Tracking file deletion on shares and general inqueries for younger users
Hello spiceworks! New here and thought I'd just jump into the fold. I work in a k5 environment with 1800 students and 200 teachers/staff/administration. All laptops are Lenovo's running windows 7...
View ArticleDFS Issue Going from server 2003 to server 2008
I would like to decommission a 20003 DC running DFS I am using a Domain DFS scheme. A user can type in \\domain.local\sharename and get the folder they desire. I tried deleting the root share on the...
View ArticleDirect Access on Windows 7
Hi All, I have a feeling this is going to be a short lived question but I wanted to double check anyway. I have been looking into DirectAccess as an alternative to VPN and it looks ideal for what we...
View ArticleCreated a trust relationship but it is not working correctly
Created a trust between a Server 2003 DC and a server 2008 r2 DC both are not the primary DC. They are on 2 separate networks but in one building so we have separate switches routers etc but these...
View ArticleDFS Replication of Sub-Folders
We have a Departmental share in London which we want to make available as a Namespace. That's easy. We also want to replicate this data from London to our Hong Kong and New York sites. What's not easy...
View ArticleWDS hangs on MTFTP
I just setup a WDS on my network, I have everything setup, but when I select the network card to boot, it hangs on MTFTP and after like 10 min it reach the server, any ideas what could be causing this?
View Articlehow do you set an autoritative time server in windows 2012 Server?
I need to set an NTP server on a windows 2012 server and can't find anything that works. I would have thought MS would have fixed this little bug by now but it doesn't appear so... does anyone know of...
View ArticleHow to Restrict users from copying mp3 files
I have client who has 15 computers running on windows 7 and 1 windows 2012 Server they are into some BPO training & software testing center. They have kept some huge Audio and video tutorials for...
View ArticleHow to setting auto verify check replication between DC and additional and auto
I need to script or VBS can run check status replication between DC with additinal DC and has auto send email to my group Resource : WIndows 2008 =DC windows 2008= Additinal DC windows2003= Additinal...
View ArticleCannot log into server. No admin password.
I started as an IT guy for this business and now I'm trying to get things sorted out.We have 3 servers. exchangeserv1, filesrv1, filesrv2. They are all windows 2003 servers and were built as a domain....
View ArticleDomain user lost access to a File server from one PC only, others can connect
Domain user lost access to a File server from one PC only, other users can connect from his computer, and he can connect from other computers. Domain user had suddenly lost 2 of his several mapped...
View ArticleHardening Server Remote Desktop Services
I'm brand new at using thin clients and purchased a HP t5740e to start learning. I want to set up Remote Desktop Services but only have one physical box and it's a DC. I've set up Hyper-V on the...
View ArticleHow to shrink and expland drives on Windows server 2008R2
I have 2 partitions on my Windows server 2008 R2. C (OS) 40GB and D ( 737GB). I shrank the D by 150GB so I can expand the C drive using Disk management but it will not allow me to expand the C drive....
View ArticleServer 2003 - Unable to RDP Externally
So this is odd, I am unable to RDP to the server externally. I can telnet to the RDP port, however, I am unable to establish a connection. Good to note, when I attempt to RDP the session never dies,...
View Article2012 domain controller missing sysvol and netlogon migrating from 2003 domain
Well, I'm really stuck and need some help this evening to hopefully get this domain back in order by morning. I've been tearing my hair out all day. This domain had two 2003 R2 DCs that were not...
View ArticleError installing directaccess with two NIC (server 2012 R2)
Hello Everyone! I have been running around in circles with a problem installing DirectAccess(as the title would suggest). First the setup, I have VM guest spun up for this. On this guest(and host) it...
View ArticleNeed to remove church financial records from server 2003
Our church has an old Dell 2900 server (Windows 2003 standard) that we need to remove and archive the financial data. The server password has been misplaced but we have the original install disks. Any...
View ArticleDaily Shutdowns
Hello. I have a Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 Terminal Server IBM Server system x3200 [43636BM] Server that keeps rebooting on a now daily basis. I use a Sony tape drive to backup all the data....
View ArticleShared Folder size showing large in network
One of MY share folder shows as 120 GB in network but 32 GB when Checked locally. The folder is on File server with Server 2008 r2 as OS and 122 GB quota applied to it.
View ArticleSetting up Server Reports to send to external E-mail account
Hi Guys, I would like to know if I can set up a report or send reports to a external e-mail account with error's or services that didn't start etc. Please assist, Regards, Lyal
View Article