I am installing a Windows 2003 std server on a dell 2950 system.  Brand New
from Dell, and I am using their software to load.
Everything went fine with the install and the software loaded without
incident.  I patched the system fully with MS patches. Everything was great

I install win2003 sp2 in p42 gb ram.i installed active directory as a
name ankitgrp.dom.i install exchange2007 on this machine.i send and
receive mail in web url(https://mail.ankitgrp.dom/owa).
Now i want to remove owa word from my url.i want that users login in

I have a problem with VSS on a server which was upgraded from 2k to 2k3.
When I go to a volume and click the Shadow Copies tab the tap has the
following error info
Failed to retrieve volumes that are eligible for shadow copies

Can anyone tell me the advantages of each of the following
Single forest - SIngel domain Spread across 5 location globally
Dedicated Root forest and one child domain spread across 5 locations globally
Dedicated root forest and Multiple child domain spread across 5 region

I have ADAM installed and running on a server in a domain. We currently have
the password policies for ADAM turned off. I have a few questions about this:
1. What will happen to the accounts that are created in ADAM but do not have
a password set for them when I turn on the ...

I'm speccing a large addition (six racks, more than two dozen servers) to an
existing AD forest. Problem is, we cannot connect to the AD forest from
here, but plan to (re)join the domain later. We're discussing ways to make
this work. I thought I should get some recommendations.

I’m going to set up first SQL fail over cluster with two nodes and iSCSI
storage using Windows Server 2008EE and SQL Server 2008.
I’m not quite sure what I should do with MSDTC. Do I have to install this or
not? I found a lot of documents related to Windows Server 2003 but ...

Could you give me advice what solution I should use to provide high
availability for this scenario?
IIS server connected to SQL database. Dedicated solutions are: Server
Cluster for SQL – what is fine and NLB cluster for IIS and I found one

I am trying to run a 2003 x64 cluster certification using iSCSI as the shared
storage.  I keep getting the following errors.  I've tried various iSCSI
arrays with the same result.  When using snoop, it doesn't seem like an iSCSI
bus reset is sent, yet it fails on the bus reset.  ...

I have seen on several forums that there is a script available to do this;
written by Ned Pyle from Microsoft.
The web based method of viewing these posting does not allow to download the
actual script.

I am a newbie dfs user and have a question about replicated data and ntfs
permission. I need the replicated data to inherit the destination folder
permissions.   Is appears  that even though the permissions on the
destination folder is set to apply to all folders and sub folder ...

Our server has been rebooting last nights with a crash dump file. The
problem seems to be in the dfs.sys, or could this maybe be a memory
problem?
Here the debugging information:

I think I've finally tracked down and fixed the issues I've been having
with my domain-member machines being able to correctly update their DNS
records via DDNS.
I have DHCP configured to "enable dns dynamic updates" and "always

all;
If I don't know the host name portion for the TXT record of domain
foobar.com, would I be able to use nslookup or some other tool to find
it?

Strange problem to solve...
I have migrated 2003 server to another server and all seem to work fine.
All the logons work perfect but there's something wrong with DNS, internet
on client computers don't work and also the GPO's do not reach the clients.

I have a group policy that runs a script at machine startup for a group of
servers within an OU.  In the past this has worked just fine but as I begin
to look at 2008 this script no longer works as expected.  It appears the
machine account must have separate tokens similar to a ...

I've installed plenty of 2003 Terminal Servers in Win 2003 domains and have
always had great success with implementing GPOs to lock down security and
standardize user resource access.
However, I've now been tasked with setting up a new TS using Windows 2008,

I try to put my mmc snap-in extension in the group policy snap-in,
without success.
My snap-in works well as stand-alone, but never get seen when I try to
set as an extension of the group policy snap-in node type.

We are planning to install AD DS on our first Windows 2008 member server
directly after making infrastructure preparations.
According to the procedure in
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755103.aspx, this looks proetty

i am doing inter forest migration using ADMT 3.1 from server 2003 to server
2008 new forest.
i have WINS setup on my existing PDC server
My domain is single lable domain thats the main reaon i have to do

I'm wondering if I can just do an upgrade on my 2000 DC sp4 to 2003 r2 and
have it be my DC.  I currently only have one 2000 DC on my network and I'm
thinking the easiest way to get to 2003 is just do an upgrade.
Do I still need to run ADPrep before or can I just upgrade?

Situation:
1/ SBS 2003, Pentium D 3.0 Ghz, 2GB RAM, discs SATA on interated ICH8
as RAID 5 controller, LAN Intel 82566DC Gigabit Ethernet, Primary AD
Controller

I have an FTP server located at my office that is connected to a local
router in the office area, this router is connected to another router on the
floor and that router is connected to the main router where the ISP comes
into the building.

Hi all, One day my remote desktop stopped working after I made the
mistake of upgrading to windows service pack 3 and then it crashed my
computer so I had to do all sorts of things to get it working again...
now, when I click on the remote connection nothing happens, no pop up,

I have been working on a script to output the logged on users of a
remote system. This is the base script that I got from Microsoft
Script Center and it works fine:
strComputer = "atl-ws-o1"

i need to uncheck the ";allow inheritable permissions from the parent ....."
checkbox and select copy from all subfolders in a folder. how do I do that
without going through one by one?

hi all, i m sandeep & i want to develop a website with free email service on
that. how to create email id with using scripting only on the server side eg:
"user@mydomain.com". hwta scripting i have to use and which hosting will work
in this "dedicated or shared" ??

Environment: AD controller (ADC) running Server 2003 R2 SP1, storage server
(SS) running Server 2008 SP1, desktop (DT) running XP pro SP2.
I want to establish an encrypted folder on SS from DT, so I:
1. Approved SS for delegation at ADC (all services, Kerberos);

I have a following problem. My DC is running Windows 2008 Server with
domain and forest function level native 2008.
I have some client computers running Windows 2000 and some running
windows XP.  On Windows 2000 everything seemed to be OK with GPO. But

I am attempting to bring up a new 2 tier PKI system in our production
environment.  I am attempting to run the post installation script on the
standalone root ca.  I have attempted this twice with two different problems.
1) I ran the script as follows:

havn't messed with 2008 much yet... I need to get a simple smtp server
running on server 2008... is this still a part of IIS as it was in 2k and
2k3? or something else now? Just figured I'd ask before poking around.
thanks.

I am about to start looking into server 2008 deployment.... will be adding
2008 images into an existing image deployment system (MDT + WDS) and I first
want to find out about automation options for adding features and/or roles
to a base 2008 installation... eg. I would like to ...

When using the email option in Windows Photo Gallery error: "The host SMTP
could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name
correctly." appears from Windows Mail. How can I fix?

Have a problem with TS logon.  2003 server, I can RDC into the server
with any account other than the built in Administrator account.
When I RDC into server with this account, it allows me to log in, then
get a blank desktop.  This will stay this way for a little while and

I have a 2000 TS locked down via GPO with only one item left to fix. I
cannot figure out how to how to remove the "unplug or eject hardware" icon
in the restricted users' system tray for all users other than the domain
admin.

Hi, Does anybody know where to find documentation about installation of
Mappoint 2006 on Terminal Services