Exchange 2003 SRS
We recently added 3 new Pocket PC users and set them up to use ActiveSync to sync their email, contacts and calendar. We got them to sync one time. Then all of a sudden, none of the Pocket PC users could sync. After reviewing the event logs, I noticed an error saying the SRS database [...]

Answer Question   |  January 3, 2005  8:59 AM
Exchange, Exchange 2003, Exchange Server ActiveSync, Tech support

Power Meter and Processor overheating
I am facing a strange problem with my win 2000 server pc(256mb RAM, P4, 40gb hdd) as it automatically restarts when I start the computer. Yesterday it completely shut down before showing me the desktop and when I pressed the power button the initial screen came up showing message “the processor stopped working due to [...]

Answer Question   |  November 16, 2010  6:56 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, FAT and NTFS, Hardware, Help Desk, Implementation, Installation, Intel, Intel PC hardware, IT architecture, IT Governance, LANDesk, Power management, Security, Servers, Systems management software, Tech support, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows on Intel

Slow boot-up in win xp home edition
My notebook(40gb HDD, 256mb RAM)with win xp home edition has become dramatically slow in last 1-2 months. It takes more than 5 minutes to boot even after I removed everything from startup group using msconfig. The initial screen (win XP home) stays atleast 2-3minutes. How can I manage this? Is there something wrong with HDD [...]

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2011  4:24 AM
Administration, Application software, Clarify Inc., Data analysis, Data center operations, Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Disaster Recovery, ERP, FAT and NTFS, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, Help Desk, Information risk management, Installation, IT architecture, Microsoft Windows, Network management software, Networking, Operating system platforms, Power management, Registry, Servers, Service and support, Services, Software, Storage, System utilities, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP

Exchange Serv 2k can send but can’t receive
Hi I am having an exchange server 2000 running on windows 2k server terminal, and I followed the steps in the article in: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF002.html to set up the server to send and receive external emails and it is sending but not receiving. I get this message when I try to send from outside: ******************************************************** Your [...]

Answer Question   |  January 24, 2005  9:32 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2000, Exchange Server ActiveSync, Installation, Mail protocols, Outlook, SMTP, Tech support

Outlook Web Access page not displaying properly
I have an Exchange server 2003 that is functioning fine except for OWA. It lets you log on, but doesn’t bring up the mailbox correctly. No errors are displayed in the browser, just some text and a lot of boxes with red xs in them (the kind you see when a web page can’t find [...]

Answer Question   |  January 29, 2005  3:00 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2003, Outlook, Tech support

Restricted access to win XP professional
I have a small WORKGROUP with windows 2000 server and 5 windows XP professional systems. All computers can read/write each other. Now I want to make one XP client secure/restric access, so that no other computer can access that except only other XP computer. How can I do that? Please advise. Thanks in advance!

Answer Question   |  December 29, 2004  2:48 AM
Administration, Application security, Compliance, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, DHCP, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Encryption, Exchange, Firewalls, Forensics, Help Desk, Implementation, Incident response, Information risk management, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Management, Network monitoring, Network security, Networking, Networking services, Physical security, Policies, Remote management, Remote users, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security management, Security Program Management, Servers, System utilities, Tech support, Third-party services, VPN, Windows, Windows 2000 Server, Wireless

No bootup with W2k – after “Verifying DMI pool data”
I had a working Win 2k OS running smoothly on Drive C, with a small D partition. I tried Norton 2004 Ghost and backed up Drive D to a CD. Ghost created a bootable CD with the proper backup file to restore D. I booted with the CD and restored Drive D as a test [...]

Answer Question   |  December 31, 2004  5:45 AM
Backup & recovery, Desktops, Hardware, Servers, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tech support, Windows client administration and maintenance

Windows media audio codec
Hi, Sometimes in some programs(for example Training CD’s) there is no sound from my sound card!!!!!!!I try this program on another computer and it has sound!!!!!!! In control panel->sound->audio codec->properties there are some compression driver for sound for example “Windows media audio codec” ,other computer has it but my computer doesn’t, how can I add [...]

Answer Question   |  January 2, 2005  4:49 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Development, ERP, Hardware, Intel PC hardware, Operating system platforms, Tech support, Windows 2000 desktop

VPN connection problem from WinXP to Windows Server 2003.
I have configured a Windows Server 2003 to accept incoming VPN-connections behind a firewall. The firewall forwards port 1723 to the server. When I try to connect with a WinXP Pro desktop via the internet (the server has a public IP at the firewall), I get an errormessage (number 691) that the server does not [...]

Answer Question   |  December 27, 2004  8:15 AM
Auditing, DHCP, DNS, Networking services, Remote users, Security management, Servers, Tech support

Cisco 3745 and amd_flash_cmd errors
I have recieved about 30 Cisco 3745 Routers. I have loaded the 12.3.8.5T Enterprise Plus BIN image on them. Most of them work, but there are a few where the engine boards are bad and some where they work but I am getting amd_flash_cmd errors. I have swapped out the flash memeory and NVRAM. In [...]

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2012  11:24 AM
Cisco, Networking, Routers, Tech support

Microsoft: Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT)
Hi, I want to migrate a couple of users, computers and groups from an Windows NT 4.0 Domain to Active Directory (Windows 2003 NATIVE MODE Domain). The migration is not for the entire NT Domain, is only a group of users and computers from this one. I had used ADMT on a single forest to [...]

Answer Question   |  December 25, 2004  11:01 AM
Active Directory, Administration, Application management, Application software, Backup, Client management, Clustering/High availability, Database issues, DataCenter, DataManagement, DHCP, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Exchange, Exchange 2003, Exchange 5.5, Help Desk, Installation, LDAP, Lotus Domino, Maintenance, Microsoft Windows, Migration, Networking services, Outlook, Software testing, Software testing tools, Storage management, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support

Exchange 2003 – Distribution List
I used to use 5.5 and you would use an admin tool to create distribution lists where you would add external addresses of clients into the one group. How is this achieved in exch 2003 ? Is there a similar admin tool or exe or…..?? thanks, Paul

Answer Question   |  December 22, 2004  9:35 AM
Help Desk, Tech support

display name in the “from” field in exchange 2003 to users outside the organization
i have some user in my organization that his name is “yosi” and this is the name that appear to people outside the organization that get the mail from “yosi” ‘ yosi ask me how can he change his display name to something like “yosi toledano org” in the “from” field’ so i try to [...]

Answer Question   |  January 1, 2005  7:22 PM
DataManagement, E-mail applications, Exchange, Exchange 2003, Installation, IT architecture, Migration, Outlook, Planning, Tech support

Recovering data from hard drive
Hi all I did something stupid the other day. Scenario: My system has 2 hdd: 40G and 80G Both with a several partitions on. My system got screwed with installing and removing stuff and I decided to use my XP Pro Cd to additionally install XP for duel booting. I had W2kP as my OS. [...]

Answer Question   |  December 23, 2004  5:42 PM
DataCenter, Security, Storage, Tech support

How to purge records from the database?
I am a newbie to database programming and have been given this project where data older than 7 days need to be removed from multiple tables that the application uses. I am thinking about creating a stored procedure to do that and schedule a job that will run this stored procedure everyday. Not sure if [...]

Answer Question   |  December 21, 2004  4:42 PM
Database, DB2, Implementation, Oracle, SQL, SQL Server, T-SQL, Tech support

MS Outlook Client/Exchange Server – sending message repeatedly
I have a user who tells me that one or two contacts of his have let him know they keep receiving a (legitimate) message from him. Is there anything at the Exchange/Outlook level that can be casuing this?

Answer Question   |  December 22, 2004  10:07 AM
Exchange, Tech support

Unformatting computer.
I need to know if any of you know how to unformat a harddrive. I compressed my harddrive to save space. Then i had a software problem and my desktop wouldn’t boot up. Since my partitions were compressed i couldn’t do a successful system recovery. The computer is a HP Pavillion 513w. They don’t send [...]

Answer Question   |  January 2, 2005  8:02 AM
DataCenter, Hardware, Help Desk, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support

how DNS works
hello everybody, can you tell me ,how DNS works? i know the theorotical aspects that it is a large database distributed on a no. of servers etc. but i don’t know how practically it is implemented,what softwares are used to implement it and how can i access it ,if i have it implemented.i have heard [...]

Answer Question   |  December 22, 2004  10:54 PM
Active Directory, Backup & recovery, Bind, DHCP, DNS, Hardware, Installation, Intel servers, LDAP, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Networking services, Servers, Storage, Tech support, Toubleshooting, Unix, Unix Servers

Network Communications with different logins.
I am having a strange problem now that I have the win2k Adv Server setup with Active Directory. The online RPG I use seems to experience some type of network connection issue with the internet servers while I am logged in as a user on the domain. However, when I log in locally as admin, [...]

Answer Question   |  December 22, 2004  8:03 PM
Active Directory, Application software, DHCP, DNS, Networking Products, Networking services, Servers, Tech support

Windows XP Home Connectivity Issue
My client has a small wireless network without a domain and primarily use Windows 2000 on their workstations. Recently, they purchased a couple of Sony laptops with Windows XP Home and I was able to connect these laptops to each other and the Windows 2000 PC. They recently added a Dell Dimension desktop with XP [...]

Answer Question   |  December 21, 2004  12:39 PM
Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Microsoft Windows, Network security, Networking, Security, Tech support, VPN, Wireless