD – Domain Users can join computers to Domain.
Hi there, I’ve just discovered that anyone who is just a member of Domain Users can join a computer to our Domain. It’s freaked me out and I can’t see why. How to I find the “Join to a Domain” security permissison and see what groups have rights to do this? rgds Mac
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| November 27, 2006 1:53 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Patch management, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Hi there, I’ve just discovered that anyone who is just a member of Domain Users can join a computer to our Domain. It’s freaked me out and I can’t see why. How to I find the “Join to a Domain” security permissison and see what groups have rights to do this? rgds Mac
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| November 27, 2006 1:53 AM
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Allow non-power users to “safely” eject removable media.
Does anyone know a way in which I can allow out public computer users the ability to safely remove their flash media drives? I found a setting in group policy, but I can only allow admins or power users. I do not want to make the public user a power user on the local machine. [...]
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| November 22, 2006 4:21 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Does anyone know a way in which I can allow out public computer users the ability to safely remove their flash media drives? I found a setting in group policy, but I can only allow admins or power users. I do not want to make the public user a power user on the local machine. [...]
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| November 22, 2006 4:21 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
