Can anyone tell me if ANY of the Enterprise Defragementing Tools can handle
Volume Shadow Enabled Volumes?
Before someone incorrectly says anything - VS and defragmenting tools ae not
meant to work together due to VS file / table layout and corruptions.

After an upgrade from NT4 domain to mixed mode AD, I find that there are very
few computer accounts showing up in the computers container.  All clients are
either 2K Pro or XP.  DNS shows plenty of computers registering there.  Am I
missing something?

is there a way a tools that i can use that will lsit or tell me all stale
machines in ADUC? i want to delete any machine that in ADUC that is an old
account
thanks

We have an existing W2K Server ("SVR1") running as the DC.  Just implemented
a W2K3 Server ("SVR2") that I want to also make a DC for obvious redundancy.  
Logon scripts are in SYSVOL\[domainname]\scripts and contain lines like:
net use g: \\SVR1\public_share

We just recently upgraded our NT domain to 2K3 AD. We have one corp site with
around 40 branches. The in place upgrade went great, however when deploying
DC's to other sites I am having an issue with Headquarters clients
authentication to a Branch.

We have a problem with users on laptops who stay offline for lengthy
periods. Due to password policy (in local AD ?) they may be forced to
change their password when offline. Unfortunately that new password
seems not to be synch'ed when they connect to the AD domain again.

Dear Everyone,
For one of our application, we have the server components installed on a
Windows 2000 Server and with the client components being installed on a TS
Server.  The application requires the client to map a network drive first,

We are running a multi domain enterprise environment with 1 main site and
relatively fast connections between all remote sites. Some of our "AD Experts"
feel it is not necessary to define and sites and subnetts
What are the pitfalls of NOT having any Sites or IP subnetts defined in

I would like to grant access to certain computers through remote desktop,
however I do not wish to go to each computer and enter the settings through
System Properties>>Remote>>Select Remote Users.
How can I add the groups through AD to allow them to log on?

I have three related projects on the to-do list.  I'm seeking advise on what
sequence is most to my advantage.
Currently there are 2 W2K domain controllers running in native mode and an
Exchange 2000 server.  The 200 client PCs are largely W2K Pro with a small

I am implementing a multi server multi site single domain setup for a
client, just want to confirm the config with someone that may know
better.
Single domain - 7 sites - 5 Dcs - 2 sites have no Dc as only 10PCs on

I want to backup some server files when my server goes down. I know how to
back up with win backup program but  dont know how to create shutdown
procedure

I currently have a server with Windows 2003 Active Directory setup on
the domain.  I named this computer: Site1DC.  I need to replace this
old server with a new one, but want to keep the computer name the
same.  Can I do the following?  If not, what's the best way to handle

I have two 2k3 DCs in two sites which are linked through Cisco Site-to-Site
VPN connection that are not replicating. This is what we got:
C:\TEMP>repadmin /sync dc=eeme,dc=elwatt,dc=com mct-dc-03.eeme.elwatt.com
cdd5509e-5c5a-4bf1-8a43-a66b21d6ed8b /force

We have a small domain 30 users there are 2 servers running 2003 standard one
has WINS for 98 machines and DNS. When you browse the network from the
servers all the computers appear, however when you try to repeat this on an
XP machine you get the error message unable to find the ...