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Hello, Looking at the DNS server I can see there are many workststion records that need to be removed as they no longer exist as host names. Performing a basic NSLookup throws up the old DNS record in most cases. I would like to start fresh and get rid of all unused/old records. Is there a fast...

Hello, We have introduced a good number of Vista Business workstations as part of a planned phase out of XP. There are currently 50 Vista stations along side 200 XP and 100 Mac workstations. As expected XP and OS X workstations are functioning normally but Vista is giving us trouble in relation...

Hello, Which is the best method of Importing say 150 new users into AD from csv form?. I would like to know how to create the users with a password of my choosing and if possible find a way to link the user to a specific and unique folder. I have gone through the microsoft technet whitepapers...

Hello, Have a situation were the DNS server on both the Forward and reverse lookup zones have many decommissioned workstation names/entries and IP's for both the Host(A) records and Pointer(PTR) I am running a couple of utilities dependent on these entries and in most cases they resolve the...

This one is more of a query regarding the role and or importance of the XP firewall within a W2K3 Domain. i would like to disable a good number of workstation firewalls as they are running services usually requiring ports to be enabled. Obviously I can do all I need via GPO's including...

Hello, A couple of days ago I raised he domain functional level from Windows 2000 Native to Windows 2003. I made sure I demoted the last W2k DC and went ahead with raising the domain functional level. I noticed today that my main Administrator account was disabled. Using the backup account I...

Hello, We have 3 W2K3 DC's and one W2k Dns server. At present the Domain Functional level is set to Windows 2000 native. The original DC's were W2k but have now been decommissioned. If i raise the functional level to Server 2003 will the W2k server continue to operate as a member DNS server? I'm...

Hello, Which product would you recommend for use as a virtualisation solution?. Apart from Microsoft's Hyper V due in August which product would you recommend? I am running an 8 core fujitsu rackmount with 8gb memory etc. Intention is to trial run 3 virtual W2k3 servers eg Intranet Server...

Hello, We operate a network of 420 workstations and 30 servers. There are also a number of network decvices eg Switches, Printers, IP cams etc which require IP addresses. We have maxed the 512 IP address range and need to change the subneting setup to accommodate another 150 workstations due to...

Hello, I need to swap a small segment of our corporate network from a standalone internal domain to the main company domain. The problem is that I need to retain the XP Profiles on each workstation created under the old domain eg, Desktop, Favorites etc. Which is the best way of achieving this...

Hello, Which is the easiest way of Encrypting Data Directories and then backing up the Encrypted data on to DDR4 Tapes. If a directory has been encrypted can the information be transfered on to the standard backup tape using the Windows Built in backup utility? If there is a better way please...

Hello, Hoping for an easy way round this. Within our company we have two Windows 2003 Domains. Each running it's own copy of AD complete with users, groups, computers etc. The users of each domain can only access resources within the domain they log onto. Domain1 has an IP range of...

Hello, I downloaded a free open source browser based utility (mrbs) for booking rooms and equipment. We run an IIS6 web server and the site has been configured and running without any issues. The problem lies with authentication. I need to use the REMOTE_USER variable as a means of grabbing the...

Hello, An easy one I expect but need confirmation before I go ahead. I need to remove AD from an ageing W2k DC but need to retain the DNS service. It is one of two DNS servers and needs to stay opertional. If I go down the DCpromo route will DNS be affected in any way? Aelara.

Hello, I don't know what happend but it has caused many hours of work populating the GPO's which were in place. We introduced the first and second w2k3 DC in what was a W2k domain. Soon after the introduction of these two servers we noticed that all the GPO's were not accessible due to [STRING]...

Hi, I have used ntdsutil to clean up metadata of failed DC's on the Domain. That parts was completed succesfully as was the removal/deletion of the DC's from "Sites and Services". The problem developes when I attempt to delete the Failed DC's from "Users and Computers" under the "Domain...