Windows server administration Questions


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.

Answer Question   |  December 11, 2009  6:45 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory security, Windows Server 2003, Windows server administration
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90 pts.

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? Note: This [...]

Answer Question   |  September 8, 2009  9:17 AM
Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003, Windows server administration, Windows Server User Profiles
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10 pts.

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  August 25, 2009  2:41 PM
Asset management, Physical Server, Virtual Machines, Windows server administration
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5 pts.

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2012  8:29 PM
Active Directory, Windows Server 2008, Windows server administration, Windows Server User Profiles
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45 pts.

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?

Answer Question   |  July 2, 2009  12:32 PM
Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows server administration, Windows Server Permissions
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10 pts.

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

Answer Question   |  January 9, 2010  3:07 PM
Group Policy, Networking, Windows Server 2003, Windows server administration, Windows Server Security
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5 pts.

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

Answer Question   |  April 9, 2009  4:29 PM
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003 Permissions, Windows server administration, Windows Server Permissions, Windows Server Security
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5 pts.

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???

Answer Question   |  March 14, 2012  1:30 PM
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003 security, Windows server administration, Windows Server Authentication, Windows Server Login Scripts, Windows Server Permissions
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60 pts.

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

Answer Question   |  February 20, 2009  3:29 PM
IIS, IIS install on Windows Server 2008, PowerShell, PowerShell Scripts, Windows Server 2008, Windows server administration
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16,755 pts.

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?

Answer Question   |  March 20, 2009  6:33 PM
GPO, Group Policy Objects, Windows Server 2003, Windows server administration
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20 pts.

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

Answer Question   |  November 6, 2008  11:06 AM
Dell, Dell 1750, Dell PowerEdge 1750, Dell servers, Event logs, Server administration, Windows server administration
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5 pts.