Helpdesk CSM Software
I was wondering if anyone knew of a good CSM product for a single tech helpdesk. I need something to help me keep track of open tickets/projects, as well as, achieve solutions for closed tickets- ie have a IT library database for solution. Would be nice to be able to have users email their issues [...]

Answer Question   |  March 14, 2012  6:14 PM
IT Help Desk, Software applications, Windows 7 Professional, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Can a script be executed on MAC OS 10.6 from MS Active Directory?
We would like to run a script on all MAC OS 10.6 machines to open up the default web browser and launch a company web page. We can achieve this on Microsoft Windows by using GPO, can the same be achieved on the MAC? The Schema has been extended on the Active Directory as recommended [...]

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  3:32 PM
Active Directory Integration, Active Directory scripting, Login scripts, Mac OS X, Windows Server 2008 R2

Locking down the USB & optical drives on Windows Server 2008 R2
Can we lock down the USB and Optical drives on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box for all users except the administrators group or even just the administrator?

Answer Question   |  February 2, 2011  2:32 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, Optical Drives, USB drive, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server Security

Better way to enroll users in Active Directory
I have just reviewed the steps given to me by my Network Admin for enrolling a new user in A/D and I can’t believe it’s this complicated and requires this many steps. The summary steps are : 1. On the A/D server open the A/D users and computers 2. Add the user entering his name, [...]

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2010  4:46 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Users and Computers, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Disabling virtual memory on Windows Server 2008 R2
Can I disable virtual memory AKA the swap file on a Windows Server 2008 R2 that is a 64 bit Os with 64 GB of memory?

Answer Question   |  March 3, 2011  2:56 PM
64-bit Servers, Memory management, Virtual memory, Virtual Memory Management, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Can I audit file access in specific directories on a Windows Server 2008 R2?
Can we audit file access in specific directories for all users on a Windows 2008 R2 server? How do we set it up?

Answer Question   |  December 28, 2010  5:25 PM
Network security, Network Security Audits, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server Auditing, Windows Server Security

How to hide UNC path of a mapped drive in MyComputer in Windows 7
In Windows XP Professional I used a renuse command in place of the net use command to map a drive for users in a lab environment. The advantage of this command is that it hid the unc path to the network share that the mapped drive referred to. However, This renuse command is not working [...]

Answer Question   |  February 15, 2011  5:38 AM
Hide UNC path, Network security, UNC path, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows XP Professional

SOLAP in SQL 2008R2
IS there SPATIAL OLAP implementation in SQL 2008R2

Answer Question   |  December 20, 2010  9:28 PM
GEOSpatial, Oracle OLAP, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

How to set a Windows 7 custom theme in group policy to apply to all users
I am trying to set a custom theme to be applied to all computers using Group Policy. I have setup my custom theme in Windows 7 and saved the file under the c:theme directory. I gave everyone full control of this directory. Then in Group Policy of Server 2008 R2, under User Configuration, Administrative Templates, [...]

Answer Question   |  December 15, 2010  10:47 PM
Custom Theme, Group Policy, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 Group Policy Objects, Windows Server 2008 R2

How to redirect the start menu using Windows Server 2008 R2 & Windows 7
I have previously used Windows Server 2003 to setup folder redirection of the Start Menu in a Group Policy (User configuration, Folder redirection, Start Menu – C:START Menu). I then copied all of the links to the programs that I wanted the user to see to the customized Start Menu for when they logged on [...]

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2013  3:55 PM
Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 Professional, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

ERROR by ImageOle Dbl_Click opening a JPG file
I am using VB6, and OLE Object for linking and oppening files, now I am getting error oppening Files in JPG Format. Is there any way I can resolve this issue?

Answer Question   |  November 29, 2010  12:28 PM
OLE objects, VB 6.0, Visual Basic, Visual Basic 6.0, Windows Server 2008 R2

Mac filtering via Windows 2008 RADIUS server
Trying to Configure a RADIUS server 2008 r2 to house a set of Mac addresses that are allowed to connect to the network. I’m using Cisco aironet 1142N. I’m pretty new at this and will need some major help. Thanks to anyone who can help.

Answer Question   |  November 30, 2010  10:46 PM
Aironet, Cisco Aironet, Radius Server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Auditing task for migrating Windows Server 2003 32-bit to Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit
We’re moving from a 32-bit platform to 64-bit and we need to audit our tasks. We have four DCs located in one data center. One domain controller holds all FSMO roles, server runs DNS, WINS. The other holds the terminal servers licenses and runs DNS, WINS, and holds trust for an external domain (I believe [...]

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2010  9:48 PM
Auditing, Data Center, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2

Can I use WBAdmin to restore NTBackup files?
WBAdmin to restore NTBackup files? If not how can I restore NTBackup files to my new Win 2008 R2 server? We need the files and I do not want to restore them elsewhere and copy them as this will double my time line

Answer Question   |  October 24, 2010  4:01 PM
Backup, Backup and restore, NTBackup, NTBackup Configuration, WBADMIN, Windows Server 2008 R2

Prepare schema for Exchange SP3 installation onto Windows Server 2008 R2 environment
Hello the environment is windows 2008 R2 for root domain, but there is a child domain which contains exchange Sp1. After using setup /prepareschema on root DC: how can I check that replication is finished in the whole domain and child domain? because I have to run setup /prepareAd after replication. should I disable outbound [...]

Answer Question   |  October 19, 2010  7:15 AM
Domain Controller, Exchange, Exchange installation, Root Domain, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Datacenter Server – OS Installation and Licensing
If you have a Datacenter 2008 license, are you allowed to install Microsoft Server Enterprise 2008 (or 2003) as the “primary server OS” on a physical box(server) instead of the Datacenter OS product?

Answer Question   |  October 14, 2010  1:52 PM
Server virtualization, Windows Licenses, Windows Server 2008 DataCenter, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server Licensing

iSCSI Initiator errors after trying to set up IPsec.
In an effort to set up some sort of security on the IP traffic between the systems using iSCSI I attempted to implement IPsec. In doing so the Windows iSCSI initiators were no longer able to communicate with the targets. So after removing the settings in the local security policy most of the systems were [...]

Answer Question   |  October 13, 2010  4:01 PM
IPsec, iSCSI, iSCSI Initiator, VHD, Windows Server 2008 R2

IT Book Giveaway: Unified Communications for Dummies
This week’s free IT book giveaway, Unified Communications for Dummies, will help you find out how to make communication effective, global and available through multiple technologies seamlessly. Want it? Simply answer one of the questions provided here, then leave a link to your answer in the discussion area below. Answering multiple questions gives you multiple [...]

Answer Question   |  October 18, 2010  2:24 PM
Cloud Computing in 2010, Contests, Exchange performance, Giveaways, IT Books, Routers, SaaS in 2010, SLA agreements, Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 Restoring backups
Using the WBADMIN command to use a Authoritive restore and using the DSRM  by using F8 when booting. Im trying to figure out how to restore a back up and havent got very far so far. I assume you use the  Wbadmin start systemstaterecovery get get items -version identifier 10/09/2010-08:10 recoverytarget:C: But cant quite get [...]

Answer Question   |  October 12, 2010  2:51 AM
Backup, WBADMIN, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Backup, Windows Server 2008 Backup Utility, Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 server alerts
What are the appropriate thresholds for alerts on Windows 2008 R2 servers. I want to monitor disk space, memory, network throughput and processor usage. I want to be aware of any and all bottlenecks before they become a problem.

Answer Question   |  October 4, 2010  2:00 PM
bottleneck, Security in 2010, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server Alert Service, Windows Server Security, Windows Server security compliance management