New Domain Controller and DNS server problems
I’m trying to get rid of an old w2k server that is the DC and DNS server. I added DC and DNS to an existing w2k3 server and it looks like it replicated all the AD data ( I see users and machines listed ) but when I unplug the old server and login to [...]

Answer Question   |  April 10, 2009  4:01 AM
Active Directory, DHCP, DNS configuration, DNS server, Domain Controller, Domain Controller Migration, SonicWALL, Windows 2000 Server migration, Windows Server 2003

TCP/IP is installed but not visible
Hello All, On my system running server 2003, there was TCP/ip installed which still is, but I can’t see it in network properties, hence can’t change the TCP/IP properties. How it happend I don’t know but when I try to install the TCP/IP again, it gives me message .. “Could not add the requested component, [...]

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2009  8:42 PM
Network properties, TCP/IP, Windows Server 2003

Windows 2003 Authority
How can I setup my Help Desk Tier 1 administrator to be able to reset passwords and unlock workstations? This user currently has “standard user” access priviledges. Thanks in advance for your response

Answer Question   |  April 9, 2009  4:29 PM
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003 Permissions, Windows server administration, Windows Server Permissions, Windows Server Security

Event ID:1058 and Event ID:1030 occur every five minutes on Server DNS & AD
Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1058 Date: 9/4/2552 Time: 14:15:03 User: NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM Computer: PCK1 Description: Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO CN={ED0F5B27-8302-4F4F-8548-5811A6A42E49},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=phrachomklao,DC=go,DC=th. The file must be present at the location <\phrachomklao.go.thSysVolphrachomklao.go.thPolicies{ED0F5B27-8302-4F4F-8548-5811A6A42E49}gpt.ini>. (The network name cannot be found. ). Group Policy processing aborted. For more information, see [...]

Answer Question   |  April 9, 2009  9:13 AM
Active Directory, DNS server, Event ID 1030, Event ID 1058, GPO, Gpt.ini, Group Policy, Windows Server 2003

HP Proliant Server ML 530 memory recommendations
have HP proliant server ML 530. Currently, the memory is 3GB(2X512KB and 2X1GB). I want to increase the memory. Anyone have any suggested options. Running windows server 2003 32 bit Thanks This is a user submitted question

Answer Question   |  April 9, 2009  1:49 PM
Blade servers, HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant ML 530, Memory Upgrade, Server management, Windows Server 2003

Use server to execute remote procedures on other workstations in the organization
I have a few batch programs I have written for my organization. They are very useful and have been deployed on only a few machines. We have decided we want to make these batch programs available to all workstations. I would like the batch programs to reside on the servers. When initiated, I would like [...]

Answer Question   |  April 20, 2009  1:28 PM
Remote access, Remote Computers, Remote procedure calls, Remote server management, Remote Workstation, Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional

Event ID 538
The following question was recently submitted via e-mail by a user: Running Windows Server 2003 and Terminal Services, getting Type 3 on a specific username on Event ID 538. What does this mean? Particular type of logoff? Anyone have experience with this error?

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2009  9:15 PM
Event ID 538, Terminal Services, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Error Messages

Domain Controller migration from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
I am putting together a migration plan for moving data and users from Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller to the a new Windows Server 2008 read only domain controller. DNS, DHCP, User data, shares – all need to be migrated. What are the steps that I need to take to migrate DHCP, Users and Data? [...]

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2009  6:49 PM
Domain Controller Migration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Exchange Server 2003 failover
Hi, I am using Exchange 2003 server with windows server 2003 Std. I want to create a fail over of this running server any software or any way then i can create on line backup server of exchange except clusering. Thanks in advance Sachin

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2009  7:17 AM
Backup, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, Exchange 2003 Backup, Exchange 2003 disaster recovery, Exchange 2003 failover, Exchange Disaster Recovery, Windows Server 2003

Running queries causing system to hang
A few weeks ago we had a major crash that was caused by a bad install. I wiped the machine and reinstalled the OS (Windows Server 2003). At first everything appeared to be fine. We are using: 2 x 4 core 2.33 GHz Xeon E5345 Intel s5000XVN motherboard 12GB Ram ATI Radeon x300 Video The [...]

Answer Question   |  April 6, 2009  8:02 PM
SQL Server 2005, System performance, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Performance

Adding SQL perfrmon counters
Recently a site administrator installed a SQL2000 server on Windows 2003. For some reason the perfmon counters for SQL do not show up when trying to check performance. How should these counters be added and/or activated post-installation? In the IT trenches? So am I – read my IT-Trenches blog

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2009  2:26 PM
SQL Server 2000, SQL Server performance, SQL Server performance tuning, Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003 warning message on HP Pavillion laptop
Recently I have installed windows server 2003 enterprise edition on my hp pavillion dv5 1002au laptop. while starting it gives some warning message that 57 days remaining for activation. what is meaning of this msg. Is it like that my server will stop working completely after 57 days??? or I have to reinstall it after [...]

Answer Question   |  April 6, 2009  2:37 AM
HP Pavilion dv5-1002au, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003 Installation

Active Directory wont install
I am trying to download active directory, i have tried DCPROMO and it says in cant find it, i would lso like to down load windows XP professional and windows server 2003

Answer Question   |  April 6, 2009  6:16 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Installation, Add new tag, DCPROMO, Windows Server 2003

Windows SBS 2003 users cannot log into remote web workspace
I have a server running Windows server 2003 sbs with remote web workspace. Only users with administrative rights are able to log in. Any other user is unable to log in. All users can login to Outlook remote access with no problem. Please help.

Answer Question   |  June 30, 2009  3:22 AM
Remote Web Workplace, SBS 2003, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SBS

Best practice for moving VM to new server?
Both hosts are Windows Server 2003 running VMware Server 2. I would like to move a VM from one of these Windows Server 2003 hosts to the other – and would appreciate if someone would list a step-by-step or point me in the right direction to preserve everything. Thank you very much. Moderator Note: This [...]

Answer Question   |  April 4, 2009  7:46 PM
Virtual Machines, VM, VM appliance, VMware, VMware Migration, VMware Server 2, Windows Server 2003

Certificate enrollment failed – says RPC server unavailable
I checked my logs in windows 2003 R2 and received the following error: certificate enrollment for local system failed to enroll for one Domain Controller certificate from (SERVER NAME). (RPC server unavailable 0×800706ba (win32: 1722))

Answer Question   |  September 16, 2010  6:54 AM
Certificate Enrollment, Digital certificates, Error 800706BA, RPC, RPC Server Unavailable, Web security, Windows Server 2003

Client Service & Protocol ALL GONE
Hello Everyone, In my desktop, running on SErver 2003, all connection item, Client, Service and Protocol all are gone nothing visible in Network connection properties, When I try to install any of these, error shows up that it can find the specified system file to install these. How it happened I don’t know, the questionis [...]

Answer Question   |  December 13, 2009  10:52 PM
Network connection properties, TCP/IP, Windows Server 2003

Syncing Two exchange servers
Hi I have a user in a school system who also works for another school in the local area. Both schools have exchanger server, 2003 on one site and 2000 on the other. The user has an account set up on both sites but would like to syn his emails, calendar and contacts between the [...]

Answer Question   |  April 1, 2009  2:52 PM
Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Exchange synchronization, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP2

Hyper-V event 4096
The following question was recently submitted by a user via e-mail: I set up Hyper-V virtual server and SBS 2008, and then a 2003 member server. Now I’m getting this error: Source: Hyper-V-Config Event ID: 4096 The error shows up about every 5 minutes. Help!

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2009  8:46 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V Error Messages, Hyper-V Event 4096, SBS 2008, Windows Server 2003

WinBind authentication with VMware host
I need to allow Active Directory users to authenticate to our VMware host running on Ubuntu. Would someone using Samba/WinBind share an example vmware-authd file or point me in the right direction? Thanks much. Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2009  6:41 PM
Active Directory, Authentication, Samba WinBind, Ubuntu Linux, VMware, Windows Server 2003