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Hi Guys, need some advice on the right Kit Basically we have 8 sites and are replacing our MPLS with a point to Multi point Ethernet extentions various speeds from 100mb to 10Mb, with certain sites using an EFM backup Active/standby to HO as backup VMB will present RJ45 interfaces at each...

Hi guys, Appreciate any advice please Have a multiple site setup with leased lines with site to site VPN links Main fs is at head office Now site a has created a word doc saved as .doc compatibility mode works ok However when site b tries to access the file saved on fs, word will error can...

Hi all, need some advice with server 2008. Basically i'm trying to setup a demo VoIP system with SIP handsets. Anyway i have a netgear switch with a 2008 R2 server insatlled. DHCP from 2003 DC. The 2008 server is able to ping all lan devices bar this SIP phone. From other servers i.e. 2003...

Hi Guys, I'm using Acronis UR to pusha image to virtual machine VMware workstation 6. The machine uis stuck in a boot loop, i'm guessing driver issue basically using UR you can specify the new hardeare drivers, however where can i find these for VMware workstation? thanks in advance parmb

Hi all, would apreciate some advice please We have a Citrix Farm running streamed applications to our desktops over a WAN link. users need to bring up TIFF files for reviewing , hence published MS Photo Galery. However latancy is causing major issues, is there any decent software which is...

exists atm i had deleted and recreated but still no luck

Hi, im trying to chnange the IP if one of our ESX servers i followed http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1000258 but on step 8 issuing esxcfg-vswif -a returns with a error saying completed but '/sbin/ifup vswif0 returned with a...

Thanks for the reply, However i need it to time / date stamp each log entry so i can see exactly the time of disconnection. can this be done using ping.exe? Thanks

Hi All, could do with some advice. I have a intermittent internet connectivity issue, basically SDSL seems to drop for a few minutes and is back up again. However by the time the ISP investigate all is ok. I want to run a ping -t and TraceRT from the LAN to say google.com Then fo rthe...

Hi All, need a little help. Anyway i have a old Compaq NT4 Srv box. Data drives run on RAID 5 OS on RAID 1 A disk failed the other day, during my holiday!!. It was replaced however now i can not see any of the data drives. Disk Administration shows this as unused space. I thought as only...

Hi all UPDATE ok this fileserver was previously a memeber of the global 2003 AD. I just took it to a workgoup then added to my 2003 AD when i force a gpupdate i get an event log error complaing about bad un / password or machine account not i think i need to 1) remove from the domain...

HI there is no firewall between the sites. i've discovered if i share a folder on the newcastle DC i can map to this ok, hence must be an issue with the actual file server, but i can map to in when i'm on the same subnet IP settings are all correct as PING proves - I'm lost :-(

Hi, Client os is XP however i also can't map from the 2003 DC located in WestBrom Yes the NT4 PDC acts as the WINS server however i can't map to the share via IP, so WINS should not matter

Thanks for the help but i dont think this is a routing issue as i said i can ping ans RDP the fileServer from the remote location I can even ping back from the FileServer to this Site and ping resonds. hence network is functioning correctly IS there something in AD i need to configure to...

HI all, could do with a little help so here goes; I've setup a new 2003 AD "GasNet1.xyz" over 2 sites W.Brom and Newcastle I have 1 DC and DNS in each location in newcastle I have 1 file server from any PC in newcastle including the DC i can \\ to the IP or name and it brings up a list of...