Windows Server 2003 Questions


Auto populate via active directory customization
Can we have home drives auto populate with a server name/username$ via some Active Directory customization on 2003?

Answer Question   |  May 11, 2011  7:31 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2003, Automation, SERVER NAME, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Group Policy
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975 pts.

Round robin for data syncing with Windows Server 2003 SP2
What is the best way to set up round robin on several file servers and have the files data be synced between the boxes? This is using 4 Windows 2003 SP2 Servers. They share all files for the sales force and customer service.

Answer Question   |  June 3, 2011  7:40 PM
Data Sync Manager, Data synchronization, Round Robin, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP2
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975 pts.

Upgrading from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
We are looking to upgrade our Windows Server 2003 Active Directory network to be a Windows Server 2008 AD network what will I need to do and in what order? The member servers or the AD machines first? We are running 2003 in native mode. There is also an Exchange server.

Answer Question   |  May 10, 2011  7:33 PM
Active Directory, Networking, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Upgrade, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Upgrades
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1,110 pts.

SAPMMC All Settings Gone after running CCCleaner , How to get all settings
Hello All SAPMMC All Settings Gone after running CCCleaner , How to get all settings back . I donot know what is SID ( System ID ), Instance etc. If this is not relevant to this forum plz let me know which forum …. Regards Rohit Running on Windows server 2003

Answer Question   |  May 10, 2011  6:05 AM
CCSID, SAPMMC, SID, Windows Server 2003
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10 pts.

Writing my own spam filter for Exchange
Does anyone know of an example on how to write a spam filter for exchange server? Actually I’m not trying filter spam but I do want to write a filter which will intercept messages and do something, and then may or may not pass them on. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2011  12:30 AM
Exchange, Exchange 2010, Exchange spam filters, Spam filters, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

Mass disable of users via Active Directory by organizational unit
Can me mass disable users via active directory by organizational unit? If an entire group left the company at one time we need to disable the whole group’s access. Active directory running 2003 and 2008.

Answer Question   |  May 9, 2011  4:55 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
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755 pts.

Can I see who deleted Windows Server 2003 shared files without object access?
someone deleted files from my windows 2003 share folder i dont have object access auditing enabled can i still know who deleted the files ?

Answer Question   |  June 16, 2011  1:49 PM
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003 User Rights, Windows Server Shared Folders
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180 pts.

Unable to access the shared folder of Windows Server 2003 R2
Hello, I have Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Xp Professional on other computer. I have created a Shared folders on both computers and set the permissions as full control for Everyone. Both the Server and Workstation are in the same WORKGROUP. I connected from Win Xp Pro to Win Server 2003 R2 without any [...]

Answer Question   |  May 7, 2011  5:35 AM
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server Shared Folders, Windows XP
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5 pts.

Server Mail rule
Is there any limit for a number of id’s when creating server mail rules. Actually we have to enable mail journalling for 200-300 users and for that we have to create a mail rule on server. Is that possible.?will the mail rule work properly?

Answer Question   |  May 20, 2011  7:38 AM
Email ID, Journaling, Lotus Domino Server 8.x, Windows Server 2003
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125 pts.

Local versus SAN drives identification
Hi Friends, How we can identify the drive that are Loacal Drive or SAN Drive in windows 2003 or 2008 server.   Thanks. Aravind.

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  6:25 AM
SAN, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
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70 pts.

Windows 7 on Windows Server 2003
Hello all, I have Windows 2003 server and ISA proxy to block some unwanted web pages. But one of the Windows 7 Pro client can not access internet. I get username and password from all browsers and though I type it correctly it continuously asks again username and password.

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  10:35 AM
ISA, Proxy servers, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

Removing computer from a Windows Server 2003 domain
How can I remove a computer from a domain without a domain user name and password? I have a local admin account.

Answer Question   |  October 22, 2011  6:58 PM
Domain Administration, Domain Users, Local Administrators Account, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain
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975 pts.

Transfer roles on Windows Server 2003
Dear All, Friends i have transfered roles from windows server 2003 to another windows server 2003. By using ntdsutil command. Now i have started work on new server. But i could not create new user account on new activedirectory. Please advise me whats wrong. Thanks Tahir

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  7:15 AM
Active Directory, User account management, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows server administration
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150 pts.

Shared Outlook calendar not updating
I work in the IT department of a college campus and I have several out look users who’s calendars are not updating correctly for all users.  This is causing a lot of scheduling problems. Some are running Outlook 10 and some are still on Outlook 7. The server is an Exchange server and we also [...]

Answer Question   |  April 18, 2013  8:42 PM
Outlook, Outlook calendar, Outlook calendar sharing, Outlook Shared Calendar, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

How do I add a local admin account via script?
We have just recently joined to our parent companies domain, and as such our old local admin account “administrator” name is not being used as an login anymore. Most of our machines have administrator as the local admin account. Since we want to get away from that name, we would like to add a local [...]

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  7:06 PM
Group Policy Objects, Local Administrators Account, Local Administrators Group, Visual Basic, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
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1,050 pts.

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1,110 pts.

Blocking RDP connections to Windows server 2003
Can I block RDP connections to Windows Server 2003 depending on IP address?

Answer Question   |  April 26, 2011  4:36 PM
IP address, RDP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 connectivity
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975 pts.

Re-join clients to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Hello All, For some reasons, I needed to format and re-install my Windows 2003 Enterprise server. I re-setup it with same fqdn name and other stuffs alongwith AD as they were before. Now, all clients (WinXP) can connect and use the server resources but everytime they connect to sever, following errors are logged: Event ID: [...]

Answer Question   |  May 3, 2011  8:58 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Users and Computers, Server connectivity, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Windows XP SP3
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40 pts.

Changing password requirements for all Windows Server 2003 domain users
How can we change password requirements for all domain users? This is using Windows Server 2003 at the domain level and Windows XP SP3 on the desktop.

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  7:36 PM
Domain Users, Password management, Password policies, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain, Windows XP SP3
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975 pts.

Adding an alias for our server in Windows Server 2003 AD
Can we add an alias for our server in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory so clients can hit a fqnd by typing app in the browser?

Answer Question   |  April 21, 2011  7:32 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory interoperability, Server administration, Server management, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration
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1,110 pts.