I need to allow one technical staff the ability to only manage users account
in my domain?  What is the appropriate user rights/permission that I should
give for that the work?  FYI, I do not want to assign the user as
Administrator or Administrator group.  thanks.

We are having some new software installed which requires local admin rights.
I presurem if this happens do I take it the domain users will be then able
to install software when they want it
we have a 2003 std server as a domain controller

I am trying to copy files and folders from server A to server B (both in the
same domain) with local accounts as well as domain accounts have NTFS
permissions. Domain accounts are resolving fine but local accounts are not
resolving as expected. Is there a tool or utility achieve ...

Okay, yet another question from me.
Say I have an NT PDC and an NT BDC.  I upgrade the PDC to 2003, and the BDC
still serves as a Domain Controller in the domain.
Now, hypothetically, say something goes horribly wrong after a few weeks and

I'm using a batch file to call an SQL backup process.
When run manually, it works fine.
I have used the 'at' command to schedule execution.
I do not see the results of the backup.

Installed 2k3 standard, updates...etc all fine just joined to our domain with
the Administrator account... I can't install anything from share drives?
Other servers/workstations are fine with same logon too. I can read a
documents, notepads and pictures in the share but not to ...

I've recently switch environment from Novell to Windows 2003 Server Standard
R2 version. What I wanted to accomplish is I wanted my users when they login
they can only see the network drives that they are assigned to see, right now
when my users login they can see all the map ...

Just curious. Trying to figure out if I have a major memory leak on
SQL Server 2000 SP4.
- Thee Chicago Wolf

I'm having problem configuring Report Server 2005 on Windows Server 2008
Enterprise.
After I installed SQL Server 2005 Reporter Server I execute "Report Services
Configuration" and in "Web Service Identity" I can't change the "Aplication

i have two question about rdp connection,
when i try to connect to my clients with rdp, logon username and password
screen comes, and when i try to connet with local administrator of that
computers it does not allow. It allows to conect as domain admin.

when the pdc failed and we shift to bdc . the method of shifting is manualy can u tell me any method of shifting pdc to bdc automaticaly . when the pdc failed or crash then bdc should come pdc automaticaly.
thankx

What's the difference between Folder Redirection and Offline Folders?  In
experimenting with this for the first time, it "seems" like they are at
least very similar, because after logging in the My Documents folder on the
Desktop had the Offline Folders symbol on it.

We are using Windows 2003 SBS , where ntbackup utility was used as a tool to backup on to the AIT (tapes) , since a while the ntbackup utility dose'nt openup it just won't respond once
can anyone please let me know what's the reason behind it and how can it be rectified please.

I really have become bored of rebuilding servers from scratch.
By rebuild, I mean formatting & partitioning drives, installing MS 2003 OS
(and Oh those patches!), things like server roles, Programs, etc. and all the
setting that go with them.

During the procedure to create a domain controller, the installation
wizard attempts to connect to -?- Servers specified in the computer's
TCP/IP configuration to determine whether they are capable of hosting
records required for an Active Diectory domain