Windows Server 2008 Questions


Active directory with Uniface
How to use Active Directoy with Uniface Has anyone used Active Directory to authenticate users of a Uniface application? If so, how.  

Answer Question   |  January 30, 2011  3:20 PM
Active Directory, Authentication, Uniface, Windows Server 2008
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5 pts.

Exchange 2010 connection problem related to POP3 and IMAP
I am using exchange 2010, in Owa access i have publish pop3,imap4 and smtp setting for the user to view these setting,but now there is problem with the connection related to pop3 and imap(we have disable the port number at edge server), so i don’t want the user to view those setting now, plz help.

Answer Question   |  January 29, 2011  5:56 AM
Exchange 2010, IMAP4, OWA, POP3, SMTP, Windows Server 2008
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360 pts.

Shared folder access to domain users on Windows Server 2008 network
I have 4 servers and 100 clients, One of my server is file server and i created a common shared folder for all users for transfer files and folder. I have given full access to domain users but when user try to paste exe file from network, a message appear access denied. Please guide why [...]

Answer Question   |  May 10, 2011  5:16 AM
.exe, Domain Users, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Shared Folders
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60 pts.

Windows Server 2008 & Marvell driver
I have an Asus MB P6X58-DE I have 2 1TB Western Digital HD SATA 6. When I turn on NEW computer and have server disk at startup and start install windows says there is no HD showing and to load driver for it. I found Marvell controller drivers but they cannot be installed because i [...]

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2011  4:17 PM
ASUS, SATA Hard Drive, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 64-bit
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5 pts.

Active Directory replication
Dear Experts; i am new employee in big institution, they have one DC running Windows Server 2008, and they installed a new DC for replication, the new DC have active directory without DNS, and DHCP, my question is : can i just install theses rules without any other configuration, or do i need to do [...]

Answer Question   |  January 25, 2011  1:32 AM
Active Directory replication, AD replication, DHCP, DNS, Windows Server 2008
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35 pts.

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Answer Question   |  January 30, 2011  5:10 PM
CCDP, CCDP Self Study Guide, Cisco, Desktop virtualization, Giveaways, Group Policy, IT answers, IT Books, Windows Server 2008
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6,315 pts.

Software Restriction Policies on Windows terminal server
I am using Software Restriction Policies in terminal server with server 2008. I need to be able to restrict TS users from certain parts of a applications database. I am not sure what the databases type are as yet.May be SQL or not. can you suggest how can i restrict the users access to certain [...]

Answer Question   |  January 24, 2011  3:15 AM
Terminal Server, Windows 2008 Terminal Server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Terminal Server
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740 pts.

How to properly mass delete user profiles in Windows 7 in a Server 2008 R2 environment
How do you delete user profiles properly in Windows 7? I need to do this for a school environment, so using the Advanced System Settings Option in Control panel and deleting each profile one at a time for each computer is not an option. Delprof used to work in XP but not in Windows 7. [...]

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2011  5:06 PM
Group Policy, Group Policy management, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
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175 pts.

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
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2,045 pts.

Backup solutions for VMware environment
We’ve added VMware servers to our data center, and we’re looking for a backup solution that works. There will be a mix of ESX 4.0 and ESX 3.5 hosts along with vCenter 4.0 with a mix of Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Red Hat 4.x and 5.x, SQL Server 2005 and Oracle database. TSM [...]

Answer Question   |  January 3, 2011  7:57 PM
Desktop virtualization, ESX 3.5, ESX 4.0, Oracle Database, RedHat, Server virtualization, SQL Server 2005, vCenter 4.0, VMware, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
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16,755 pts.

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Answer Question   |  February 3, 2011  2:43 PM
Active Directory, Auditing (compliance), Giveaways, IT Books, Network security, Network Security Management, Outlook 2010, Routers, USB drive, Windows Server 2008
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6,315 pts.

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
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10 pts.

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
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975 pts.

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755 pts.

Windows 2008 File server default path
Hi friends, Please can anyone provide me the default path for file server in Windows 2008 server.At present I am not able to view the files in the file server as the folders are being shown as shortcuts.Please help me.Thanks in advance.  

Answer Question   |  December 28, 2010  4:35 PM
Default route, File Server, Windows File Server, Windows Server 2008
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210 pts.

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
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5 pts.

Error code when installing Windows Server 2008 to Dell PowerEdge 1850
when i install the windows server 2008 in dell server poweredge 1850.error code:0*08007045D

Answer Question   |  December 13, 2010  1:10 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 1850, Dell servers, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Installation, Windows Server Installation
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20 pts.

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20 pts.

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
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175 pts.

Creating temporary Windows Server 2008 Active Directory accounts
How can we place expirations on user accounts? We want to make temporary Windows Server 2008 Active Directory accounts for technicians in our data center. We want them to expire in one hour from first login. Is this possible?

Answer Question   |  December 10, 2010  5:33 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Account Lockout, Network security, Windows Network Administration, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Windows Server 2008 Administration
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755 pts.