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Our shop is much smaller than 10,000 licenses. More like a few hundred. We typically stay right in line with licenses (no extras). In the past each year we do a count and shore up any discrepancy. If I understand what you're saying then we will still have some leeway during the year to add...

Anyone out there under volume licensing looked over Vista's new activation scheme? It looks like Key Management Service (KMS) will be the way to go when it is released next year. What I dont see is how easy or hard it will be to re image a machine and not "lose" that activation. I'm ok with...

Most software is moving to a multiple p.c. license. The new Norton will cover 3 p.c.s http://www.amazon.com/Norton-Internet-Security-Suite-2007/dp/B000IAMRXK/sr=1-1/qid=1160508426/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-3282153-7841638?ie=UTF8&s=software Another option is Microsoft One Care. It also covers 3...

I'm testing synthetic backups for a remote office and wondered if anyone here is currently using them. The admin guide is a little sparse on implemintation and if anyone has any advice/comments I would appreciate it. I'm working with Veritas (symantec) support to hash out our roadmap but would...

I agree you should use the overwrite settings if at all possible. There are times though that an erase may be needed. To do that set it up under devices, expand the server and library. You have to set it up per slot. If you don't do that I think it will always erase slot one. And I would...

Thanks all for the feedback. And the reboot tip. Along with the article and Davyd123 seconding it, I think I'll have both run as GCs. Redundancy is a good thing, especially for Exchange and the replication traffic will be minor. It's funny how you can work with things for a while, I...

I'm running 2003 Server SP1 and have 2 Domain Controllers at my main site. I also have an Exchange box running at this site. One D.C. holds all of the operations master roles. It is also the only global catalog at this site. I was thinking about making the other DC a global catalog when I...

Just brainstorming, but what about using OWA to log onto the other mailbox? The downside is they would need to know the password for the account and depending on your environment that might be bad. But they could have outlook open and OWA up at the same time. And you can set up rules on the...

This is a pretty nice walkthrough of GPO settings. It will give a good idea of what you can do and how to do it. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/directory/activedirectory/stepbystep/gpfeat.mspx My advice is keep it as simple as you can, and when you...

I can't explain why your Sunday job ran at the correct time, but there is a known issue with DST and Veritas. http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/267203.htm I had this happen to me for the first time on a server we had recently upgraded to ver. 10. Our ver. 9.1 server was not affected. I...

I run diskeeper on my Exchange boxes and, like primate says, I do it during a scheduled time with stopped services. If you check out diskeeper's website http://support.diskeeper.com/ their FAQ talks about running the defrag on SQL and Exchange. I haven't seen a problem with it and have run it...

I don't think you would want to have authentication, scripts, etc.. running across the WAN. Probably not a good idea for lots of reasons, speed being one of them. I would defintly test it before you decided to go for it. I wouldn't recommend running a DC or DNS on cheap workstations either.

Thanks again! I've already got the scope created and ready to activate. I do appreciate the advice. Like you said I think this will be a no brainer but it's nice to hear what others have experienced.

When you go to: Control Panel, User Accounts and then add a user, you also are prompted for the domain. Then give them local administrator rights and they can install software while logged into the domain. This may be obvious, but they also need the correct permissions to the shared folder...

Thanks for the post, schtek. So far the only thing I can find to worry about for AD is under sites and services. I'm going to create the new subnet in sites and services and then add it to the appropriate site (default site in this case). Then I will move ahead changing static IP addresses...