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Guys, I work for an organization with a budget that is somewhat constricted by ancillary forces so please bear that in mind. Here's my scenario: I'm in a building with one domain controller and one file server. I have a tape drive connected to the file server and I'm using windows to organize...

guys, we have a situation on our network where when users log off, their network shares are still showing. the drives show as disconnected but I can still access the user's data. this problem is building wide. any ideas for things I can check. help is greatly appreciated.

Guys, I had to forcefully demote a correupted domain controller. When I restarted the system, the system is now in a workgroup and I can't do a thing. There's no services and I have no option to rejoin the server to the domain. We only have one domain and I just want this server to be a...

Guys, I ran the netdiag /v /l /test:dsgetdc on our domain controller and this test indicated the domain controller failed the domain membership test. Any ideas here. I want to demote this dc and I would rather do it gracefull than non-gracefully in terms of a force.

Gang. I have a dc that I need to get demoted. WHen i initiate dcpromo, I get a message that the dsa operation could not be completed because of a dns lookup failure. I'm at my wits end. I stopped and started dns/netlogon service but no change. I've checked the dns records and everything...

Guys, we just promoted a new domain controller. This site only has one. When we try and force replication, we receive the following error: the naming context is the process of being removed or is not replicated from the specified server. Please help. I uninstalled/reinstalled dns...

Guys, I work in an organization with multiple sites basically spread out throughout a city. I'm a newbe with replication so my question is do you have to create site links for replication to occur between sites. In other words, when I install a new domain controller, once it's placed in the...

Guys, has anyone used the following command to export/import dhcp settings from an old dhcp server to a new one (in my case an old domain controller/dhcp server to a new domain controller/dhcp server.) - netsh dhcp server export C:\dhcp.txt all - Install the dhcp server on the new machine and...

Guys, I'm setting up a domain controller (it will be the only domain controller in this physical site) and I have a general question concerning replication. I'm assuming the the replication taking place between the various domain controllers (in different physcial sites and we only have one...

Guys, my organization has one domain with multiple domain controllers. Each site has at least one domain controller. What I'm doing is converting the old domain controller in a certain site to a file/print server and using the new server we purchased as the new domain controller. Now after I...

Guys, what would you recommend for a scope when you have between 150 to 200 users. I'm a newbe so I just want to make sure the little things are done correctly. Additionally, I encountered a situation with a new hp proliant server and getting the smartstart software to recognize the HD. We...

Guys, my boss recently purchased a bunch of servers and he wants to demote several old domain controllers but keep them as file servers. These old domain controllers also have shared applications installed on them which users access. What is the easiest way to do this so users will not...

Guys, I had a problem with a few windows 2000 pcs when I was joining them to the domain. I was getting an error "this server's clock is not synchronized with the primary domain controller's clock." This didn't happen to me on any xp machines but it happened on two 2000 machines. I did synch...

At work I was trying to force a domain controller to "replicate now" with the the two domain controllers listed in the ntds settings. However, I received an error message the "RPC server is unavailable. This could be a dns lookup problem" which is a close approximation of the error. I started...

I'm a newb so bear with me as many of you obviously seem very knoweledable and I would greatly appreciate your help. I installed server 2003 at home and installed active directory. What I would like to do is connect a few machines to this server so I can practice some things at home. My first...

I recently purchased a linksys wireless-n router and I have a couple of machines that access this router for the internet. There's also a Printer in this equation that is connected to my laptop. I've shared this printer, configured the machines to be in the same workgroup, etc but I still...

Recommendations. Guys I recently passed my Network + exam but my experience with networking is still limited to the basics to a certain degree. However, my manager is very open to my expanding my horizons and getting involved more with the servers, for example. I recently installed server...