Dedicated server – rotate IPs when web browsing…?
I am leasing a remote deicated server with 8 IP adresses (5 usable)… the O/S is Windows Server 2003.  I can access the server using windows remote desktop connection from my home and see the server desktop, surf the internet from the server, etc…  My question is this:  Is it possible to surf the internet [...]

Answer Question   |  December 15, 2009  3:40 AM
Dedicated servers, Remote Dedicated Servers, Windows Server 2003

Access denied message when trying to save on network
Hi all I have Server 2003 operating system om server.and officeXp with Office2007 on desktop when I work some EXCEL work on Desktop and treid to save on server it give me “Acces denied” Is Anybody Have any sloustion for thant.pls help me to reslove the issue.thanks in advance.

Answer Question   |  December 14, 2009  10:40 AM
Microsoft Excel, Office 2007, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Error Messages

How to add an Additional Domain controller in an existing environment and promote it as Domain Controller
Our environment contains two domain controllers with windows 2003 as O/S with the ip 10.0.2.12/8 and 10.0.2.13/8. Due to old hardware we want to install our domain controllers on new hardware with different IP as 192.168.15.1/24 and 192.168.15.2/24. Please provide me the steps to install the domain controller and decommission the old domain controllers. We are using [...]

Answer Question   |  September 11, 2012  10:50 AM
Acitve Directory, Domain Controllers, VLAN, Windows Server 2003

Getting Service Pack Information in Windows Server 2003
Hi, in my organization i have around 1000 of servers. All are running with Windows 2003 OS. I know many of the Servers are not running SP2. I need a script which checks all the Servers for the Service Pack information and displays the Result. Just Getting the Service Pack information is enough. We do [...]

Answer Question   |  December 14, 2009  1:57 AM
Service packs, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server Service Packs

Windows 2003 Server Reboot Schedule
I know in the past it was strongly recommended to reboot Windows Server. However, with Windows 2003, is it still recommended? And if so, how often is it recommended? Thanks alot for any help

Answer Question   |  December 14, 2009  9:35 PM
Reboot, Servers, Windows Server 2003, Windows server 2003 upgrades and migration

Windows 2003 System Restore Disabled Options
On windows 2003 With R2 Service Pack 2, we have a problem with the following symptoms: - On All servers, In System Properties, there is no system restore Tab - In Disk Cleanup/More options, System restore is Greyed out - Some servers are consuming disk space on a daily basis in the “System Volume information” [...]

Answer Question   |  December 14, 2009  9:32 PM
System Restore, Windows Backup, Windows Server 2003

logman -cnf option is not working for me
On Windows XP or Server 2003, I run the following command: logman create counter MyFirstPerfLog -o “c:myScriptsWindowsPerformanceMyFirstPerfLog.blg ” -v mmddhhmm -rf 24:00:00 -cnf -cf “c:myScriptsWindowsPerformancecounters.txt” The counter is created without any problem. But when I look at the properties of this counter, even though the option, “start a new log file”, under “when a log [...]

Answer Question   |  December 11, 2009  9:25 PM
Windows scripting, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Script Error, Windows XP

Global Catalog Server on Windows Server 2003
I am currently trying to learn about Active Directory and Server 2003, and was talking to a IT friend of mine about Global Catalog Servers. It seems to me there are no disadvantages in having GC-servers. However, he persisted in telling me I should always try to limit the number of GC-servers. Why? I don’t [...]

Answer Question   |  December 11, 2009  12:28 PM
Active Directory, Global Catalog Server, Global Catalog Server on Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003

Terminal Server Licenses
My Windows 2003 server doubles as a citrix server. I have noticed that it has issued 9 temporary licenses to machines I do not know. Is it possible to revoke these licenses somehow so that they will be available to legitimate machines?

Answer Question   |  October 29, 2010  11:33 PM
Terminal Server, Terminal Server Licensing, Windows Server 2003

blocking permission inhertiance in Windows Server 2003
the steps that are involve in blocking permission inhertance using active director users and computers

Answer Question   |  December 11, 2010  7:19 PM
Active Directory, Inheritance, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Permissions

Reconnecting to databases in SharePoint after server wipe
My Windows Server 2003 box died which had WSS 3.0 on it. The server has been wiped and I still have the SQL Server intact. Everything is reinstalling now; can I just reinstall SharePoint and “reconnect” to the databases that already are there or do I need to start all over?

Answer Question   |  December 4, 2009  7:33 PM
Database administration, Servers, SharePoint, Sharepoint installation, SQL Server, Windows Server 2003, WSS 3.0

Input multiple users in Windows Server 2003 database
I have to add the names of 600 users to our directory. Is there a way to input multiple user accounts into our Windows Server 2003 database, or do I have to manually enter this information in Active Directory?

Answer Question   |  December 4, 2009  7:01 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory User Profiles, Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003 forced to DHCP
Does anyone know a way to force a workstation to use a specific DHCP server ? We have a windows server 2003 has DHCP active as well as our phone system. The problem is there are workstations getting there ip info from the phone system and not the server.

Answer Question   |  September 11, 2012  3:11 PM
DHCP, IP configuration, Windows Server 2003, Workstations

SQL Server 2005 Performance optimiztion
I have the following setup, would like to know what’s best for log files, data files, indexes, tempdb files. Also, since the server is used solely for SQL 2005 Reporting Services, how many tempdb data files and tempdb log files should I create, also how many userdb data files and userdb log files. Want to [...]

Answer Question   |  December 4, 2009  4:24 PM
SQL 2005 Reporting Services, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server performance, Windows Server 2003

Remote viewing with Process Monitor v2.8
Can the Process Monitor v2.8 monitor a remote server? And if so, what is the process? I need to monitor some 64bit virtual servers with Windows 2003 as the O/S.

Answer Question   |  September 11, 2012  5:47 PM
Monitoring, Process Monitor v2.8, Remote server management, Virtualization, Windows Server 2003, Windows Virtualization

Web server neceassry ports
Hi, i have a webserver win2003 with my own .net application configured in IIS. sometimes the client not able to browse the pages, it shows “page cant be displayed” i checkd the event logs which shows error releated to TCP/IP. so i configured windows firewall and add TCP/IP filtering. but again often im getting this [...]

Answer Question   |  December 2, 2009  6:33 AM
IIS, Web Server, Windows Server 2003

How do I create two domains with two different login passwords in Windows Server 2003?
How do I create two domains with two different login passwords in Windows Server 2003?

Answer Question   |  December 2, 2009  8:23 PM
Multiple domains, Windows Server 2003

Error during internal number assigment for port names
hi I create a logical system and assign it to my client300 and save it. When I goto T.code rsa1 following error shows: “Error during internal number assigment for port names” for detail it shows “Message number E0551 An internal number could not be assigned for the number ’01′ for the number range object EDIPORT” [...]

Answer Question   |  December 1, 2009  9:14 AM
SAP ECC, SAP ECC 5.0, Windows Server 2003

Automated Windows Server 2003 Backups Dell PowerEdge 2800
I recently installed a Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall and since then my automatic backup is no longer running as planned. The message I am getting are Begin NTBackup Log Files, The saved selection file, script.bks cannot be found, End NTBackup Log Files. What is the proper procedure to properly set this up. By the [...]

Answer Question   |  November 30, 2009  9:11 PM
Barracuda, Dell PowerEdge 2800, NTBackup, Scheduled Backup, Windows Server 2003

Remote desktop in Windows Server 2003
how can i apply remote desktop for the domain user which domain controlar policys are requried for that

Answer Question   |  November 30, 2009  5:10 AM
Remote desktop, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008