Can ADMT v3 be used as an export tool?
Can the Active Directory Migration Tool v3 be used as an export tool? And then used to import to a new domain without having to configure a trust between the domains. Thank you. Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question

Answer Question   |  March 13, 2009  6:07 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Active Directory Migration Tool, ADMT, Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008 error message
The following question was recently sent to us via e-mail by a user: I’m trying to add a cluster in my W2K8 server, but I keep ketting this error message: This feature is only supported with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Datacenter servers I’m definitely running a Windows 2008 Enterprise server… any ideas on how [...]

Answer Question   |  March 13, 2009  5:23 PM
Failover Clustering, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 error messages

SAP ECC6 Installation on Windows 2005 and 2008 (Service Pack)
Any of you know what SP needs to be installed for SAP ECC6 installed under win 2005 and 2008

Answer Question   |  March 13, 2009  1:40 PM
SAP ECC, SAP ECC 6, SAP ECC Installation, Window Server 2008, Windows Server 2005

How to locally authenticate users using PPTP on a local PIX firewall
I need to locally authenticate users using Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) on a local PIX firewall. Once the users have authenticated, I need them to connect to a Windows 2003 server which is hosted at a remote location securely with encryption or some sort of tunnel. I have already got the authentication working, however, I [...]

Answer Question   |  May 27, 2009  10:27 PM
Authentication, Datacenter Server, Firewalls, Network firewalls, Network security, Networking, PIX, Point-to-point tunneling protocol (PPTP), PPTP, Tunneling, Windows 2003 networking, Windows Server 2003

terminal server 2008
I have a terminal server 2008 that I am using hp thin clients on. I am tring to get the thin clients to where you can use flash drives on them. Currently when you put a flash drive in you can see it in My Computer, but when you try to access it I get [...]

Answer Question   |  March 12, 2009  7:05 PM
Flash drive, Terminal Server, Terminal Server 2008, Thin clients

How can I stop a domain controller being a domain controller
I have 2 domain controllers and I would like to stop on of them acting as a DC as I think there are some conflicts. Is it possible to do this?

Answer Question   |  February 10, 2012  11:25 AM
Domain Controller, Network administration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration

POP3 error when SBS 2003 times out retrieving email
get a POP3 error msg where the SBS 2003 times out when connecting to GO-DADDY to retrieve emails

Answer Question   |  March 12, 2009  9:37 PM
POP3, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 administration, SBS 2003 configuration, Small Business Server 2003

Windows Server 2008 shutdown results in Group Policy error
The Windows Server 2008 shut down and now having a Group Policy error “The processing of Group Policy failed.” Thanks. Event id: 1006 Error code: 81 Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question

Answer Question   |  March 12, 2009  8:52 PM
Event ID 1006, Group Policy, Windows Server 2008

Move or delete a protected OU
The default option “Protect container from accidental deletion” was selected when I created an OU in the wrong place. So how can I move or delete the OU now? Thanks. Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question

Answer Question   |  March 11, 2009  8:43 PM
Active Directory, Network administration, Organizational Unit, OU

AD DHCP leases and renamed computers not be cleaned up.
We currently rely on DHCP to update DNS.(Note: DNS Scavenging isn’t enabled b/c it has removed needed records in the past)….. We often run into problems where renamed computers have their old computer name record remain in dns b/c the lease never actually expired. This creates tons of orphaned records in DNS. Does anyone have [...]

Answer Question   |  March 23, 2009  7:31 PM
Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, DNS Records, DNS Updates, Windows Server 2003

Setup new 2003 Domain Controller seperate from current NT4 PDC
Small Company – 10 users at each Site. Site A and Site B have no active directory relationship. (Seperate forests) Site A has two NT4 Servers (PDC and BDC) and a 2003 Server connected to the domain. No internal DNS at Site A. Site B has two 2003 Servers as Domain Controller and DNS. Site [...]

Answer Question   |  March 30, 2009  7:15 PM
Active Directory, AD replication, DNS, DNS replication, Domain Controller, NT4 Server, Windows Server 2003

Active Directory spin off
I have a company that is spinning off a big portion of their company into an individual company. This company will be completely independent of the source company but all of the relevant servers will need to be moved to the new company IT infrastructure approximately 90 or so. Several of these servers run custom [...]

Answer Question   |  March 11, 2009  5:27 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration

Exchange 2003
Hello Everyone, I am in dire need of some help. I have recently taken over an I.T position. I have been asked to implment Exchange. I am running Small Business Server 2003 with Exchange 2003 installed. At the moment our ISP controls our outgoing mail (smtp.dsl.pipex.com) and our domain provider controls all incoming (mail.supersoftware.co.uk). So [...]

Answer Question   |  March 12, 2009  5:07 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange Server, MX record, SBS, SBS 2003, SMTP, SMTP Exchange 2003 outgoing email

Windows Server 2008 backup utility
I noticed that in windows server 2008 new backup utility it only says you can backup entire volumes. Is there a work around to be able to backup specific files or folders? Thanks

Answer Question   |  March 11, 2009  2:39 PM
Backup and Recovery Hardware, Windows Backup Utility, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Backup Utility

Allocated Memory Alert
Our clients newly installed SBS 2003 R2 is sending out Allocated Memory Alerts. My co-worker says this is common for SBS installations, something to do with SQL Server. He figures we should maybe shut down the SQL service, as it is not in use at this company. I have certainly seen this crop up on [...]

Answer Question   |  July 22, 2009  7:28 PM
SBS 2003, SBS 2003 R2, SBS Allocated Memory Alert, SBS Installation, SBS Performance, SQL Server

How to find out IIS 6 error
Hi, I have a multiple website and all website work fine, these day my one website is not working. How can I resolve this issue. where I can find error log.

Answer Question   |  March 16, 2009  9:34 AM
IIS 6.0, IIS errors, Security logs, Windows Server 2003

Thumb drives on thin clients connected to Server 2008
I am having an issue with thumb drives working on HP thin clients connected to Server 2008. We have cheked the bring drives from local on the Thin Clients and can not see why they will not connect. They do appear on the thin clients butnotin the TS session. Any guidance would be helpfull.

Answer Question   |  March 10, 2009  2:50 PM
Terminal Server, Thin clients, Thumb drive, USB Flash drives, Windows Server 2008

SQL 2000 db transactions/sec
What number of SQL 2000 database transactions/sec would be of concern on a system? Windows Server 2003, 4GB RAM, 2CPU (dual core). Thanks for the guidance.

Answer Question   |  March 11, 2009  2:25 PM
SQL Server 2000, SQL Server database, SQL Server Database Transactions, SQL Server performance, SQL Server performance tuning, Windows Server 2003

0x8007F0F4 error code when installing Windows Server 2003 security update
When trying to install Security Update for Windows Server 2003 , it fails with the following Error Code: 0x8007F0F4.

Answer Question   |  March 10, 2009  1:47 PM
0x8007F0F4, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 error messages, Windows Server 2003 Security Updates

Windows Update on Server 2003: Error 0×80244017
The following question was recently submitted by a user via e-mail: I get a “0×80244017” error message when I try to run Windows Update for Windows Server 2003. How do I get past this?

Answer Question   |  March 10, 2009  1:46 PM
0x80244017, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 error messages, Windows Update