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I have a global group in active directory with 10 users. This group is applied against a share and controls access to that share. I have renamed the group and changed the group type from a global group to a universal group and added 2 more users. Since the change the first 10 users cannot access...

Please can anyone advise. I can connect to a citrix farm using a configured application set. When I connect the two files: HF5NUNHL.IDX & HF5NUNHL.VL (located in the documents and settings\%username%\Application Data\ICA Client folder) have been overwritten. The next time I attempt to connect...

We have a server farm that hosts an application. We currently are experiencing the following issue. Each time a user makes a connection to the farm (via a pre-configured application set) the connection works fine. The next time the user tries to connect the following message is displayed -...

i am running a windows xp sp2 os and i keep receiving the following error ever 1hour or so. i have an upto date antivirus package installed and have the latest windows defender definitions installed. i think the error message has started since i visited a web page. 16 bit dos subsystem...

The requirement is for users to be forced to change their password every 90 days, even when not connected to the domain. For example, the user is connected to the domain on day1 and is forced to change his password via the default GPO. The user then leaves the office and does not connect to the...

We have an Active Directory domain with GPO applied to users passwords (change every 90 days, 6 characters in legth, etc..) Several of our users only logon to the domain once or twice a year as they are out on the road performing sales duties. Is it possible to force the users to change their...

I have a win2k server sp4 that contains 1 x 40gb hdd (system & boot files) and 1 x 200gb hdd for the data. The data hdd is setup as a 'simple volume' I am trying to create a mirror in win2000 server to mirror the current data hdd. To do this I have added a 3rd hdd (200gb) and left the disk as...

Mario, Thanks for your time - the problem is now sorted. Multiple Wins entries for the same PDC were found in the WINS databases. These were deleted and all is now o.k.

Original PDC is off the network (shutdown). Regards

Help Quick! I have an NT domain and have been having problems with authentication. This is what I have done: 1)Turned off pdc 2)Promoted BDC to PDC 3)New PDC shows up as PRIMARY in Server Manager - o.k. 4)Rebooted PDC and now cannot see PDC in Server Manager, hence cannot add to/remove from...

Please help! I have a win2k server configured as a terminal server in application mode. I am not running Active Directory in the domain. While experimenting with applying local policies in an attempt to lock down the server during terminal sessions - I have come unstuck in a big way. I have...

Please can somebody come to my rescue! At the office I have a server (2gb dual processer, 2gb ram, 150gb free hdd space) that is configured as a terminal server running in application mode. On the server I have loaded MS Office suite. I am experiencing long delay times (upto 5 minutes) when...

Thanks for the response devastator. However, please expand:- 1)If I am to manually map networked printers as you suggest, please advise: i)when the user starts their ts session, only the application that I have made available appears. users cannot browse for networked printers from within the...

Please can any TS expert advise: I have a win2k server (sp4) configured as a terminal server. Users connect to the ts server and run 1 application. I would like all clients (NT4.0/2k/xp) that connect to the server thru a ts session to have the option of printing to any networked printer that...

Until recently we had 1 terminal server in an NT domain which runs 1 app. this works fine. The ts home directory for all users is setup by entering the path in the users account within user-manager. nothing unusual here! this has always worked fine however we have recently introduced a 2nd...