Adding Windows Firewall rule to Active Directory 2003
We need to add a Windows Firewall rule to all AD 2003 machines. How can we set that up via group policy? Where is the setting?

Answer Question   |  June 14, 2011  4:27 PM
Active Directory 2003, Active Directory Groups, Active Directory security, Firewalls, Group Policy, Windows firewall, Windows Firewall Integration

Proxy server to monitor employees on Windows Server 2008
We need to set up a proxy server to monitor employees. How can we do this using Windows Server 2008? What options will we have to block, warn and monitor Internet traffic?

Answer Question   |  June 15, 2011  4:01 PM
Network Monitor, Network Monitoring Tools, Proxy Server Configuration, Proxy servers, Windows Server 2008

Adding last login and login machine to Active Directory
Is it possible to add last login time and last login machine to our active directory? How can we do that and what needs to be done?

Answer Question   |  June 21, 2011  2:53 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Users and Computers

Couple of Windows Server 2008 questions…
1. When I join a Win XP/7 workstation to a domain, does the domain administrator account and domain admin group get automatically added in the local administrator group of that machine? 2. If I make a domain user a member of the local administrator group, can that user remote into a domain controller and log [...]

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2011  3:18 PM
Domain Controller, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server 2008 Domain, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Limit user login in Windows Server 2003 domain
hi i wanna to deny users so that he can not login at a time more than one workstation.but user not restrict that he login on a particular pc. he can login in network at any workstation but not more than one at a time I m having a domain controler in my network on [...]

Answer Question   |  August 2, 2011  11:47 AM
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain, Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003 Networking, Windows Server 2003 User Rights

getting the access denied error while scheduling a task in windows 2003 seerver
I am getting the following error message while scheduling a task in windows 2003 standard edition server Error message: “0×80070005 Access is denied. You do not have permission to perform the requested operation” Please suggest

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2011  3:01 PM
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 error messages, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Windows server administration

MMC console on Windows Server 2003
How can we create an MMCconsole on Windows Server 2003 to display Active Directory, DNS and DHCP in the same console window which we can distribute to the it group?

Answer Question   |  June 9, 2011  7:07 PM
Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, MMC, Windows Server 2003

Consolidating 6 file servers using virtual servers
We have 6 file servers and 1 Active Directory server and 1 DHCP/DNS server on a 2003 active directory network. How can we consolidate these boxes using virtual servers cheaply and easily?

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2011  7:05 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2003, DHCP, DNS server, DNS Server Configuration, Virtual Server, Virtual Servers

Windows Server 2003 folders
Can I make Windows Server 2003 folders that users do not have access to not visible to them via folder shares? What about locally? Currently you can see them but no open them. Access is denied.

Answer Question   |  June 9, 2011  6:58 PM
Folder Sharing, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Folder Management

Upgrading from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 on VMware virtual machine
How can I upgrade from windows Server 2003 to 2008 on an installed VMware virtual machine?

Answer Question   |  June 9, 2011  6:49 PM
Virtual machine manager, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, VMware, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008

Suppressing error messages in Windows Server 2003 standard
How can I suppress specific error messages from appearing in my Windows Server 2003 standard stand alone server? By keywords or specific error code? How customizable can I make it?

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2011  5:55 PM
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 error messages, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Server Error Messages

ipconfig returns nothing in cmd
I’ve been having latency issues with my ISP. Last month I assigned Google DNS servers. The next day no connection could be made and no result for ipconfig in cmd. I was able to restore my computer to an earlier date and viola, everything was ok. I’ve been experiencing morelatency issues and decided last night [...]

Answer Question   |  July 29, 2011  5:12 PM
DNS, DNS server, DNS Server Configuration, IP Address Allocation, System Restore

Running Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2003
Is it true that I will need the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 to run Exchange 2007? Is there a 32 bit version available? What are my options? Reinstall?

Answer Question   |  June 15, 2011  4:42 PM
32-bit (x86), Exchange 2007, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 64 bit, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server configuration

Upgrading Active Directory domain controllers
Should servers that are running Active Directory domain controllers and the global catalog be upgraded to 64-bit? For a medium sized 10,000 or so accounts. Windows server 2003 standard?

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2011  4:26 PM
64-bit (x64), Active Directory, Active Directory Domain, Domain Controller, Domain Controller configuration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition

Setting up Windows Server 2003 FTP with the least amount of risk
We have security concerns. How should we set up our Windows Server 2003 to be a FTP server with the least amount of risk? We need ftp but would like to lock it down as much as possible.

Answer Question   |  June 9, 2011  2:54 PM
FTP, FTP Server, Security policies, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 deployment, Windows Server 2003 security

Using Active Directory credentials to log onto Windows 2003 FTP Server
Can we let Active Directory 2003 domain users to use their AD credentials to log into Windows 2003 FTP servers? Can we allow single sign on so they would not technically have to authenticate on each connection?

Answer Question   |  June 9, 2011  1:30 PM
Active Directory 2003, Active Directory Permissions, Authentication, FTP Server, Windows Server 2003

Sharing and Permissions on Windows Server 2003
Hey all,    I was wondering if anyone could help me out with some permission settings.  We have a file server with different network drives on it.  One of the drives is an Accounting drive.  My issue is that I need to give permissions to a single user for 5 directories within the drive.  I [...]

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2011  7:08 PM
Security, Windows File Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Permissions, Windows Server 2003 R2

Windows Deployment Services 2003 SP2
I am currently running RIS in our environment and it has always worked great but we are now starting to deploy 2008 installs and need to change things. I have read through some documentation but would like to clarify a couple of things. If I setup WDS in mixed mode can I have custom wim [...]

Answer Question   |  June 8, 2011  7:04 PM
WDS, Windows Deployment Services, Windows Server 2003 SP2

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Answer Question   |  June 8, 2011  3:49 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, Contests, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Scavenger Hunt, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Symantec Endpoint Protection 12, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server

Method for Creating User ID’s In Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
We are getting ready to migrate our W2K AD to W2K3. Currently our user ID’s are first initial of the first name the full last name. We would like to get away from those types of user ID’s and go with something random, easy to manage, want allow duplicates and is not associated with the [...]

Answer Question   |  June 8, 2011  2:15 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Migration Tool, Open IT Forum, Windows Login, Windows Security, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Management