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Take a look at the following link: http://blogs.technet.com/b/timmcmic/archive/2011/07/12/exchange-2010-using-vss-to-perform-an-online-offline-database-seed.aspx While I haven't had the need to do so, it may be worth a shot. --------------------------------------- Bob Beck Systems Administrator

Try this: desktopPath = shell.SpecialFolders("Public") & "\Desktop" --------------------------------------- Bob Beck Systems Administrator

Briandr, The script should work fine in Windows 7. "AllUsersDesktop" is c:\users\public\desktop (assuming c: is your system drive) in Windows 7. The only thing you'll need to update is the path for Outlook, if that is different than what is currently in the script...

Just cleaned it up a bit, though I didn't test it as I don't have Office 2007 installed on my system. If this will be a login or startup script, you may want to consider adding some sort of error handling and logging to help troubleshoot and avoid any popups that could cause the script to stall...

Post the code that you have so far and the problems you're having and I'll try to help you. --------------------------------------- Bob Beck Systems Administrator

Can you include the complete service code so I can try to trace where the problem is? --------------------------------------- Bob Beck Systems Administrator

If you only have a single subnet, I don't see any glaring problems with this. Keep in mind, if you have multiple subnets (e.g. multiple offices over a WAN) and you or anyone else ever needs to access the server from another subnet, you won't be able to directly. You would need to connect to...

Assigning NTFS permissions in 2008 is the same as 2003. Assigning share permissions is the same if you use the advanced sharing tab. As for the issue, whether it's 2003 or 2008, there is no way to handle this kind of granularity without scripting. However, for 20 folders, it would be quicker...

Sorry this post is late, but I figured I'd answer anyway, just in case. 1. Install DNS on DC3 and configure it for your domain. Configure Zone Transfers on the other DNS servers to allow them to transfer the zone(s) to the new server. This shouldn't take long to transfer. 2. For DHCP, see...

What I've done in the past to free up some space would be to relocate some folders to the larger drive, e.g. the Software Distribution folder under c:\windows\system32. Then, I recreate the folder in the original location and create a junction to the new location. Windows then thinks it's saving...

I put together a quick, though not heavily tested script, that could do it for you. You'll need to make some changes for your environment. It's also only configured to check a local file. I'm sure there are improvements to me made as well. All you need to do is copy and save this as a .vbs file...

In Group Policy, navigate to Computer configuration->Administrative Templates->System->Scripts and configure the "Maximum wait time for Group Policy scripts" to something less than the default 600 seconds (10 minutes) setting. I chose 120 seconds (2 minutes) and I find that to be a reasonable...

Using vbscript, you can do the following: Set objNetwork = Wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "J:", "\\servername\sharename", "False", "username", "password" http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/guide/sas_wsh_peht.mspx?mfr=true The main issue is that...

If you're using dhcp, check the dhcp settings to ensure you set the dns server properly. If using static ip addresses, check your tcp/ip settings on the client for the dns server setting. --------------------------------------- Bob Beck Systems Administrator

In your test setup, did you configure dns on your DC and set your clients to use the dns server? --------------------------------------- Bob Beck Systems Administrator