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

Answer Question   |  October 17, 2006  9:23 AM
Active Directory, Availability, DataCenter, Ethernet, Hardware, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Networking, Servers, TCP

Manual / Conditional email report from reporting services
I’ve got a bit of a problem. Our company has consolidating reports, and intranet servers. One of the reports that is used quite a bit is a report delivered to warehouse management, and executives detailing orders that have been printed on a given day. I’d origionally written this report in ASP using an ASP graphing [...]

Answer Question   |  November 30, 2011  12:00 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Time Zone
Is there a way you can setup a logon script for a user that does work in two different time zones? I need to know if it can automatically change the time zone while login. I have 2 team who is working for US and India. Both the teams are working from India and using [...]

Answer Question   |  October 25, 2006  3:50 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Windows XP Visual style File?
I want to know if it is possible to centrally control the “look and feel” of the desktop environment of a user on my domain. I have a set of 10 computers that log in using the same name. This user’s profile is stored on the Windows 2003 Server. The workstations are XP. I noticed [...]

Answer Question   |  October 18, 2006  11:04 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Web Server and DC to share database
From what I’ve read, it is “Best Practice” to keep your web server separate from your AD Domain Controller. What if they need to simultaneously share the database? My local users will be logging in to the AD locally and using an app that accesses a database. No problem. My remote users use a PHP [...]

Answer Question   |  October 10, 2006  10:30 AM
Access control, Browsers, DataCenter, filtering, Networking, Security, Servers, SSL/TLS, Web security

Terminal Service restart – Windows 2003 Server
Terminal service (administrative mode) in one of our file servers time to time has problems. The server is a Windows 2003 server with SP1. When the problem occures, RDP attends to the server get: “Remote Desktop Disconnected. The client could not establish a connection to the remote computer…” error The server has no resource problem. [...]

Answer Question   |  October 11, 2006  2:29 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Three Exchange Questions
FIRST ? DOMAIN NAME CHANGE / EXCHANGE SERVER In about a month?s time, we?ll be changing domain names. Instead of optic-cc.org we?ll have opportunityjunction.org – as our organization changes its name from OPTIC to Opportunity Junction. Anticipating this, there are some things I need to find out. Namely: what do we need to change when [...]

Answer Question   |  October 17, 2006  10:49 PM
Desktops, Exchange, Exchange security, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

W2000 AD Replication Problem
I have a multi-segment network, 5 subnets with 2 W2k DC?s on separate subnets, that has no AD replication occurring. When I attempt to force manual AD replication using ?AD Sites and Services? I receive the following message in a pop-up windows named ?Replicate Now?: ?The following error occurred during the attempt to synchronize the [...]

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2006  6:01 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Changes in Network Folders
Hello All, I have a Windows 2000 Network. A windows 2000 Domain Controller also serve as a File Server. Some of the File Network Share Folder’s access rights has been changed. Is there a way in Windows 2000 to know WHO and WHEN the changes has been made. Thanks in advance! SD

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2006  1:25 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Server in the DMZ
We recently replaced a server in the DMZ used to route inbound email. The new server is Server 2003 standard edition. The old one was server 2000 standard. Everything on the new server is the same as the old one as far as server name, IP address, default gateway. My question is can anyone tell [...]

Answer Question   |  October 9, 2006  1:45 PM
Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Networking services, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support

FTP using *SSL
I am running v5r3 and am attempting to FTP to a Tumbleweed Securetransport server from our iSeries system using the command: FTP RMTSYS(xxxx) PORT(999) SECCNN(*SSL) I get the following response: Connecting to host xxxx at address xx.xxx.xxx.xx using port 999. 220 qweb1 FTP server (SecureTransport 4.5.1) ready. 334 SSLv23/TLSv1 The connection isn’t opened and IBM [...]

Answer Question   |  October 4, 2006  12:23 PM
Access control, AS/400, Browsers, filtering, Security, Servers, SSL/TLS, TCP, Web security

Running Syantec Antivirus on a Windows Domain Controller
I am currently in the process of deploying Symantec AntiVirus Corporate edition in my Windows-based network. In the manual it states, Do not install the primary management server on the following: Miscrosoft Exchange Server, Web server, or programs that prevent you from restarting the computer at any given time. I assume the last one would [...]

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2007  9:53 AM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, configuration, Current threats, Database, Desktops, Development, Digital certificates, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Instant Messaging, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, provisioning, Secure Coding, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, vulnerability management, Web security, worms

Windows Print Driver Settings
When printing from Word 2003 to a printer on the network (that is configured using a TCP/IP port) the intial ‘Print’ window appears to take priority over the print driver. I open Word and click print. On the initial screen the Collate box is unchecked, but if I click Properties and configure Collate there it [...]

Answer Question   |  October 2, 2006  12:10 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Development, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, OS, Printers, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Windows profiles and folder redirection.
I want to understand the best way to centrally control a user?s profile. I need 10 computers to all be logged in at the same time and share a desktop that cannot be changed at the workstation ? only on the server. I implemented folder redirection using GPOs, but when the profile is synced with [...]

Answer Question   |  October 4, 2006  9:26 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support

STORED PROCEDURE SYNTAX ERROR
Please help, I would appreciate it. Below I have a simple stored procedure to return the names of my databases. I am getting a syntax error: Msg 105, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Unclosed quotation mark before the character string ‘PASBA-DEV ‘. Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Line 1: Incorrect syntax [...]

Answer Question   |  September 29, 2006  9:18 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Event Viewer
howdy folks, If I create a new log view in event viewer and filter the results, is there any way to save this view? Everytime I close event viewer I have to re-create it. Probably just MS by design…. Is there any way to script it?

Answer Question   |  June 1, 2010  10:54 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Network management software, Network monitoring, Networking, Networking services, OS, Performance management, Remote management, Security, Servers, SQL Server, TCP, Tech support

Laptop synchronizes successfully but “Offline Files” folder remains empty
Hi, We have an AD (Windows Server 2003)with a number of laptops using offline folders for off-site work and generally this works flawlessly. However, one user has a problem, whenever she’s on-site everything works as it should. She has access to her desktop and the “My Documents” folder but as soon as she either logs [...]

Answer Question   |  September 29, 2006  5:20 AM
Active Directory, DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Lotus Notes 6.0x And Windows Server 2003
In spite of advice to the contrary we must migrate Lotus Notes off an AS/400 to a Wintel platform. The current application has some automatic agents that utilize MYSQL commands and run fine when native to the 400, but running from the 2003 server the ODBC agents do not work. 1. Has anyone else moved [...]

Answer Question   |  September 29, 2006  4:37 PM
Desktops, Lotus Domino, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Platform Issues, Security, Servers, SQL Server

Sync windows time – Domain
I am curious on how to sync all my workstations to me domain controller. I have read multiple sync-related articles on the net and I am becoming confused. I edited the registry on the DC in order to make it sync with some navy time clock instead of the windows time server. I then created [...]

Answer Question   |  October 5, 2006  2:10 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Management, Microsoft Windows, Network protocols, Networking, Networking services, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support

Win XP System Settings’ Question
Hi. I have a computer with different users access it with their respective limited account. Now i would like to allow 1 user account to have internet access yet another not; by setting different tcp/ip gateway’s setting for different user account. Is that possible? Any suggestion? The other thing that i would like to do [...]

Answer Question   |  September 29, 2006  4:05 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server