Threads Replies Last Post 16 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16   Migrating Renamed Windows 2003 Domain to Windows 2008 (Urgent) Hi Every body, I need your concerns & remarks if you have any regarding the following: I've renamed a Windows 2003 Domain using MS procedures things working fine, i wanna introduce my first Windows 2008 DC into the environment then move all the rols to it in order to get rid of the old Windows 2003 DC which still holds the old FQDN for the old domain, do u have details if anything sp... 4 11/14/2008 1:18:15 PM POP3 Email Server on a DNS Machine? I have a small closed network and want to set up Email. I do not have an Exchange server. I installed the POP3 service on my Win2k3 R2 Std Edition SP2 DNS machine, but it appears to block port 110. I do not have a firewall turned on or anti-virus software installed (yet). How do I enable port 110?... 7 11/14/2008 8:08:13 AM Server 2008 Activation problem - Error code 0x80072558 I recently installed Windows Server 2008, using a MSDN Volume License. Now every few days, windows tries to activate itself and fails. The error I get is Error Code 0x80072558 Description: DNS name contains an invalid character. Do I even need to activate, since I installed from a SMDN CD with a volume license? If I do, how do I activate my Windows License? Any and all help apprecia... 2 11/14/2008 7:12:57 AM Error when adding a document type in File Services for Macintosh Could someone help me out and tell me how to add a document type in the File Services for Macintosh on Server 2003? I thought you just go to the File Association tab, click Add, then type in your Creator and File Type, then a description, then click OK, but every time i do that i get an error saying "The parameter is incorrect". I'm trying to associate an .MA7 extension with a document... 1 11/12/2008 4:53:03 PM create w2k3 x64 image hello ng, i have the following problem: i want to create an "universal" image for all current Fujitsu-Siemens-Server.we are using rx600s4 with boot from san. therefor i'am implementing needed emulex-driver, because installation with the original cd (emulex-driver included) crashes in bluescrenn (STOP 7B). My tests have shown that if i use sysprep (-bmsd) to install all Fujitsu-Sieme... 2 11/12/2008 2:25:00 PM Domain setup question Hi All, I need to install Visual Studio and ms sql 2005 on Windows 2008 enterprise version 64 bits. Is that ok to install the software mentioned before creating any domain. Is there any linkage that must be created between the installed software to the domain. Thanks, Joe ... 3 11/11/2008 9:30:59 PM backup and restore Windows 2008 Active Directory Hello. I have to re-platform a Windows 2008 SBS server to a Windows 2008 Standard Server along w/ different hardware (long story as to how I got here). All I want to backup off of this is the Active Directory database and restore it. For my users and computers in the domain. there isn't anything else on it that I can't backup otherwise (DNS and DHCP server settings) and/or just re-cre... 3 11/11/2008 4:55:43 PM Replacing a server with the same name Hi, I have a single domain environment. Can I take my old server out of my domain and replace it with new hardware while still calling the new server the same name as the old server? This server run SourceSafe on it, so it's a file server. Thanks in advance, JeffH... 5 11/10/2008 3:17:06 PM Upgrading Windows 2000 domain controllers to Windows 2003 I have 1 windows 2000 domain with 4 geographically separated domain controllers. I want to begin upgrading the domain controllers to windows 2003 and am wondering if the windows 2000 domain controllers will co-exist for the 30 or so days it takes to upgrade all the domain controllers and what if any issues there may be in the interim thanks, -- Steve Paul... 6 11/7/2008 10:46:14 PM Windows Images Hello I want to create some windows 2003 base images in Hypervisor/Vmware. But when I boot up the image I do not want to input the serial key Only things like computer name etc Which version should I user from my technet downloads subscription .. Volume license key? Does that version ask for the key? ... 3 11/7/2008 9:35:02 PM dns request timed out with nslookup Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server (version 5.2) Hi, I am having a few problems with Exchange and am sure that it is actually with the connection to the server. I am unable to ping the server name (SERVER) but can ping it's IP Address (192.168.1.9) As far as I am aware nothing has changed on the server in the last week to cause this problem except an error message tellin... 3 11/7/2008 2:13:41 PM Windows 2003 best practice - OS Size and Securing? Does anyone have the latest doc on a recommended OS Partition size (i have to prove to someone 4gb isn't enough:) ) and then also securing a windows 2003 server - best practices? ... 2 11/6/2008 5:51:37 PM Removing local Adminstrative rights from all the desktops for all Hello, I wish to remove local adminstrative rights from all the desktops whihc i have previously assigned to all the domain users on their respective system. Is there any way I can reomve those rights without manually removing them visiting each desktop. Thanks, Abhijeet... 3 11/6/2008 7:22:01 AM Domain User Privileges on Client Computer Hello Everyone! I don't know if I am posting in a correct category, so please tell me. here is the problem: All domain user accounts suddenly have administrator privileges on the client computers. I checked the client computers if the domain users are set up as administrators but they are not. Checked the domain users setting found everything is ok. If I connect a new client computer t... 4 11/4/2008 11:10:03 PM SCE 2007 Install - SCE databse selection Greyed out at time of install. Hi I have install SQL 2005 32bit with SP2 on Server 2008 DC ( Domain controller ) and I made sure what ever it required for SQL 2005 to be successful to run on SERVER 2008 Std edition I did.. SQL works great no issue at all, Reporting service also full configured. when I run the setup of SCE 2007 on DC where SQL 2005 is installed all prerequisites test goes successful and whe... 4 11/4/2008 1:49:12 PM Locked iinformation after password set-up... I've set up a laptop using the standard 'user accounts' through the control panel and since adding in a password for the main administrator I'm no longer able to access any of the documents I have on the laptop itself. The available memory is reading as about 4gb (implying that I have 32gb of material on the 40gb unit) when I can only access about 1gb through the 'my documents' links. I ... 2 11/3/2008 3:11:48 AM RDC Remote Desktop Connection doesn't work This drives me up a wall: Due to a disk failure, I had to reinstall my small-bus. server 2003 - which I did following default settings (I am not an IT person, and I need only minimum functionality, mainly around Exchange) - my original installed system worked fine all around, including RDC. Now I can't get RDC to work! I have set the checkmark in System Properties > Remote on the ... 6 11/3/2008 12:28:09 AM Politics indication news jafkl searches imho everchanging hacent androids generals... 1 11/2/2008 5:03:22 AM Windows 2008 Server We are running 2 2003 Domain controllers, 2 2003 Terminal servers and 1 2000 Fax Server. We have purchased a new server and trying to decide in between Windows 2003 Server or 2008. With 2008, will we have any problems with AD and the 2000 Server? We are running in mixed mode. Thanks... 5 10/31/2008 11:41:43 PM Windows 2008 - No Widescreen Support We have only widescreen monitors now and I'm installing 2008. I'm amazed that it doesn't seem to have generic support for widescreens and only goes up to 1280x1024. Also, there seems to be no provsion to prevent the screen from stretching the none widescreen image thus distorting it. We have viewsonics and their drivers do not run on 2008 so I'm now stuck with this horrible to read image ... 4 10/31/2008 7:16:31 PM Upgrade from SP2 to R2 SP2 Hi i have a Windows server 2003 SP2 machine, that i am trying to upgrade to R2. How ever the SKU for The new and old versions is different, which means i need to use the first disk, to upgrade the install. How ever when i select upgrade and allow it to prepare to restart for the install/upgrade i get an error saying "An error occured copying file a2azigd4.sys, the file is missing". ... 2 10/31/2008 1:48:06 PM NTFRS Hi! If I have System State Backup, is it necessary to backup c$\WINDOWS\ntfrs ? What kind of problem can occur if this folder is deleted? Thankyou in advance! FM ... 3 10/31/2008 1:46:00 PM W2k8: Character Map Applett Missing Hi, where is the Character Map applet gone in Windows Server 2008? TIA, Axel Dahmen... 3 10/31/2008 12:12:28 PM Technet DVD's, License Hello, Is the Technet DVD 100% the same then the Original One? My Customer wants to install 4x Windows Server 2008, but the Licence and original DVD from Microsoft will come in about 30 Days. How long can i use Windows 2008 without entering the right Key? ... 3 10/31/2008 8:38:01 AM Booting setup disk fails Hi, tried to install w2k8 on an Asus P5Q Pro for testing. First setup loads its drivers and shows the black screen with the green bar moving. After that it continues with the greyish screen. The pointer is displayed an can be moved. After some time (>1minute) it seems like it tries to access the DVD and the pointer freezes immediately resulting in a reboot a few seconds later. T... 4 10/30/2008 10:53:24 PM 16 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16