mssql login script
Hello, Can anyone give me a simplet powershell script to check login attempt to remote MSSQL database.For eg: if i have a database “db” in remote sql server say 192.168.1.10 which having username”test” and password as “password”.If the login is successful its output should shows as “OK” in powershell prompt itself or as “FAIL”,if it [...]
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| February 18, 2010 8:29 PM
MSSQL, PowerShell Scripts, SQL 2005, SQL scripts, Windows Server 2008
Hello, Can anyone give me a simplet powershell script to check login attempt to remote MSSQL database.For eg: if i have a database “db” in remote sql server say 192.168.1.10 which having username”test” and password as “password”.If the login is successful its output should shows as “OK” in powershell prompt itself or as “FAIL”,if it [...]
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| February 18, 2010 8:29 PM
MSSQL, PowerShell Scripts, SQL 2005, SQL scripts, Windows Server 2008
MS-Exchange on a dynamic ip w/ mail mx’d from hosted domain name (and website)
I’m trying to set up ms exchange on a dynamic ip thats configured with my router to use dyndns.org. I’ll call that example.dyndns.org. I have a hosted web and e-mail site not associated with my isp and i’ll call those www.example.com and mail.example.com I already have the mx records from mail.example.com pointed to forward traffic [...]
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| February 1, 2010 4:17 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory DNS setup, DNS, Dynamic IP address, Exchange, Exchange administration
I’m trying to set up ms exchange on a dynamic ip thats configured with my router to use dyndns.org. I’ll call that example.dyndns.org. I have a hosted web and e-mail site not associated with my isp and i’ll call those www.example.com and mail.example.com I already have the mx records from mail.example.com pointed to forward traffic [...]
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| February 1, 2010 4:17 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory DNS setup, DNS, Dynamic IP address, Exchange, Exchange administration
Why do sysvol replication errors persist on second DC after DCPROMO?
[dt]Added second Windows Server 2003 DC (DC2) to single domain (AD, File Server, DNS Server, GC Role on both DCs) / (DCPROMO run) Intended for DC2 to be replica of main DC (DC1) / same OS on both. Same domain, same building, no firewall between, only a switch. Different IP’s, DC1 is primary in all [...]
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| January 31, 2010 1:36 PM
DC, DCPROMO, Domain Controller, NETLOGON, Secondary Domain Controller, SYSVOL, Windows Server 2003
[dt]Added second Windows Server 2003 DC (DC2) to single domain (AD, File Server, DNS Server, GC Role on both DCs) / (DCPROMO run) Intended for DC2 to be replica of main DC (DC1) / same OS on both. Same domain, same building, no firewall between, only a switch. Different IP’s, DC1 is primary in all [...]
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| January 31, 2010 1:36 PM
DC, DCPROMO, Domain Controller, NETLOGON, Secondary Domain Controller, SYSVOL, Windows Server 2003
Active Directory Integration?
Our Mother company is pushing us to integrate Active Directory and have our domain under their forest. We are two different companies and we have our own IT infrastructure and IT team. We might have plans to go seperate in the near future but they are still pushing too hard for the integration phase. What [...]
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| April 18, 2011 12:37 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Deployment, Active Directory Integration
Our Mother company is pushing us to integrate Active Directory and have our domain under their forest. We are two different companies and we have our own IT infrastructure and IT team. We might have plans to go seperate in the near future but they are still pushing too hard for the integration phase. What [...]
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| April 18, 2011 12:37 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Deployment, Active Directory Integration
Access denied problem while making network drive in windows 2003 server
Hi, I have recently installed win server 2003 in my office server. I created a share folder in E:/ drive (non-Windows installer drive) and thus finally created a network drive. Now items that were added in the share folder can be acessed through network drive, but if i create a new folder in network drive, [...]
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| January 28, 2010 6:37 PM
Network Drive, Windows Server 2003
Hi, I have recently installed win server 2003 in my office server. I created a share folder in E:/ drive (non-Windows installer drive) and thus finally created a network drive. Now items that were added in the share folder can be acessed through network drive, but if i create a new folder in network drive, [...]
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| January 28, 2010 6:37 PM
Network Drive, Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008 Member server DCPromote to domain controller
We have a windows serer 2003 domain with 2 DC, I am trying to dcpromote my windows 2008 member server to become a domain controller, it says to run adprep /forestprep but it comes up saying I can’t do this on windows server 2008, but that I need to do it on a DC controller. [...]
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| January 27, 2010 5:40 PM
Adprep, DCpromote, Domain Controller, ForestPrep, Windows Server 2003 Domain, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller
We have a windows serer 2003 domain with 2 DC, I am trying to dcpromote my windows 2008 member server to become a domain controller, it says to run adprep /forestprep but it comes up saying I can’t do this on windows server 2008, but that I need to do it on a DC controller. [...]
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| January 27, 2010 5:40 PM
Adprep, DCpromote, Domain Controller, ForestPrep, Windows Server 2003 Domain, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller
How to create a restricted user in Windows Server 2003
I have question about Windows 2003 Server. We have 2003 Enterprise server + one *SOFTWARE* installed on a machine.We need to create a user who can only use a software.This user shouldn’t have access to other parts of Server.By this meen: start menu,my comp , my dowcuments,write to disk , change something and etc.I just [...]
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| February 3, 2010 4:58 PM
Restricted User Group, Restricted User in Windows Server, Windows Server 2003
I have question about Windows 2003 Server. We have 2003 Enterprise server + one *SOFTWARE* installed on a machine.We need to create a user who can only use a software.This user shouldn’t have access to other parts of Server.By this meen: start menu,my comp , my dowcuments,write to disk , change something and etc.I just [...]
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| February 3, 2010 4:58 PM
Restricted User Group, Restricted User in Windows Server, Windows Server 2003
Error when installing vSphere Client on Windows Server 2008 R2
I am getting the following error when I try to log in to vsphere client on my Windows Server 2008 R2 “Error Parsing the server “x.x.x.x” “clients.xml” file Login will continue contact your system administrator” Does anyone know a fix for this?
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| January 27, 2010 4:17 PM
vSphere, vSphere client, Windows Server 2008 R2
I am getting the following error when I try to log in to vsphere client on my Windows Server 2008 R2 “Error Parsing the server “x.x.x.x” “clients.xml” file Login will continue contact your system administrator” Does anyone know a fix for this?
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| January 27, 2010 4:17 PM
vSphere, vSphere client, Windows Server 2008 R2
Group Policy for WPA2 on Windows Server 2003/2008
I have a Windows 2003 SP2 and a Windows 2008 SP2 Domain Controllers. I need to create a GPO for WPA2 Wireless, I have modified the schema for WPA2 support for the 2003 , but if I create the GPO from the 2008 GPMC and go to the GPMC in the Windows 2003 it appears [...]
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| January 28, 2010 3:19 PM
GPO, Group Policy, Windows Server 2008, Windows Sevrer 2003, WPA2
I have a Windows 2003 SP2 and a Windows 2008 SP2 Domain Controllers. I need to create a GPO for WPA2 Wireless, I have modified the schema for WPA2 support for the 2003 , but if I create the GPO from the 2008 GPMC and go to the GPMC in the Windows 2003 it appears [...]
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| January 28, 2010 3:19 PM
GPO, Group Policy, Windows Server 2008, Windows Sevrer 2003, WPA2
Checking authority on reverse DNS IP Address lookup
How can I check who is the authority for a reverse DNS IP address?
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| February 1, 2010 3:17 PM
DNS, DNS Lookup, Reverse DNS, Windows Server 2003
How can I check who is the authority for a reverse DNS IP address?
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| February 1, 2010 3:17 PM
DNS, DNS Lookup, Reverse DNS, Windows Server 2003
linux / Windows server
a network runing on workgroup networking. i want to install mail server on its.what is better option for me choose linux server or window server (AD).we have 100 user on my network please give me appro suggestion
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| February 19, 2010 4:16 AM
Active Directory, Linux, Windows Server, Workgroups
a network runing on workgroup networking. i want to install mail server on its.what is better option for me choose linux server or window server (AD).we have 100 user on my network please give me appro suggestion
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| February 19, 2010 4:16 AM
Active Directory, Linux, Windows Server, Workgroups
W2k3 secondary domain controller recovery: join or trust with primary domain controller lost
Hello, I’ve a problem which was driving me crazy…but the problem primarily was my lack of knowledge in domain controllers troubleshooting. I have a Windows 2003 standard edition backup domain controller. I have been connecting to this one by RDP (only using s domain admin credentials, not the domain users accounts) since many years but [...]
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| January 28, 2010 4:23 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory connection lost, Domain Controller, Windows 2003 DC Restore, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller
Hello, I’ve a problem which was driving me crazy…but the problem primarily was my lack of knowledge in domain controllers troubleshooting. I have a Windows 2003 standard edition backup domain controller. I have been connecting to this one by RDP (only using s domain admin credentials, not the domain users accounts) since many years but [...]
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| January 28, 2010 4:23 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory connection lost, Domain Controller, Windows 2003 DC Restore, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller
SBS 2003
How does SBS 2003 R2 back up my user’s information oorks and ow to configur it? explain in detail plz
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| January 26, 2010 9:27 AM
Microsoft Small Business Server, SBS 2003, SBS backups, Small Business Server 2003
How does SBS 2003 R2 back up my user’s information oorks and ow to configur it? explain in detail plz
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| January 26, 2010 9:27 AM
Microsoft Small Business Server, SBS 2003, SBS backups, Small Business Server 2003
How to integrate squirrelmail in the server?
quite new to this sorry…does anyone have an idea? would be great to hear from you soon… thanks…
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| January 27, 2010 4:44 AM
Squirrel, Squirrelmail, Windows Server 2003
quite new to this sorry…does anyone have an idea? would be great to hear from you soon… thanks…
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| January 27, 2010 4:44 AM
Squirrel, Squirrelmail, Windows Server 2003
IIS on 2003 server
how to configure IIS
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| January 25, 2010 10:06 AM
ASP.NET, IIS, IIS configuration, Windows Server 2003
how to configure IIS
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| January 25, 2010 10:06 AM
ASP.NET, IIS, IIS configuration, Windows Server 2003
Logon Failures with user name (backslash)
I’m looking for clues why a Win2k3 server log indicates very frequent logon failures with the user name … yes, that is a backslash as the only character in the user name.
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| August 31, 2011 5:59 PM
Event ID 529, Logon failure, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server User Profiles
I’m looking for clues why a Win2k3 server log indicates very frequent logon failures with the user name … yes, that is a backslash as the only character in the user name.
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| August 31, 2011 5:59 PM
Event ID 529, Logon failure, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server User Profiles
Hub Transport fails to install on Exchange 2007 Server 2008 r2 install.
Hub Transport errors on Exchange 2007 install. Hub Trasport fails to start on setup. This is after uninstalling exchange 2007, originall error was mmc snap-in error, with hub transport never starting. Please help with a workaround for this error.
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| January 23, 2010 7:33 AM
Exchange 2007, Hub Transport Server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
Hub Transport errors on Exchange 2007 install. Hub Trasport fails to start on setup. This is after uninstalling exchange 2007, originall error was mmc snap-in error, with hub transport never starting. Please help with a workaround for this error.
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| January 23, 2010 7:33 AM
Exchange 2007, Hub Transport Server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
Synchronization of Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Users from a Sql Server table
I have a table in a sql server database than contains the data of all the users of my network. How can I create a procedure that will add-remove-modify users to the windows server 2008 using the data entered in that table?
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| March 2, 2010 12:31 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Users, SQL Server, Windows Server 2008
I have a table in a sql server database than contains the data of all the users of my network. How can I create a procedure that will add-remove-modify users to the windows server 2008 using the data entered in that table?
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| March 2, 2010 12:31 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Users, SQL Server, Windows Server 2008
how do you ensure EWS is installed and enabled in SBS2008/Exchange 2007
BlackBerry Internet Service cannot connect to an Outlook Web Access Account using Microsoft Exchange 2007 I can use OWA and login via https://remote.company.com/owa however in speaking with RIM technical support they say the issue is with EWS component is required to be active on the Microsoft Exchange Server? The server has self assigned certificate IIS [...]
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| February 12, 2010 1:01 AM
BlackBerry Internet Service, EWS, Exchange 2007, Knowledge Point Challenge, Microsoft Small Business Server, Outlook Web Access, OWA, SBS 2008
BlackBerry Internet Service cannot connect to an Outlook Web Access Account using Microsoft Exchange 2007 I can use OWA and login via https://remote.company.com/owa however in speaking with RIM technical support they say the issue is with EWS component is required to be active on the Microsoft Exchange Server? The server has self assigned certificate IIS [...]
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| February 12, 2010 1:01 AM
BlackBerry Internet Service, EWS, Exchange 2007, Knowledge Point Challenge, Microsoft Small Business Server, Outlook Web Access, OWA, SBS 2008
What Backup/Restore product for exchange 2007 on win 2008 SE SP1?
We are cvurrently running a small Exchange Server 2007 (100 small mailboxes, < 1 GB total storage), hosted on a Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition, Service Pack 1. Currently, we are drawing on a tool developed by Michael Smith (The Essential Exchange), which is configured for manual execution (and DIY restore scripting). We need to [...]
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| October 27, 2011 5:46 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange Backup & Restore, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server backup
We are cvurrently running a small Exchange Server 2007 (100 small mailboxes, < 1 GB total storage), hosted on a Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition, Service Pack 1. Currently, we are drawing on a tool developed by Michael Smith (The Essential Exchange), which is configured for manual execution (and DIY restore scripting). We need to [...]
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| October 27, 2011 5:46 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange Backup & Restore, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server backup
