Recent content by megadan2000

Hi, I have a client with multiple sites. I want one site to be their main site and the others to branch off as remote sites? What is the best way to do this? I am thinking if possible have 2011 SBS at main site and at remote site a,b,c have 2008 standard and connect into domain via VPN...

Hi All, It's been a while since I've been here but I am after some advice. I currently have a client which has 4 sites. The problem has they have a database that needs to be run on each site seperatly but they all need to be able to login at all sites and access the same documents. Currently...

Hi, I am having problems with connecting a client as it keeps coming up with failed to connect to server! It was working before SP3 was installed but no longer is. It works for other machines running XP SP2 but not this one. I have reinstalled the vnc program and the service is running. Has...

Hi, I just posted the same response on another thread and the simple solution is to enable outlook cached mode. This will enable a cached copy of their mailbox on their local laptop. They can amend their mailbox as normal and then when they reconnect to the Exchange Server it will resync any...

The easiest way is just to enable exchage cached mode. This will keep a local copy of the mailbox in a .ost file and any changes he makes to his mailbox will sync when he reconnects to the network. To enable this just go into the mail icon in the control panel and amend the existing profile and...

Hello, Thanks for your replies. They didn't appear in my mailbox that's why I'm replying late. The reason I need to connect to exchange via pop3 is that my client wants to be able to connect via his Nokia E91 and this either goes via pop3 or imap. I've tried the pop3 and imap settings and it...

Hi People, I'm problably doing something very stupid here but I want to be able to access my Exchange Server mailbox via pop3. I'm sure this is possible. I have enabled port 110 on my firewall and made sure the user has pop enabled in Active Directory. Please can somebody shed some light...

Good old DSADD. This is what I use. You can create all of the users, put them in specific ou's, enter all of their details, password and you can state wether you want them enabled or diabled. C:\Documents and Settings\administrator>dsadd user /? Description: Adds a user to the directory...

[UserData] FullName="Authorised User" OrgName="Put Your Organisation name here" ComputerName=%MACHINENAME% ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx This is what I use. I just leave the full name to authorised user. Just replace the orgname text to your organisation and leave the...

Do you need the users to install drivers? If not then the printer should be automatically available as long it is plug and prey!

I had the same problem when I started. What I did to resolve the problem was to setup a workstation with 2k3 server. Installed Exchange and then moved all of the mailboxes over. Once this was all done I had to make sure that the global catalog etc was ok otherwise if I removed the old exchange...

This was a complete fresh install. I did download SP1 but the version I had installed already had SP1. I have added my problem to the following page. See if you guys have any suggestions http://www.wsuswiki.com/WSusTroubleshooting Thanks Danny

Automatic updates are configured in group policy for the machines. Therefore I cannot change the settings in windows but automatic updates is switched on but obviously greyed out.

Hi, This is what I have on my own machine WSUS Client Diagnostics Tool Checking Machine State Checking for admin rights to run tool . . . . . . . . . PASS Automatic Updates Service is running. . . . . . . . . . PASS Background Intelligent Transfer Service is not...

Why don't you leave them as power users? They will have all the admin rights but they don't have the power to change the system.