Just inherited the task to administering our Win2003 Enterprise file server.
The server has 16GB of ram and is connected to our SAN for our organization's
file services.
This morning I was copying some files in the SAN and I started getting some

I've created a PC backup in Windows Server 2008,
When attempting to restore from the Window Startup DVD, the scan for backup
doesn't find the backup on an internal drive (G:).
Can anyone help?

I was curious what the best practice is for creating a group policy.  Is it
better to combine a bunch of settings into one group policy or is it better
to create a group policy for each particular setting that you want to
implement?  I know that latter might become overwhelming ...

I have a small network with 2 domain controllers with Windows Server 2003.
They are also used as workstations, which has worked fine, until a few weeks
ago.
Since this time they "freeze" for a few minutes like every half hour or so.

I have recently gave up my subscriptions to Experts Exchange due to
the lack of responses when posting an item.  (The help was perfect
when someone did respond)
My question is, I have posted a "How to" on here, and I would like

We are running server 2003 r2 fully patched domain controllers.
Everything has been running fine for quite a while--event logs running
clean, no replication issues, etc. This afternoon, I noticed my time
changed on my XP box. I got on our PDC Em. and it was skewed by an

Windows Server 2003 x64 with latest patches and SP.
VSS service will not start. Gives "file not found" in System log. ImagePath
in registry is correct and vssvc.exe is in the path (%SystemRoot%\system32)
shown in the registry.

Hello Group,
I recently downloaded Windows Server 2008 Standard Trial and installed
it on a test machine, ie.
MB: Asus

My sa have installed new server. It does not have any windows interface. I
beleive this is Hyper-V server and does not have Windows Server 2008 Server
Core Enterprise x64 as he insists.
The main difference for me is next: Hyper-V support up to 4 cpu, Windows

I had a user delete a bunch of files from a share.  I was able to
recover them but would like to know what user did this.  Is there a
way to find this out?  It does not appear any auditing was turned on
on the server.  Also, how can I just turn auditing on only for

We have KMS 1.1 service installed on windows 2003 server.
Our KMS key (group B) activated on this server.
We successfully activated 6 windows 2008 servers vs. our KMS server.
Currently we have only 4 Vista Business computers and they don't want to do

I have a 2K3 server with mirrored volume. I need to break the mirror so I
can create a bigger partition. What is the best practice method for this
senario.
Break mirror, or volume?

We just upgraded memory from 4GB to 12 GB on windows server 2003 R2. However,
the upgraded memory to 12 GB is not showing in the operating system, but it
shows while booting and even in the BIOS. What should I be doing in order to
show the memory in the operating system.

as title

I am sure the bulk of the questions behind this topic are concerned with how
to turn it off.  But we print over a WAN and I need to ensure the successful
print popup window appears for users who print to remote printers in other
geographical locations.