Windows Server 2003 Questions


Is it possible to setup wifi on a 3rd Nic in win 2k3?
We have 1 domain with 30 client computers setup to it. We would like to offer public wifi from the same internet connection with a 3rd NIC card but we are unsure on how to set it up. Also we don’t want public computers to access network resources. Our setup is Cable modem to server [...]

Answer Question   |  August 16, 2008  12:14 AM
NIC, Windows Server 2003, Wireless networking
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15 pts.

SNMP v3 Support in Windows Server 2003
Does anyone know if there are any third-party products available that will provide SNMP v3 support to Server 2003/2008? TIA, Jon

Answer Question   |  July 30, 2008  3:20 PM
SNMP, Windows Server 2003
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265 pts.

How do I configure DNS with Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition?
How do I configure DNS with Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition? I already configured basic, but when I run nslookup command it shows “unknown server”. Please help me configure this properly.

Answer Question   |  August 1, 2008  2:46 PM
DNS, Windows Server 2003
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0 pts.

limit access to usb in windows-server2003
how can we restrict the domain user to access the usb or cdrom only admin can use it

Answer Question   |  July 30, 2008  7:59 AM
Removable storage, USB Flash drives, User Permissions, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

Migrate existing windows 2003 OS from local disks to boot from SAN
So far ive tried mirroring the internal disks in windows with the SAN disk and then removing the internal disks and no luck. So what I have done now is used Acronis and imaged the internal disks to the SAN disk, changed the boot options in the BIOS to point to the external disks, changed [...]

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2008  9:54 PM
Boot from SAN, IBM, Storage Area Networks, Windows Server 2003
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35 pts.

Proxy server authentication
I want to configure my squid proxy server for my existing domain, which has windows 2003 server as domain controller. So I want to authenticate users who want to connect to the internet through my active directory database. Can anybody help me out with how to do the configuration? Please reply as soon as possible, [...]

Answer Question   |  July 29, 2008  9:26 PM
Active Directory, Authentication, Domain Controller, Proxy servers, Squid, User authentication, User Permissions, Web security, Windows Server 2003
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110 pts.

Configure Windows 2003 as a router
What’s the procedure to configure windows 2003 as router to connect two different networks?

Answer Question   |  July 28, 2008  2:53 PM
Router configuration, Windows Server 2003
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0 pts.

Windows Server 2003 error reporting
Does anyone know hoe i can disable the error reporting feature in Windows Server 2003 Thanks

Answer Question   |  July 28, 2008  1:31 PM
Windows errors, Windows Server 2003
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1,695 pts.

Windows Firewall blocks Samba requests from Mac OS X
I have a server that is utilizing Windows Firewall, and I find myself unable to make a Samba connection from a Mac running OS X Leopard. I confirmed that the server (running Windows 2003 Server with all updates) can be reached if I turn off Windows Firewall. This leaves a question of what ports are [...]

Answer Question   |  July 24, 2008  2:54 PM
Firewalls, Leopard, Mac, Samba, Windows, Windows Server 2003
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515 pts.

server 2003 folder permission revert to original setting
I have added the permission for Network Service many times to both folders C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727Temporary ASP.NET Files and C:WINDOWSTemp but after several hours the permission for Network Service is removed from both folders.

Answer Question   |  July 24, 2008  5:58 PM
ASP.NET, Folder permissions, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

Users created as administrators on Windows SBS 2003
Hi at all, I’ve recently deployed a network with Windows SBS 2003 as a server and 7 workstations…when I defined the users in the active directory, I did as “Domain Users”. But they have administrative privileges in their workstations when they are logged in in the domain. Is there any way to solve this? Thanks [...]

Answer Question   |  August 12, 2008  9:41 AM
Administrative privileges, Domain Users Group, SBS, SBS 2003, User Permissions, Windows Server 2003
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70 pts.

IAS services get disabled automatically after a day
Hi, I got 1PDC win2k3 and 1 BDC win2k3, i having problem with the IAS services which getting disable after a day and im not sure what time is that automatically.. I even tried to change it to Automatic and checked all the settings but no vail. Please help me out. Is that because PDC [...]

Answer Question   |  September 23, 2008  7:18 AM
BDC, Domain Controller, IAS, PDC, Primary Domain Controller, VPN, Windows Server 2003
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10 pts.

Windows 2003 Datacentre 32 bit with Oracle 9i 32 bit
We have procured an application for archiving of reports. Initially we were suggested to go for Windows 2003 ENterprise edition 32 bit (R2) with Oracle 9i 32 bit. After about 1 year of rolling out, we found that application became very slow. To enhance the room for memory, we went for memory upgrade from 4GB [...]

Answer Question   |  July 22, 2008  1:41 AM
Oracle 9i, Windows Server 2003
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KGA
5 pts.

Duplicate Active Directory account, what is -EFE?
what is -EFE? when there is a duplicate user in Server 2003, Active Directory, one of the accounts will disable and the account logon name is switched or marked as “$DUPLICATE-EFE”. What does the attribute or flag “-EFE mean?

Answer Question   |  July 22, 2008  5:45 PM
Active Directory, User accounts, Windows Server 2003
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65 pts.

Trouble expanding boot disk on Windows Server 2003
I found on SearchWinComputing.com a case were you explain how to expand a boot disk on a Server 2003 installation. I am having the same troubles and would appreciate if you could give me a hand on how to solve this problem. A technician from COM-IT in Denmark, offered me the possibility to expand the [...]

Answer Question   |  July 22, 2008  2:44 PM
Boot drive, Windows Server 2003
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0 pts.

Installing oracle 9i
is it possible to install qracle 9i on a windows 2003 environment

Answer Question   |  July 21, 2008  10:02 AM
Oracle 9i, Oracle installation, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

Setup a user to manage user accounts in one Organizational Unit and no others
How can I setup a user in MS2003 to manage user and computer accounts in a single OU? They should not be able to move users between OUs.

Answer Question   |  July 17, 2008  6:36 PM
Organizational Unit, User access, User account management, Windows Server 2003
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10 pts.

Outlook 2003 Email stuck in Outbox only when in Cached Mode
have now 2 computers/users who get emails stuck in their Outboxes when they are in cached mode. They have been in cached mode for quite some time so it is not like I just changed something. Users are both using laptops with Windows XP Professional SP2 Exchange Server is running Win2003 Server, Exchange 2003, SP2 [...]

Answer Question   |  July 22, 2008  3:36 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook error messages, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
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20 pts.

How to migrate the Exchange 2003 database to fifferent domain
Dear all, maybe this will sound silly, but i really need an answer, i run Exchange 2003 on Windows 2003 STD Server under mydomain.com, and i want to copy, backup, migrate, call it whatever you want the database (everything in exchange, mailboxed, sores ….) to mynewdomain.com. What is the best way to do this? i [...]

Answer Question   |  July 18, 2008  3:32 PM
Backup, Domain Server, Exchange 2003, Exchange migration, Restore, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

How could i set window server 2003?
i just had started using Window Server 2003 SP1 as a Data center for my office which is we have set a permission for my colleage to be able to read the share file only, but the problem is they could access the file by the time they could be able to copy the file [...]

Answer Question   |  July 18, 2008  6:20 AM
User access, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
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5 pts.