I installed a new SBS 2008 Premium.
I bought a pack of 5 additional user CAL for SBS 2008 Premium (PN:
6VA-00544).
How do I install and activate additional user CAL-s on SBS 2008 Premium?

I managed to permanently remove my administrative tools.  Can anybody
tell me how to get it back.

I can't figure out how to get ERD Commander boot environment that
comes with MSDaRT 6.0 to accept incoming TCP connections.  I've used
Sysinternals psservice to stop the firewall to no avail.  I've even
stopped the Base Filtering Engine and all svchost processes and

I have problems with the installation of an antivirus program (in
WINDOWS XP). I have tried various programs from
http://download.cnet.com/windows/antivirus-software/?tag=mncol%3Bsort...
but nothing works properly.

We are planning an AD rollout.  All AD servers will be Server 2008 R2.
We have a main office that will house 2 DCs, 8 offices all over the US
that are directly connected to our main office via point to point T1's
and several branch offices that are connected via VPN over the ...

This problem was brought to my attention while attempting to implement SSTP
VPN connections to a Windows Server 2008 R2 Server (it is also the root CA
and only CA in the forest).  Users who attempt to connect receive the
following error:  “Error 0x80092013: The revocation ...

I have a W2K3 MSCS cluster running on two multi-homed servers
(active-passive). This cluster includes 2 instances of Oracle using Oracle
Failsafe. For some reason only one instance of oracle can modify it's DNS
record. The other gives me an error in the cluster log every 10 ...

I have 2 Windows Web Server 2008 servers.  I also have a Dell MD3000i iSCSI
device.  What I want is for both web servers to use the same virtual disk so
we only have to deploy the web sites and downloads once.  Both computers can
see the drive and access the data on it, but the ...

I have a question about a CSV I just set up to host hyper-v vm's for my two
node Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Hyper-V cluster.
I have the cluster all set up and onlined one of our SAN luns (via disk
management) and formated it as NTFS without a drive letter or directory

I know it is recommended to use your Domain Controllers as the Namespace
server.
My Company is implementing DFS soon.  We estimate we will grow to 1000
targeted folders under multiple Namespace Roots.  

We are deploying DFS-R on 4 sites for the moment .
We use too PeerLock.
I got some questions about the configuration we have to do ...
Is it better to put dfsr relationship with all the site ( cf 1) or is

Since we moved to DFS we see reoccurring pattern which we have never
experience before. We are 95% mobile clients environments meaning we almost
do not use desktops, 95% of users are on laptops. As long they in LAN or VPN
all works well but as soon a user is working offline ...

We have a public ip address assigned to a Terminal Server.  Outside our
domain, there is a DNS entry that directs clients to our public IP.  We have
a name assigned such as TS1.Domain.com
Within our network, we cannot use that same public address.  I would our

I  have 3 domain controllers (with DNS) sitting in a DMZ (behind ISA doing
NAT between the internals and DMZ). I have a few servers that are connected
to multiple client subnets (3) via multiple NICs.
The trouble that I am having is having the proper names resolve for the

I have a windows 2008 SP2 64-bit server running DNS.  Everything is
running fairly well except I can't resolve anything in the 64.92.y.z
range.  I probably can't resolve more than those addresses but I don't
know of any but the 4 websites I need that are in that range.  My

We have a Windows 2003 domain, everyone has IE7 and Firefox on their
desktops. There are a few versions of Firefox, and I want to update everyone
to the latest - Firefox 3.6 via GP software install.
I saw one free product FrontMotion Firefox MSI - setup a GP, tried it on two

Ok this is kind of difficult to explain but I will try.
I have computer X in an OU called Workstations with a GPO called "Base
Workstation Policy" linked to it. I have User Y in a OU call Staff.
the staff OU has a GPO Called "Staff User Policy" linked to it. when

I am trying to remove password complexity in Windows Server 2008. When I go
to Local Security Policy/ Account Polices/ Password Policy/ Password must
meet password complexity requirements and right click "properties" the enable
and disable radio buttons are greyed out.  I think ...

We had a domain which was working in a SBS2003 normally but since we had
to change the hardware we added a second DC which is a windows 2008 and
transferred all the roles to it, and let it working alone.
Everything is fine now with the win2008 as a only Domain Controller

We are currently migrating users from one child domain to another due to a
geographical location exercise.
I have run into an interesting issue with the ADMT User Migration Wizard
whereby the operation fails for any user who commonly uses an Exchange

How do I recover the info from my old computer  |  I have tried to download
the Windows migration tool, the USMT version 3.0.1, but I keep having a
hangup right at the end saying:
"There is a problem with windows installer package. A program run as part of

I have started deploying Windows 7 on netbooks within the organization.
What I have noticed is the machines seem to be removed from DNS after some
period of time.  Staff usually connect via Cisco VPN and don't always
physically plug into the network on a regular basis.  Could ...

I have problems with the installation of an antivirus program (in
WINDOWS XP). I have tried various programs from
http://download.cnet.com/windows/antivirus-software/?tag=mncol%3Bsort&rpp=30&sort=
but nothing works properly.

On an ftp client machine the ftp bandwidth was set to the full 1Gbps
towards a Win2003 server. The measured ftp speed was approx 400Mbps
(the Win2003 server was doing nothing else). Is this the maximum ftp
speed allowed on IIS with default settings?

I have been asked to write a script to audit local drives of all
workstations for any PST files. I found a script, from another thread here a
few years back, which I have tried to modify to write found files to a text
document but I can't get it to write all files found to a text ...

I am new enough to VB and so far i have been lucky enough to get code
from some really helpful guys at Experts Exchange the script i have so
far is
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

I need to write a script to grant permission (Read only) to belo
mentioned key.
This key is appearing from our software and users should have rea
access to this.

I have a root ca, on the second level two policy CAs an on the third
level 2 issuing CAs.
How can i restrict an issuing CA to a limited type of certificates. I
want to do it with the enhancedkeyusageextension in the capolicy.inf

It`s possible to do a Key Recovery without Key archival previously enabled?
We have a lost key. Now we try to recover the key.
Regards
Carma

Running SBS 2003 SP2. Sitting behind a firewall with everything shut
except the essentials (smtp, https, http, rdp). Very small network (5
workstations) so I know what is on the LAN. In the last 24 hours I
have seen LOTS of failed connections from a machine I dont have on a

Is it possible to export / import my DHCP settings from my 2003 server into
my 2008 server without having to manually type in all the settings and
reservations?  If so - directions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

i have to install a windows component WMI windows install provider to all
client of my domain.
How to do ?
Please indicate me any possible methods!

I am trying to migrate Server 2003 from an old Dell Poweredge to ne
hardware.  Confirmed HAL compatibility and did a sysprep on a clon
drive on the old server, then moved it to the new box.  Came up jus
fine to a login screen, but "this copy of Windows must be activated t

How can I disable flash in IE 6,7,8 When they are running on ts 2003, 2008
R2?
Than'x
Shay

I have a TS server running w2k3 enterprise. I'm contemplating adding more
memory however we segreated a partition for the page file. If I make the jump
from 8 to 16 GB of RAM, will it be necessary to resize the page file?
currently it's set for 12 GB and set not to grow. any ...

I have 3 Win2003 TS server, I"m using Roaming profiles. Everything work ok,
except when a user change the view configuration to details or something
else after logoff and logon the view is not saved.
Any idea?