Migration of Exchange 2003from SBS to Standard Server
I have an existing Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 and I would like to know how, if at all possible, to copy all the existing data (Active Directory and Exchange Server) over to a new Windows 2003 Standard server

Answer Question   |  October 29, 2008  6:39 PM
Exchange 2000, Exchange migration, SBS 2003, Windows Server 2003

document recovery running terminal server sessions with Windows Server 2003 R2 Sp2
We have a customer who has lost a folder over the weekend – with no backup for recovery. I have managed to track down who was in the system yesterday, but both people are out of town now. They are running terminal server sessions with Windows Server 2003 R2, Sp2 – does anyone know of [...]

Answer Question   |  October 28, 2008  9:26 PM
Recovery procedures, Remote users, Windows Server 2003

Shared SAN LUN between Win2K3R2 std Svrs
Is it possible to share an EMC symentrics LUN between two windows 2003 R2 std servers without having to use third party software like ms clustering? one write and the other read only…

Answer Question   |  November 6, 2008  6:02 PM
EMC Symmetrix, LUN, SAN, SAN management, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2

Site block for Windows XP clients using Windows 2003 server
I have have LAN where using Database server here net is running on LAN usin switch, i want to block some unwanted sites using other server on 2003, so that xp clint can not use unwated site

Answer Question   |  October 28, 2008  7:13 AM
Internet restrictions, User restrictions, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Windows Server 2003 SP2 Folder Sharing Problem
Dear Friends I recently configured a Fujitsu Siemens Server with OS Windows Server 2003 SP2. Initially after the installation of the server I was facing a problem of pinging to the server from the XP and Vista Clients. After starting the ROUTING AND REMOTE ACCESS service this problem was sorted out. After that I tried [...]

Answer Question   |  August 13, 2011  5:33 AM
Fujitsu Siemens Server, Share Permissions Rights, Shared folders, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP2 Folder Sharing Problem

FTP Connection
I have a FTP Site, when clients log in they get an “an error occurred opening that floder on the FTP Server. Make sure you have permission to access that folder —- Details: The connection with the server was reset I am using Server 2003 w/ IIS, when I log in internally everything is fine [...]

Answer Question   |  October 24, 2008  6:00 PM
FTP, FTP management, FTP permission, FTP Server, Windows Server 2003

What type of Raid to use on Windows Servers and tempdbs?
I have a SQL Server with eight disks, and I am not sure if I should use Raid 10 twice, one for Windows Server 2003 with NDFs and the other for the log file and tempdb, or apply Raid 1 for the Windows Server, Raid 10 for the NDF and MDF, and Raid 1 again [...]

Answer Question   |  October 25, 2008  4:52 PM
RAID, RAID 1, RAID 10, SQL Server database design and modeling, Windows Server 2003

print servers run on windows 2003 sp2 in vm
we have three servers. Two are running on vm. Are their any advantages or disadvantages to do this

Answer Question   |  October 23, 2008  5:31 PM
Virtual Machines, VMware, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP2

bmail.exe not executing
hello i downloaded bmail from http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/cmdlinemail/cmdlinemail.htm i double clicked on the bmail.exe on my desktop and nothing happened i work on windows 2003 server can anyone help me please

Answer Question   |  October 24, 2008  1:29 PM
BMail, Windows Server 2003

Windows Mobile access to Server 2003 UNC Shares
What do you need to do to browse UNC shares on a windows 2003/2008 server from a windows mobile device? I have verified network connectivity, can ping the server and I can browse shares of a Vista & XP Machines on the same network. The server systems (2003 & 2008) dont seem to allow it. [...]

Answer Question   |  October 29, 2008  5:35 PM
Network connectivity, UNC, UNC shares, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile Device, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008

Can I use my DC server as Exchange Server?
I have server that is the main domain controller, active directory, dns and file server for the company. Can it also be used as an exchange server for the emails? Is it advisable to do so? If yes, are there any things i should keep in mind before installing exchange on it.

Answer Question   |  October 22, 2008  10:14 AM
Active Directory, Domain Controller, Exchange 2003, Exchange Server 2003, Exchange Server and Active Directory, Exchange server interoperability, Windows Server 2003

Something is slowing down my server Dell PowerEdge 1800
Almost every day something starts running on the server and performance slowly grinds to a stop causing me to have to reboot. I look at the processes and the only ones showing up are store.exe and system. There are no Events in the Event Viewer to shed some light as to what is hanging up [...]

Answer Question   |  October 29, 2008  8:32 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 1800, Dell PowerEdge Performance, Server Performance, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Performance

Rolling back a SQL Server 2005 database while retaining data added
I have a database that has been running for about six months in SQL Server 2005 on 64-bit Windows Server 2003. There are no backups, but recovery mode is set to full and I have never deleted the log file. I need to rollback to a recent point in time while also retaining data added [...]

Answer Question   |  October 22, 2008  8:03 PM
Recovery, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server database, SQL Server Database Rollback, SQL Server recovery, Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2003 SBS upgrade
I have the following situation… I have started working in a new job and one of my primary tasks was to upgrade this office to a new server and equipment… (from win 2000 to win 2003 sbs) All the “users” currently are on pop3 (on our company website, on a hosting provider) on there outlook [...]

Answer Question   |  October 23, 2008  3:01 PM
Domain Environment, SBS, SBS 2003, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2003 Upgrade, Windows Server 2003

Need to change my Outlook Web Access password but get error
I want to change my OWA password.I have server 2003 running exchange 2003 as back end server.i have created Iisadmpwd dir under default website & move into exchange app pool.SSL is working.But when i change my OWA password it gives following error 2147024891

Answer Question   |  October 28, 2008  2:59 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange Application Pool, Outlook, Outlook Web Access, Outlook Web Access Password, OWA, Windows Server 2003

How to connect forests
hi! i am student for mcse 2003 i am using VmWare6 (vitualization software) . i install the two win2k3 ent.server both containg diff. forest and domain i.e. server1 name: w2k31 forest: systech.com ip 192.168.12.1/24 server2 name: w2k32 forest : shri.com ip 192.168.15.1/24 CAN U TELL ME HOW SHOULD I CONFIGURE THE RRAS (LAN) in short [...]

Answer Question   |  March 19, 2009  8:37 AM
Active Directory, Domain, Forest, RRAS, VMware, Windows Server 2003

Copying/Mirroring 2003 Exchange
Currently we have a Windows 2003 Server running 2003 Exchnage as a domain controller. What we are trying to do is backup and copy our current exchange data to a new server and exchange we have installed. Then mirror the two servers. Shut down the original without having losing email time. Then reconfig the origninal [...]

Answer Question   |  October 20, 2008  7:03 PM
Domain Controller, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 Backup, Exchange 2003 Mirroring, Windows Server 2003

Users cannot change password when prompted
I use Windows Server 2003 with Active Directory. I have strict password policies set, and lately my users have been getting warnings that their passwords are expiring in X amount of days. I know the defualt is set to start prompting at 14. The problem is that when my users opt to change their password [...]

Answer Question   |  October 23, 2008  3:34 PM
Active Directory, Group Policy, Group Policy management, Windows Server 2003

Moving from Unix to Windows
We are contemplating moving our databases from the Unix platform to a Windows platform. The Windows servers we are thinking of purchasing are Itanium. We have been told that we can just copy the datafiles from the Unix platform to the Windows platform and everything should work fine. I am not so sure and would [...]

Answer Question   |  November 9, 2008  3:32 PM
Itanium Servers, Oracle administration, Unix, unix to Windows Database Migration, Windows Server 2003

IIS Authentication Blues
I recently installed SharePoint Server 2007. My first time. Initially I had no problems using the full SharePoint Central Administration site. The problems began when I set up the portal page; the initial collection site. I couldn’t get access to the portal page. I remote desktop into the Server 2003 machine hosting SharePoint. Then to: [...]

Answer Question   |  October 19, 2008  1:25 PM
IIS, IIS authentication, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint Central Administration, SharePoint Server 2007, Windows Server 2003