Windows Server 2003 Questions


Script for notification of new files in network folder(s)
Hi, Does anyone know of a script to notify specific individuals on a network that a network folder has received a new file? The notification can be via email (exchange) or text to phone. Thanks

Answer Question   |  January 25, 2011  5:56 PM
Exchange, Scripting, Windows scripting, Windows Server 2003
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25 pts.

Sharing pool of memory on Windows Server 2003 virtual machines
If I have four virtual machines running on a windows server 2003 can we share a memory pool across all of them since they will never be using it at the same time as the others because they are doing load balancing?

Answer Question   |  January 31, 2011  5:34 PM
Desktop virtualization, Load balancing, Virtual Machines, Windows Server 2003, Windows Virtualization
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755 pts.

Setting up drive configuration for virtual Windows Server 2003
What is the best way to set up my drive configuration for five virtual windows server 2003 on a system with five 750gb drives on a SCSI controller?

Answer Question   |  March 1, 2011  5:00 PM
Configuration management, SCSI, Server virtualization, Windows Server 2003, Windows Virtualization
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975 pts.

MXLogic hands message to Exchange, but recipient doesn’t receive email
I presently use a product called MXlogix along with exchange server small business edition 2003.  MXlogic is a proxy that stops spam.  I have a situation where calling mxlogic has succesfully handed off the message to my exchange server, however the user never gets the email message.  Is there somewhere i can look to see [...]

Answer Question   |  January 25, 2011  7:37 PM
Email monitoring, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, Proxy servers, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

Outlook not connected to Exchange 2007
Dear Friends I need urgent responce about this issue. I checked all the solutions about this topice which I fould on this website but it still doesn’t work. anyhow I give u a description of it. I have exchange server 2007 installed on vmware machine with os win 2003 server 64bit. the server is pinged well [...]

Answer Question   |  February 23, 2011  11:04 AM
Desktop virtualization, Exchange 2007, Outlook, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2010 Administration, VMware, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 64 bit
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35 pts.

Setting up Windows Server 2003
what are the step by step setups after installing windows server 2003?

Answer Question   |  January 19, 2011  9:07 AM
Active Directory, Domain Controllers, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Installation
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15 pts.

Backup Windows Server 2003
how to take backup in windows 2003 server.&which software is helpful for taking backup.

Answer Question   |  January 19, 2011  7:36 AM
Backup and restore, Backup servers, Server Backup, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup, Windows Server backup
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40 pts.

Update disks on Windows server 2003
we have hp ml 350  and it   work  proper   . we  want  to  update  the servers  disks with  5 disks  in  each  server and we  want  to  replace  this  disks   with  new disks without  loss  the  data what  the  soluation???? ahmed  waqiealaa

Answer Question   |  January 20, 2011  5:38 AM
Hard disks, HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant servers, Windows Server 2003
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20 pts.

Uninstalled papercuts and having trouble with print server on Windows Server 2003
Hi there i have recently uninstalled a trial copy of paper cuts within my domain, im running windows server 2003 sp2, im finding im having to restart the print service every so often in the day as no one can print, in the “printers and faxes” page on the server you can see that the [...]

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2011  11:39 AM
Print Server, Printing, services.msc, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows XP Professional SP3
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160 pts.

SQL Server Disk Alignment
What size should I set the Starting Partition Offset on the disks when running sql server 2005 32-bit enterprise edition, shuld it be 1024KB or 64KB?

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  5:55 PM
SQL 2005, SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 32-bit
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585 pts.

Windows Server 2003 Time Sync Issue
I am running WS2003- I have 1 server that i’ve been fooling with for days now – I can do a “w32tm /resync” and the time will be correct for maybe 2 minutes or so – then reverts back to about 40 minutes from the correct time – if I change the BIOS clock to [...]

Answer Question   |  January 20, 2011  7:00 PM
Dell servers, Time Sync, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Time Sync issue
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25 pts.

SQL SERVER 2005 Storage Performance
We have an IBM server xSeries 460 with a QLogic FC HBA card 4gb on the server with a PCI-X 266MHz bus speed (16 CPU 667MHz FSB, 32GB RAM). The HBA card connects to a Brocade 5000 switch then to the SAN Controller then to a Cisco 9124 Switch then to SAN Drives all through FC. [...]

Answer Question   |  January 18, 2011  6:30 PM
SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 performance, SQL Server performance, Windows Server 2003, Xiotech
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585 pts.

Are Oracle direct queries straightforward?
Hi,  Our company uses an Oracle driven database application (java through internet explorer).  At some point I can get reports in PDF for several predefined reports, but there isn’t a way to retrieve the data from Oracle to an Excel spreadsheet, for easier post-processing.  Is there any feasable way of connecting directly to the server [...]

Answer Question   |  February 16, 2011  11:18 PM
Database Application, Excel 2000, Oracle, Oracle Query, Windows Server 2003
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30 pts.

Access IBM server’s status
how IBM and Dell servers can be access while they are in shutdown status, like HP servers are accessed using HP iLo.

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  7:09 AM
IBM Servers, Server administration, Windows Server 2003
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60 pts.

User log in to Active Directory Windows Server 2003
[strong]i would like to check if the users still connect to the domain or format their pc’s and doesn’t log to the domain[/strong] [strong] is there any way to chech that last log in of the users instead of event viewer[/strong]

Answer Question   |  January 10, 2011  10:17 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory User Profiles, Active Directory Users, Event Viewer, Windows Server 2003
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15 pts.

Exchange Task permission
Hi, New here. Can someone let me know how to create a Task in Exchange and Limit the permission to the end-user so they can’t delete, modify or change it? I want them to simply update it as completed when done so, it will be recurring every weekday. Thanks for the help! (Outlook 2003)

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  6:45 PM
Exchange, Exchange administration, Exchange Tasks, Outlook 2003, Permissions and settings, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

VPN between two Windows Server 2003
We want to create a VPN between two Windows Server 2003 over the Internet. What needs to be done? What ports need to be opened? Do we have to have static IP’s?

Answer Question   |  January 8, 2011  9:26 PM
Port address, Static IP, Static IP address, VPN, VPN gateways, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration
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755 pts.

What’s the typical life span of a Windows Server?
How long would you suggest maintaining a single installation before you decide it’s time to format/reinstall/update? My Windows Server 2003 Enterprise is at 4 years.

Answer Question   |  March 3, 2011  5:23 PM
Server maintenance, Server management, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Windows server administration, Windows Server Management
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975 pts.

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise (setup)
greetings i have completed domain steup including actv directry-domain controller active. please help with next steps

Answer Question   |  January 7, 2011  3:22 PM
Terminal Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
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20 pts.

Replace HP Proliant ML 350 disks without losing data
we have hp porlaint ml  350  servers , and  it  working proper  now we  need to  replace server disks   without loss  the  data, note: -os  :  windows  server 2003

Answer Question   |  January 10, 2011  12:19 PM
Hard disks, HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant ML 350, Windows Server 2003
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20 pts.