Is there a way to make a domain user local admin on the domain computers. I
have a trainee at work and I would only like to give his account local admin
right on the domain computers. It would be a bit tedious to give him local
admin rights manually on 170 workstations.

Hi. I want to schedule my server to reboot. I already know how to do
this with scheduled task and the shutdown.exe utility.
However, I need a specific user account to automatically logon upon
reboot, as this user needs to be logged in for some jobs to run.

I have some scripts using netsvc from windows 2000 resource kit.  But I can't
find the same utility in windows 2003 server, it's downloaded resource tools.
I'm wondering if there is a similar utility built-in in windows 2003 or I
have to buy the resource kit to get it (not in ...

Hiya
I have used WSUS for about 2/3 years without much issue. Now I notice when I
synched that there were 12GB and 75 files of downloads - which seems a huge
amount.

I have a strange behavior on my servers where the scheduled tasks fail
to start with message "Could not start". I looked around to find a more
detailed explanation message, but was not able to locate any log file.
Googling for similar terms did not help either so I did a bit of

I've gotten the sleeves and the disks mixed up I think?
Is there a way to tell what software belongs to what key?
Thanks
Kelvin

2003 Standard Server, SP1, external approved fax/modem, running Terminal
Services
Using included MS Fax Services to send faxes only...not rec'g...
Has been working fine over a year...can send faxes both locally from the

For whatever reason, when I apply the message in GPMC the computers I applied
it to don't ever display the legal message before login, or at all.
I have the option enabled in my GPO, and the computer is also in the OU, and
I also added the computer to the list of stuff it affects ...

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While discussing the  development of a new backup strategy for your
company, a colleague uses the term TARGET.What is she referring to?
The system hosting the tape drive?
The backup deivce?

I have to migrate our NT 4.0 server over to a new server 2003 box, will I be
able to install the 2003 server into the same domain name or do I need to
create a new domain, if it is not possible to keep the same domain name, will
I have to copy the users profiles on there desktops ...

I can't install the following two updates on W2K3 and W2K servers.  These are
not DCs, but vulnerable dlls still exist on them.  Anyone have any idea on
how to get rid of this vulnerability?
KB943484

Any idea what could casue this blue screen?
{Entry Point Not Found} RTLGetNtVersionNumber - could be located in dynamic
link library ntdll.dll.  
I used the recovery console to replace the ntdll.dll file but that did not

Fresh install then I changed the IP address, name and I went back to original
name and IP now I can’t reach/ping it on the network from that server I can
ping everything fine how I can fix this issues. Deleted it’s info from
DHCP/DNS server still same issues?

I'm not sure if this the right place, so please redirect me if there is a
better place (I looked but none was obvious).
I have a laptop that uses a dial-up connection to a secure network (the only
route in). I also want to be able to connect to another remote network from