Active directory group policy for printing permissions
We have a color printer on AD. We want normal users to only be able to print black and white and managers/exec users to be able to choose. How can we set this up?

Answer Question   |  November 30, 2010  3:18 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Groups, Group Policy, Printing, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2

Installing Microsoft Assessment and Planning Tool on a domain controller
We are looking into virtualization and want to use Microsoft MAP we tried to install it on our domain controller and it failed. What are the prerequisites and how can I get this installed?

Answer Question   |  March 14, 2011  3:16 PM
Domain Controller, MAP, Virtualization, Windows, Windows Server 2003

Single session on 2003 Windows Terminal Server.
We have A Windows 2003 terminal server. We want each user to only have one session. If they disconnect and reconnect they need to connect back to the original session. How can we make this happen?

Answer Question   |  September 22, 2010  3:15 PM
Terminal Server, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Terminal Server

Forward zone lost from additional domain controller Windows Server 2003
In our company there are Domain Controllor and Additional DC server 2003 but suddenly forword zone lost from ADC after that I cann’t join PC to that ADC please what can I do ? thanks

Answer Question   |  September 21, 2010  6:31 AM
Additional Domain Controller, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain, Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller

How can I stop a ddos attack without changing my IP addresses?
We have about 10 IP addresses trying to cause a DDOS attack on our organization. As soon as I block the addresses in the firewall another batch takes its place. This has been ongoing for about 10 hours. How can I stop this attack without changing my IP addresses?

Answer Question   |  September 21, 2010  6:10 PM
Attacker IP blocking, DDOS, Firewalls, IP blocking, Security in 2010, Windows, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server Security

Upgrade path for Windows 2000 Adv Server to Windows Server 2008R2
If we have a Windows 2000 Advanced server and want to upgrade to Windows 2008 R2 can we upgrade? Is there a upgrade path from 2000? The hardware is relatively new as we just bought the box to migrate the 2000 system off of a failing system. What is my best method?

Answer Question   |  September 20, 2010  6:08 PM
2000 advanced server, Windows, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2008 Upgrade, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

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Answer Question   |  January 8, 2011  4:09 PM
Contests, Giveaways, IT Books, NAS, Networking, Security in 2010, Windows 7, Windows 7 in 2010, Windows Server 2003

Protecting a file folder from everyone except two users
Is there a way to protect a file folder on a Windows server 2003 from everyone including domain administrators? I want this confidential file to only be accessible to the President and I. How can I do this?

Answer Question   |  September 22, 2010  3:43 PM
Confidentiality, File Protection, Security in 2010, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 security, Windows Server Security

VLAN setup advice
We have a network with Windows Servers, Windows Clients, Mac servers and Mac Clients. We have HP Pro Curve’s 4000M and a ProCurve 6108 as our switches. Should we setup VLANs? Can it be beneficial?

Answer Question   |  February 14, 2011  3:38 PM
HP ProCurve, Mac, ProCurve Switch 4000, Virtual LAN, VLAN, VLAN Setup, Windows, Windows Server

Slow Login process from client in Windows Server 2008
Slow Login process from xp client to windows2008 Domain,How to speed up?

Answer Question   |  October 30, 2010  2:51 PM
Network speed, Windows Login, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain, Windows XP

Exchange 2007 internal domain errors
I have got a windows sbs 2008 server with exchange 2007 and it all works fine however the company is part of a franshise therefor they have the same domain name ie redbull.com is head office and this paticular branch is also redbull.com. The branch can not email head office comes back with [strong]Delivery has [...]

Answer Question   |  September 20, 2010  11:15 AM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 error messages, Exchange error messages, Small Business Server 2008, Windows, Windows Server 2008

Group policy commands
I have a domain running server windows 2003. The users can not manually change their wallpapers, They are restricted because a prior admin set a Group Policy somewhere, however I havent been able to find it yet. But the users have been been able download or open pictures and set it as their wallpaper. 1. [...]

Answer Question   |  September 20, 2010  4:54 AM
Domain Group Policy, Group Policy, Windows domain management, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Extended ACL
How do I create an ACL for: Allow inbound HTTP requests to the www.yzcorp server. Add info: The www.yzcorp.com website at 10.0.1.2 is registered with the public DNS system at IP address 209.165.200.246       permit tcp any 209.165.200.246 eq www is not working.

Answer Question   |  December 16, 2010  1:21 PM
Access Control List, ACL, ACL Manager, Active Directory, Cisco, Packet Tracer, Security in 2010, Servers

Windows 2003 server client configuration
Using windows 2003 server running 6 PCs network. How can I prevent my children to go over the assigned logging time? In other words, How can I configure the server to log them off when their logging time is up? as it is now, they cannot log on before the time, but once their on, [...]

Answer Question   |  September 20, 2010  9:18 PM
Server management, Windows, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 configuration, Windows Server configuration

Using Network Access Control to limit Internet access on a specific few machines
How can we use Windows 2008’s Network Access Control to limit intern’s computers from getting to the Internet? Where is this feature setup and do we need a client on the computers or does AD take care of this?

Answer Question   |  August 31, 2011  3:14 PM
NAC, Network Access Control, Security in 2010, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Support

Add a drive to a Raid 5 without destroying the data
Can you change the amount of drives in a raid 5 array? For example we now have 6 136 GB drives in our raid 5 array. Can we add one more drive to the array as either a hot spare or actually part of the array? Currently the array uses all 6 drives.

Answer Question   |  September 1, 2011  3:10 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID Array, Storage in 2010, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Multiple Active Directory User Accounts per User
Is there anything wrong with having multiple active directory accounts for one user? For example, one account with restricted rights and a second account with administrative rights.

Answer Question   |  September 17, 2010  5:34 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Users

Replace normal 404 page via IIS with a helpful not found page
When a page is going to return a 404 on my website how can I install a custom 404 page that can point the users to the page they might be looking for? Using IIS on Windows 2003 R2.

Answer Question   |  September 16, 2010  5:12 PM
IIS, IIS configuration, Internet Information Server (IIS), URL redirection, Web page design, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2

Can I speed up my LTO 4 daily tape backup?
Backing up servers over a 100mbps node is very very slow. Is there anything that can be done to speed this up over the existing 100mbps line? The transfers seem to be going at around 7-12mbps. The server is a Windows 2000 Advanced server and the client machines are Windows 2003 R2 servers.

Answer Question   |  September 20, 2010  5:10 PM
Backup, LTO, LTO tape library, LTO4, Tape Backups, Windows, Windows Server 2000

System restore on Windows Server 2003 R2 what really gets resotred?
When using system restore on Windows Server 2003 R2 what actually gets rolled back? Registry, driver and how about dll files and word documents?

Answer Question   |  October 20, 2010  5:09 PM
System Restore, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2