File Server Keep those personal files off the network!!
Just looking for some suggestions on what others do to keep staff from putting personal files on the network. Our file server is running low on space and I just to quick audit I' to see what's being...
View ArticleWindows SBS 2008 Server Upgrade Plus Hardware Quote
This isn't something I do every day so I am wanting to check myself here before presenting a quote to the clientServer HardwareDell PowerEdge R5204 3.5" Drive BayRaid 1 1Tb x 2Memory 16Gb x 1Hot Swap...
View ArticleCertification Authority Question
I'm trying to demote a backup domain controller by using the command "dcpromo" When I run this command it tells me that certification authority needs to be removed before I can continue.Here is the...
View ArticleDeleting a Server - In need of help!
I set up a server in our domain to test some backups and to possible run our time clock server software that is ancient but loved by the HR department. I created the server with Windows Server 2012...
View ArticleHyperV Host Server, not joined to the domain. Any advantage to adding it?
I'm only running 5 VM's, on one physical HP G8 server. The physical Box, is acting more like an Appliance, with HyperV configured, and handling the VM's. My assumption is that it would not make sense...
View ArticleServer 2012 DC Unresponsive
I have had both of my new Server 2012 DC/DNS/DHCP servers become unresponsive in the last week. I can RDP to the server but cannot log in (I get an incorrect password error on all logins). Restarting...
View ArticleUpgrading DC from 2003r2 to 2012r2
Hi,i have got license for Win server 2012r2 standard edition and planning to upgrade my DC from Win Srvr 2003r2 to Win Srvr2012r2. what i was wondering about is whether it will support Win XP i.e....
View ArticleServer Share File Access Notification
Is there a program that will let me know when a shared file has been opened/modified/deleted and by which user/computer? Thanks.
View ArticleDisk Defrag Failing
Hello SpiceWorks Community!I seemed to have come across another strange error that Google seems to have no information about...I am running a BIOS RAID-1 500GB system with 2x Intel Xeon Quad-Cores @...
View ArticleMCSA Windows server 2012
I'm an experienced IT professional with 8yrs experience but without any certifications. atm Im an IT analyst (1st, 2nd and 3rd line support) and I'm really interested in moving away from this role and...
View ArticleGiving server public IP Address
Hi Guys,I need to know what security risk I'll be putting my server in if I open a public IP address for it. The Reason for doing this is to have easy access to my server as I have a few project that I...
View Articlewindows 2003 DNS keeps on restarting
I have 3 windows 2003 DCs, svr1 to svr3. Each one of them is a DNS server, but the PDC's (svr1) DNS keeps on restarting although when I check each and everyone of them, all are up and working. Pls....
View ArticleServer Issue
Hi,I am having an issue with one of our windows 2000 servers.We have 2 thin clients trying to RDP to the server and they just get a black screen with the cursor when they try to connect.It has only...
View ArticleAny way to check who has dumped a few GB of data on file server last night ?
We regularly get users who dump mountains of images / videos on our network. it's all work related but we are running out of disk space. It's a physical server running W2003.Is there an easy way to see...
View ArticleRDApp Local Drive Mapping & Save Locations
This is really a two-part question. I'm new to RDApp and working on setting it up to deploy in the coming weeks/months and want to make it as seamless as possible for my users. My concern is that when...
View ArticleCorrupted Recycle Bin
I have moved a shared folder from one Win2008 server to a Win2012(unshared first)Now when my users delete a file, they get a "The Recycle Bin on \\server\share is corrupt. I have tried running elevated...
View ArticleInternet security and antivirus for windows 2003 in peer to peer mode
I have a friend who works in a small size organisation and their computers about ten (10) where connected with one server running windows 2003 server on one of the pcs. My friend asked me to advice...
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.TMP files On Server
Hi Folks,I've question :Can i delete .tmp files without problem on server? (see attachment)Can i do something to this issue that .tmp files not autmaticly go away?Best Regards,
View ArticleReplication Issues
One of my DCs this one is a Server 2012 R2 64bit VM. apparently stopped responding last night around 12AM. even though in VM v sphere the GUI would still show up in the console, I could not RDP into...
View ArticleOld Mapped Share continues to return.
I have a account that is needed on a server 2003 box. It has a mapped drive to the current File Server for it's home directory. but for some reason the old home directory continues to try and load (See...
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