Windows Server 2003 Questions


Access to share using local account
Have a W2003 server, part of our domain, whose shares are only accessible using domain IDs. A local ID on the server given suitable access rights to a share can’t attach remotely, using the same credentials. Even local admins can’t access remotely even to Admin$, IPC$, C$ or other created shares. Other 2003 servers using [...]

Answer Question   |  July 30, 2008  9:41 AM
Domain Server, Network connectivity, User Permissions, Windows Server 2003
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40 pts.

Internet sharing throuh routing and remote in server 2003
Hello Users let me tell you my lan senirio, in my lan i keep a internet server where droping DSL, and i install server 2003, I setup this Pc by configuring “remote and routing ” , acctually I have to know steps. 1) how will i configur our clients computer to access internet , client [...]

Answer Question   |  April 14, 2008  7:55 AM
Routing and Remote Access, User Permissions, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

Special Permissions for folders on Windows Server 2003
Hi sorry my last question was uncompleted. ————– for share folders there is a Users(domainusers) group that I set just set the “list of folder” permission for it,but there is a “special permisions”!!!when I edit this “special permissions”, it has the rights for create folder and add data and append data!!!!!!!! but i don’t want [...]

Answer Question   |  April 14, 2008  11:34 AM
NTFS permissions, Windows Server 2003
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265 pts.

Volume Shadow
AOA Dear all, I have Enable Volume Shadow Copy feature in server 2003. Now i want that the previous version feature not to be show to any client user. The problem is that i have no install any client software on the client machine but client user view the Previous version feature. I want that [...]

Answer Question   |  April 20, 2008  5:31 AM
Security, Volume Shadow Copy, Windows Server 2003
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125 pts.

Windows server 2003 Hangs
About once a week my windows server 2003 locks up completely and I have to hit the power to reboot. It can happen when it is just sitting there or when I have something open, never the same program. Could this be a possible hard drive problem?

Answer Question   |  February 25, 2010  10:19 PM
Hard drives, Lock ups, Windows Server 2003
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65 pts.

Size Limit on Folders
Hello, Is it possible to set a size limit on users folders in Windows 2003 server? Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks, Muhammad Usman.

Answer Question   |  April 11, 2008  5:01 AM
Disk quota management, Security, Windows Server 2003
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125 pts.

WEB SERVER 2003 PRINTER SHAREING ISSUE
WE JUST SETUP WEB SERVER 2003 AND ARE WANTING TO HAVE A PRINTER SHARE FROM IT NOW AS U WELL KNOW THE WEB SERVER CANT BE PROMOTED TO A DOMAINE AND SO WE DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NEEDING TO LOGIN THE SERVER TO PRINT SINCE IT’S A STANDALONE COMPUTER LIKE OUR XP’S WE HAVE [...]

Answer Question   |  April 11, 2008  10:38 PM
Printers, Windows Server 2003
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20 pts.

Doing same thing
Hi, I’m doing the same thing – migrating from 2k3 enterprise to SBS. This is at our church and someone had given us the 2k3, but we want to switch to the SBS. Are there any major caveats in doing so? We dont’ have a domain set up, we don’t use AD (yet), and I’m [...]

Answer Question   |  April 9, 2008  5:35 PM
SBS, Small business and midmarket crm software, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

What software would you recommend for NTFS administration?
Hello, can you recommend a software for the administration of large NTFS in Windows 2003? We are looking for tools that can do the following: – export/import the structure of folders with NTFS rights – allow owners to show where inheritance is broken – add/remove users or groups in the tree or subtree of folders [...]

Answer Question   |  May 31, 2008  3:14 PM
NTFS, NTFS permissions, Windows Server 2003
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0 pts.

What is SYSVOL folder in Windows 2003 server
Can someone provide me information about SYSVOL folder in the Windows 2003 server? Thanks!

Answer Question   |  May 9, 2013  2:22 PM
SYSVOL folder, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

Blackberry and Sametime
Has anyone installed BES on a dedicated Sametime server in a Windows 2003 environment? We are running Domino 8.01 and are looking for ways to avoid reducing performance by running BES on our primary messaging server and at the same time not have to configure a separate dedicated server aside from the Sametime server. Thanks [...]

Answer Question   |  April 10, 2008  4:53 PM
BES, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Lotus Domino Server 8.x, Lotus Sametime, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

IIS Admin
We have a backup Domain controller running server 2003. Each time I try to access the website, I get an error message : “you are not authorized to view this page”. I went to the directory security tab on the website properties on IIS and checked “enable anonymous access”. I then unchecked every other options. [...]

Answer Question   |  May 31, 2008  7:04 AM
Anonymous access, Domain Controller, IIS authentication, Web security, Windows Server 2003
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270 pts.

Maximum share size in Windows 2003
I was reading an article by Gary Olsen on the techtarget.com site entitled “Leveraging DFS in Windows Server 2003 R2″. In this article Gary states, “the administrator reported a performance problem on one site that had a 62 GB share size, which is close to Microsoft’s recommended maximum of 65 GB.” I have never seen [...]

Answer Question   |  April 4, 2008  6:31 PM
Distributed File System, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

VPN & Two Offices
Hi, I’m currently (attempting!) to configure a network for a family buisness of ours, We have 2 sites (HQ and remote office) and need to bridge the two networks over the internet. HQ – 10.1.x.x Remote Office – 10.2.x.x Both sites will have a single Windows 2003 Standered server to manage AD, DNS, DHCP etc. [...]

Answer Question   |  April 5, 2008  2:01 PM
VPN, Windows Server 2003
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15 pts.

How to build a domain
I’m trying to build a domain. I would like to confirm the order of steps to sucessfully accomplish this task. Such as build a domain controller first, DNS then Exchange 2003 server. The os for the servers are all Windows Server 2003. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2008  1:42 PM
DNS, Domain, Exchange 2003, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

PST files issue when saving on the server
Hi, I have a problem which occurs when users log on/off their profile. Each user has an outlook.pst files in their profile. With some users, the outlook.pst file is not being saved correctly on the server, and the result is that a number of files, called prfxxx.tmp are saved on the server in the same [...]

Answer Question   |  June 12, 2012  9:29 AM
Outlook 2003, Windows, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
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65 pts.

Is their any conflict between Oracle 8i and Windows 2003 Server
Whenever i insert oracle 8i cd, autorun starts and ends without any error or warning and i am unable to install oracle 8i on windows 2003 server. Same cd works on windows xp professional but not on server. Can anybody help me with this problem?

Answer Question   |  December 16, 2010  7:25 AM
Oracle 8i, Oracle installation, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

Upgrade OS system & Oracle
I am upgrading the OS from Windows 200 Server to Windows 2003 Server both Enterprise Editions. Is there any place I can read about how to get the existing Oracle Database onto the Windows 2003 Server.

Answer Question   |  April 1, 2008  6:35 PM
Oracle, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003
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60 pts.

Can we prevent an admin from logging on to ONE particular computer?
Is it possible prevent an administrator user from logging onto one particular computer, but they still be able to log on to any computer in their department? All users log onto the Windows 2003 domain controller and are Windows professional clients.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2008  8:57 PM
Administrative privileges, Administrator, Windows Security, Windows Server 2003
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0 pts.

change primary to root
i have a primary and a secondery domain controler in 2003 server but i want to make it one server only primary.so i want to know that how can i change all those data and confuguration to secondery.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2008  10:25 AM
Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.