DNS IP addresses Disappears
This is a new one for me. A customer reboots their system and is unable to access the domain. So we try to reconnect it to the domain thinking it fell off, but it does not work. Upon further investigation, I check the network settings and both the DNS static IP’s are missing, strange. I [...]

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2012  1:22 PM
DNS, Windows networking

Scanning Windows Server 2008 network for issues
Is there a way to scan our Windows Server 2008 network for issues and or faults? Will this cause more problems than it solves?

Answer Question   |  July 19, 2011  6:23 PM
Network monitoring, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration

Prioritizing audio/video traffic on network
How can we prioritize audio and video traffic over our network? We want to use video phones without a lag on a Windows network. What hardware software will we need to look into/buy?

Answer Question   |  October 24, 2011  3:22 PM
Network traffic, Network traffic management, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking

Windows Server 2000′s IP address
From a DOS prompt how can I find out what my Windows Server 2000′s  IP address is and how can I verify network connectivity?

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  2:47 PM
DOS, IP address, Network connectivity, Windows networking, Windows Server 2000

Replace windows network with Ipad2s and no network?
We are a multisite VPN linked company. Our datatbase is web based but we share folders across the windows network. Can anybody see anything wrong with replacing our pcs with Ipad2s? We could then get rid of our servers, antivirus and firewall and save costs there. We could share folders using googledocs instead of windows. [...]

Answer Question   |  October 24, 2011  2:03 PM
iPad 2, VPN, Windows networking

Windows server 2003 networking
I have a server and internet connection. I want to probhit the pariticular user do not use internet. plesae suggest me step by step server stantdartd 2003 window xp-sp2

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2011  8:56 AM
Networking, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows XP SP2

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 network
how can we connect two computers with a server and share the files printer together by using windows 7 as an Operating system and windows 2008 R2 as a server O.S

Answer Question   |  March 26, 2011  10:58 AM
LAN networking, Windows 7, Windows networking, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Subnet routing
Will the way I setup my network and router to talk to multiple net cards on one PC from other PC on separate network work? First PC with two network cards First network card IP 192.168.3.106 Sub 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.2.100  Second network card IP 192.168.5.106 Sub 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.2.100  Router IP 192.168.2.100 Sub 255.255.255.0  Router table First [...]

Answer Question   |  March 21, 2011  2:10 AM
Netgear router, Subnet, TCP/IP, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking

Windows XP disconnect from network
Dear All, My 2 system out of 100 system disconnect as user left machine for 2 to 5 min like user working on system and internet is enabled on thst machine, he moves out for drinking water and immediently when he comes back, network stop all the sites , local ping(RTO) etc, . I have [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2011  12:53 PM
Network disconnect, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking, Windows XP

Free automatic backup applications for a small Windows Network?
What are some free automatic backup applications for a windows small network? We want to back up all PST files and My Documents. We do not want the end user to have to do anything.

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  5:02 PM
Backup, Backup and recovery software, Backup and restore, PST folders, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking

Windows XP SP3 network at capacity
Hello all,               A network was set for a small school of which a student information system must be accessed by all on a server. But anytime thre are a maximum of  people on the network,no one is able to join.It diplays a message that reads;there are enough people on the netwok and you cannot [...]

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  8:12 AM
Network administration, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking, Windows XP SP3

Segmenting a piece of our Windows network
How can we segment a piece of our Windows network so users from the same subnet can not access it but people on that side of the network and a different subnet can. Currently they can communicate freely between each other.

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2011  5:18 PM
Network Access Policy, Network management, Network security, Subnet, Subnetting, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking

Redirecting to web server via DNS
We have an intranet site on our windows 2003 network. How can we setup DNS so that when typing intranet it redirects to our webserver?

Answer Question   |  December 9, 2010  2:39 PM
DNS, DNS management, Intranet, Web servers, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking, Windows Server 2003

How to setup dual homing for a domain and rdc separately?
How do you setup a dual homing pc with windows 7 pro?  we need to connect to a domain and have a rdc through a seperate connection and firewall.  Thanks

Answer Question   |  November 30, 2010  7:34 PM
Access Points, Domain management, RDC, Windows 7, Windows 7 Professional, Windows networking

Blocking Skype and bandwidth hogging applications
Can we block all skype and similar bandwith sucking applications from our network?

Answer Question   |  November 30, 2010  6:22 PM
Bandwidth, Bandwidth management, Bandwidth monitoring, Skype, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking, Windows Server 2003

Is windows 7 desktop compatible with the Windows server 2003
I have 14 windows 7 computers and a 2003 server 33computers that are on the server are windows xp. Is the window 7 compatible to the server?

Answer Question   |  November 30, 2010  2:17 PM
Windows 7, Windows interoperability, Windows networking, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003

VoIP protocols in a Windows network
What is the difference between VOIP protocols and which one is the best for a Windows network?

Answer Question   |  November 26, 2010  9:31 PM
VoIP, VoIP protocols, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking

Net meeting in Windows 7?
Hi folks, As there is no net meeting feature in Windows 7, how can I collaborate the meeting space of  Windows 7 with the net meeting of Windows XP? This is just to send the instant messages in a network where I use both XP and Windows 7.

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2013  8:22 AM
Netmeeting, Windows 7, Windows networking, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

DNS NS Lookup in Windows server 2003 environment
I recently had a new job in the it department at some company, so I started to check what the previous administrator did of configuration for a Microsoft windows 2003 based network, I’ll explain a bit about it : ·         We have one forest: World.com ·          two domains: 1-      [strong]world.com     ???????[/strong] 2-      Tokyo.world.com The world.com [...]

Answer Question   |  November 9, 2010  11:07 PM
DNS, DNS Lookup, DNS lookup error, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking, Windows Server 2003

Booting generic machines to the network & installing image of Windows 7
We purchased 200 generic machines without operating systems. We need them to boot to the network and install an image of Windows 7. What is the best way to do this? Can it be done with Windows services?

Answer Question   |  November 3, 2010  3:03 PM
Network connectivity, Networking, Operating systems, Windows 7, Windows networking, Windows Services