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  1. strangetimes

    Service logon failiure

    Hi I have a network of 8 W2K servers and about 400 2K/XP workstations. I'm having an slowly increasing problem where if I have to stop a service it will not start up again until I retype the username and password of the account used to start the service. Sometimes the service will not restart...
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    Security issue browsing network

    I need to stop users using either the colon or backslash characters in the 'open' or 'save as' filename field in office applications to prevent users browsing the network using local and UNC paths. Everywhere else is locked down sweet. Anyone any ideas? Strangetimes
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    Security issue

    I need to stop users using either the colon or backslash characters in the 'open' or 'save as' filename field in office applications to prevent users browsing the network. Anyone any ideas? Strangetimes
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    Stop browsing network from 'open' dialogue

    How do I prevent users from browsing the network using UNC paths and drive letters from Microsoft Word etc? They cannot do it from Windows Explorer but the group policies do not seem to apply to the 'open' dialogue in Word or other applications. I have edited a system.adm file to only give...
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    DNS website issue

    Hi Our website is hosted by our ISP but has the same DNS suffix as our internal 2000 network. We cannot access the website from our domain because the DNS server is looking internally (as it would) and can't see it out on the ISP's network. I know there is a workaround for this, can anybody...
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    Remove access to Windows Help

    Hi I need to stop an OU getting access to Windows help via F1 etc. Does anyone know of a policy (or any other way) to do this? Strangetimes CCNA MCP CCAI NET+
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    Stripping out part of %computername%

    How would I word a script to strip the first three characters from a %computername% variable to run a batchfile on w2k. I think I may have part of it eg. SET newvariable=%COMPUTERNAME:~0,3% IF %newvariable%==ABC (need help here) \\server\new.bat Strangetimes CCNA MCP CCAI NET+
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    Exchange Restore

    Is there a way of restoring Exchange 2000 to a member server (AD environment) with an Arcserve backup taken without Exchange agent installed. (Open file agent was used). The hard drive is failing but I can still see the data. I have replaced the hard drive and rebuilt the server exactly the same...
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    Dead Exchange. Help on recovery needed

    My Exchange server blue screened and failed to reboot this afternoon. The hard drive is failing. I have succesfully put it as slave in my workstation and NTbackup the system partition with all the containers and the folder with priv1.edb in. I also take regular Arcserve backups of the whole...
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    Printers, profiles and group policies

    How do I set different printers for different rooms bearing in mind I use a mandatory profile for the users in question (1300 of!). For example in one building I have 3 laser printers in different rooms on the profile and have to trust them to choose the correct one. I have tried putting all...
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    Group access to multiple shares

    I have well over a thousand user shares and I need to add an extra group full access to them. They are currently shared to the individuals plus admins. Is there a batch file or something I could run to save doing each one individually? Strangetimes MCP CCNA CCAI NET+
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    AD network design advice..

    Hi I am taking a new job in the new year as systems manager of a school network. 1300 users, 200 curriculum and around 80 admin machines (win9x), running from 5 NT servers. We have decided to rebuild the network from scratch to a win2000 native environment rather than upgrade because it has...
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    Can't enter priv exec...

    Hi Dunna silly thing on new 2501. Changing flash image, told it to boot from boot rom, erased old one, now I cant get into priv exec to load new IOS from tftp. It goes Router(boot)>en %no password set Router(boot)> Tried the usual reboot and press break thing but it just goes back to Press...
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    Good one for you.......

    Hi PC with win2k pro, client on NT domain. Office 97 pro works fine when logged on as administrator, when logged on as anyone else spellcheck will not run and is greyed out under tools/options. Tried reinstalling office. Any ideas?
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    BGP on 1600 routers

    From:- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/rt/1600/prodlit/1600_ds.htm "Starting with Cisco IOS software Release 12.0, the base feature sets include some features formerly in Plus: Network Address Translation (NAT), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Remote Access Dial-In User Service...
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    What routers for CCNP lab?

    Hi I`m new to this forum, passed CCNA last week with 978, going for CCNP now. I`ve been using sims so far but just bought a 1601 from ebay and I want another one, would a 2501 be a good addition for my lab, or would another model be recommended (bearing in mind i`m not exactly loaded!) I`ve...

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