We have a bunch of users students (3000 - 3500) in our Collage, we usually
create account for them that will expire in 2 years, we have been doing this
for about 5 years now, so I know that more then half of those account are
expired, but Windows does not show which one expired; ...

Ok..
First mistake was using Automatic updates... but its been working fine
for years.... After yesterdays new updates...
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Hello group,
   First I apologise if i posted this in the incorrect group, as I searched
for hopefully the groups that might find answers to this question.
   I am working with a client who has a HP ML350, with a Single Xeon 3.06

I have a VB program that needs to run all the time on Windows 2000 (but not
as a service). I have added it to the folder "C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
However, the once and a while the program fails to start and it causes a lot

Anyone have any ideas how I can speed this machine up?  I've included a
System Summary and the average values from Performance Monitoring.  It's a
good machine.  I just don't know what's wrong.
TIA!

My System event viewer on our Windows 2000 server is full of DCOM errors.  
They started probably 8 months ago for some unknown reason and pile up.   The
seem to involve approximately half of our workstations.  There have been 220
just today from midnight to 11:30am.  One is event ...

It is possible to have one PDC (NT) and two BDCs (NT and 2000)? or only one
PDC and one BDC?
Thanks
Roberto

I'm running a windows 2000 advanced server webserver; this afternoon
it crashed, remaining unreachable over the internet (couldn't even
ping it) until I got my host to reboot.
I'm at a loss as to what might hve caused it, as the event logs are

I'm trying to set up a windows 2003 server to replace an old Novell 3.2
server. I have a folder called "private" and each user has a folder in this
"private" folder. This top level folder, "private" is set for sharing with
only admins able to see and modify. The folder has ...

Hi,
I'm looking for a tool that can defrag or/and compact user registry file
(ntuser.dat) , which is stored in a user profile and sometimes takes up space
(up to 10 Mb) and makes login times long.

Is there anywhere I can get the following file (or more recent version)
without having to pay MS for a service call? I have been chasing this
problem for days and I finally figure out what is causing it and the
article (ID:828153) says you have to contact Microsoft?

I have 4 Windows 2000 DCs, in 2 different locations. Location A has DCA1 and
DCA2, and location B has DCB1 and DCB2.
In Active directory sites and services, I have 2 sites as well, A and B,
with their respecitve subnets.

Using PortQryV2 I got the result that on a remote server port (1434) is
FILTERED.
How can I change its state to LISTENING?
Thanks, Dan

Server Specs:
Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP3 (running as a file server)
Issue:
In the past 6-months the server suddenly had the "subjected" odd-behavior.  

Hi!,
we are working at the folowing problem:
In our domain(win2000server, AD) there are some problems with users
accounts beeing locked repeatedly.  Even a few times a week. We are