Windows Client Administration And Maintenance

Windows services connecting to iSeries

Hi, We have an application which has an Authentication service running on a windows server and this service is connecting to the iSeries. In an unlikely event of iSeries not being available (eg if the backups are running longer than expected), the service tries to connect to iSeries and fails. This...

Active Directory How to Identify Inactive Computer Accounts

Hello, I have a lot of computers in my Active Directory that are inactive and/or obsolete. I am searching for a very safe and fool proof procedure which i can use to identify these computer accounts in active directory and move them to a separate OU. I will keep them in this OU temporarily and...

Can you help me migrate users from a standalone Windows 2003 server to a new Active Directory list?

I need your help please. Currently we have one standalone server (Windows 2003) without Active Directory. We have around 1,000 users in there. Now we want to migrate these users into a new Windows 2003 server Active Directory list. Is there a way for me to simply save from the standalone server...

Router Shows in My Network

I had a work group and then added a domain controller. The OS of the domain controller is Windows 2003 Standard. I created the Active Directory and DNS services. I then went to the stations one by one and added then to the domain using the Network ID wizard. The work stations are all...

PST files issue when saving on the server

Hi, I have a problem which occurs when users log on/off their profile. Each user has an outlook.pst files in their profile. With some users, the outlook.pst file is not being saved correctly on the server, and the result is that a number of files, called prfxxx.tmp are saved on the server in the...

Windows Shared Folder Permissions

Hi, I have a question regarding sharing a folder across a network using Windows. What is the difference between the following: 1. Right click the directory Select Properties > Sharing tab > Permissions 2. Right click the directory Select Properties > Security tab I can set different...

Client Login too Slow on Windows XP

Hi, i have a domain win2003 standard edtion. when client(XP2) login with domain then login time will be 5 to 8 minute. i have cat 6 Dling cable and switch but connetctors are cat 5e. plz resolve my problem Ram

deny access to users to move or delete files and folders

I manage a 26 PC work environment with users logging in with universal log-in. They add files to community folders. Need to prevent users from deleting other peoples work in these folders. I have multi-platform environment with XP Pro, Win 2000 and Vista Home networked. Thank Yo

2003 Server clients auto shutdown

Hi, I need to set about 60% (about 50) of the PC's in our network to automatically shutdown at 8pm every night. I am running Windows server 2003, and the clients are all Windows XP. Can someone tell me the best way to do this. Thanks Nick

everyday security log becom full...................

Hi some of computers in my domain have a local printer that I share it for 2 or 3 another clients in the domain.But now everyday the security log of the user that has local printer,become full and I should logon as administrator and clear the security log!!!!!!!!!!!!! How can I solve this problem...

Virtual PC

I am preparing to start using an Exchange Server on our network. As part of this preparation, I want to run some tests using Virtual PC. Can anyone tell me how Virtual PC deals with licenses? Will it use up one of my licenses if I install Exchange Server on Virtual PC? Thanks Nick

connecting the 5th and 7th floosr of a building

Hi, Everybody My network covers the 5 th floor of an office building, and now we expanding to the 7th floor (a half-dozen users. All the servers and telecom closet are on the 5th floor and I have to provide network services to the users on the 7th floor. I would like to have the opunion of this...

Hiding System Tray ICons

Hi Guys.. I want to know how do we remove/hide system tray icon without stopping the service. I have a monitoring software which appears in the system tray which i want to hide. I m using win xp prof . I dont want to hide it i want to remove the icon from the system without stopping the service. I...

Bizarre Configuration "Restoration" - REPOST

Once again, here I am on the outskirts of reason with problem. Machine in question is an HP Pavilion, running Windows 98. It's a customer's machine so upgrading the O/S is not an option. The situation is that the machine has a bunch of stuff that I don't want on it - so I removed it - like: -...

Bizarre Configuration "Restoration".

Once again, here I am on the outskirts of reason with problem. Machine in question is an HP Pavilion, running Windows 98. It's a customer's machine so upgrading the O/S is not an option. The situation is that the machine has a bunch of stuff that I don't want on it - so I removed it - like: -...

Active Dir. Web Based Password Reset Tool?

We run a native 2003 Active Directory. We have many remote users who have an AD account (without an Exchange account). Quite often we get emailed from users who are requesting password resets, or account unlocks (since we have a 5-try account lockout policy in effect on the domain). Obviously,...

Restricting Broswe capability in IE

A generic User account is used to run an application in an IE Browswer - I would like to remove the address bar so it can't be used. I think its a Registry tweak - can it be done using a policy specific to that account in Active Domain? If so how? Thanks Cripdan

Stop Error (C000021a)

I am receiving this stop error(C000021a) "windows logon process system process terminated unexpectedly" with win 2000 server. Safe mode and Last Known Good Conf. works fine. Is there any solution without reformating the HDD? I have ERD with me. Will that help me? Any advise on this would be...

AD in Win2K3 SBS - Group Policy Question

Win2K3 SBS network; several remote sites all connected via VPN (Cisco PIX); all is working fine now, TS for Corporate App, Exchange and Outlook 2K3 for email etc. WE tried to setup ISA 2004 at Corporate, but not knowing it well as well as time contraint is keeping us from the task of limiting and...

Uxtheme.dll missing on boot

We have several users with Dell laptops running Windows XP, SP2. Every once in awhile, the laptops boot to a blank screen with an error that explorer.exe cannot start because uxtheme.dll is missing. We usually instruct the user how to use the Task Manager to connect to the VPN, and we copy...