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Synchronization of application servers

hi all my company has about 30 application servers,so when i want to install something i have to do it on 30 servers which is very time consuming.due to this I Need a way to update all application servers using a single installation routine. can someone help please

View Answer   |  Aug 15 2005  3:21 AM GMT
Hardware, Windows, Networking
asked by eduado

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PowerBuilder Printing Problem

hi all, i have a problem, when i print a powerbuilder report using a network printer, from some PCs the report is blank where from some others it is printed properly. i don't think so that the problem is in PowerBuilder because all PCs uses the same EXE. thanks in Advance.

View Answer   |  Aug 11 2005  5:15 AM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Windows
asked by Ghassanhaith

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System State Enquiries

I have little understanding on System State, please bear with me if I am asking the obvious. Based on the information found; the purpose of system state is in the event after hotfix or installation of new program, the OS crashed, system state backup is used to restore the OS configuration files...

View Answer   |  Jul 26 2005  11:45 AM GMT
Windows, Windows 2000 Server, Servers
asked by yoowin

  0 pts.

wireless access points DHCP and drive mapping

Hello all, I recently installed wireless access points in my organization. They are configured to set automatically via DHCP on a 2000 server machine. It seems to work fine. But when I map a drive on client laptops running XP Pro and set it to reconnect at logon the drive either mysteriously...

View Answer   |  Jul 21 2005  5:14 PM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Hardware
asked by zzegri

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Logon Authentication

We have two domain controllers one in USA and the other one in INDIA both are on windows 2003 standard edtion, some of the XP and 2000 clients in USA are authenticating themselves against the domain controller in INDIA, how do we solve this issue and revert back the authenticating servers for...

View Answer   |  Jul 20 2005  4:25 AM GMT
Windows, Windows Server 2003, Servers
asked by skp02in

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How to automate security settings

I'm looking for a command line utility and associated syntax that will permit me to automate, via shell script, the setting of a user's 'User Rights Assignment'. I want to add the following to a new user account: Log on as batch job, Log on as service, Deny logon locally, Manage auditing and...

View Answer   |  Jul 10 2005  11:41 AM GMT
Windows
asked by davidm16

  0 pts.

Print Server failure W2k

Here's a good one - I have a Windows 2k server which is our corporate print server. It's now decided to stop being a print server and the spooler service no longer works. You try and open up the printers folder and it hangs forever, never opening. Rebooting has not helped. Stop and restart the...

View Answer   |  Jul 1 2005  5:00 AM GMT
Windows, Networking, Servers
asked by cptrelentless

  0 pts.

Task Scheduler

Does anybody know of a utility to identify scheduled tasks by specific user that could be running on the entire domain?? Have a user who is consistently getting locked out each day, their mappings check out but somewhere something is using their account credentials. Password has changed hence the...

View Answer   |  Jun 29 2005  7:27 AM GMT
Tech support, Windows, Servers
asked by casper1

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Shutdown on Windows XP is not working

When I select shutdown on my Windows XP workstation, my computer freezes and sometimes after a couple of minutes I will received the ShutDown dialog box and sometimes I don't. Where do I start troubleshooting?

View Answer   |  Jun 24 2005  8:37 AM GMT
Hardware, Windows, Servers
asked by looking4answers

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Removing context menu from IE Favorites

Does anyone know if a group policy setting exists to remove the ability to right-click the Favorites menu in Internet Explorer? I have removed the context menus from Internet Explorer, the Desktop, the Start Menu, and the Taskbar, however, the user can still right-click the Favorites menu and...

View Answer   |  Jun 23 2005  9:44 AM GMT
Tech support, Windows, Windows Server 2003
asked by scottbr

  0 pts.

No access to an XP client PC

Dear Sir or Madam, I have a small LAN. The PDC/GC is win 2003SBS on Dell Precision 220, running SQL 2000 Enterprise. Another DC Compaq WIN 2000 SP4 server, running SQL 2000 enterprise. Four Client PCs with Win 2000 Pro SP4, and a 5th client PC with XP SP1. The clients (win 2000) can see the...

View Answer   |  Jun 21 2005  9:01 AM GMT
Windows, Windows 2000 Server, Networking
asked by odedszpiro

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cisco vpn client makes windows xp 98% busy

hi, we use cisco vpn client v4 to connect to the office. i installed for myself on my private computer under windows xp and everything worked fine. from some day on (perhaps after intallation of a new program) the machine got 98% busy after starting the vpn client and wont't calm down until i issue...

View Answer   |  Jun 21 2005  3:13 AM GMT
Hardware, Windows, Networking
asked by dunklur

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How to save SAP history tables in Linux?

Hi! I'm the Assistant Editor for SearchEnterpriseLinux.com. One of our readers sent in the following question about using SAP. Can you help him? "We have noticed that on some fields in sap there is a history table that appears once we start entering (typing) information into the fields. The...

View Answer   |  Jun 16 2005  1:33 PM GMT
Hardware, Windows, SAP
asked by AmyKucharik

  105 pts.

Active Dir. Web Based Password Reset Tool?

We run a native 2003 Active Directory. We have many remote users who have an AD account (without an Exchange account). Quite often we get emailed from users who are requesting password resets, or account unlocks (since we have a 5-try account lockout policy in effect on the domain). Obviously,...

View Answer   |  Jun 15 2005  5:23 AM GMT
Security management, Disaster Recovery, Windows
asked by GregNottage

  0 pts.

drive letter issue in 2003 terminal server application

I have a situation where I have a terminal server with a C and D drive with all user related stuff on D & all system related & boot is C. I need to install a new application which requires each user to map drive letter C to a network folder on another server. Apparently, there's no way around...

View Answer   |  Jun 12 2005  2:17 PM GMT
Tech support, Windows, Windows 2000 Server
asked by netguru

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Exchange 2K IM Server Question

I have setup a test lab for E2K IM. I installed a separate Win2K server in the test AD Domain; all the latest updates etc. Installed the IM portion of the installation. I ran SP3 on the new server and and reapplied SP3 on the current E2K server that hosts email only. In SM i setup the new virtual...

View Answer   |  Jun 8 2005  8:19 AM GMT
Security management, Tech support, Help Desk
asked by delebute2004

  0 pts.

Stop Error (C000021a)

I am receiving this stop error(C000021a) "windows logon process system process terminated unexpectedly" with win 2000 server. Safe mode and Last Known Good Conf. works fine. Is there any solution without reformating the HDD? I have ERD with me. Will that help me? Any advise on this would be...

View Answer   |  Jun 7 2005  3:29 AM GMT
Security management, Tech support, Help Desk
asked by BinooDas1234

  10 pts.

Windows 2003 Terminal Server - Remove Shutdown

I have tried to remove the shutdown on a windows 2003 terminal server by using the following procedure but i cannot gain access to the group list: gpedit.msc Local Computer Policy Computer Configuration Windows Settings Security Settings Local Policies User Rights Assignment Shutdown the System...

View Answer   |  May 29 2005  5:50 PM GMT
Windows, Windows Server 2003, Servers
asked by delebute2004

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AD in Win2K3 SBS - Group Policy Question

Win2K3 SBS network; several remote sites all connected via VPN (Cisco PIX); all is working fine now, TS for Corporate App, Exchange and Outlook 2K3 for email etc. WE tried to setup ISA 2004 at Corporate, but not knowing it well as well as time contraint is keeping us from the task of limiting and...

View Answer   |  May 25 2005  3:32 PM GMT
Tech support, Hardware, Windows
asked by delebute2004

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iSeries/AS400 is UnHackable - Think Again!

It just depends on your definition of "hack" I've heard the "There has never been a virus on an AS400" argument all too often. However - the definition of a virus/hack goes something like: "Process or person who alters data when they should not be able to". Do we agree? So... while not being an...

View Answer   |  May 25 2005  10:04 AM GMT
Security management, Tech support, Administration
asked by ColinNZ

  0 pts.

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