A batch script to remotely restart about 300 windows server 2003 computers on the network
1. Create your list of servers in a text file one per line with no extra spaces or characters. 2. Run the batch file under an ID with administrative access to the servers. NOTE: This is the bare script to perform the action. You may want to add logging and error checking to the script. [...]

View Answer   |  September 3, 2010  4:17 PM
Batch Scripts, Windows, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Remote Access

How To Enable Simple File Sharing – Windows Server 2003 Application Edition
<a href=”http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/49623.html”>Simple file sharing is enabled by default.</a>

View Answer   |  September 2, 2010  7:00 PM
Application servers, file sharing, Ghost client, Windows Application Server, Windows Server 2003

Exchange 2007 SP2 64 bit
It doesn’t matter which build of adprep you run it will do the same thing in either case, modify the AD schema for the new version of Exchange.

View Answer   |  September 2, 2010  6:07 PM
64 Bit Exchange, 64-bit Servers, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 SP2, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 32-bit

Purchasing old windows 2000 client access licenses
If you can find someone selling them, then yes you should be fine. You may need to purchase newer ones and use the downgrade rights.

View Answer   |  September 2, 2010  4:20 PM
Terminal Server, Windows, Windows 2000, Windows Licenses, Windows Server 2000

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 on Windows 2008 server
<a href=”http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/communicator/”>Office Communicator 2007 R2 </a>released December 2008 is the most current version I am afraid.

View Answer   |  September 1, 2010  6:30 PM
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2, MOC, Office Communicator, VMware ESX 3.5, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition

Adding Linux as a second domain controller
As far as I know there is no way to use a Linux server as a Windows Domain Controller. Active Directory is a Microsoft specific product and requires Windows Servers to function as the domain controllers. You can use Linux servers as the DNS servers, DHCP servers, web servers, etc but not the domain controllers.

View Answer   |  September 1, 2010  5:37 PM
Domain Controller, Linux, Multiple Domain Controllers, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain, Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller

Old address listed for domain name
Log onto that server and open the DNS MMC console from the Admin Tools. Then edit the record with the incorrect address.

View Answer   |  September 1, 2010  5:33 PM
DNS server, Domain Administration, Domain name, Windows, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 error messages

moving exchange server off of SBS to separate box
I expect you have made this move already, but basically you build a stand alone exchange server, creating new storage groups and mail stores, and then use the move mailbox feature in Exchange to move users to the new mail server.

View Answer   |  September 1, 2010  2:35 PM
ExMerge, SBS 2003, Transition Pack

Sharepoint 2010 x64 central administration problem http error:503. The service is unavible
I Resolved tis problem. I fogot give permission on sql server to administrator user. I give it and now all is fine.

View Answer   |  September 1, 2010  11:50 AM
Sharepoint 2010, SharePoint 2010 deployment, SQL Server 2005 SP3, VMware ESX 4.0, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition

How can I access local webmail, I am using windows server 2003
Hi, On your server open internet explorer and type into the URL 127.0.0.1/exchange accept the warning (if there are no certs installed) and you will be prompted for user name and password this is you domain user name and domain password Your question was not very detailed so forgive me if I answered a question [...]

View Answer   |  August 31, 2010  9:24 PM
Local Mail, Webmail, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003

Windows server 2003 update error
Try booting into safe mode and seeing if you can uninstall it from there.

View Answer   |  August 31, 2010  9:16 PM
Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Update Services, Windows Update, Windows Update Management, Windows Updates

Domain controller down after changing password
When I have this error it is due to the client machine. I disjoined and then rejoined the client to the domain and it worked.

View Answer   |  August 31, 2010  9:00 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Users, Domain Controller, Windows password recovery, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Security, Windows XP

Who deleted all the files in Windows 2003 Member Server share?
Without auditing software you will not be able to tell unfortunately. If those who have access are unwilling to confess there isn’t anything that will tell you.

View Answer   |  August 31, 2010  5:52 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2003, File Shares, Member Servers, Windows 2003 Member Server, Windows Server 2003

Blocking USB drives or any removable media on Active Directory network
<a href=”http://www.petri.co.il/disable_usb_disks_with_gpo.htm “>Great instructions</a> found for you via Peril. It includes a custom “adm” GPO file to utilize for those additional settings. It helps if your environment is Vista and above for improved functions but will still work with XP in the environment. This setting only allows you to disable devices a much better solution [...]

View Answer   |  August 31, 2010  2:40 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory security, Network security, Network Security Policies, USB devices, USB drive, USB security, Wireless in 2010

Active Directory reports
Quest Reporting suite will do all this and more www.quest.com no connection just a happy user.

View Answer   |  August 31, 2010  10:56 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory interoperability, Active Directory Reporting Tool, Batch file, VB script, Visual Basic

SBS 2003 w/ exchange – messages from some contacts going to junk folder
Add people I e-mail to the Safe Senders List E-mail addresses that are listed in your Contacts are considered safe by the Junk E-mail Filter if the Also trust e-mail from my Contacts check box is selected (the default setting). However, you might also sometimes send e-mail to recipients who are not listed in your [...]

View Answer   |  August 31, 2010  10:35 AM
Exchange, Exchange spam filters, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003, Spam Filter

Detailed instructions for pushing out a document to all desktops through Server 2003?
There are a number of methods to send a file out. If you do not have a software distribution tool, you could package your file in an MSI and use the the AD to push out. There are many tools that can create an MSI package. You can script it from a login script (place [...]

View Answer   |  August 27, 2010  5:22 PM
Active Directory, AD, GPO, GPOs, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 GPO

Upgrading SQL Server 2000/2005 to 2008 with VMWare and EMC SANs
Here you go: Here’s a white paper on <a href=”http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/white-papers/h6235-virtual-infrastructure-microsoft-applications.pdf”>EMC Virtual Infrastructure for Microsoft Applications</a>. And here are some more white papers from <a href=”http://www.emc.com/resource-library/resource-library.esp?source=link&findResourceBy=Solutions&searchKey=&listName=Application%20Environment%20Examples&grpName=Application%20Platform&name=VMware%20and%20Microsoft%20SQL%20Server”>EMC’s resource library</a>.

View Answer   |  August 26, 2010  7:51 PM
EMC SAN, EMC Symmetrix, EMC Symmetrix DMX-4, SAN, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 upgrade, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 upgrade, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server Upgrade, Symmetrix, VMware, Windows Server 2008

Crystal Reports XI – SQL table fields that fail all compare tests
Let me add that I also tried a formula compare test as follows… 1; if {mytable.mystring} = “test value” then 2; This also returns blank/nothing in every case. Even if a constant is first placed in the formula, the formula field becomes blank as soon as the comparison is not true.

View Answer   |  August 26, 2010  4:41 PM
Crystal Reports XI, Crystal XI, SQL, SQL Server, SQL tables, Windows Server

Can 2 dsl units be connected through separate switches and 2 NIC’s work?
If you want to use the 2 seperate dsl units for two seperate networks that will work. For the same network you would need to find hardware that will let you bridge both connections. If you are looking for more bandwith then you should just get a faster Internet line.

View Answer   |  August 26, 2010  3:48 PM
DSL, DSL routers, Dual NICs, Dual NICs Routing, Switches, Windows Server 2003, Wireless in 2010, Wireless Network, Wireless networking, Wireless router configuration, Wireless routers