How to prevent user to login from defferent system in Active directory Domain 2003 server?
Hi Sandeep, Pls find the below links <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237282″> Limiting a user’s concurrent connections in Windows Server 2003 </a> <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814595″> Auditing to track user activities </a> from Microsoft I hope this will work for u. If u have more concerns pls let us know. Thanks & Regards, Vlvpk

View Answer   |  August 29, 2008  7:34 AM
Active Directory, AD, Group Policy, User Permissions, Windows Server 2003

VMWare Server Management Interface Question
Hi, I think 4.9 Gb is the memory u allocated to the Guest mechines in VMware. But, actual memory usage depends on the applications running on all the Guest mechines in VMware ( i.e showing less than 1.2 Gb in host OS Task Manager ). U can also check this actual memory usage by opening [...]

View Answer   |  August 29, 2008  7:17 AM
HP ProLiant DL140 G3, VMware Management Interface, VMware Server, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition

Windows Server 2003 DC Promo: adding new DC
I have a remote 300 miles and another over 1000 (Toronto). Eah DC is also GC, DNS, DHCP. Each is in it’s own site. GC replication seems to take the longest. I don’t recall any problems setting it up. We also DFS from here to Toronto and that replication seems a bit slow but not [...]

View Answer   |  August 26, 2008  6:49 PM
Active Directory, DC, DCPROMO, Domain management, Windows Server 2003

How do I setup a group policy to remove the client xpp firewall in small business server 2003?
If you are already using a third-party host firewall product, then it is recommended that you disable Windows Firewall. If you are not already using a third-party host firewall product, then it is recommended that you enable Windows Firewall to prevent the spread of malicious programs that make it past the firewall that separates your [...]

View Answer   |  August 26, 2008  1:24 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory security, GPO, Group Policy, SBS, SBS 2003, SNMP

How can I connect a remote office to my Windows 2003 network?
ISA is one of the options. Others include firewall VPN appliance boxes like Netscreen or Cisco. Open source alternatives include <a href=”http://www.smoothwall.org”>Smoothwall</a>. You will find that your network connection uptime is dependent on the tunnel between the sites as well as your provider(s) network(s) and last-mile reliability. Rarely is there a network provider problem (knock [...]

View Answer   |  August 25, 2008  8:56 PM
Active Directory, ISA, Network connectivity, Remote offices, VPN, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 security and patches

Email/Users and AD
One of the simplest methods is using Active Directory Users and Computers. 1. Open this Snap-in, go to View, Add /Remove columns and add E-mail address to the Displayed columns list; 2. Select the desired OU from witch you intend to make the export, go to Action and Export list; 3. Choose the format and [...]

View Answer   |  August 25, 2008  4:24 PM
Active Directory, AD, Exchange 2003

IIS website not accessible to network and remote computers
In IIS what port is the website set to? If it is set to anything other than 80 (default) you will be unable to access it. Did you assign it a virtual directory name?If so try http://ipaddress/virtual_name. What happens if you access the website locally using the ip address instead of localhost?

View Answer   |  August 25, 2008  12:51 PM
Domain Controller, IIS, Network connectivity, Website accessibility, Windows Server 2003

Retired computer accounts in Active Directory
We solve the problem of “what computers dont exist” by looking at SMS, AD, and McAfee EPO. We look at the time of last machine account password set in AD, time of last SMS heartbeat, and time the machine last did a EPO Agent update. It’s a SMS Report that queries AD and EPO tables [...]

View Answer   |  August 25, 2008  11:01 AM
Active Directory, Desktop management applications, Intel, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Programming Languages, Security, Servers, XML

monitor the events on windows server 2003
On the console, right-click My Computer, Manage, Event Logs. However, you may need to enable security auditing to capture logon events.

View Answer   |  August 22, 2008  4:51 PM
Event logs, Event Monitor, User monitoring, Windows Server 2003

Folder view in XP Pro and Server 2003
By default, folders appear in Microsoft Windows as folder icons or as pictures that are contained in the folder. (When folders appear as pictures, you are viewing them in “Thumbnails” view.) When Microsoft Windows Server 2003 opens a folder for the first time, the folder contents appear in Classic view. When Microsoft Windows XP opens [...]

View Answer   |  August 22, 2008  2:16 PM
Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows XP Pro

Access to files is denied for account running scheduled task
On your local computer directory you have to give permissions for full access. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DON’T GIVE YOUR USER FULL PERMISSIONS TO ANYTHING! The best way to do it is execute the scheduled task as the administrator. This means log into the bog as administrator, set up the scheduled task. Make sure to enter “Run as…” [...]

View Answer   |  August 21, 2008  12:26 PM
Domain, Scheduled Tasks, Windows Server 2003

SBS 2003 POP3 connector help
Yes I have come across this before, it can be a bit of a problem, but there are ways around it. Best idea is, set the SBS 2003 server to do “Outlook over http” using the CIECW wizard Configure the satellite offices POP3 emails to be brought down to your SBS server Set the satellite [...]

View Answer   |  August 20, 2008  3:56 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook, Outlook Web Access, OWA, POP3, POP3 connector, SBS, SBS 2003, SMTP

Upgrading Microsoft SQL 2000 to SQL 2005
Here is a step-by-step guide for a SQL Server 2005 upgrade from SQL Server 2000. All the steps, explained in this document, are based on experience with the recent upgrade done for one of our Customer. The database was VLDB (very large database) having size of 470 GB and hosted on an active/passive cluster. In [...]

View Answer   |  August 20, 2008  1:25 PM
SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server upgrades, Windows 2000 Server

Print without pasword
It depends on your administrator’s settings – it can be set to one time authentication, every time authentication, no authentication etc.

View Answer   |  August 19, 2008  3:17 PM
Member Servers

prioritizing services at startup?
You can’t give services a priority upon startup. About all you can do is set service dependencies. You can tell a service not to start until another service has already started. The downside to this is if the service that another service is dependant on is restarted then both services are restarted in order. I [...]

View Answer   |  August 19, 2008  2:18 PM
Windows Server 2003

how to clone mirrored scsi drives to larger array on win2k3 domain controller
Best way is to get bigger drives, SCSI to match your existing ones, large as possible with the controller/mboard then use something like StorageCraft Shadowprotect (acronis will do it too) to image the drives to USB, put the new disks in, re-create the array, Boot from the Shadowprotect CD, use it to create a C [...]

View Answer   |  August 18, 2008  10:00 PM
Domain Controller, HP ProLiant ML, Mirroring, SATA, SATA controller, SCSI, Storage management

missing pst file
The PST files should still be local on the machines. However, it sounds like you do not have the correct credentials to access the files. You should have copied the PST files to a location before removing the machine from the NT domain. Then, when you go into the AD domain, you will need to [...]

View Answer   |  August 18, 2008  7:29 PM
.PST files, Active Directory, Active Directory 2003, AD, Outlook, Outlook 2000

Client print drivers not installed in Windows 2003 Active Directory
Hello Karry, on the server in the properties of the printers you should be able to see which drivers are provided for the sharing, if these are not present when a client connects it doesn’t know which printer driver to use. I hope this helps.

View Answer   |  August 18, 2008  6:44 PM
Active Directory, Network printers, Printer drivers, Windows Server 2003

Multiple Emails
Im fairly certain you will have to configure a new e-mail profile/account through the control panel when you have administrative rights for anything to sync with your server. Hope this helps! -Schmidtw ========================= Add the new e-mail address as a secondary SMTP address and then make it the primary address on the user account.

View Answer   |  August 18, 2008  5:36 PM
Email forwarding, Email services, Outlook, Windows Server 2003

What are the differences between a WINS server and DNS server?
Here’s a <a href=”http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/172/01/10.html”>classic answer from Mark Minasi</a>.

View Answer   |  August 18, 2008  2:58 PM
DNS, DNS server, WINS, WINS server