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Windows 2000 Server (SP4) could not display the properties windows of some the Administrative Tools.

When I opened the Event viewer, double-click an item to the properties window but it was not displayed. However, when I closed it, it said that I have to close the properties windows. Cannot view the properties of the Services as well. In the Computer Management's Storage section, click on the...

View Answer   |  Mar 29 2005  10:25 PM GMT
Windows 2000 Server
asked by keankok

  0 pts.

Need one WinXP PC not change Daylight Savings in Win2k Server domain

I know that this sounds strange, but I have a requirement for one WinXP PC to NOT change their time when our Win2k DC?s change their clocks to reflect daylight savings. Bottom line: When the servers change from Eastern Standard Time to Eastern Daylight Savings Time, I have one PC that must...

View Answer   |  Mar 28 2005  9:39 AM GMT
Hardware, Windows, Windows 2000 Server
asked by KeithD1967

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Help required in configuring ISA server 2000 firewall

Hi all, I have some queries related to Microsoft ISA server 2000. First of all I want to provide some info about my network. In my network most of the systems are using different flavor of MS windows and one computer (call it server1) is providing internet access to all the other computers...

View Answer   |  Mar 28 2005  4:34 AM GMT
Tech support, Windows, Windows 2000 Server
asked by Iazher

  0 pts.

Event ID 34 - the driver disabled the write cache

I have a Windows 2000 Server, SP4, which is hosting a CISCO ACS Wireless Authentication application, ver 3.0. We have had 2 crashes of the ACS in the past week, where users can't authenticate to the network via wireless (Active Directory integrated). A reboot restores access.The above error has...

View Answer   |  Mar 24 2005  11:52 AM GMT
Windows 2000 Server, Networking, DataCenter
asked by barbazg

  15 pts.

Installed RAM vs total RAM shown

I have 4096MB RAM (16 x 256MB DIMM) installed on my Win2000 server (Compaq Proliant 8500). Yet the OS (Win2000 standard) sees only 3328MB as total physical memory. What happened to rest 768MB, that is exactly three memory modules?

View Answer   |  Mar 22 2005  5:52 AM GMT
Hardware, Windows 2000 Server, Servers
asked by jdoe

  0 pts.

Group Policy changes and cached information

I am the software support person for a public library. On our computers for the public we use Deep Freeze version 5 which protects the hard drive from changes. When the computer is rebooted the hard drive is returned to its original state. We also use Windows XP on the workstations and Active...

View Answer   |  Mar 18 2005  6:18 PM GMT
Windows 2000 Server, Networking services, DNS
asked by jfrasier

  0 pts.

Windows 2000 Server security on network shares

This evening I will be transferring all of our employee user folders to a different server. This contains the following folders: My Documents, Application Data, and Desktop. Group policy is configured to redirect all of these settings to a server rather than the client's local hard disk. Now for...

View Answer   |  Mar 18 2005  2:05 PM GMT
Windows 2000 Server, Security
asked by waynebk

  0 pts.

An interesting Problem with OWA (W2K, Exchange 5) with IE access. Users can work with Mozilla&Co, but not with IE.

Hallo, I have an interesting Problem with OWA with IE (Win2000, Exchange 5.0, IIS, the PC is also a ADS-DC). The user don't see the middle Frame (.../username/inbox/?cmd=contents) in OWA, and the Login-Window comes again and again, till it comes not and in the Middleframe stays "Loading". Log-Files...

View Answer   |  Mar 18 2005  8:47 AM GMT
Tech support, Administration, Application management
asked by Eukky1

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migration from 2000 to 2003 using ADMT v 2.0

We have multiple forests in our organisation.We are now planning to consolidate them into a single forest and a single domain.We have more than 200 different sites spread all across the world. We have now upgraded all our domain controllers to 2000 and 2003 servers.We have a proper test lab being...

View Answer   |  Mar 16 2005  6:32 AM GMT
Tech support, Disaster Recovery, Hardware
asked by ambarmoorthy

  0 pts.

Slow performance when trying to save documents or even accessing W2K servers from WinXP WS's

Hi, I have a mixed Windows environment with Windows2000/2003 servers, and Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP workstations. When XP workstations are accessing the W2000 server shares it takes app. 10 sec. before they are available, especially if they try to for instance save documents. When...

View Answer   |  Mar 16 2005  5:04 AM GMT
Windows, Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows
asked by Antila

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I have a project involving an DS400 SAN connected to 2 Intel Servers IBM345 running Windows Server2003

Can both servers connect to the SAN at the same time? Can both access the SAN at the same time? If not, what else do I need to make both share the volume on the SAN? If both servers are connected, when one fails the other take charge without restarting it? Is it as simple as detaching and...

View Answer   |  Mar 14 2005  11:38 PM GMT
Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, IT architecture
asked by atomala

  0 pts.

Event ID 681

Recently I began noticing Event ID 681 errors in the security logs of our Microsoft ISA Server 2000. These errors are only occuring on 2 specific workstations/user accounts. The event log reads as follows: ----------------------------------------- Date: 3/3/2005 Time: 8:33 Type: Failure User: NT...

View Answer   |  Mar 4 2005  11:57 AM GMT
Windows 2000 Server, Security, Microsoft Windows
asked by waynebk

  0 pts.

"There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper"

Small system - 2 Windows 2000 servers (PDC and Sql Server) and 2 Windows 2003 servers (2nd DC and print server and 2nd SQL server) - 50 clients Windows XP Pro SP2 and 6 still Windows 2000 Pro awaiting conversion. All patches are up to date. Using DNS and active directory, NetBIOS is deprecated and...

View Answer   |  Feb 28 2005  2:44 PM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Windows
asked by Howard2nd

  0 pts.

MoveFile() API reporting failure

We have a problem with the MoveFile() API called from C++ reporting failure, but actually working! We have a C++ Application which reads Data from a file, moves it to another Folder using the MoveFile() API and then updates the Time Stamp using the _utime() API. This works fine on my Laptop (W2K...

View Answer   |  Feb 24 2005  9:45 AM GMT
Windows, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003
asked by HenryKafeman

  0 pts.

Stupid Scripting question - what am I missing?

I am brain dead today!! I am trying to create a batch file to copy a shortcut to the startup folder on a Win2K workstation. here is the code: (careful of the word wrap. It is all one line in the batch file) copy Y:notesreg.lnk %userprofile%Start MennuProgramsStartup I get invalid syntax...

View Answer   |  Feb 23 2005  11:51 AM GMT
Windows, Windows 2000 Server, DataCenter
asked by Melvin

  0 pts.

Microsoft ISA Server 2000 logging report issues

I'm having a problem configuring our ISA 2000 server to show user names in the weekly reports that we generate. I have completed the following steps, but to no avail: -Configure the log files to record user information -Configure all machines on the internal network as Web Proxy and Firewall...

View Answer   |  Feb 21 2005  5:02 PM GMT
Windows 2000 Server, Security, Servers
asked by waynebk

  0 pts.

Batch file to cleanup temporary internet files found in profile directories

This is really an FYI. I just posted a batch script that you can use to delete temporary internet files from the profile directories of users with roaming profiles. You can check it out here: http://frankenrouter.homeip.net/System+Admin+Articles/109.aspx Let me know what you think.

asked by ghigbee

  0 pts.

Windows server 2003, press ctrl-alt-delete, the logon window would not display

In windows server 2003 enterprise, recently I encountered a logon problem where when I press ctrl-alt-delete, the logon window would not display. However,after restarting the server, it was resolved. Any feedback on this would be grateful.

View Answer   |  Feb 17 2005  0:33 AM GMT
Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003
asked by keankok

  0 pts.

Slow File sharing access in Win 98-2

Actually I have 2 questions: I have a small workgroup of 3 XP Pro systems, 2 win98 systems, 1 win 2000 server and a 16 port ethernet switch(100mbps). I have enabled the ICS in the server and each compter can access files/printers and internet with the help of DHCP. 1) When I access the win98...

View Answer   |  Feb 16 2005  4:54 AM GMT
Security management, Tech support, Help Desk
asked by BinooDas1234

  10 pts.

Slow File sharing access in Win 98

Actually I have 2 questions: I have a small workgroup of 3 XP Pro systems, 2 win98 systems, 1 win 2000 server and a 16 port ethernet switch(100mbps). I have enabled the ICS in the server and each compter can access files/printers and internet with the help of DHCP. 1) When I access the win98...

View Answer   |  Feb 16 2005  4:54 AM GMT
Security management, Tech support, Help Desk
asked by BinooDas1234

  10 pts.

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