Creating a Domain from pieces

I'm inheriting a client who has a small number of systems spread out over various sites. All of these systems are in static IP's from the various DSL providers. We now want to bring them all together and use Active Directory (mainly for Group Policy and Permissions Control). While I've created...

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IIS Authentication Problem On 1 Virtual Server

I have 2 virtual servers setup on the same server. It's running Server 2003 R2/IIS 6 and Sharepoint services. Both are Sharepoint sites and both were setup manually instead of using the default site during Sharepoint setup. I'm the Sharepoint administrator for both sites. I can access one of them...

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Windows XP Visual style File?

I want to know if it is possible to centrally control the "look and feel" of the desktop environment of a user on my domain. I have a set of 10 computers that log in using the same name. This user's profile is stored on the Windows 2003 Server. The workstations are XP. I noticed a setting in GPO...

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Three Exchange Questions

FIRST ? DOMAIN NAME CHANGE / EXCHANGE SERVER In about a month?s time, we?ll be changing domain names. Instead of optic-cc.org we?ll have opportunityjunction.org -- as our organization changes its name from OPTIC to Opportunity Junction. Anticipating this, there are some things I need to find out....

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IIS custom errors

I am trying to implement a redirection for forms-based authentication for Exchange Outlook Web Access according to KB555053. Part of the process is to modify the 403;4 Custom error, however, on this particular IIS server, the 403;4 is not in the list. The server is Windows 2003 Standard, SP1...

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Exchange Issues

FIRST ? DOMAIN NAME CHANGE / EXCHANGE SERVER In about a month?s time, we?ll be changing domain names. Instead of optic-cc.org we?ll have opportunityjunction.org -- as our organization changes its name from OPTIC to Opportunity Junction. Anticipating this, there are some things I need to find out....

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Terminal Service restart – Windows 2003 Server

Terminal service (administrative mode) in one of our file servers time to time has problems. The server is a Windows 2003 server with SP1. When the problem occures, RDP attends to the server get: "Remote Desktop Disconnected. The client could not establish a connection to the remote computer..."...

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Server in the DMZ

We recently replaced a server in the DMZ used to route inbound email. The new server is Server 2003 standard edition. The old one was server 2000 standard. Everything on the new server is the same as the old one as far as server name, IP address, default gateway. My question is can anyone tell me...

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Changes in Network Folders

Hello All, I have a Windows 2000 Network. A windows 2000 Domain Controller also serve as a File Server. Some of the File Network Share Folder's access rights has been changed. Is there a way in Windows 2000 to know WHO and WHEN the changes has been made. Thanks in advance! SD

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W2000 AD Replication Problem

I have a multi-segment network, 5 subnets with 2 W2k DC?s on separate subnets, that has no AD replication occurring. When I attempt to force manual AD replication using ?AD Sites and Services? I receive the following message in a pop-up windows named ?Replicate Now?: ?The following error occurred...

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Sync windows time – Domain

I am curious on how to sync all my workstations to me domain controller. I have read multiple sync-related articles on the net and I am becoming confused. I edited the registry on the DC in order to make it sync with some navy time clock instead of the windows time server. I then created a GPO for...

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Windows profiles and folder redirection.

I want to understand the best way to centrally control a user?s profile. I need 10 computers to all be logged in at the same time and share a desktop that cannot be changed at the workstation ? only on the server. I implemented folder redirection using GPOs, but when the profile is synced with the...

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Windows Print Driver Settings

When printing from Word 2003 to a printer on the network (that is configured using a TCP/IP port) the intial 'Print' window appears to take priority over the print driver. I open Word and click print. On the initial screen the Collate box is unchecked, but if I click Properties and configure...

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STORED PROCEDURE SYNTAX ERROR

Please help, I would appreciate it. Below I have a simple stored procedure to return the names of my databases. I am getting a syntax error: Msg 105, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Unclosed quotation mark before the character string 'PASBA-DEV '. Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Line 1: Incorrect...

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Lotus Notes 6.0x And Windows Server 2003

In spite of advice to the contrary we must migrate Lotus Notes off an AS/400 to a Wintel platform. The current application has some automatic agents that utilize MYSQL commands and run fine when native to the 400, but running from the 2003 server the ODBC agents do not work. 1. Has anyone else...

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Win XP System Settings’ Question

Hi. I have a computer with different users access it with their respective limited account. Now i would like to allow 1 user account to have internet access yet another not; by setting different tcp/ip gateway's setting for different user account. Is that possible? Any suggestion? The other thing...

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Laptop synchronizes successfully but “Offline Files” folder remains empty

Hi, We have an AD (Windows Server 2003)with a number of laptops using offline folders for off-site work and generally this works flawlessly. However, one user has a problem, whenever she's on-site everything works as it should. She has access to her desktop and the "My Documents" folder but as soon...

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Restricting NTFS Permissions on “Top-Level” Folders

Here's my problem. On one of our mapped drives we have about 100 different "top-level" folders(for that share). Apparently people are accidentally dragging and dropping entire folders into each other. It doesn't happen everyday, but the Dept Manager would like to make it so that only a few people...

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Best way to script redirect of user’s folders and add printers…

I wanted to see which way is the best way to script the redirection of user folders. I am running Windows sever 2003 and XP for workstations. I wanted to know if there was a way to use a variable in a script in order to have Windows automatially redirect the location of my documents, local...

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Adding computers to Active Directory before they exist?

Is it possible to add computers to an Active Directory OU when the computer is not on the network or confgured yet? I want to add computers to an OU that assigns the computer software when it logs into the domain, but I don't want to log into the domain then switch the computer account into the OU...

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