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  1. lonestar36

    Identy of user printing to shared printer

    Is there a way to identify the user that is printing to a shared printer. I have a school lab that has a shared printer and some of the kids think it is great sport send junk to the printer and I would like to be able to identify who is printing ( like a header/footer). The HP laser Jet I am...
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    DNS not resolving HOTMAIL or Yahoo login

    I have Win2K3 server running AD, DHCP, DNS. DNS is resolving normal web addresses but will not resolve hotmail or yahoo e-mail login address. Other secure login addresses are working. I think it is some sort of security issue but can't seem to find it. Any ideas where to look? Thanks in advance...
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    Win2k workstation logon to Win2k3 server not working

    After power outage my windows 2003 server would not start and I had to use dcpromo /forceremoval to remove & rebuild it. All apears well.Here is : C:\>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : lphs Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : lapoynor.esc7.net...
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    Security accounts Manager init fail

    When the server starts I get an info window that says Active Directory Services rebuild. Then I get an error window that says "Security Accounts Manager init failure. I have rebooted with F8 and run active directory restore and I get the same thing when I restart.What can I do to recover from...
  5. lonestar36

    directory services restore

    I had a power outage and when my backup server powers up again I get an error message which tells me to restore the directory services. I rebooted , hit F8 and selected directory services restore. When I try to login I am forced to use my old password. How do I overcome this and get my AD...
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    Unable to browse My Network

    I have a WIN2K3 server network running Win2K clients in DHCP AD mode. The system was running excellent. I was running out of IP addresses so I moved to a larger IP structure. Now I can no longer browse the network from the clients. I get an error "The list of servers for this workgroup is...
  7. lonestar36

    how to demote NT server with dcpromo?

    I am helping a small school with 75 computers on an NT server. They had an interface to starband satellite and changed to a T1 line using DHCP and AD. All workstations are either Win98 or Win XP. Now the Internet is really slow and some of the Windows XP Home computers will not log on to the...
  8. lonestar36

    e-mail server setup

    Help. This is my first system setup on Win2K3 and I am having trouble with e-mail. My domain is lap.esc.net and I set my e-mail server up using this as the domain. However, it does not work and I think I messed up. In Win2K when I set up outlook express I am inputing mail.lap.esc.net when asked...
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    DHCP service showing bad address in address lease

    I have a Win2k DHCP server that is showing a bunch of bad address's when I look at the address lease list. They are within the lease pool. The users that are signed on are OK. Is this normal??? If not what do I do to correct this? Thanks in advance for your support Robert
  10. lonestar36

    What router to upgrade to?

    I have been asked to upgrade our server & router. I have a 1.2 GHz CPU with 512 Meg RAM running Raid 1 and a cisco Mc3800 router. I have 234 users in a small k-12 school connecting to the internet. I am looking at a Proliant ML330 2.8 GHz with 1 Gig RAM running raid 1. I do not know what to do...
  11. lonestar36

    Examples to enable login scripts in group policies?

    Hi. I am a newby trying to figure out login scripts. I have the windows 2000 scripts book and have written a two or three that work when I run them from the command line. I am now trying to figure out how to implement them from group policies. Can anyone give me some examples on how to put these...
  12. lonestar36

    Harware advise for new win 2003 server

    Hi: I have a limited budget to upgrade our server. We have about 234 devices in a small k-12 school. I am trying to decide if it would be best to buy a server with 2 Xeon 2.8 Ghz CPU's and 2 80 Gig ATA 100 7200 RPM hard drives running raid 1 or buy a single 2.8 GHz CPU with 2 18.2 Gig SCSI...
  13. lonestar36

    Start up errors on System

    When I restart my server I am getting the following error message in system tools system: Site Server LDAP Service cannot initialize the following object: GetLastError()=997 : Init LdapExtension. What do I need to do? Thanks
  14. lonestar36

    send message to workstations

    Can anyone tell me how to send (broadcast) messages to all workstations on a win2k network? Is there a built in message broadcast?
  15. lonestar36

    FAT32 vs NTFS Technical discription

    Can anyone tell me the technical differences between FAT 32 And NTFS? Also, I can understand why NTFS was better than FAT16 (before FAT32), however why is NTFS better than FAT32? I have also been told that domain servers must be set up on NTFS. Is this true???? Thanks in advance for your inputs.
  16. lonestar36

    wIN2k dns

    Will windows 2000 server formated with FAT32 run aas DNS server?? Do you hve to convert to NTF??? Thanks

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