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Couple of questions: Are you using NAP on your network? I can see a few forums posts etc about that and network cards not authenticating Have you hardended your switch and maybe the port is expecting a different mac address? Paul Paul Thomas Important IT http://www.ImportantIT.com

hmmm, interesting :) How about creating a software restriction policy, to stop non admins running the shutdown.exe file? Paul Thomas Important IT http://www.ImportantIT.com

Hi Richard, yes you can downgrade your 2008 CALs. As for TS CALs yo can buy both device CALs and User CALs. You say tyou have 15 computers accessing the TS, is that for 15 different people, or is there a possibility that a single user can log onto more than 1 pc? If so, you may be better of...

Hi Tim, my company specialises in small business solutions. It's a question Iget asked a lot and there's no definite answer to be honest. You can read many an article that sya that SBS and on site servers etc are dead in the water, but there are plenty of arguements against this. For example, if...

I havent got a console in front of me, but in Windows Firewall Advanced settings, can't you specify destination and source? So you could set up a rule in bound on port UDP/9000 from a source of hostname/Ip address Paul Paul Thomas Important IT http://www.ImportantIT.com

Hi libroos, I think I've seen this is the past when the link (secure channel) to the domain controller has been broken somehow. Have a look at this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc788073(WS.10).aspx It talks about 2008 in the article but was definitely around in 2003 and maybe...

What is this folder for? Is it a home folder for th euser to store his/her documents in? If so, then you can set the path in their user profile in AD, when the user logs in, it will create a folder with the correct permissions. If it's for something else, let me know Paul Paul Thomas Important...

Thanks Technome, it's what I'd do anyway, it's just that I'd inherited this kit from a previous support company, so not much I could do other than make best of a bad set up really. It's funny when you say: "Don't understand how inept support companies survive. If I setup a backup system as they...

Thanks for the replies guys, forgot to reply back. basicaly, as they don't want to spend any more money (who does!), I've just got them to shut down the server swap the disk, and bring it backup, all seems good that way Paul Paul Thomas Important IT http://www.ImportantIT.com

sorry, just double checked, the "client" printer prefernces, is actually printer defaults. Paul Thomas Important IT http://www.ImportantIT.com

Sounds like your SQL Express has hit it's 4gb limit. Have done a quick google on your error and it looks like you may need to do a cleanup ont he database to free up some space. I'd offer more help but SQL isn't my forte!! Check this article out...

Right then... got it! Annoyingly, I've spent all day trying to sort it, and when the fix dawned on me, I remembered doing it years ago!! On my 2008 R2 Print Server, I had set up a HP 6040f MFP with a x64 driver. As you've done and said above, I'd loaded the 32 bit drivers onto the server...

Reading a bit more it also uses a dynamic port above 1024 (good old RPC) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758805(WS.10).aspx Paul Paul Thomas Important IT http://www.ImportantIT.com

Hi acl03, can you the second server communicate with the first server over port 135? Port 135 is used for license server communication Paul Paul Thomas Important IT http://www.ImportantIT.com

I'm potentially looking at the same issue at the moment. Got an R2 server, loaded some x86 drivers for the W7 clients, and still seeing old settings where i've changed stuff like paper size, print on both sides etc. will let you know if I sort it. paul Paul Thomas Important IT...