Windows Server Administration

What are you looking forward to using in Windows Server 2008 R2? What features are you apprehensive about?

There seem to be a few notable upgrades coming with Windows Server 2008 R2 that have to do with improving administrative capabilities. Is your Windows shop looking forward to anything in particular in the new upgrade, or do you plan on holding off on putting it into production? Is there anything...

Domain Users can install software even though they aren't Admins Windows Server 2003

Roaming users, with folder redirection active, can't install software to local discs of machines but can still install to their home folder, such as my documents etc... Why?! We're running windows server 2003 with XP workstations. Software/Hardware used: Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

How to trace Password reset in Active Directory ?

How can i trace who among my sys admin team has reset the GM's password. Is there any ways or tools (except manageengine) to track the password reset in window 2003 AD Domain. Thanks in Advance.

Domain Controller in Windows Server 2003

Hi, Pls I have a challenge with my Domain Controller. Recently, the DC just lock-out users' accounts ndiscriminately (i mean a user log-on today and wake up tommorrow and the account is locked out). I have to unlock users' account almost everyday. Pls what is responsible for this and what can I do?...

Managing Physical server leases

I have worked in the Windows server administration field for 10 ten years.  I have recently moved to the asset management team.  My main task is to review about 3,000 server leases.  When the lease is time to expire, I look at the utilization stats and determine if they could be moved to a VM or...

Windows Server 2008 adding multiple users

I am running server 2008. regardless of the script I run I can not get it to create multiple users. i even took my 2003 scripts and changed the names and it would not create the users. i am trying to run the script that creates the users, and set the home dir and also the profile dir. i am pulling...

cant log on to Windows Server 2003

I have a windows 2003 server which is a DC , but i cant log on using even administrator. any help?

how can i configure windows server 2003 so that to restrict users in my network from downloading files from the internet

how can i configure windows server 2003 so that to restrict users in my network from downloading files from the internet

Windows 2003 Authority

How can I setup my Help Desk Tier 1 administrator to be able to reset passwords and unlock workstations? This user currently has "standard user" access priviledges. Thanks in advance for your response

windows server 2003 forgotten password

how do i login to my administrator account in windows server 2003 if i have forgotten the password and i don't have another existing account???

Installing IIS on Windows Server 2008 with PowerShell script

I want to install IIS in Windows Server 2008. Does anyone have the script in Powershell

I need to change the local admin password in a domain some 800 machines. Best options please

Hi, I need to change the local admin password on about 800 machines in a Windows 2003 domain. I have thought about scripting and applying it via GPO. Any other ides anyone?

Dell 1750 system event log is full

Dell 1750 system event log on the system board is full and is causing the diagnostics to fail as it is saying that I have an old memory problem and I cannot delete it how do I claer the log