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    Sending automatic messages to blocked emailers

    Is it possible to send an automatic message back to blocked emailers in exchange 2000? If so, how would I do it. I already applied the email addresses to be blocked in the IP filtering options, and enabled it under SMTP options. Example: Your email address has been blocked due to...
  2. josh0227

    Help! Undeletable files on main server, possibly virus?

    We have an immediate concern on our main server. All of the sudden there have been several files, with nothing in them that have appeared out of thin air. I can't delete them. When I try to, it gives me an error telling me that "Cannot delete file. Cannot delete from the source file or...
  3. josh0227

    Can you list your ISP as your DNS server?

    I have a simple question. If I have a home network, with a windows 2000/2003 server and a workstation, could I use my ISP's DNS server as a secondary DNS server? Of course the primary dns address would be the DNS server's IP. What about on a work network? Could the ISP's dns address be a...
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    VPN question

    We have a company that is supposed to be dialing into our network via VPN and backing up our data remotely. How can I tell if they are doing it properly, or at all through looking at our server? The reason I ask is because they are not answering our phone calls. Thanks a lot.
  5. josh0227

    How do I give a certain right to a user?

    We have a user who need the right to install applications on his own machine, while he is logged into the domain. What group do I add him to to allow him to do this?
  6. josh0227

    Antivirus and Missing calander entries

    Today when I came to work, all of the companies calander entries in outlook 2003 were gone for all users, for the last month or so. I had just installed Norton Antivirus Server last week and did a virus scan. I did some research and found that there are conflicts with NAV and exchange files...
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    Defrags and wierd recycle bin issue... help!!!

    On our 2000 server, we are having two issues. One is for some reason when we go to empty the recycle bin, it is asking us if we want to empty all 24 items. However, when we try to delete them, is says: Cannot delete the file maps_c~1. Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify...
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    Help setting up a .com email address

    I just set up exchange 2003 in a server-client test environment. Everything is going ok, except for I am unsure as to how to send an email to my address. How do I set it up so that I can send an email to a .com address? Example, exchangetestserver@something.com
  9. josh0227

    priv1.edb file help!!!

    Does anyone know what is included in the priv1.edb file? Since it grows indefinately, is there a way that we can defrag it... and if so, how? Thanks!
  10. josh0227

    can I logoff all workstations from a DC?

    Is it possible for me to logoff (kick off) all of the workstations on a domain, either using a GPO or something else? I know that you can set a logon and logoff hour time, but that is tedious to do it for every user. Any ideas? We are trying to do server maintenence with no network activity...
  11. josh0227

    executing cleanmgr.exe through gpo

    Is there a way that I can execute a simple batch file from the server that runs disk cleanup at workstations, through a gpo? If so, would I just save a batch file with the simple command: cleanmgr.exe ? Is there a way to write the batch file so that all of the temp files and misc. stuff that...
  12. josh0227

    DHCP Resources

    We are currently running DHCP from a netgear router to hand out addresses to 30 machines. I would like to install DHCP on our 2000 server, however I have heard that it takes up a lot of resources. Is this true and if so, what is the percentage and will it effect network performance? Thanks.
  13. josh0227

    Security Groups in OU's

    I have just places all of our users in their respective department OU's. Should I put security groups in the ou's as well. Example.... production security group in production ou.????? Thanks.
  14. josh0227

    File and Folder permissions and groups question

    I am looking for a description of all of the groups and what they are, when dealing with permissions. Example (domain admin, interactive users, everyone, etc....) There are a lot of them and I need to find a site or someone who knows what each one means. Can anyone help? Thank!
  15. josh0227

    Help Using FTP from home to home pc's

    I am simply trying to transfer files from my home's pc to my friends pc. I have installed and started the service on both pc's, but I can only connect annonymously to either machine. When I specify a login name and password, then when I try to connect (through IE [ftp:\\ip address]) it...
  16. josh0227

    DNS Issue not resolving?

    I am having an issue with DNS... I think. When I try to apply a GPO to a user, nothing happens on the client (xp workstation). The following is the message I get in event viewer on the workstation: Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network. (the specified...
  17. josh0227

    Offline Files and Folders.... Shared?

    I am trying to set up an offline folder for a mobile user. In a nutshell, this is how it works in the office. We have a drive on the server which several people access files. Some of the files are user specific and some are not but most are used by all 3 users. The ones that are not specific...
  18. josh0227

    Excel formula question

    I am making a budget for myself, and some of my co-workers. On the spreadsheet, under pay period/paycheck information I am trying to find a formula that will automatically fill in the date, two weeks from the first date entered. For example: If the first pay period lands on 1/1, I would like...
  19. josh0227

    User Workstation GPO's

    I am setting up new workstations to where users have to be able to install their own programs when logged into the domain. Is there a way to allow them to have this privelage without adding them to the domain admin group? Thanks!
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    xp and server 2000 backup problems

    We are running server 2000 and are backing up nightly, about 50 gigs worth of information with the default windows backup utility. My question is... is there a way to split up the backup files after they have been backed up so that I can fit them onto DL DVD+R disks (8.5gb)? Right now, we...

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