Raid 5 hardware
Hi all, I have a server (HP) running SBS 2008. It came with 4 same sized disks and RAID controller. The server is in production. Can i setup RAID 5 on the server now by using the present disk to mirror rightnow I have 1 basic drive with 120 Gb. and about 300 Gb of [...]

Answer Question   |  February 14, 2011  3:56 PM
RAID 5, RAID 5 fault tolerance, RAID Array, SBS 2008, Small Business Server 2008

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The end of the iPad contest is drawing near – next Wednesday, February 16th to be exact – and we want to see more of you in the final drawing. In order to help push you over the 500 knowledge point requirement, we assembled some last chance bounties to get you in the running: 1. [...]

Answer Question   |  February 15, 2011  3:48 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server

Why do I need a secondary DNS?
why do I want two dns servers to have operating in my IP network envionment

Answer Question   |  February 11, 2011  1:50 AM
DNS management, DNS server, DNS Server Configuration, IP networking, IP networks

Imaging Windows Server 2003 to use in virtual machine
How can I image my Windows server 2003 so I can use it in a Virtual Machine on a Windows XP workstation?

Answer Question   |  February 10, 2011  6:43 PM
Imaging software, Virtual Machines, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Workstations

OS suggestions for a small Active Directory network
What is the easiest and cheapest operating system to roll out to a 35 user active directory network?

Answer Question   |  February 13, 2011  6:31 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Users, Network management software, Networking, Operating systems

Antivirus software for a virtual machine running Windows Server 2003 R2
What type of antivirus software should I put on a virtual machine running Windows Server 2003 R2?

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2011  6:15 PM
Antivirus software, Cloud Security, Virtual Machine Security Management, Virtual Machines, Virtualization security, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 security

Windows 7 not running on Windows Server 2003
Running server2003 cannot connect with win 7 pro active dir domain controller could not be contacted xp works fine , win 7 NOT help

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  5:50 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Domain, Windows 7, Windows 7 performance, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Lotus Notes database to Outlook recipient
When I forward a document from a notes database to an outlook recipient the html font size is set to 1 instead of 2 for fonts smaller then 10(courier new) even if in the ini file these lines were added DOMINO_FONTSIZE_CUTOFF_1=0 DOMINO_FONTSIZE_CUTOFF_2=10 DOMINO_FONTSIZE_CUTOFF_3=12 Environment:Lotus Notes 8.5.2 server lotus notes 6.5.4 clients Windows 2008 server

Answer Question   |  February 17, 2011  3:16 PM
Lotus Notes 8.5.2, Lotus Notes Database, Outlook, Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003 cluster server
frequently the resouces are going to ofline, we find chkdsk is running on the task manger, it will come online only when we kill the chkdsk on the task manager. the Disk are looks fine, verified it loooks fine. the error logs Event Type: Warning Event Source: Foundation Agents Event Category: Events Event ID: 1167 [...]

Answer Question   |  February 15, 2011  12:28 PM
Windows Cluster, Windows Clustering, Windows Server 2003

Copy file to startup folder in windows 7
I would like to use a script to copy a .vbs file to a users startup folder in Windows 7. The user has admin rights but I continue to get “access denied” errors. Any help with this one? I can copy it manually, with no problems Here is my script dim FSO Set FSO =CreateObject(“scripting.FileSystemObject”) [...]

Answer Question   |  March 18, 2011  8:23 PM
VBScript, Visual Basic, Windows 7 bug, Windows 7 support, Windows Server 2003

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Answer Question   |  February 17, 2011  5:57 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Cloud Security, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server

Active Directory Migration
We want to upgrade from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008. Curretly we have one Domain Controller. Is there a tool available to migrate user accounts and groups from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 Domain Controller. I tried lidifde command but did not work and seemed overly complicated. Thank You.

Answer Question   |  February 10, 2011  4:33 PM
Active Directory migration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 Upgrade, Windows Server 2003 Upgrade

Windows Server 2008 services won’t start
There’s no network connection, and a lot of automatic services aren’t running. When I try to start any of them I get error 1053. The event viewer doesn’t show anything obvious about services not running (I think that’s another symptom – events just aren’t getting logged – Windows Error Reporting Service isn’t running). Even if [...]

Answer Question   |  February 16, 2012  4:23 PM
SharePoint Server, Windows Remote Agent, Windows Server 2008, Windows Services

SQL 2005 Database instance
Hi there i have a windows 2003 domain in our school, i have a problem with my sql 2005 database. im trying to uninstall a instance from the database engine. it wont uninstall. i believe that this is corrupt. im trying to reinstall sophos but as the old database will not uninstall sophos wont reinstall. [...]

Answer Question   |  April 12, 2011  12:13 PM
Database Instances, SQL 2005, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 Database, Windows Server 2003 Domain, Windows Server 2003 SP2

IIS7 – Grant IIS Manager Permissions (SiteAdmin) per Script
Hi, i want to Create WebSites automatically per script and grant a local group as siteadmin. Create site is ok and works fine with appcmd. But can I grant this IIS Manager permission (SiteAdmin) per script (appcmd ?). I don’t found any solution Thanks for Help! Falk

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2011  8:40 AM
IIS, IIS 7.0, IIS 7.0 configuration, IIS authentication, Windows Server 2008

DHCP Windows Server 2003
I had a quetion in my mind. Assume [strong]2 site [/strong]are there in a forest. in [strong]site A[/strong], all systems are dhcp clients. In another [strong]site B[/strong], all are not dhcp clents. can i configure dhcp server exist in site A to assign ip address to site B systems. is it possible? Can any one [...]

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2011  8:26 AM
DHCP, DHCP server, DHCP Server Configuration, Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003 on Intel DH55TC
I have an Intel DH55TC MB with Intel Core i-3. Now my problem is that, it does not support to install Windows Server 2003 / 2008. After workground, it supports only Windows 7, XP(Pro) and Vista. Is there any patch / tools / other way to overcome my problems. Server virtualization is also possible, but [...]

Answer Question   |  February 23, 2011  5:40 AM
Server virtualization, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista

Windows Server 2000 – Restart service when consecutive performance monitor thresholds are exceeded
I need to be able to automatically restart a service on a Win2000 server when 3 consecutive performance monitor thresholds are exceeded. I can run a batch file/command that restarts the service when the threshold is exceeded by setting up a Performance Alert, but 3 consecutive thresholds are required to prevent false positives (spikes) restarting [...]

Answer Question   |  February 16, 2011  3:07 AM
Performance monitoring, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server Performance

Exchange 2010 log files
My Exchange server recently filled its storage with log files. Apparently they weren’t being purged. How do I 1. Release the space taken by these logs?2. How do i prevent this from happening again? Thanks.

Answer Question   |  April 18, 2013  10:43 PM
Exchange 2010, Exchange Log Files, Log files, Windows Server 2008

Enabling telnet or SSH access into Active Directory
Can I enable telnet or SSH access into an Active Directory server running Windows Server 2008? Can I run normal Active Directory command line commands remotely?

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2011  9:11 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2008, Command Line Processor, SSH, SSH Configuration, Windows Server 2008