Offline folder issue in Windows Server 2003
In my environment we have enabled folder redirection for Appdata/Roaming  to a other server location. If I try and view the security permissions for certain files from the client it says it is unable to find them or that they can’t be displayed.   The appdata folder on the server has full control and but from [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  8:40 AM
Folder Redirection Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Group Policy, Windows Server 2003 security

Windows cluster troublshooting
All, In windows 2003 cluster resources, while moving resources from one node to another, some time resources are taking long time to come online or it may fails, such as SQL and disk resources. why ? How to trouble shoot and how and why it happens. Is SQL resources depend upon SQL database services? How [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  7:55 AM
Windows Server, Windows Server 2003

User restriction in Windows Server 2003
i have a Dc in win2003 server i have a problam . the problam is one user login with the same user name and password to the other XP clint machine . how to stop this

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  12:01 PM
Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003 cluster resources
what are the services will involve while moving resources from one node to another. If fails in moving resorces how we can trouble shoot it. Any links can help for this. exampmle – If any sql resources fails while moving. Please help me.   Thanks. Aravind.  

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  2:08 PM
SQL Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Clustering Services

Trace PIDs back to the process utilizing them?
One of my windows 2003 servers is suddenly showing a large increase in the amount of processes running under the administrator credentials. Today I am looking at an even dozen instances of Notepad running – and while many of our error logs use notepad, I believe that this amount is up considerably from the norm. [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  4:14 PM
PID, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003 Domain, Windows Server 2003 security

Local Security Authority Cannot Be Contacted in Outlook Web Access
Hi, We set up an Exchange 2003 Server at work and it seems to work fine using OWA, as long as the user is an Administrator. If we remove the user from the Administrators’ group, they get the following message in the browswer: “Local Security Authority Cannot Be Contacted”. Of course, we can’t make all [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:54 PM
Domain Administration, Exchange 2003, Exchange security, Windows Server 2003

Permissions error trying to access the IFS
This worked for years now suddenly doesn’t. I’m reading a folder on the IFS via a UNC path (\ibmserverifsfolder) from a .NET application. Now I get a permission denied error. The Windows server user that is being used is Network Service. This is the normal user to use for file IO ops. What user does [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:27 PM
.NET, .NET applications, AS/400, IFS, Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003 event log
When the Windows 2003 event log is full will the server fail? Can we setup log rotation?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:30 PM
Event logs, Server Failure, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration

IPsec monitoring on a network
What can I use to monitor IPSec on our network? Is their a console or event log for it? Windows 2003.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:26 PM
Event logs, IPsec, IPsec VPN, Network Monitor, Windows Server 2003

Can exchange run with dns server?
hi I am brand new to exchange. Recently i installed a ms 2003 exchange server on a 2003 server. Is there a possible way to install and make the exchange server run without DNS server or to use a different DNS server hosted by my isp other then the one built into the server the [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:21 AM
DNS, DNS server, Exchange 2003, Exchange configuration, Windows Server 2003

Task Scheduler in Server 2003 not working
I am trying to get NTBackup in MS Server 2003 to schedule a daily backup however it does not start. After looking for solutions, it appears to be a problem with Task Scheduler. I have looked at the various fixes including deleting the S-1-5-18 folder in Crypto/RSA. Before deleting this folder I was getting a 0×80090016:Keyset does not [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  7:58 AM
Backup, NTBackup, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server backup

MSExchange Transport error in event viewer
I’m getting the following error showing up in event viewer in Server 2003 – Error MSExchangeTransport Routing Engine/Server Event 999. This shows uop every 30 -60 secs. When I click through to the error it states ‘Routing failed to acquire the handle to the existing key container within default cryptographic service provider (CSP)’ Also MSADC [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:13 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange Transport Rule, Service Control Manager, Windows Server 2003

Local Administration Rights
I would like to create a “power users” group in my active directory that gives users full admin rights on the local computer – the computer that they are actively logged on to – to use with roaming profiles. So many programs require administrator privileges for “first use,” and we have users that move from [...]

Answer Question   |  July 27, 2011  6:39 PM
Local Administrator Rights, Terminal Services, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Setting up DFS to replicate three servers across WAN
How can I setup DFS to replicate to three servers across my WAN? Do the DFS partners need to be part of my domain or just Windows 2003 server or better?

Answer Question   |  July 6, 2011  6:14 PM
DFS, DFS Replication, WAN, WAN optimization, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration

Active Directory Scripting
Hi, I need help with copying shortcuts via AD. Currently, I can create a shortcut on user’s desktops belonging to a specific security group by using this in the Notes field of the group properties: csc “desktop”, “Clinical”, \servershareshortcut.url, “folder”, “” However, I would like to copy a shortcut to place on the desktop instead [...]

Answer Question   |  July 6, 2011  1:47 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory scripting, Scripting, Windows Server 2003

Defragmenting hard drive on Windows Server 2003
When does a hard drive on a hardly used Windows 2003 server need to be de-fragmented? The server is a file server and has files written and removed from it several times a week and is accessed by ~25 users. Can we set an alert when we hit a hard fragmentation level?

Answer Question   |  February 1, 2012  7:20 PM
Defragmentation, File Server, HARD drive, Hard drive repair, Windows Server 2003

Folder Redirection – Why disable inheritance?
Every article I read regarding folder redirection and personal shares mentions that I should disable inherited permissions. Why is this required? Is this a security concern or a performance concern? Personally, I want upper management to have read access to subordinates personal shares so I don’t have to retrieve files for managers, or monitor them [...]

Answer Question   |  June 29, 2011  1:59 PM
Active Directory, File Share Permissions, Folder permissions, Folder Redirection Windows Server 2003, Folder Sharing, Windows Server 2003

Symantec backup exec system recovery 7 question
Hi, We backup our servers using backup exec system recovery 7 using a full/incremental recovery points. What I would like to know is how do I restore only the files changed in the incremental recovery point without besr7 also restoring from the base recovery point. The reason being is that I have created a recovery [...]

Answer Question   |  June 28, 2011  10:30 AM
Backup Exec, File system recovery, Recovery Point Objective, Symantec, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery v.6.5, Windows Server 2003

Changing time and passsword on Windows Server 2003 domain
Hello, I have a 2003 Domain which I want to set time and daylight saving time on all clients in the domain. There  are about 250 clients in my Domain,and another question is: I want to change the local administrator of all clients in the domain automatically.how can i do that? regards, Amir

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2011  9:02 PM
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003 Domain

Software Deployment program
Hi i work in a school with 100+ computers, can any suggest any good programs to deploy software and uninstall software from my windows 2003 server to the clients btw  i have already tried WPKG! im not comfortable with using WPKG   thanks  Phil

Answer Question   |  June 22, 2011  12:58 PM
Software deployment, Software Deployment Tools, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP