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    Internet browsing blocked at firewall

    Hi: I have just set up an old SOHO 2 to utilize a new T1/Phone line. The SOHO is set up to supply DHCP and uses static IP address. The T1 works fine if I supply the PC with a public IP address. I can not browse the internet from a PC on the LAN side, but I CAN ping & Tracert web sites on the...
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    Two similar reverse lookup zones

    I am working with an SBS 2003R2 server. The DNS shows 2 Reverse Lookup zones. 192.168.1.0 and 192.168.0.0 We are all on the 192.168.0.0 subnet with the .1.0 range for servers,.2.0 for VPN users, .3.0 for DHCP, etc. All the Servers are listed in the 192.16.1.0 zone only the Start of Authority and...
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    DNS settings for internal Applicane

    Hi all: I have an internal appliance that stores old emails. All the users can get to it via IE and the IP address. I have several users who can not seem to remember the IP address. How do I set up DNS to let them use a simple name? Server SBS 2003 R2 Desktops XP Pro SP3 Thanks
  4. StNixon

    Filter emails so they don't get Journaled

    Hi all: I have set up my SBS 2003R2 machine with a Journaling account. This account is accessed by an Archiving package that copies it all and clears out the Journaling account. I would like to know how to filter what the Journaling account gets in the first place. I don't want to Archive...
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    Number Spacing issue when copying form Excel to Word

    Hi all: I am trying to resolve a weird (some times intermittent) issue with Word Tables. The lady, who creates a series of reports here, uses the rough draft that is prepared by the accountants. The accounts copy and paste the numbers from Excel spread sheets. What is going wrong is that the...
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    Flat Panel powers off

    Hi all: I am working with two different desktop LCD monitors. A Plextor PX2411W and a NEC LCD2470WNX. Both are using DVI and both PCs are XP Pro (one is SP2 and the other is SP3). Both use Nvida GPU (one is a built in chip the other is a Dual EVGA 9800GTX+ in SLI). The problem is related to the...
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    Smallest Laptop Possible WITH DVD

    Hi all: I have an HP 2133 that I use when out of the office or traveling. The Bosses saw it and said "I want". I explained it had NO DVD drive and they all went "No Want". Now I have to find a Small (mini, sub, etc.) Notebook with a DVD player. They want to buy 2 or 3 and want to have them with...
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    OWA Reminder settings

    Hi all we are running SBS 2003R2 and one of the bosses pointed out to me that when he sets up an appoinment via OWA he can only set a reminder for two days before the event, but in the office (Outlook 2003) he can set it up for a two week warning. Is there any way to get OWA to allow the 2 week...
  9. StNixon

    Excel 2003 won't print to Default Printer

    Hi all: We are using XP Pro Sp3 and Office S003 SP3. Two users have problems printing Excel files on a local attached printer. When printing to the Default printer the job seems to get lost in the ether. However if the user selects a different printer it works fine, even if it is the same...
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    Public Fulders and Personal Contacts linkin?

    Hi all: We are using SBS 2003 R2 with Office 2003 SP3 on XP Pro SP3. My company has been using Public Folders for the company wide contact list (Rolodex) for a VERY long time. We are now running into a few issues. The Public Folder Contact list is maintained by a small team and is finally...
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    Html Printing Issues

    Hi all: We recently moved a batch of Laptops (XP SP2, Office 2003) to a new Domain (SBS 2003R2) and developed a printing problem. ANY HTML printing is messed up. Printing from I.E. or Outlook (when it is an HTML email). You end up with most (if not all) text shifted to lower case, words are...
  12. StNixon

    Login script runs at random times

    Hi all: Weird event here. I have one user (so far) who has the login script run for him at least once or twice a day after it runs during login. We have caught this because the script deletes a mapped drive and remapps it. When it runs later in the day he already has files open from that drive...
  13. StNixon

    How to archive appoinments

    Hi all: I have someone who keeps two calendars. One for the current year and one for the previous year(s). This is done by having the previous years in a .pst file as an archive. The problem is that his system had to be rebuilt and the time stamp now shows the date of the rebuild. So I can not...
  14. StNixon

    Connect to the network and computer slows down.

    Hi all: I have a bunch of latop users that are constintantly in and out of the office. We just started upgrading to Lenovo T61s. They are all XP Pro, 3 GB Ram, 1Gb NICs, good machines. The problem is when thay are out at client sites and Connect to the cliet network ALL the applications slow...
  15. StNixon

    Self Mapping Drive and Slow Folder Access

    Hi all: I tried this on the XP form and we all ran in to a wall. I have about 50 PCs (Desktops and Laptops) all are XP SP2 in a W2K Domain, They are trying to connect to a mapped drive K: on a 2003 server. Accessing the mapped drive is no problem, HOWEVER one specific folder in there takes...
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    One folder in a Mapped Drive is SLOOOOW!

    Hi all: I have a share on a 2003 server with about 6 folders in it. This share is mapped as Drive S on all the workstations. For only two users (out of 50) ONE folder in that share is VERY slow to open (2 minutes or more). This slowness only happens if is access by going to My Computer > Mapped...
  17. StNixon

    Where to Start

    Hi all: Where does some one get started and get GOOD reference materials for Oracle 10g and PL/SQL? That is the short question below is the long winded question. My wife likes working with Data and finding that elusive answer. So I suggested she try learning about Data Bases. She is a big time...
  18. StNixon

    Saving an Attachment to the wrong place

    Hi all: I have 2 users that have had this problem recently. They are both on Win XP SP2, Office XP with their My Documents Moved to their U: Drive. This is the Mapped drive to their User folder on the Server. It it set up to be Available Offline. When they attempt to save an attachment to their...
  19. StNixon

    Garbled Printing on XP Laptops,

    I just recently re-ghosted all of my company’s laptops. A few of them are having printing problems. As they are all using the same Ghost image this is very confusing. The systems are all Dell D810, XP SP2 (Updated to August 2007) with Office XP SP3 (Updated to August 2007) and I.E.6 SP2 (update...
  20. StNixon

    Running both Windows and Linux Servers How????

    Hi all: I may be in a situation where I will soon have to run both Linux and Windows servers. Windows servers and Desktops because some of our core applications only run on Windows and Microsoft SQL and most of our clients are using Microsoft. However we can save a lot of money if we dump...

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