Tech Newsgroups: Windows Server Networking

code 5.3.5 cannot send to one address

greg - 5 Nov 2005 6:49 PM - 3 messages

Hi I cannot send email to one email address only it returns immediately with ..dat file in which: Final-Recipient: rfc822;Off***@somedomain.com Action: failed Status: 5.3.5 Everywhere else it does send from my address. I am running my own email server (2003 smtp virtual server) ...

Sharing a DVD Drive with another computer

Simuran - 5 Nov 2005 5:02 PM - 9 messages

I have two computers one Windows 2000 and the other Windows XP connected in a workgtoup. I have a dvd drive on the Windows 2000 computer, and i need the dvd drive to be shared and acessable from the Xp computer.Is this Possible? ...

Lost internet/network connection

Mark C - 5 Nov 2005 12:41 PM - 3 messages

Greetings. I'm helping de-bug a friends Win 2000 machine. She had over 200 viruses on it. AVG Free now reports no viruses. Before the virus scan and repair, I had internet connectivity via cable, through a router. After the repair I can't connect to ...

VPN tunnel question

Miha - 5 Nov 2005 8:43 AM - 4 messages

Hello In our company we need to establish a secure VPN channel with outside company in other country. They had already configured a VPN server (running on WinNT) and sent us the following information so we could configure a VPN ...

DHCP Problem

Sam Pahlavan - 5 Nov 2005 5:10 AM - 3 messages

THIS IS MORE DESCRIPTIVE OF MY PROBLEM THAN MY PREVIOUS POST: 4 days ago I had to move my DHCP server which also happens to be my DC in a Windows 2000 AD domain to my branch office because we lost power during ...

Connection wizard problem

gregf - 5 Nov 2005 12:52 AM - 2 messages

I'm trying to connect an old W2K PC to my cable modem internet connection with an NIC, but the connection wizard only lists dial up options. What can I do from here? ...

Having trouble creating a VPN connectoid

David D. - 5 Nov 2005 12:03 AM - 8 messages

Win 2000 SP4 5.00.2195. I am trying to create a VPN connectoid on my friend's computer. We both have the same version OS. We both have a LAN connection to a Cable/DSL router with broadband internet access. ...

networking 2000 with XP

Choi - 4 Nov 2005 11:32 PM - 10 messages

I have a network set up with a couple XP computers and 1 2000 computer. The computers can all "see" each other, and I have no trouble accessing files and printing from the XP to XP computers. The 2000 computer can access the files ...

Is there a way to disable login prompt when accessing a shared drive on WIN 2000?

farbod.mehr - 4 Nov 2005 7:01 PM - 3 messages

I'm trying to make a WIN 2000 shared folder accessible to all (XP) users on the network. When trying to connect to the folder it asks for a user name and password. Is there a way to remove this login prompt and get full access to a ...

Logon script execution problem

Len - 4 Nov 2005 5:29 PM - 2 messages

I have a few cases when Windows 2000 server failed to run logon script while Windows XP computer was logging in. Looks like a user account on the server side get corrupted. The only solution was to create new accounts on both ends. ...

How Do I ghost Servers with RAID and SAN Drives

d_mc_alister - 4 Nov 2005 5:17 PM - 6 messages

Hello I am an IT Administrator using Symantec Ghost Version 7.0.0.243 I want to be able to ghost all our servers and I am having to use the Unicasting Method over a Network then connect to a Multicasting session ...

How to get a list of devices that use IP addresses...

Silly - 4 Nov 2005 4:42 PM - 5 messages

hello all, i'm wondering if there's a way that we could get a list of devices that use IP addresses within the exlusive range. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks! ...

trying to connet computers to make a wireless system

mps - 3 Nov 2005 11:46 PM - 3 messages

I have a xp professionl computer trying to connect to a 2000 professionl to make a wireless system.I will make the xp host computer.Xp says can't connect with with wizard. What other information do I need.The 2000 is an older dell ...

VNCScan Free alternatives

jcharth - 3 Nov 2005 10:36 PM - 2 messages

I was looking at a product called VNCScan, I have a little port Scanner that does the same thing for free, it is the angry ip scanner. ...

issues with Gigabit NICs and Switches

Tracey - 3 Nov 2005 8:58 PM - 2 messages

Has anyone heard if issues with upgrading their existing LAN with Gigabit NICs and Switches (or know where I can research it)? I have feedback from Users of intermittently getting reports having [a] missing or wrong character: * not really garbled as in more than 1 wrong or missing character. ...

Windows 2003 Network Monitor (netmon) Error

Warren_Dugas - 3 Nov 2005 8:24 PM - 3 messages

I have multiple Windows 2003/SP1 servers that give me the following error when I try to start Network Monitor (netmon) The system reported no protocol parsers! Please reinstall, Network Monitor requires protocol parsers. This happens with either the built-in Network Monitor or the Full SMS 2003 ...

NTP Time Server in 2000

Scottie_do - 3 Nov 2005 6:56 PM - 2 messages

Ive read 100's of posts but can't seem to make a domain controller a NTP time "server" that can share time with my Unix hosts. I ran w32tm /register, but when I netstat I don't see it binding to port 123 ...

Desktop Items Disappear

gregski - 3 Nov 2005 6:38 PM - 3 messages

Hi all, I have a group policy for redirecting users desktop items to their home folder, which is located on the network. When that home folder link is broken, the desktop items disappear. To get them back, the user must log off ...

Windows 2000/2003 No inbound connections

Ted - 3 Nov 2005 12:30 PM - 2 messages

Ok here is a toughie i cannot figure out nor have i have i ever experienced before. Originally was working on a 2003 server, it has been running IIS for months with no issue. After the auto updates all of the inbound network ...

Desktop connection breaks server connection !

Bingo - 3 Nov 2005 10:11 AM - 6 messages

Hi all ! I have a very strange problem here ! I have a Win2000 server running Active Directory, with more or less 10 workstations (all running WinXP Pro). When I plug-in one of my workstation to the network, the server stops ...

Very slow SHARE enumeration 2K-2K or 2K-XP

Frank in Atlanta - 3 Nov 2005 3:02 AM - 5 messages

Everything used to be fine -- used to work flawlessly and fast. I think (but cannot swear to it) that the following problem started after some security patch. I can't think of what else could have caused this as no new software has been loaded in over a year. ...

Slow file copy while vpn'd in

pdx - 3 Nov 2005 2:25 AM - 4 messages

I have a remote user who - when connected to a Windows 2000 RRAS vpn server from an Xp pro machine using the Microsoft vpn client - tries to copy 61 MB of files from a folder on a server to a different folder on the same server ...

Problems with a switch

vasilijepetkovic - 2 Nov 2005 9:53 PM - 2 messages

Hello All, I work in a group with four people and we have one internet connection. So we bought a switch (D-Link DSS-8+) - however we have trouble connecting. The first person that connects to the switch is fine (he or ...

Networking 2000 with xp

Teddy - 2 Nov 2005 9:39 PM - 4 messages

My family has windows 2000 and they are hooked up to a network, i have xp and i cant seem to find out how to hook up to their network. Please tell me wats going on. ...

home network for a WINDOWS 2000 wireless machine to a wired WINDOW

Bill C - 2 Nov 2005 6:56 PM - 3 messages

This is a basic question that I would appreciate someone guiding me through: I wish to install in a home a wireless/wired network between two machines. The first machine is an older WINDOWS 2000 professional machine that will be ...

How to control network shares on server and preserve permissions?

David - 2 Nov 2005 6:36 PM - 11 messages

Hello, I'm trying to write a utility for a product that I have. The product allows remote clients to access the server's database via a shared drive. The problem I am trying to solve is the ...

is it possible to share a mapped drive?

ConfusedGeek - 2 Nov 2005 4:15 PM - 9 messages

I forgot about using cross-post feature sorry about that but I thought this group might be able to help me out as well. I have computer A which has a mapped drive D: which points to a directory on ...

Microsoft Windows Network in two subnet

Mykhaylo - 1 Nov 2005 10:10 PM - 6 messages

Hi everyone, I have 12 computers organized as a windows workgroup, but these machines located in two subnets. We have Windows 2000 Server workin as a router for these subnets, WINS is installed on it. The problem is that each computer can only see computers located in its own ...

Windows 2003 server DNS forwarders.

Dave - 1 Nov 2005 9:55 PM - 6 messages

Hi, I want to setup a forwarder from my internal DNS servers to the ISP's DNS servers. Could someone please explain how I can achieve this and what the advantages are. Cheers D. ...

VPN and Exchange Issues

Tom Rogers - 1 Nov 2005 7:47 PM - 5 messages

I am running a VPN server via my ISA 2000 W2K SP-4 remote access server. My client gets an IP, WINS, DNS info from DHCP server - which the ISA 2000 server is acting as, as well. When I make my connection successfully, I try ...

XP can not other can browse the W2K3 network

Sam - 1 Nov 2005 7:27 PM - 2 messages

Hi Everybody I have a network of one W2K3 Active directory with about 10 W2K workstations and everything works fine(For more than a year), I just want to add the first Windows XP professional to domain: - I could add the computer to my domain successfully, ...

List of all IPs EVER connected to network

Hafeez Esmail - 1 Nov 2005 6:39 PM - 3 messages

I would like a list. Best case: All IP address that ever connected to the network, full computer name, timestamp of last known connected Worst case: All IP address that are currently connected to the network, full computer name I don't mind running around 4 floors of the building to ensure all ...

RAS

Mike Rainey - 1 Nov 2005 5:54 PM - 14 messages

Trying to get RAS to work on a Win2k Server acting as PDC. I attached a USB modem, RAS is started, but modem does not answer. What am I missing. ...

Help Help Can't login to Windows 2000

Jason Rich - 1 Nov 2005 5:29 PM - 4 messages

I need help. I use my laptop(Dell, Windows 2000) to get connected to work through VPN and the logon screen always showed Login, Password, Domain(which is the domain at Work) Now, I tried to share some files in that laptop at home and since I ...

No connectivity after clean load?

senshu - 1 Nov 2005 3:59 PM - 4 messages

For the first time in many years I loaded Win2k Professional on an old system I had inherited (Compaq Small Form Factor, PIII 600mhz, 256MB RAM). All devices are found and loaded after the install, including the built in NIC, ...

Join domain over VPN?

Seddon Acaster - 1 Nov 2005 10:00 AM - 4 messages

Main office running Windows 2000 Advanced Server & Exchange 2003 Server on the 1 PC. Server has 1 NIC which connects to network switch along with workstations and router. Remote office has workstations which want to be able to connect to main office and send/read email via Exchange and be able to ...

XP can not browse the network: "You might not have permission ..."

Sam - 1 Nov 2005 1:43 AM - 2 messages

Hi Everybody I have a network of one W2K3 Active directory with about 10 W2K workstations and everything works fine(For more than a year), I just want to add the first Windows XP professional to domain: - I could add it to my domain successfully, ...

Need to map a drive across a router...

Marc MSCE/MCDBA - 31 Oct 2005 10:52 PM - 2 messages

Hi all! I have a remote employee who would like to work from home. I would like to let her. All she needs to do is map a drive across the internet. Of course I am behind a router, so things get complicated. ...

WINS Tombstone definition needed

lanworks_newsgroups@lanworksco.com - 31 Oct 2005 6:34 PM - 2 messages

All - I'm discussing a WINS migration with a client and a question arose that I'm not sure how to answer. The question is whether a tombstoned WINS record will continue to resolve via WINS until it is actually removed from the database during scavenging. ...

Adding a network place failure after VPN

Edward Diener - 31 Oct 2005 5:59 PM - 7 messages

I use VPN to connect to a server VPN machine using Network and Dial Up Connections / Make New Connection control panel functionality. My connection is made without any problems and the connection icon shows up in the tray. I then try the Add Network Place wizard to a share off of the same ...

Invalid Interface Specified using Netsh

dcastelino - 31 Oct 2005 5:00 PM - 4 messages

I am trying to assign IP address thru netsh.OS is Windows 2000.I put the following command to see the interface name netsh interface ip show config (it was "{c43264723-2333-354623-22323}" then I tried to assign using netsh interface ip set address ...

Switched from Cable to DSL and having problems

Kim - 31 Oct 2005 3:38 PM - 4 messages

I moved and thus had to switch from a cable modem to dsl. Neither of the providers seems to be able to help me fix the problem which is 1) slow internet access at times 2) can't open network connection from control panel ...

Mapp \\localhost\share does not work but \\computername\share does.

Martin Rådbo - 30 Oct 2005 9:48 PM - 11 messages

This must be simple but I really can not get it right. I've got a Win2k server, IP-number 10.1.1.30 and some shared directories. Working only locally on this machine (to make it simple when discussing it ...