Questions tagged [windows-server-2003]
A version of Windows for servers based on Windows XP. Questions about administering Windows Server systems that are specific to a business environment are off topic for Super User; please consider asking on Server Fault instead if your question is on topic there.
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Share Windows7 and Windows8 erro "to continue, please enter administrator password"
In our network we have a Win2003
Now we try to install windows7 and windows8 for our clients,
Our client in active directory have a "Normal User"
For example: user "arab" when share one folder in PC ...
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Move my windows 2003 vps server to my own location
I am paying for a company to host my VPS. It's windows 2003 standard server. I'd like to host it myself at my office now that my internet account has been vastly upgraded.
Is there any way that from ...
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How to export Windows Task Manager's Information/Tabs?
Is there a way to export the information contain within the Windows Task Manager? I know how to export the processes tab but I'm more interested on the Users Tab.
Any help will be greatly appreciated....
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Active Directory users permissions on shared folder [closed]
I have two groups of AD users:
Group_R (members: User_1, User_2)
Group_RW (members: User_3, User_4)
There are two shared folders:
Folder 1: \\server\folder_A
Permissions: Group_R (read only), ...
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How to view configuration Lync 2013 - Impossible?
I was wondering if there is a way to view the automatically configured connection settings? Basically, I'm just trying to figure out which servers are being connected to on my windows laptop so that I ...
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Delete all files older than 365 days, but exclude certain folders
Edit: After @Mbu answer I realized that my first approach with leading numbers in folders as criteria to exclude isn't the right way. I decided to use a fixed list of folders to exclude.
I want to ...
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Configure a Win server 2003 to php
We have a Win server 2003 SP2 that we do not use now but it would be great to turn this into a php server.
What we would like is to use the latest php version 5.5.* and all the mod cons, but before i ...
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How can I add some websites link to browser's favorite(bookmark) for users in domain using batch script?
I wanna add some website's link into all users bookmark(favorite in IE) automatically when user log in to windows using batch script or something like that?
Is there any policy in windows server 2003 ...
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Remote desktop hyper-v right click issue
I have a remote virtual server running on hyper-v. There right click is not working. Initially it started working fine, but after a while i'm facing the following issues * if i click the right mouse ...
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Set Default Program for All Users on Server
I work with a large server environment that's running Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2012 now on some boxes. We have a custom-built log viewer program that associates with two file types that I'd like ...
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What to do if Windows XP install complains about not finding file XXX.dl_
I've ran into a problem recently trying to do a repair install of a Windows XP SP3. By the time it was copying the files, it complained about not being able to find file cmprops.dl_ on the Windows CD. ...
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Windows Server 2003 Graphics Issue
A few days ago I restarted my server, it may have installed a few updates, but after it started it looked really off. The drop shadows are not showing even though they're enabled, MS Office 07 and ...
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Make RDP full screen on secondary or multiple monitors?
I want my RDP or remote desktop window to occupy the whole area of my secondary screen (which is bigger than primary). I tried everything in this microsoft doc and it does not work - http://social....
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Can't install windows server 2003
Guys i can't install Win 2003 it's giving me an error not enough space
the screenshot here
Please direct me to the right path, i'm beginner in Windows Server, thanks.
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Can I turn off external SCSI tape drive?
I have a couple of external tape drives connected to a server (Ultra320 SCSI). I do not use them frequently, but they are on all the time collecting dust (because of the fans). If I turned them off (...
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Enabling or disabling NIC remotely with windows 2008
I've been trying to enable or disable a NIC on Windows 2003 Server from a Windows 2008 Server PC. After googling around a bit, the command should be something like this:
netsh -r remotecomputer ...
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Windows: Have a new user to utilize another user profile
this is a bit tricky and hope you can help me.
I'm migrating from an old domain to a new one lots of Windows Servers, now I'm in a point where some years ago somebody set up two VMs (Win 2k3) to run a ...
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How do I see which user I am logged in as on a Network Share?
IIS on my development computer (Windows 7) cannot access a windows share (Windows Server 2003), so I try to log in manually and verify that the share works for that account. For trouble shooting ...
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"You can only import binary registry files from within the registry editor."
I get that error double-clicking this file on Win 2003:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\Back Office Copier\DsDriver]
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Can't find server serial number
I am trying to find the serial number of a windows server 2003 R2.
I used a lot of tools but i couldn't find the serial number.
Note that i want the serial number and not the product key.
I also ...
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How can I limit an Active Directory user to only use mstsc
I would like to create a domain user with the sole permission to run the MSTSC program, or activate RDP from a desktop icon.
I don't want that user to be able to do anything else on the server he ...
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Force shutdown of Windows VM via ACPI or script
At work we've got a Windows Server 2003 VM that we want to shut down when the host operating system (Linux) shuts down. We have this working except for when a user has logged in and locked the screen. ...
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Occasional refusal to boot
My PC (custom-built, dual booting Server 2k3 and Arch Linux) will occasaionally refuse to boot up. It will pass the BIOS screen and I will get past NTLDR and SYSLINUX (in my case NTLDR is the primary ...
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Get password of a user
Is it possible to get the password of a user in Windows Server 2003? I am an administrator and have full access rights to the machine. I just need to get the passwords of a couple regular users on the ...
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Windows Server 2003 R2 vs 2008 R2 vs 2012 as a file server
I am using Windows Server 2003 R2. We have about 100 PCs which are connected to this server and by using network connection. We are planning to upgrade it to other newer version. So I was looking for ...
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COMPACT /U command does not decompress large 25GB file
I have a 25GB file that was incorrectly set as NTFS-compressed because the directory where it is had been marked as compressed when it was created. I am trying to decompress it. The file is currently ...
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Windows 7 machines can't ping or access Windows Server 2003
Our network is served by a Windows 2003 Server machine, using Active Directory for users security management. There are more than 60 machines connected on a daily basis and most of our files are ...
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Reset Accounts on an old Computer [duplicate]
I’m interning at a small software company and trying to set up a local server. I’ve found two old machines that are available for use, running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
However, no one ...
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How to roll backup outlook 2010
I want roll back my outlook 2010 from my current version that is 14.0.6131.5000 to 14.0.6120.5000. How should I do ?
I have a lot of KB upgrades installed but I dont know which one to uninstall.
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Cannot Connect to Windows Server Using a Particular IP
We have a Windows server 2008 running as web server. The Server has two IP's (A and B) added to it. We were able to use both the IP's for remote desktop connections and FTP connections.
All of a ...
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user deletion and re-addition causing issues
On a windows server 2003 system I accidentally deleted a user account and immediately re-added it. Now on her local machine the profile is being ?corrupted? [and creating a temporary profile] running ...
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Apply registry settings via group policy, server 2003
I Windows 7 Workstations, I need to disable a certain Outlook plugin across the entire domain.
I need to change this D-WORD key in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\...
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Command line (cmd.exe): how to extract folder's security settings
I'd like to know whether it exist a command to show security settings (group names / level of access not necessary needed) of the folder. I tried to google but no success :D
Thank You all in advance.
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"Security Warning" comes up when I run via another program
If I execute vmmap from the command line it works fine. However, if I call some other program and pass vmmap as a paramater for this other program to start the execution, then I get this "security ...
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How do I obtain Windows command line report of total committed memory (commit charge)?
I want to have a small batch script which runs on a server and every hour logs memory statistics. I already have the script log the process-specific info I want via other tools, but I want to know of ...
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Win 2003 Junction Point to Remote Unix Share
Env : Windows Server 2003 with already established shared folders over the local Domain via Windows DC and AD.
- Linux box being used as a fileserver with the folder /files/share being R+W by all ...
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How to image a degraded RAID array
On boot in Windows 2003 I have a message "Raid Array Degraded". When I use F10 to go into the RAID utility I see this screen :
After passing through that screen the machine got stuck on reboot so I ...
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How do I synchronise time on a client with the server time?
I changed the time of a Windows Server 2003 manually (three minutes). How can I force the clients to synchronise their time with the server?
The clients run on Windows XP, Windows 7 and ...
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cmd > attrib - Unable to change attribute
I'm following this tutorial because I'm having problems with the Task Scheduler service:
http://technicallyeasy.net/2010/10/how-to-fix-keyset-does-not-exist-for-scheduled-tasks-in-windows/
Basically (...
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Server Computer is not listed in My Network places
The server computer is not listed in my network places, when I opened the network from the client computer. We are using Windows 2003 Server and all other client computer installed Windows 7 64-bit. (...
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How to set path variable in Windows Server 2003?
Can someone help me figure out how to set a variable path in Windows Server 2003? I am trying to do the below code which is not working.
Update: My issue might actually be that the CURRENT PATH ...
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Shadow backup not available
We are using windows server 2003 R2. In the server we have enabled the shadow backup for 4 drives& that can be accessible from any of client pcs. But in one windows 7 home pc we cannot access ...
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Remotely Detect Windows Server Service Pack Level
One of our web servers just failed PCI-DSS compliance because the vuln. scan detected the OS was Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (obviously very outdated!).
My question is how did the vuln scan ...
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Windows 2003 (actually XP x64) can't read SSL signature if it's SHA-2 (SHA 256/384/512)
I have a Windows XP Professional x64 virtual machine to run some HLDS processes. I chose the x64 edition as I already have a license for it, and as it uses the Windows Server 2003 kernel it'll be more ...
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trouble shooting the connection between systems by using telnet?
I have a windowsystem called "A" and Linux system called"B" .Our application software is client -server software. So in this scenario server part of application is resding in a window system and ...
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better games compatibility on Windows 2003 [closed]
I think i have setup all the basic stuff required for gaming:
direct3d acceleration, disabled DEP on all programs, etc.
but, some XP-compatible games are still crashing without showing any error:
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How to disable/setup same name and same password authentication between two windows PCs on the same network?
My Experiment
I set up a simple network with two computers, both on the same work group.
I created a local user 'A' with password 'A' on Computer 1.
And then I created an identically named local user ...
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Hamachi Goes Offline
I am running Server 2003 R2 and I have Hamachi installed. When I log off of the server, Hamachi is no longer connected. The Hamachi service is indeed started and seems to stay running, however from ...
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How to get reminders to throw in shared or public calendar Outlook 2003
Want to setup a calendar in the office that one of the departments can add items to and then receive reminders as you would in personal calendar. I have tried a couple approaches,
1. Setup a calendar ...
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Application fails to send email with attahments
I have an application that emails reports as attachments. it works in all clients' sites except for one. i am using a gmail account there. all the settings are right, outlook express can send email ...