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We had an application/file server that is running windows server 2003. The server has always just been a member server. We had some issues with cpu load on the server so we have moved all data/programs to a virtual(vmware) server and all of that is working good. But we just noticed that if we...

We have Windows server 2003 in a domain environment, users have mapped drives to our data server for accessing client files. I would like to know if there is anyway at all to prevent users from copying ANYTHING from that mapped drive to their local disk? They have to be able to access the files...

I am trying to find out domainname.dns file on our internal dns server. It is set to store in active directory. I can find our 10.168.192.in-addr.arpa.dns file no problem under C:\WINDOWS\System32\dns. Any idea how I can manually edit the forward lookup zone file? Thanks Kyle P

We have a folder with 1 subfolder inside and a couple of excel spreadsheets. We need one user to be able to make changes to ONE spreadsheet without being able to do anything else inside the folder. We have got it to the point where the user can make changes to the file but excel creates a...

Is there a way using the net user command to select the "Password never expires" checkbox on the user properties? For the longest time I though /expires:never was the solution but just recently found out that was for the user account not to expire and had nothing to do with the password. Any...

I have a set of laptops that we hand out to people and would like to have them locked down as much as possible. I don't quite understand if you can have user and computer settings configured in the same gpo. The policy is applied to an ou with the floater laptops sitting in that ou. Do I also...

I was just wondering if there is absolutely any reason to join a XP Embedded thin client to a domain? As far as I can tell, there doesn't seem to be any reason I would have to do that. Also, I am looking for opinions on XPE or linux embedded thin clients. It seems to me that the XPE clients work...

I have found a script at http://www.mcpmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=619 which will allow me to enable/disable a network connection. <package> <comment> NICToggle.wsf This script looks at your ‘Local Area Connection’ and enables it if disabled, disables it if enabled. </comment>...

I set up a user account and mailbox for a new employee without noticing I spelt her name wrong. I just noticed that in the outlook address book her name is spelt wrong, is there an easy way to change this? I am not too familiar with exchange but in postfix all I would have to do is change the...

Is there anyway using scripts or pretty much anything that can tell if a computer(laptop) is connected to our domain or if they are just connected to the net? I know there has to be a way because the windows firewall GPO settings has Standard profile and Domain profile. So basicly I would like...

Hey, we tried to do remote managment on a wion xp pro machine and got the following error. Computer \\EDM-260 cannot be managed. Not enough server storage is avaliable to process this command. Any idea how to fix this? It doesnt happen very often usually when trying to remote dsktop to a machine.

We have a shared task folder set up for just 2 people. We used to be able to search in that folder, but now the search displays nothing for the result. Under the Due Date and Date Completed columns it just says None. This happens when searching for anything, even if you know for sure it is...

Hey, I have had a wsus server up and running for a while and it seems to work great other than the fact the people never install the updates when they become avaliable. Is there a way to make each client computer automaticaly install the updates when they become avaliable? I know you can set a...

I recently aquired a 48 port netgear FS750 switch, i hooked it up to my Dlink DI-604. I hooked one Va liunux server up to the switch but I can only ping 192.168.0.1 after I hit the reset button on the switch. I have perfect network connectivity for about 30 second until I get the following: #...

He have 64MB NVIDIA Quadro4 200NVS cards in our desktops for having dual monitors. They seemed to work fine at first but with nview enabled occasionally WindowsXP will completely crash. Each program that is open at the time will one by one go un responding and the only thing you can really do is...

I am trying to make out terminal services computer to see local drives on the computer that is connecting to the server. It shows local printers fine but if i go into properties the disable disk mapping button is checked and greyed out but i dont know why i cant uncheck it. Would the disk...

I am trying to move one computer account into another OU to do some GPO testing. When I try to move the account I always get permission denied. So i open up the security tab and the group I am in has full control in both of the OU's. Is there a proper way to allow a user to be able to do that...

Hi, is there anyway to create a local user account from a remote computer using a batch script? I was going to do it using Computer Managment and connect to each computer. But there must be a better way of doing this. Any help would be great. Thanks

There are some old delegates still tied to 2 people at my office so that when you email the people those delegates are tied to it also sends a message to the old delegates. Even though their accounts are no longer here and they are no longer specified as delegates in outlook 2003. I think the...