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  1. eightball

    Lock down User Account to MAC Address

    That is not an option as it requires NETBIOS. Does anyone have another solution?
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    Lock down User Account to MAC Address

    I need to lockdown a functional user account so it can only logon to 3 computers. Netbios traffice is not allowed on our network. In NetWare this was easy via Network Address restriction on Login Account. Can this be done in Win2k or 2003? Thanks!
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    Help! VB project save

    I wrote an application, and my hard disk crashed. I had saved the project to another drive, but it did not save the forms! Now when I try to open the project it is looking for the forms on the crashed drive, that no longer exists! I have the EXE, setup.exe, cab files, .ddf. I have everything...
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    Printer comunication problem...

    Look in your bios on bootup, and turn off powers saving for the USB. I hope this helps!!!!
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    Searching E-mail Boxes

    I know there is utils to do this at slipstick dot com
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    Server crash, Exchange will not connect to server.

    Goto services and see if the Exchange services are starting? If not you may have an inconsistant database and you will need to repair it. Isinteg, essutil. Also it may have corrupt mail messages in the queues, delete them then try to restart. I find that deleting the mail from the queues...
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    EXCHANGE 5.5 setup on a Win2000 server

    Are you trying to install it on the win2k box or the NT box? Is the box your installing it too a DC?
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    MAJOR Strange DHCP Issue Please HELP!

    On the afflicted Subnets is the dhcp server actually on the subnet? Is it a DHCP server that is configured to handle all the subnets from one server? Do uou have routers with helper addresses?
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    dns root server updates

    Yes, this should of worked. What are you using for DNS?
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    'grey' IP addresses?

    I belive you mean greylisting IP's. This refers to making Ip unavail for a timeout period to fool hackers spammers the connection is dead. Truth be said a grey IP is live but on a delay.
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    No domain controller can be found

    Are you running a WINS server? Make sure WINS is configured on the client if it is running on the server. Netbios sounds like the culprit as the the browser service depends on this. If you are not running WINS, are you on a VLAN or a WAN connection?
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    windows NT

    The Boot.ini file. Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q102873.
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    Do we still need WINS?

    I would not use WINS, unless you have non-win2k machines. WINS is on its way out. This question is both a simple one and a complex one! To run a WINS-less network, you should have all the machines be Windows 2000 computers. Specifically, you should not have any downlevel Windows operating...
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    SLOW SHUTDOWN FIX!

    This registry setting should speed up win2k shutdiwn drastically. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000000
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    Properties of a .BAT file - possible?

    Yes. Launch the .BAT file with the Start.exe.... Like this C:\Start.exe mybatfile.bat /max

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