create domain controllers
Have you tried to replicate your parent and child domain. Just try to do that. Please see here for more information : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262795 For more help go to at: www.iyogi.net

View Answer   |  July 10, 2009  5:53 AM
Child Domain, Domain Controllers, Parent Domain, Windows Server 2003

Best Practice Building Domain Controller’s
Get the domain rename tools from Microsoft and simply rename the windows domain. We did this shortly before we upgraded our domain from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 (we do still have the Windows 2003 DCs however).

View Answer   |  July 9, 2009  9:13 PM
Domain Controller Best Practices, Domain Controller Building, Domain Controller Implementation, Domain Controllers, Windows Server 2008

Clients cannot acces app server on Windows Server 2003 R2
Are the clients allowed to access your domain to connect to the server or are they trying to access from a local station? —————————— If the server can ping to the clients and your clients can’t ping to the server, the server firewall is blocking the port(s). You can either turn the firewall off or [...]

View Answer   |  July 9, 2009  1:36 PM
Apple, Application Server, Mac OS, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2

Group Policy and Desktop Icons
Instead of a group policy, you can put the shortcuts in the C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDesktop folder so it shows up for every user that logs on to the server.

View Answer   |  July 8, 2009  6:22 AM
Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows Server 2003

help with Trusted Certificate
You would have to purchase a certificate from a trusted vendor like VeriSign or Thawte and use that certificate for your VPN.

View Answer   |  July 8, 2009  6:17 AM
Active Directory, Group Policy, Importing Certificate, VPN

Editing display names in Office SharePoint 2007
You can alter the Display or Preferred name through Central Administration under Shared Services>User Profile and Properties> View User Profiles > Edit User Profile.

View Answer   |  July 7, 2009  11:51 PM
Active Directory, SharePoint, SharePoint 2007

Sorting GAL
Here is a <a href=”http://exchangeshare.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/exchange-2007-display-name-format/”>good guide </a>for you with a powershell command to accomplish the change.

View Answer   |  July 7, 2009  6:36 PM
Exchange 2007, GAL, Global Address List, Outlook, Windows Server 2008

Need an Active Directory report tool
Quest PowerGui – <a href=”http://www.powergui.org”>www.powergui.org</a> From Twitter @mwtwedd @ITKE Try Reporter Express from Quest, its free.<a href=”http://www.quest.com/free-tools”> http://www.quest.com/free-tools</a> When we go for a free tool support are questionable ?In my opinion http://www.jijitechnologies.com cheap tools and good active support requested features were also provide on time and more than value for money . For More Details [...]

View Answer   |  July 7, 2009  12:39 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Reporting Tool, AD

active directory tool
What you are referring to is self-service. There are a number of vendors that can provide this kind of functionality. Here is a short list <a href=”http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/partners/adall.mspx”>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/partners/adall.mspx</a>. Here are a couple more that did not make the list <a href=”http://manageengine.adventnet.com/products/ad-manager/active-directory-self-service-portal-search.html”>http://manageengine.adventnet.com/products/ad-manager/active-directory-self-service-portal-search.html</a> and <a href=”http://www.petri.co.il/directory_update_tool.htm”>http://www.petri.co.il/directory_update_tool.htm</a>. <a href=”http://www.slipstick.com/exs/activedir.asp”>http://www.slipstick.com/exs/activedir.asp</a> <a href=”http://www.adaxes.com”> Softerra Adaxes</a> is also listed there. Free 30 [...]

View Answer   |  July 7, 2009  10:42 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory tools, Windows Server 2003

Exchange Server 2003 Mailbox Issues
Did you look at the servers properties on the Directory Access tab? This defines how the server communicates with AD. Are they correctly filled in? Does the server belong to a different AD site then the other server?

View Answer   |  July 7, 2009  5:29 AM
Active Directory, Exchange 2003, Windows Server 2003

25 character code
It could be listed on the CD, back of the box, insert card that came with the program, or on a tag on the inside flap of the box. Or you may want to contact the retailer you purchased this from and ask why your license key is missing. If you bought it online it [...]

View Answer   |  July 6, 2009  5:13 PM
SBS, SBS Licenses, Small Business Server

Forgotten Password
You would need an account with administrative rights on the machine itself. If the PC is on a domain, you can use the domain administrator account to access the PC with the Computer Management MMC to change local user passwords remotely. ERD Commander hat a tool for this…

View Answer   |  July 6, 2009  5:46 AM
Local Administrators Group, Password management, SBS 2003 R2

DNS Warning eventlog Massage after every 3 minutes
from the affected server run dnscmd /config /bootmethod

View Answer   |  July 3, 2009  6:38 AM
DNS, DNS event log 4521, Domain Controller

Deploying Sites with AD
I deploy an AD site wherever I want my users (site aware) to authenticate to their local DC. Yes create a site at each physical site where you have a DC. Create your site links and move the server to the servers container in the site. To summarise: A site is collection of one or [...]

View Answer   |  July 2, 2009  11:58 PM
Active Directory, Deploying Sites in AD

ntvdm.exe error message
This relates to Win2k but may apply to Windows 2003 <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196453/EN-US/”>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196453/EN-US/</a>

View Answer   |  July 2, 2009  11:42 PM
ntvdm.exe error, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Error Messages

AD Migration to Virtual Servers
Check out the <a href=”http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/”>Microsoft Virtualization Team Blog</a> for information and resources. AD doesn’t care what type of server it’s running on – you can use P2V technology to convert your physical servers to virtual servers. The only thing to worry about is time, and that can be taken care of by pointing your PDC [...]

View Answer   |  July 2, 2009  3:32 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Virtual Servers, VMware ESX

windows 2003 server
I still need more detailed question if you want an aswer.

View Answer   |  July 2, 2009  9:00 AM
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration

cant log on to Windows Server 2003
Domain Controllers do not have local administrator accounts. You can locally login to the domain controller with an account in any of the following groups: 1. Account Operators 2. Administrators 3. Backup Operators 4. Print Operators 5. Server Operators

View Answer   |  July 2, 2009  6:11 AM
Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows server administration, Windows Server Permissions

Running sound over the LAN via Terminal Services
Sound works ok, video crappy – too much lag Rdp does not need high bandwith…but sount and video do. If you want to send video through rdp you need 10/10 Mbit line on both sides.

View Answer   |  July 1, 2009  10:50 AM
LAN, Terminal Server, VoIP, Windows Server 2003

BSOD – Windows Server 2003 R2 -scsiport.sys error
I’d have to agree with the answer from the Microsoft forum. A call to Microsoft is going to be your best bet. If the problem is with a Microsoft driver or patch then only Microsoft will be able to resolve the issue. Microsoft does there best to test patches against all sorts of hardware combination, [...]

View Answer   |  July 1, 2009  1:54 AM
BSOD, Dell 2800, Dell servers, scsiport.sys, Ultrium LTO-2 Tape Drives, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2