In a windows 2008 AD\DNS server what is the differenc between setting DNS
scaveging at the DNS server level or the zone level? Right now i have
scaveging set at the zone level not the server level
thanks

i have one domain controller with dns and it has all fsmo role ,name

                 AND  
one client machine name webs.example.com has w2k3 std os. and 2 nic and it's

Is it possable to have a hostname pointing to one IP in a AD site and the
same hostname pointing to a different IP in another AD site? I have sevreal
IIS servers in different AD sites but I would like the users to get the
nearest IIS server in there Site but with using one ...

I am running windows 2003 AD and now have introduecd windows 2008 sp 1 as
additional domain controller. There after I transferred all FSMO roles to
windows 2008.
But my windows 2008 dns unable to resovle partucular one domain (xxx.xx.xx)

how do I configure a Win 2008 machine to be a DNS server?  Cant go into the
web unless I put in a DNS IP address of a previous server BUT I want to make
this machine the new domain and server as DNS as well.
Thanks,

I have 1 domain and 2 DC's in the domain both have DNS running. I am running
windows 2003 servers with windows xp clients. I had 1 DC go down last week
and I had some users that could not logon and had others that had no problem
logging in. Both DC's are replicating and no errors ...

What is the risk of completing this task during production hours?
1) Open the DNS snap-in. 2)In the console tree, click the applicable
Domain Name System (DNS) server. 3) On the Action menu, click New
Zone. 4) Follow the instructions in the New Zone Wizard. When you add

I keep getting this error about a computer account that is not located in
ADUC. I am not sure where the remnants are coming from. Can I use ADSIedit,
to find this account or if it has been renamed to something else.
TIA,

Hello world,
sorry for my bad english....
Configuration:
Windows Server 2008

hi! I'm trying to get my dns resolve the fqdn between 2 of my win2003 domain
which is of different forest. I've enabled the dns Zone Transfer and
Forwarder on both side to point to each other DNS, but somehow only one of
the domain can resolve the other domain but not both way. ...

Is DNS required on every server - DC and Member server?  If so when setting
the IP address for a server should the DNS be registered as itself or any
other server on teh network.
Finaly if promoting to DC, should DNS be installed first or is DCPromo

I have a single forest single domain and several satellite offices
that are connected to HQ using small VPN router and DSL lines.  Some
of the remote offices are in outlying areas and there internet
connections are not reliable, sometimes dropping the vpn links.  THe

Hi!,
Have been facing a strange situation. Let me attempt to explain the
scenario:
We are a small group managing few servers (around 20 mix of windows and

I install Windows Server 2003 server with nntp server.
I installed the server configuration with nntp "moderation messages".
I configure the server so that each post message, a file .aod is created.
But how to take them into account to validate the file .mod created by

Is there a program out there that can ping to test if the given entry
on a DNS list is live?