Windows Server 2003 management
Did you use Event Viewer ? What are the details of the failure event ? ******************************* Did you compare service state to startup type? If it is autmatic and didn’t start, that is the culprit. Also look at manual start services as sometimes these will run at boot and then stop. Use autoruns from sysinternal [...]
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| February 12, 2009 9:06 PM
Event Viewer, Server management, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003 configuration
Did you use Event Viewer ? What are the details of the failure event ? ******************************* Did you compare service state to startup type? If it is autmatic and didn’t start, that is the culprit. Also look at manual start services as sometimes these will run at boot and then stop. Use autoruns from sysinternal [...]
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| February 12, 2009 9:06 PM
Event Viewer, Server management, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server 2003 configuration
I cannot install any Microsoft Office version on Windows 2000 DHCP server
Not sure why you would want or need to install Microsoft Office on a DHCP server…… See if the directions detailed in the below web link are any assistance: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320185
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| February 12, 2009 4:59 AM
DHCP server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office installation error, Terminal services should be install mode, Windows 2000 Server
Not sure why you would want or need to install Microsoft Office on a DHCP server…… See if the directions detailed in the below web link are any assistance: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320185
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| February 12, 2009 4:59 AM
DHCP server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office installation error, Terminal services should be install mode, Windows 2000 Server
How to remove then reinstall exchange 2003 onto a new drive in sbs 2003
You need to provide additional information. We would need to know your hardware configuration. Are you running any hardware RAID? How many hard drives are installed in the server? Did you do the SBS install? How did you determine that the drive with Exchange is failing? The more details you can provide the better it [...]
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| February 11, 2009 6:06 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange installation, SBS 2003
You need to provide additional information. We would need to know your hardware configuration. Are you running any hardware RAID? How many hard drives are installed in the server? Did you do the SBS install? How did you determine that the drive with Exchange is failing? The more details you can provide the better it [...]
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| February 11, 2009 6:06 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange installation, SBS 2003
How to restrict the user from browsing the Internet and downloading from Windows Server 2003
You can sonfigure Microsoft ISA. It will acte a a Fire Wall and /or Proxy. their you can choos the users that can brows or not. also you can By GPO disable IE but any wyse user will have a portable FireFox on their USB key. So the best way is with a proky. their [...]
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| February 11, 2009 5:38 PM
Block Internet Access, Internet restrictions, User Permissions, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
You can sonfigure Microsoft ISA. It will acte a a Fire Wall and /or Proxy. their you can choos the users that can brows or not. also you can By GPO disable IE but any wyse user will have a portable FireFox on their USB key. So the best way is with a proky. their [...]
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| February 11, 2009 5:38 PM
Block Internet Access, Internet restrictions, User Permissions, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services wants client to have administrative rights – Why?
Did you install TS as a terminal server or this is just the TM that comme with the server. It it is the TM that comme with and you are on the DC it is normal to have administrator right because this TS is for administrative acces only. It is not meant to be a [...]
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| February 11, 2009 5:31 PM
Terminal Services, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services
Did you install TS as a terminal server or this is just the TM that comme with the server. It it is the TM that comme with and you are on the DC it is normal to have administrator right because this TS is for administrative acces only. It is not meant to be a [...]
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| February 11, 2009 5:31 PM
Terminal Services, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services
dns suffix issue – please help!
Whats the error message you are receiving in the eventlog on the client? Can you post that?? Whats the OS on the client??
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| February 10, 2009 10:56 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2003, DNS, DNS Suffix, Windows, Windows Server 2003
Whats the error message you are receiving in the eventlog on the client? Can you post that?? Whats the OS on the client??
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| February 10, 2009 10:56 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2003, DNS, DNS Suffix, Windows, Windows Server 2003
Terminal Server 2000
You can install applications to the terminal server while it is in production. You can initiate install mode while users are logged on. The server will still be available. Any logged in users will not see the newly installed applications until you go back to execute mode and they log off and back on again. [...]
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| February 10, 2009 3:36 PM
Terminal Server, Terminal Server 2000
You can install applications to the terminal server while it is in production. You can initiate install mode while users are logged on. The server will still be available. Any logged in users will not see the newly installed applications until you go back to execute mode and they log off and back on again. [...]
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| February 10, 2009 3:36 PM
Terminal Server, Terminal Server 2000
Migrating Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003 0×57 error message
Follow this <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498″>Link</a> to remove the AD metadata information for your replaced server. **************************** Check your current domain controller to make sure it holds all the FSMO roles. If there is a problem, check <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504″>here</a> on how to sieze the roles. Then dcpromo the new domain controller and if necessary, do the adprep [...]
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| February 9, 2009 11:21 PM
ForestPrep, Windows 2000 Server migration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration
Follow this <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498″>Link</a> to remove the AD metadata information for your replaced server. **************************** Check your current domain controller to make sure it holds all the FSMO roles. If there is a problem, check <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504″>here</a> on how to sieze the roles. Then dcpromo the new domain controller and if necessary, do the adprep [...]
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| February 9, 2009 11:21 PM
ForestPrep, Windows 2000 Server migration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration
Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003 full exchange administrator error
To run ForestPrep, you will need to following user permissions on that account: Enterprise Administrator Schema Administrator Local Machine Administrator (if running on member server only)
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| February 9, 2009 7:53 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 installation, Exchange error messages, ForestPrep, Full Exchange Administrator, Windows Server 2003
To run ForestPrep, you will need to following user permissions on that account: Enterprise Administrator Schema Administrator Local Machine Administrator (if running on member server only)
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| February 9, 2009 7:53 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 installation, Exchange error messages, ForestPrep, Full Exchange Administrator, Windows Server 2003
Is SATA II disks adequate for running VMs
If you aren’t going to be placing a lot of load on the disks then SATA II should be fine. I would use two disks for the host OS, and not one because if that one disk fails you will have lost the OS, and all your VMs will be offline until you get the [...]
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| February 8, 2009 8:13 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008, SAS disks, SATA 2, SATA 2 disks, SATA hard drives, Serial Attached SCSI, Virtual Machines, Windows Server 2008
If you aren’t going to be placing a lot of load on the disks then SATA II should be fine. I would use two disks for the host OS, and not one because if that one disk fails you will have lost the OS, and all your VMs will be offline until you get the [...]
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| February 8, 2009 8:13 PM
Hyper-V, Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008, SAS disks, SATA 2, SATA 2 disks, SATA hard drives, Serial Attached SCSI, Virtual Machines, Windows Server 2008
Change Management and Active Directory?
Change Management is the process by which changes which need to be made to a production environment are submitted, reviewed and approved to ensure that only tested and approved changes are made to the production environment. Active Directory (AD) is the system by which Windows networks are configured and administrated. It replaced the old Windows [...]
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| February 8, 2009 8:11 PM
Active Directory, Change management, IT careers, IT education, IT training
Change Management is the process by which changes which need to be made to a production environment are submitted, reviewed and approved to ensure that only tested and approved changes are made to the production environment. Active Directory (AD) is the system by which Windows networks are configured and administrated. It replaced the old Windows [...]
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| February 8, 2009 8:11 PM
Active Directory, Change management, IT careers, IT education, IT training
Active Directory Migration
This is a good <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278918/”>link</a> to use.
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| February 7, 2009 12:54 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Adprep, Domain Controller, Exchange 2000, ForestPrep
This is a good <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278918/”>link</a> to use.
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| February 7, 2009 12:54 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Adprep, Domain Controller, Exchange 2000, ForestPrep
Non delivery report status code 5.1.8
Can you provide some more details as where the rejection message is coming from? It should be in the NDR message. Take a l<a href=”http://classicasp.aspfaq.com/email/why-is-e-mail-to-certain-domains-being-rejected.html”>ook at this site about rejected messages</a> and see if any of this could fit your situation. If it is the destination site rejecting it for sure, something may need to [...]
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| February 6, 2009 9:24 PM
Exchange Transport Error, Non-Delivery Reports, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 R2
Can you provide some more details as where the rejection message is coming from? It should be in the NDR message. Take a l<a href=”http://classicasp.aspfaq.com/email/why-is-e-mail-to-certain-domains-being-rejected.html”>ook at this site about rejected messages</a> and see if any of this could fit your situation. If it is the destination site rejecting it for sure, something may need to [...]
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| February 6, 2009 9:24 PM
Exchange Transport Error, Non-Delivery Reports, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 R2
How to track who amended a particular file
Hello, I believe you can use the “Track Changes” option in “Tools”, however, you would have needed to set this option in advance of the changes, of course. Hope this helps.
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| February 6, 2009 1:19 PM
Active Directory, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Network administration, User monitoring, User tracking, Windows Server 2003
Hello, I believe you can use the “Track Changes” option in “Tools”, however, you would have needed to set this option in advance of the changes, of course. Hope this helps.
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| February 6, 2009 1:19 PM
Active Directory, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Network administration, User monitoring, User tracking, Windows Server 2003
Partition Creation Error
Hello Grant, First I would like to understand is the server is on cluster environment. If so you can try stopping the cluster service and try the partition. It will work & later you can start the cluster service. If its the standalone server, you can remove the spindles swap it on different bays and [...]
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| February 5, 2009 3:49 PM
Logical disk manager, Logical partitions, Partitioning, Windows Server 2003
Hello Grant, First I would like to understand is the server is on cluster environment. If so you can try stopping the cluster service and try the partition. It will work & later you can start the cluster service. If its the standalone server, you can remove the spindles swap it on different bays and [...]
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| February 5, 2009 3:49 PM
Logical disk manager, Logical partitions, Partitioning, Windows Server 2003
join window vista in domain
Are you having some problem ? The only difference is that you will have to manually configure the network connection with a static ip address. This should be done by your administrator. You will need unique (and valid) ip address, subnet mask, ip address of the dns server, and default gateway.
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| February 5, 2009 3:06 PM
Active Directory, DHCP, Windows Vista
Are you having some problem ? The only difference is that you will have to manually configure the network connection with a static ip address. This should be done by your administrator. You will need unique (and valid) ip address, subnet mask, ip address of the dns server, and default gateway.
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| February 5, 2009 3:06 PM
Active Directory, DHCP, Windows Vista
Exchange Server 2007 installation
You asked this question yesterday and <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/exchange-2/”>received an answer</a>. We have a feature called My Watchlist that allows members to keep track of the questions they have asked. You can also sign up to email alerts on any question you ask to be notified when there is activity on a question. Thanks and welcome [...]
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| February 5, 2009 1:19 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 installation, Windows Server 2003
You asked this question yesterday and <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/exchange-2/”>received an answer</a>. We have a feature called My Watchlist that allows members to keep track of the questions they have asked. You can also sign up to email alerts on any question you ask to be notified when there is activity on a question. Thanks and welcome [...]
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| February 5, 2009 1:19 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 installation, Windows Server 2003
Weird sharing problem in LAN after upgrading switch
According to Microsoft, XP Pro Workgroups become impractical in environments with more than 10 computers. You need to upgrade to a domain. ============ Apply Microsoft updates. It is possible that there is malicious software running on your network creating these problems. As the previous poster suggests, peer-to-peer XP workgroups for this large of an environment [...]
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| February 4, 2009 4:33 PM
LAN, Linux servers, Managed Switches, Network administration, Network upgrades and patches, Switch configuration, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
According to Microsoft, XP Pro Workgroups become impractical in environments with more than 10 computers. You need to upgrade to a domain. ============ Apply Microsoft updates. It is possible that there is malicious software running on your network creating these problems. As the previous poster suggests, peer-to-peer XP workgroups for this large of an environment [...]
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| February 4, 2009 4:33 PM
LAN, Linux servers, Managed Switches, Network administration, Network upgrades and patches, Switch configuration, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Can Exchange Server 2007 be installed on Windows Server 2003?
Exchange 2007 can only run on a 64-bit system. If your server is a 64-bit version of 2003, yes you can install it. System-wide Requirements As with any application, Exchange 2007 has a certain set of requirements that must be met before you can proceed with the installation and these requirements can be spilt into [...]
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| February 4, 2009 3:38 PM
Exchange 2007 administration, Exchange 2007 installation, Windows Server 2003
Exchange 2007 can only run on a 64-bit system. If your server is a 64-bit version of 2003, yes you can install it. System-wide Requirements As with any application, Exchange 2007 has a certain set of requirements that must be met before you can proceed with the installation and these requirements can be spilt into [...]
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| February 4, 2009 3:38 PM
Exchange 2007 administration, Exchange 2007 installation, Windows Server 2003
VNC without or with domain
A domain is not needed to use VNC. However, you should use SSH tunneling for VNC if possible to encrypt sessions. VNC passwords are weak and adding the SSH tunneling would enhance security. The VNC documentation may describe this configuration or it is available using this Google search http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=vnc+ssh+tunnel Have you considered PCoIP instead of [...]
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| February 3, 2009 10:13 PM
3G, Domain Controller, Virtual Network Computing, VNC
A domain is not needed to use VNC. However, you should use SSH tunneling for VNC if possible to encrypt sessions. VNC passwords are weak and adding the SSH tunneling would enhance security. The VNC documentation may describe this configuration or it is available using this Google search http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=vnc+ssh+tunnel Have you considered PCoIP instead of [...]
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| February 3, 2009 10:13 PM
3G, Domain Controller, Virtual Network Computing, VNC
