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  1. rcertz

    How 2 allow power users to change computer description

    Basically I want to get an overall picture as to whom is logged into what.
  2. rcertz

    How 2 allow power users to change computer description

    Yea I have seen that page. Changing the reg key is exactly what I am trying to do with the net config server command. The more reading I do, the more I think it wont be possible without giving them admin rights. I may abandon this, as it was only for me anyway. Ill look for some third party...
  3. rcertz

    How 2 allow power users to change computer description

    You misread my question. I dont want to make the username the the computer name. I want the username to be inserted into the computer description. That way the computer name is still sorted properly in the network neighborood, but the username is displayed so I can see who is on what machine...
  4. rcertz

    How 2 allow power users to change computer description

    I need a solution to what "should" be a simple problem. The background of the problem is my company uses an unfriendly/unmemorable computer naming scheme. So I wanted to get the username set in the computer description via login script by using: net config server /srvcomment:"%username%". Of...
  5. rcertz

    The Remote server did not respond to a connection attempt.

    Hello, I have a perplexing issue. I have an exchange 2003 box that will only send email out to the existing ISP (Telstra) accounts. Anything to gmail, hotmail, or anywhere else...just sits in the queues with the "the remote server did not respond to a conection attempt", message at the bottom...
  6. rcertz

    Windows 2000 server causing network crash

    Changing the nic did nothing. Same with trying a different port in the switch. After running symantec antivirus I turned up 2 instances w32/sdbot.worm, I erradicated the worm. However I still had the issue of crashing. There was no data corruption either. Pestpatrol turned up nothing as...
  7. rcertz

    Windows 2000 server causing network crash

    I think I found the fix. The server has been up for 12 hours. I will post my resolution after 24 hours of stability.
  8. rcertz

    Windows 2000 server causing network crash

    I did turn up w32/sdbot.worm, and cleaned and deleted it. Although the symptoms dont seem to go with the problem I am having. Currently Im scanning a second time. I have not thought about a corruption. Any advise on a good sniffer to use?
  9. rcertz

    Windows 2000 server causing network crash

    I have a Win2k Server sp4 that has all of a sudden begun broacast storming the network every 90 min or so. I reboot it and all is fine for roughly 90 min. Then the switch lights up like a christmas tree again. I plug the cat5 into anther port, same thing. I changed the nic, and all patches...
  10. rcertz

    Event ID: 8003 Master Browser Election

    I have one domain in 4 separate locations on separate subnets connected through site-to-site vpn. My DC's in the remote locations keep popping up the Event ID: 8003 The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer XXX(its the domain master) that believes that it is the...
  11. rcertz

    Assigning Tasks to Mulitple recipiants

    Is there a way to assign a task in outlook to a distribution group, and still get updates thorughought the group when one person makes a change to the task?
  12. rcertz

    Veritas 9 vs. Retrospect 6.5?

    I am currently using both since I had to put in USB-2 Seagate Travan Tape backups in some low end servers. I am using Backup Exec 9.0, however Veritas does not support USB-2 storage devices as of yet. Tech support said the update should be coming in the near future. I wound up with Retrospect...
  13. rcertz

    Outlook address book entries not entered by user??

    Such as from a SPAM? Adding from replies is not ticked so I know that isnt it.
  14. rcertz

    Outlook address book entries not entered by user??

    I have a user that claims he has entries in his address book that he did not enter. Has anybody ever heard of anything like this?
  15. rcertz

    Native mode and external trusts

    Hi all, I have a win2k domain running in mixed mode. All servers in the domain are win2k. I am trusting external domains with NT 4.0. I plan on consolidating all domains into one domain. When using the Active directory migration tool, I receive the error that its running in mixed mode. What...

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