Cannot view users via workgroup machine on Windows Server 2003
We have a PDC Windows Server 2003. There are two machines: Machine 1 on workgroup and Machine 2 on domain ABC. When we try to view users in a particular domain via Machine 1 it gives us the desired result. However, when we try the same operation via the workgroup machine it gives us ERROR [...]

Answer Question   |  June 4, 2009  3:03 PM
PDC, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Error Messages, Windows Workgroups and Networking

How to Deploy Internet explore 7 over WSUS
How to Deploy Internet explore 7 over WSUS

Answer Question   |  May 29, 2009  8:19 PM
IE7, Windows Server 2003, WSUS

User Can See Others Outlook Calendar Entry Details
I have a user who can see the calendar entries of other users, not just that the time is blocked but the details of the event. Checked AD, group memberships, etc, and the user does not appear to have elevated privileges of any kind, is not an Exchange admin, domain admin, etc. She has not [...]

Answer Question   |  May 31, 2009  7:13 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook, Outlook 2000, Outlook 2003, Outlook Calendar Permissions, Windows Server 2003

creating user accounts in server 2008
in the new server 2008 is there something specific that needs to be running or activated to let scripts run? my scripts from server 2003 fail on server 2008. i am writing them in VB.

Answer Question   |  May 29, 2009  6:44 PM
Active Directory, VB, Visual Basic, Windows Server 2008

Setup Prepareschema Active Directory on Exchange server
where do you run setup /prepareschema from AD or the exchanger server?

Answer Question   |  May 30, 2009  5:54 PM
Active Directory, Exchange Server, PrepareSchema

Active Directory seeing new computer as pre 2000?
We are using windows server 2003 and computers that are only a year or two old are showing up in AD as windows pre-2000 computers. Is there any way to correct the issue? These computers are running XP pro, vista and the beta windows 7rc operating systems.

Answer Question   |  July 8, 2009  2:16 PM
Active Directory, Vista, Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 7 Beta, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional

Black Screen after Windows Vista Login to Domain Controller
Currently experiencing problems when basic domain users login to their desktops. I have three desktops running Windows Vista Business experiencing the same problem. Here is the problem: - User will login to their account as they normally do — no problems occur before the login process. - Windows Vista will display the “Welcome” dialog along [...]

Answer Question   |  June 4, 2009  9:56 AM
Domain Controller, Login scripts, Vista, Vista Errors

Headless Windows Server 2008 Install
I have a Sun Blade_Netra™ CP3220 Blade Server with only the BIOS on it. How can I load W_2008 Server on it and make it RUN normally please. Richie

Answer Question   |  June 11, 2009  9:48 AM
Blade servers, Sun Blade Servers, Sun Netra CP3220, Windows Server 2008

Access Proxy Serve in win2003 server
Hi this firoj, i want to know how to user proxy server in win2003 server for internet . Becouse if same proxy server ip i put in any client system then internet is working fine .But through same proxy server ip is not working in win 2003 server. i need to run any services in [...]

Answer Question   |  May 28, 2009  2:12 PM
Proxy servers, Windows Server 2003

Windows Server Standard 2008 and licensing for game game server role
I have made one small service program for windows server that is actually small gaming server program. The question is do I need to buy license (CAL) for every player that is connecting to my game server? Or the CAL is for users that directly connects to RDS? The players are not using any file [...]

Answer Question   |  May 30, 2009  5:44 PM
CAL, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 licensing, Windows Server Licensing

Disappearing of documents in AD user profiles
documents mapped to user profiles in AD disappeared and i dont know how it happened how do i retrieve them. There is folder redirection on the My documenys folder to a specific location on the server.

Answer Question   |  May 28, 2009  3:23 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory User Profiles

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

test director 8.0 installation error
Iam new to software field just finished st course I try to install test director 8.0 on windows server 2003 enterprise edition set goes up to login details page when i select next it displays unknown user name or bad pass word can any body help me get out of this problem thanks in advance [...]

Answer Question   |  May 26, 2009  1:38 PM
Test Director, Test Director 8.0, Test Director Installation, Testing software, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

Active Directory
Dear Sir, I’ve domain controller and all office data is also in it so all officers are using this system also as a data/file server. One officer is doing wrong this such as he is continuously hiding folders so now i want to search it who is doing this in domain. waiting for quick and [...]

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2009  7:31 AM
Active Directory

System hangs with Windows 2000 Server and Active Directory
we havea system with windows 2000 server and active directory. Sometimes it hangs or starts some malfunctioning. Suggest some soltuion listing possible causes.

Answer Question   |  May 29, 2009  5:09 AM
Active Directory, System administration, Windows 2000 Server

What are the steps for creating a user in Active Directory?
In active directory

Answer Question   |  April 18, 2011  4:32 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory User Profiles, Active Directory Users and Computers

Windows 2003 Server and SBS 2003
Hi, Is any one knows about default group policy of user lock. One of my Windows 2003 Server and another 2003 SBS administrator user got locked same time. I am sure of password atleast for Windows 2003 Server. Will it get unlock automatically after some times. If so what is the default period as I [...]

Answer Question   |  May 22, 2009  10:02 PM
SBS 2003, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003 security

Hyper-V requirements with Windows Server 2008
Besides needing 64 bit are there any other requirements i should be thinking about when using hyper v in terms of hardware?

Answer Question   |  May 21, 2009  4:42 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V Requirements, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Virtualization

Some of my users cannot see other computers in domain
Hello Some of my ucsers couldn’t see the other computers in domain!!! when they want to see the entire network and brows the list of computers(Entire Network->Microsoft windows network->Domain) in the domain it says “you don’t have permission to use this network resource”!!?? Cients OS:win xp DC OS:win server 2003 Could you please help me [...]

Answer Question   |  July 8, 2009  7:21 AM
User Permissions, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows XP

DNS reverse lookup zone items
how to recover the deleted items in reverse look up zones. thanks glen

Answer Question   |  August 9, 2009  6:49 AM
DNS, DNS lookup error, Reverse Lookup