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A very simple but crude way of doing it would be to write a small batch file that does a "dir" on the drive you want, then schedule it as a task to run every 24 hours. For example, put the following into a file called diskcheck.bat (change the drive letters accordingly) - c: cd\ echo %date%...

Are you sure you have you set it up properly as an Application server? I seem to vaguely recall having a similar issue on a 2003 box a couple of years ago but realised afterwards its a different setup procedure to Windows 2000 so I still had it in Admin mode, its something along the lines of...

You actually need "serviceconfig.pl (not serviceadmin) and need "choice.exe" from the resource kit by the way, must remove the REM'd lines from above to tidy it up and avoid confusion :)

I know its now sorted but for future info I wrote myself a batch script to do the same thing so thought I'd post it up just in case it was of use to somebody. When running it allows you to chose the service you want to query and what state it should be in. You need W2K Resource Kit installed and...

I think it could still be path related, the batch file may run perfectly when executed from the default path of the DOS prompt (usually related to the user's profile location), but may not be able to find the data when executed from a scheduled task as it will likely start from a different...

If you look in the NTFS permissions, under the advanced options you can allow users to create files/folders and also to append, but deny them the right to delete files/folders.

Hi All Ive just subscribed here so go easy on me :) Im trying to diagnose a slow running issue with a ProLiant ML370 G2 W2K file and print server here at work, the main complaint from users is long delays in opening / saving documents (30-60 sec to open a small word doc for example) and slow...