Configuring Windows 7 on a 2003 domain
Hi, I have a 2003 domain and I have just installed my first Win 7 64-bit machine and joined it to the domain. On this machine, I have installed RSAT to control Group Policy and have copied the template files to a new folder on the domain controller and don’t appear to have any problems [...]

Answer Question   |  November 19, 2012  6:34 PM
Windows 2003 domain, Windows 7

Windows 2003 domain unification
Hi, I recently have 3 domains, contouso.com, one.contouso.com, and two.contouso.com. The thing is, they were created separately and all are parent domains. How do I join the two other domains so that they will become child domains of the contouso.com. All three domains already have existing clients and services running independely from the other, but [...]

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2009  3:44 AM
Canonical name, Child Domain, Parent Domain, Third-level domain, Windows 2003 domain, Windows Server 2003

Computer Browser Full Domain
I’m having issues across our domain of the Computer Browser service stopping. I can [re]start the service and reboot the server only to have it occur again. My thoughts are there is a rouge device on the network acting as the browser as there are constant elections taking place on the servers. Any thoughts are [...]

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2008  3:46 PM
Networking services. programming, Windows 2003 domain

Outlook problem
Hi I have a windows 2003 domain controller and exchange installed in a member server which is exchange 2003 i have users in the exchange server. I can login in xp client with the domain user account and when open outlook 2007 it is automatically detecting the corresponding user i logged in and finally it [...]

Answer Question   |  October 23, 2010  5:59 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook, Outlook 2007, Outlook error messages, Windows 2003 domain

Is there a setting to limit login attempts?
For three days we have had someone trying to hack into our system using random names and passwords. The attempt with each name lasts for 30 minutes then the name changes. No IP address shows up so I can’t block it or a block of IP addresses. Is there a way I can close the [...]

Answer Question   |  June 19, 2008  3:15 PM
Hacking, Security, Windows 2003 domain, Windows 2003 networking, Windows Server 2003

Win 2008 Server DC in a Win 2003 Domain
I have a domain win 4 branch office. All DC’s are W2K3 and I’m running Exchange 2003. All member servers are W2K3. I need to replace a branch office DC (W2K3). I have no plans to replace any other DC’s at this time. Question: is it safe to replace the branch office DC with a [...]

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2008  1:43 PM
Active Directory, Domain Controller, Exchange 2003, Windows 2003 domain, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008