Recent content by PhilTidwell

This problem only began about 4 months ago. No changes have been made on any servers. The issue occurs on both XP and 2000 machines. When the problem occurs it usually only affects one "random" user and may only occur once during a week or a completely different user another day. Also, it...

Our company has 4 locations with at least one domain controller in each location. About once a month or so one or more users in one location receive an error when trying to log in that there is no domain controller available or the user account was not found. I have to get on their machine and...

We are running Windows 2000 Server with a mixture of Windows 2000 Pro, XP Pro & 98 workstations. I have two problems that are giving me fits and I hope someone can offer some insight. Problem #1: Everyday one of our XP Pro workstations loses all network traffic to the servers and Internet...

I have been directed by my supervisor in our IT dept. to find a way to prevent users from accessing streaming media. Most users stream through Yahoo messenger but a few also stream through Windows Media Player. Is there a way to prevent streaming media to users completely? Thanks!

Thanks for the replies. I found the problem. We have just relocated into new corporate offices and installed wireless routers while our main servers were being moved and setup. The wireless network was setup without security so we were effectively "sharing" our network with the whole building...

We have DHCP scope of 40 addresses however, when I view server statistics it shows 35 addresses in use but when I view address leases it only shows 6 or so addresses in use. Can anyone tell me how to resolve this conflict?