VPN connection in Windows Server 2000 problem
I have had setup a vpn connection in win 2k server and it has been succrssfully connected to the win 2k client from local. but when I tried to connect from my home it fails. my home pc connected to the internet behind adsl router (NAT) as same as the win 2k server also behind [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  8:42 AM
DSL routers, NAT, VPN, VPN connection problem, VPN connectivity, Windows Server 2000

DNS on Active Directory 2008
Does DNS need to be installed on the AD 2008 server or can it just be available on another Windows server 2008 in my domain?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  8:37 PM
Active Directory 2008, DNS, DNS server, DNS Server Configuration, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

Windows event logging
Can we enable verbose windows event logging for specific users and leave it normal for others in Windows Server 2008 Active Directory.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  8:12 PM
Active Directory, Event logs, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

How can I block websites in local DNS
Hi.. My company have local dns server here i want to block some sites in local DNS only for all clients pc… How can i do this quckly… PLZ help me Thanks in advance. Regards Hira Chilwal

Answer Question   |  May 21, 2012  1:16 PM
DNS, DNS configuration, Local DNS

Changing passwords after network breach
How can we force all users to change their passwords following a network breach? Windows Server 2008 AD.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  8:54 PM
Active Directory, Network security, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

Automatic HOT failover between Highend Rack servers running under Windows2008R2 EE
How to implement Hot failover between two high end Rack Servers running under Windows 2008 R2 EE server and a critical application which uses MS MQ for application message Queue handling since windows2008R2 EE provides four instances of Virtualisation.      

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:01 AM
Failover, Hyper-V, IBM X 6230, MSMQ, Server virtualization, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Can exchange run with dns server?
hi I am brand new to exchange. Recently i installed a ms 2003 exchange server on a 2003 server. Is there a possible way to install and make the exchange server run without DNS server or to use a different DNS server hosted by my isp other then the one built into the server the [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:21 AM
DNS, DNS server, Exchange 2003, Exchange configuration, Windows Server 2003

Checking health of Windows Server 2008
Is there a Windows Server 2008 overall health check that can be run?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  5:23 PM
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Management, Windows Server Performance

SCCM Hardware Inventory Issue
Hi, We are having some problems in pulling hardware inventory in a specific collection. There are probably atleast 10 collections and one of them cannot generate a hardware inventory. Prompting a No matching records could be found error. But the other colletions has no problem. Will you please help me on where to check? I [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:25 AM
SCCM, SCCM 2007, System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Windows Server 2008 R2

Steady State with Windows 7 on desktop
Can we use Steady State with Windows 7 on the desktop? How about with terminal services off a Windows Server 2008 box?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:36 PM
Windows 7, Windows 7 deployment, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration

Setting up a mock network for testing purposes
We need to build a mock network for testing purposes and move some domain machines from the production network to this test environment with a new Active Directory server and domain mimicking the production domain. What issues can you foresee for this setup (if any?)

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:28 PM
Active Directory, Domain Administration, Domain configuration, Domain management, Domain migration, Domain Server

Windows Server 2008 encryption
Can I encrypt data over the wire between local Windows Server 2008 local servers?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:25 PM
Encryption, Local Administrators Group, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server Security

Free IT Book: Building Applications in the Cloud
This week’s free IT book is Christopher Moyer’s Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects. “Don’t just migrate the cloud: Use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability” with this great resource. Answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Entourage, [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  1:29 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, Cloud storage, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server

Does Active Directory on Windows server 2008 still require DNS?
Does AD on Windows 2008 require DNS still? If not what can we use in its place?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:04 PM
Active Directory, DNS, DNS server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

Task Scheduler in Server 2003 not working
I am trying to get NTBackup in MS Server 2003 to schedule a daily backup however it does not start. After looking for solutions, it appears to be a problem with Task Scheduler. I have looked at the various fixes including deleting the S-1-5-18 folder in Crypto/RSA. Before deleting this folder I was getting a 0×80090016:Keyset does not [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  7:58 AM
Backup, NTBackup, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server backup

Logon/Logoff script setup as group policy not running – Server 2008
I have written two scripts to create a log of when a user log ons and off the network. I have tested the scripts by double clicking on them and they work fine and I am able to get them to run on a local machine by setting them to run at logon/logoff by using [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  2:17 PM
Group Policy, Group Policy Objects, Scripting, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

MSExchange Transport error in event viewer
I’m getting the following error showing up in event viewer in Server 2003 – Error MSExchangeTransport Routing Engine/Server Event 999. This shows uop every 30 -60 secs. When I click through to the error it states ‘Routing failed to acquire the handle to the existing key container within default cryptographic service provider (CSP)’ Also MSADC [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:13 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange Transport Rule, Service Control Manager, Windows Server 2003

Sync 2 personal Outlook calendars to my iPhone
In addition to my Outlook default calendar, I have another calendar in personal folders (both under “My Calendars”). Using Exchange, the default calendar syncs properly to my IPhone but the secondary calendar does not. Please advise how to sync both Outlook calendars to the IPhone. Thank you.

Answer Question   |  July 11, 2011  6:31 PM
Exchange Calendar Synchronization, Outlook Calendars, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003

Validating Active Directory login from within a stored-procedure
I have an application that needs to use active directory to ensure user login is valid. The issue is that the machine is in a different domain than our AD server. I am looking at creating a clr procedure on the SQL server that is in the same domain. Then from the application execute a procedure [...]

Answer Question   |  July 5, 2011  3:14 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory security, CLR Active Directory, Stored Procedures

Oracle report runtime request for usename and password
I’ve installed Oracle11g , my applications are still forms 6i, everything was perfect but when I try to run a report from my system, it ask for username and password connectivity, is there a missing configuration , Thank you for your wonderful help in advance

Answer Question   |  October 24, 2011  6:04 AM
Oracle 11g, Oracle Developer 6i, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP Pro