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so i better start working towards Exchange Server. Thaks for the explaination WKK.

I am confused as to what are the funtionalities of 1) Mail server - Builtin windows 2003 2) SMTP Virtual Server - comes with IIS Server in win2003 What i am looking for is a solution to enable workstations to start receiving & sending mails through outlook rather use web interface. what...

HI, Do I need to configure virtual SMTP server in order to deploy outlook clients. we are on DSL, the ISA server machine can send and receive mails through outlook but all clients are failing with error something like "e-mail server not found" Thanks, miq

hi, I want to administrate windows 2003 server(s) from my desktop machine --all machince resides in a single LAN. Do i need remote administration option, Delegation or what? I am specifically interested in best practices Secondly, How to force software installation on specific client(s) from...

hi, can we display customized message --like company name-- above the system tray?

OK everything was fine expect clients were unable to find path to vbs file. I put it in a shared folder with adequate rights and everything is smooth. :D

1) 2) I did it in AD User and Computers 3) I din't alter default security settings. 4) Hmmm... all my users are in an OU other then default OU. I created an OU for the organization and thee child OUs for admins, developers and mangers. Users are in these three OUs. Each of thees OU (sub...

^^ sorry it was the virus causing restart. Problem is that only server machine on which i edited domain group policy to incorporate logon script is displaying things properly i.e. shared folder on destkop and windows versioning too but non of the clients are responding to it. The group policy...

Mark I have successfully implemented my desired code snippets from your faq but i was forced to change not only shared resource name but also "\server" with "& strComputer &" string. one more question plz. After applying logon script thing one of the workstation (xp machine - the only i have...

thanx jshurst and PCE. what about shared folders? can we assign drive letter to shared folder and use logon script to configure clients in a single go?

everything is fine with my ISA 2004 server but when i configure automatic dialup settings then the dial up connection fails. It does dial but disconnects while connecting. Monitor section says there is authorization failure. what account should i mention in "specify dial up preferences" dialog...

2 Question plz. should the printer be connetected to windows 2003 server in order to enable it for Network sharing? -- Its not a Network printer but a laserjet HP printer that i want to share. What steps one need to take in order to configure Folder/Drive and printer sharing without explicitly...

manual cursor can be prepared in vb but not in sqlserver. better learn about disconnected recrodsets and how to receive multiple recordsets from single comand. for details look for activeconnection and nextrecordset in vb help.

Thats a nice workaoround. :D thanx vbkris :k:

set @v_cmdstr = 'exec @v_result = master..xp_cmdshell ''copy ' + @v_srcpth + ' ' + @v_despth + '''' + ' , no_output' execute (@v_cmdstr) Here the @v_result variable ussage is not allowed. so how can i verify (in code) that the copy process has been a successful? p.s. its a part of a...