Threads Replies Last Post 6 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6   New Domain Controller Box In process of upgrading DC. Cloned old DC system c: drive converting from 15 gb to 500 gb. Can I simply put this new drive into my new system and run the repair option during the setup when it detects an existing installation on the drive?... 8 14.06.2007 06:09:34 ADMT3, SID History and access rights Hi, obviously I am having a problem (largly stemming from rather vague and obscure documentation of ADMT functionality). I am migrating users from one 2003 forest to another 2003 forest. For a duration of transition period I want to make sure that migrated users can access their old server (in the original source domain) while login on to target domain (where they migrated to). Seems... 3 14.06.2007 03:44:04 Add Hardware Wizard Hangsi I have tried to download pictures from my digital camera (P&P). Windows does not automatically find the camera. When I try to 'add hardware' in Control Panel, it tells me that only one installation can run and to wait until the Wizard is finished. how can I find out what the Wizard is trying to install, how to stop it and reattach the camera. hanks -- GerryNon ... 5 12.06.2007 07:46:04 Hardware for 2003 DCs I am in the process of purchasing new hardware to replace my end of life hardware. What type of hardware would you recommend for a DC for a relatively small domain (less than 50 users). Would you recommend RAID 1 inside the DC? or is having multiple DCs enough redundancy? Thanks, Scallica ... 9 11.06.2007 10:25:23 Cannot get PDF app to run in non admin account after migration to domain Hi, I have a PC with PDF Converter Professional installed. I migrated the user from a workgroup to AD membership and now I get a "terminated in an unusual way" message whenever the app is run. If the user is a domain administrator it works fine. I tried RUNAS to reinstall it under the non admin account but it still won't run. Is there a way to give the necessary permissions to the specific p... 4 11.06.2007 09:53:57 server migration I am trying to move Windows 2003 server to a different hardware by restoring the backup of the Windows 2003 server to a different hardware (by the way, both hardware are identical and same manufacturer and model). After finishing the restoring, I am trying to run winnt32.exe from CD to fix HAL mismatches. As the restoring makes the Operating system having Windows 2003 with SP1, I can... 2 10.06.2007 18:38:17 Domain Administrator login credentials on clients I'm having an issue logging onto clients in my domain from the server with the Administrator login. Some clients I can login to just fine but most will not let the Domain Administrator login to scan or install programs. Rather the run around to all the computers and install the Domain Administrators group on the local machine there must be a way to do this when they log onto the domain. ... 3 08.06.2007 23:33:34 Upgrade from SBS 2003 to Server 2003 Is it possible to upgrade from SBS 2003 to Server 2003? I found the following: http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/techinfo/planning/transition.mspx but I am not 100% sure if this gives me everything that would be included with Server 2003. I specifically need the terminal services access that SBS 2003 does not provide (need to use application mode). Thanks. ... 7 07.06.2007 08:31:51 Upgrading Windows 2000 Server to 2003 SERVER R2 SP2 Hi, to all I'm planning to upgrade my Windows 2000 server (No Domain/AD, its just a stand alone server) to Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. I have Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - SP3a running on the server. Can i make a normal upgrade without losing any configuration, does the SQL Server 2000 and everything else will run normally after upgrade ? Thanks Miguel ... 5 06.06.2007 07:26:16 ADMT 3 When u migrate a batch of say 30 PC's , will it do them one by one or altogether. For example it takes 1 hour to do one pc will it take 30 hours to do 30? Also can you have the admt gui on 2 or 3 Machines or does it have to be installed on only 1 pc. can you migrate an msde database to an sql one. What are the benefits of using ADMT to migrate servers over just removing them from ... 10 05.06.2007 10:25:22 Migrate NT4 to W2003 R2 x64 Hi, we have a very old single NT4 server that has only been used as a domain controller ie. to log users onto the network. We just purchased a new server with W2003 Std. R2 X64 pre-installed and I completed the install with a new domain name and have not as yet put it onto the production network. I went to a 'spare' Win-XP PC that was on the NT-Domain and joined the W3-Domain and got a... 3 05.06.2007 10:07:13 Migrate computers using ADMTv3 question for interforest migration From the ADMT Help File... ------------------------------------------------------ Before Using Active Directory Migration Tool version 3 4. Assign appropriate credentials for performing migration tasks. Bullet - To migrate computers, you must be a member of the Administrators group in both the source domain and target domain and a member of the Administrators group on each computer... 3 04.06.2007 08:17:38 Reloading a domain controller We have a Domain controller with Windows 2003 Server on it, it provides radius, dhcp, dns and active directory to the network. It needs to be replaced/reloaded because the OS drive is running out of space and is not partioned properly and therefor I cannot do any updates. I have another server that I can load up with W2K3 and I know this may be a novice question but how do I migrate ... 7 04.06.2007 08:06:05 Moving local accounts from one 2003 server to another? I hope this is the best/correct group in which to ask this question? I want to retire an old machine with Server 2003 but I want to copy the local user accounts (there are a lot and I don't have all of the passwords) from that server to a new one. It's mostly used for our FTP clients to access and if I have to create accounts from scratch and reset their passwords, it will cause heartbur... 5 04.06.2007 06:50:47 SBS 2003 cannot "see" Server 2000 domain We are upgrading our server infrastructure and so far have created a stand-alone SBS server under a new domain name. Our old domain we'll call "old" and our new domain we'll call "new.local". Note that whoever created the original domain did not use a domain suffix on the name of the domain. On the SBS server under the new.local domain, we are attempting to use the ADM tool to pull user ... 2 04.06.2007 05:59:40 ERR:Fatal Error Hi I am installing Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit in the Win2003 Ent. Server.But I run Microsoft File Server Migration Wizard to New then Error is ; Fatal Error a fatal error has occurred please contact Mic. Tecnical Support with the following information: The type intializer for "FSMigration.Validator" thew an exception Stack trace: at FSMigration.Validator.Get... 11 01.06.2007 07:53:49 ADMT v3 not DFSR compatible? Hi, I'm in test mode of migrating users from a NT2000 domain to a NT2003 domain (different forests). Users are all roaming profiles with their My Documents, Desktop, and Application Data folders redirected. Their profiles and redirected folders are all stored on a DFSr replicated share in the destination domain. Profiles are set up in the user properties as \\newdomain.local\User\Profile\%USERN... 5 01.06.2007 05:33:05 MCSE-An Excellent Resource Marvelous material is available on Exchange server including configuration,installation and many more. http://www.it-techexperts.com/MCSE/Exchangeserver.asp ... 2 31.05.2007 03:53:13 DFS consolidation: Do I have to rename the source server? If my source server is a domain controller, is there any way to complete the migration using the DFS Consolidation Root Server and the FSM? ... 8 29.05.2007 10:09:21 How to upgrade OEM edition We have 2003 server standard edition that we installed by Gateway (OEM) - need to upgrade to 2003 enterprise edition, and are told that is impossible - any ideas?... 3 25.05.2007 10:25:47 Hardware upgrade Win 2003 SBS I want to upgrade my SERVER hardware and keep all the settings, workstations joined, exchage, and data. I heard that there was a 3rd party software that can do this, but I can't find the name of it. Thanks,... 4 25.05.2007 10:24:54 Some (hopefully basic) SBS Migration Questions... I'm currently trying to gather as much information as possible in regards to migrating from our current sluggish server (2003 SBS) to a newer, faster one (2003 SBS R2). I have very limited experience with Active Directory and 03 Server in general. The new server has hot- swappable SAS drives (3 x 36G), and I'm planning on running RAID5. My network has 11 wired clients and 2 wireless ones. ... 3 25.05.2007 10:23:53 Migrate ACLs to new server I have a bunch of data that I need to move from one file server to another. I want to retain the ACLs but the problem is that we're using local security groups and when I copy the ACL's along with the files/folders the SIDS are refering to the old server name. I have thousands of folders and I obviously can't change them all individually. What is the easiest way to copy the data, along w... 2 25.05.2007 03:59:49 ADMT Computer migration how long? I have 800 pc's to migrate in batch's of say 50, how long will each batch take? or how long for each PC. For Example if it takes 1 hour for each PC will that equate to 50 hours or does it do it in parellel? What happens to the use profile when u migrate it from NT4 to 2003? ... 3 24.05.2007 16:10:27 2000 to 2003 Migration - User accounts in both domains. Scenario: 1. DomainA: Contains all user, computer, server (except as noted in Domain B) accounts. 2. DomainB: Containers Exchange servers & voicemail (Cicso Unity) servers. Each user that has email (most of them) also has a disabled account in this domain. Same username in both domains. 3. A & B are trusted. 4. Each user's DomainA account is given Read, Full, Associated External Ac... 5 24.05.2007 16:06:49 6 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6