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Score Windows 2000 Pro VPN Host behind Router
wrnoof - 12 Nov 2005 3:43 PM - 6 messages
I am trying to set up a PPTP VPN host on my Windows 2000 Pro Home computer which accesses the internet through a router and a modem. When I try to connect  to the host  over the internet, I get an Error 678 message. I have ...
Score Can Name my Win2k Machine.
Kardon Coupé - 12 Nov 2005 5:47 AM - 3 messages
I've got 3 Xp Machines, and 1 Win2000 machine on a home network, I've given all my XP Machines friendly names (Comments), but I can't seem to find the option on Win2k Is there a way to give it a friendly name for the other pc's to see, and not ...
Score Windows 2000 DHCP
poolplayr - 12 Nov 2005 12:21 AM - 10 messages
Hi, I am fairly new to a company and they have thier network set up like this: T1 -> static ip address on network card on server (dhcp disabled) a second network card on the same server that is the lan side ...
Score Rename Windows 2000 Domain
Animatrix1 - 11 Nov 2005 9:16 PM - 3 messages
Is anyone aware of a way to rename a Windows 2000 Native domain? ...
Score Can't save password on Win2k share from XP Home - ids/pws match
john - 11 Nov 2005 9:00 PM - 6 messages
Got a Windows 2000 workstation box with some folders and a printer shared.  Also got an XP Home box.  I have identical user ids and passwords set up on both boxes with admin access on both.  Both boxes ...
Score unilateral ping
Crevit - 11 Nov 2005 7:11 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I have a home network with N.2 PC (WIN2000 professional, WIN98) linked to 8ports Hub-Switch. WIN2000 have IP address = 192.168.0.10 ab SM=255.255.255.0 WIN98 have IP address = 192.168.0.11 ab SM=255.255.255.0 ...
Score Which adapter is used ?
Polaris - 11 Nov 2005 6:29 PM - 6 messages
Hi Experts: I have two adapters on my PC (Windows Xp); one is regular Ethernet card (100 mbps), and the other is wireless card (54 mbps). Both are enabled and in working states. I just wonder, when I browse the internet, from which adapter the network ...
Score access to xp pro pc
catman1952 - 11 Nov 2005 2:41 PM - 2 messages
Have a p2p network with win 2000 pc named Frontdesk connected to a xp pro pc named backroom through a hub. Both belong to workgroup named workgroup. XP pc can see and access Frontdesk, however the Frontdesk pc can see but not access ...
Score Need help about some errors end warning in PDC n BDC pls
cartoon3_it - 11 Nov 2005 9:34 AM - 2 messages
Hello everybody....i need help about some events: in system log of the PDC n BDC i have 1 PDC (srv1) and 1 BDC , errors are in BDC (srv2) and come every 10 min ... PDC 1. error: Source MrxSmb event id 8003 ...
Score 169.254.x.y ?
GWB - 11 Nov 2005 7:05 AM - 5 messages
I have a DSL network with a Linksys A+G wireless router.  Several wired computers, 3 fixed IP address printers and a fixed IP address shared storage.  In addition, up to 4 wireless connections. Periodically, maybe once to three times a week, I have wierd connection ...
Score Trust Relationships
Sameer - 11 Nov 2005 6:37 AM - 4 messages
Hello, We are having two different domains administrated by two Windows 2000 Servers. The domain DOMAIN1 is having ip addresses in the range 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.25 and is connected by a switch. The domain DOMAIN2 is having ip addresses in the range 192.168.10.1 to ...
Score Unable to map to workstation?
Melvin Edward - 11 Nov 2005 2:01 AM - 3 messages
I am trying to map to a shared folder on a peer to peer network, both machines are running 2000 pro. The workgroup is omt on both workstations, and the shared folder is logs , with shared permission to music, and everyone as ...
Score removing DC
yeowzer - 10 Nov 2005 9:15 PM - 5 messages
i have a DC that i removed awhile back but it still shows up when i browse my network. how do i remove it. KM ...
Score Mapped drives don't come back.
TJ Jones, MCSE 2003 - 10 Nov 2005 8:00 PM - 4 messages
First let me say this before I hear the same old message that we shouldn't use mapped drive letters anymore. Unfortunately, this customer has an App that requires it. Here is the problem: Currently experiencing an issue where our two mapped network drives will ...
Score Using laptop as print / file server
Queryman - 10 Nov 2005 6:31 PM - 2 messages
I have an old Dell laptop that I was planning to hook up to an external hard drive and my printer, and use it as a printer / file server for my home wifi network. The idea of having this laptop churning away 24 hours a day doesn't ...
Score Help with logon scripts not triggering
agasthya - 10 Nov 2005 5:57 PM - 2 messages
Hello, I am trying to set a logon script that will test whether or not a mapped drive is connected, and if not, it will map the drive.  The script runs perfectly fine on the Windows 2000 Server machine, but it ...
Score clients and scopes
Stevef - 10 Nov 2005 4:51 PM - 4 messages
if I have one physical LAN with 4 subnets and 4 scopes for each on the DHCP server, say, one is accounting, one is research, one is manufacturing and one is finance. How does the DHCP server know what scope of addresses to give ...
Score Slow Logon and Drive Mapping
dave Admin - 10 Nov 2005 3:39 PM - 4 messages
We have been migrating from Netware to MS Server 2003, SP1.  All workstations are XP, SP2. With Netware, all drive mappings are completed before the user can access any application. With Microsoft, the user logs on and immediately attempts to open Outlook, ...
Score ndis.sys error
Jeffrey - 10 Nov 2005 2:14 AM - 6 messages
Hi, I encounter this error when I try to play a internet game call Maple Story. Installation of software and registration was smooth.  However, after a few minutes of game play, I will encounter the error and my pc will need to be ...
Score Permission Setup.... Help, anyone?
lorne - 9 Nov 2005 10:44 PM - 6 messages
hi all, i hope i'm in the correct area for this: i have a network (server running SBS2003), and 6 computers running xp and 1 running 2k pro.  On the 2k pro machine, i want it to be able to see only one ...
Score Window 2000 VPN problem
Henry Lee - 9 Nov 2005 7:42 PM - 3 messages
hi , all     I just start to use VPN for connection between office and home for my Boss.     I use one Windows 2000 member server to be the VPN server and use Win XP to be the client. When I test it out , the VPN dial up and login is pretty ...
Score creating shut down script
Jason - MR - 9 Nov 2005 7:28 PM - 4 messages
Can someone tell me how to create a 'reboot' script.  I need to restart my server, but I'd like to set it up to automatically restart in the middle of the night.  Thanks for any hlep you can offer! Jason ...
Score administrator password
WayneH - 9 Nov 2005 7:19 PM - 2 messages
We are running windows 2000 on a network. The network is newly set up. One of my associates was activating a local network when the administrator password screen came up. She left it blank as well as leaving the password blank and ...
Score Slow logging into 2000 domain
Joe - 9 Nov 2005 4:28 PM - 6 messages
Hello, We have 5 xp pro hosts joined to a windows 2000 server domain. When logging into all workstations the logging on screen just sits for a lagging 2 minutes before the desktop finally appears. I checked the "domain name.local" zone records and noticed that the internal IP address assigned ...
Score Switch to help Monitor Traffic
Scott Townsend - 9 Nov 2005 3:51 PM - 9 messages
I'm looking for a 10/100 Switch that will help me monitor IP Packets/Traffic on our network. With all of our (dumb) Switches on our network I cannot to Packet traces of all of the Packets on a given network segment as the Switch will only send ...
Score Large Hard drive
Angus Murray - 9 Nov 2005 2:39 PM - 5 messages
Hi All, I have been asked to add a large hard drive (200GB) to a PC that uses win2000 (it has 80GB). I have never used this O.S before is there anything that I will need to do e.g. in the registry or bios. Any suggestions would ...
Score Weird permissions problem
webmaster - 9 Nov 2005 11:32 AM - 2 messages
I have a Windows 2003 server running exchange 2003, a snap appliance 4200 for a file server. One of the users has complained that documents in a particular folder are showing up as read-only even though the properties page only shows the archive box ticked. ...
Score Networking between two domains
Sameer - 9 Nov 2005 10:20 AM - 3 messages
Hello, We are having two different domains administrated by two Windows 2000 Servers. The domain DOMAIN1 is having ip addresses in the range 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.25 and is connected by a switch. The domain DOMAIN2 is having ip addresses in the range 192.168.10.1 to ...
Score Windows 2003 server and port 25
NetTransplant - 9 Nov 2005 1:02 AM - 3 messages
I have a new w2003 server as the only domain controller on a small office LAN. There is no IIS needed or installed on this box. I do use several applications that email their end status. How do I open just port 25? It's closed by default until IIS is installed ...
Score error 5 connecting to Ghost share
JAQK - 8 Nov 2005 11:45 PM - 4 messages
We've set up a (Win2K3) server that holds Ghost images in a share from which we can pull down images to workstations using the Ghost boot diskette. Problem is we can no longer map a drive using 'net use g: \\server\share', ...
Score Connect to Printer / Network browsing problems
Paul Durdin - 8 Nov 2005 9:35 PM - 6 messages
I have a small network consisting several Win XP Pro Machines and a Win 2K Domain Controller using AD. Everything has been fine on the network until recently, now I am getting the following problems; 1. I cannot print, or connect to a network printer. I can see the network ...
Score Unable to ping some machines - others ok???
Brad Pears - 8 Nov 2005 6:41 PM - 7 messages
We are working on setting up one of our saleperson's laptop with an application that requires it to connect to our Windows 2000 SQL server. The laptop has XP Home installed.  We were having problems connecting and decided to attempt to ping the machine to troubleshoot the issue. We were ...
Score 2000 server, DHCP, and ghost
Joe - 8 Nov 2005 3:56 PM - 2 messages
We have a server that we would like to use exclusively for Ghosting.  The server has two network cards, one to our regular network and one that is only for ghosting.  Is it possible to setup the server to run DHCP just for the ...
Score How to know what causes hardware restarts?
Dmitry Kopnichev - 7 Nov 2005 11:39 AM - 19 messages
Hello My computer with Windows 2000 restarts unexpectedly sometimes with losing operating data. How to know what causes the restarts? ...
Score I wonder if the following is possible and how do I go about it?
simon.ferre - 7 Nov 2005 9:57 AM - 2 messages
Hi Apologies if this seems to be a simple question that's been answered several times before, but I've certainly not seen an answer that fully answers my particular query. Right, here's my current setup: I have a Netgear wireless router connected to the internet (dynamic IP ...
Score Are there two ports 1234 (outgoing) and 1234 (incoming) or only one which can be used only exclusive
Peter Eisenman - 6 Nov 2005 12:51 PM - 2 messages
Assume we look an a certain port say, port number 1234. Are there TWO different ports 1234 - one for the outgoing direction and one for the incoming? Or is there only one port which can be used only in one direction at a certain time: either ...
Score Old Bodge-Up: Where to Start
googlespam - 6 Nov 2005 12:44 PM - 9 messages
I am not experienced with setting up networks, and I am trying to do something with a non-functioning one that I have inherited in a very small organisation without the resources to get someone in. It is currently a peer-to-peer network, mixture of XP Home and XP Pro, ...
Score VPN and FTP stability
Bill - 6 Nov 2005 9:25 AM - 5 messages
I have a Win2K workstation at one location. It is set up so I can VPN into the box and once I an logged in, I can FTP through the tunnel to the IIS FTP server set up there. I use CuteFTP to upload and download files when I ...
Score Client-site & site-site VPN
Miha - 6 Nov 2005 9:18 AM - 3 messages
Hi Is it possible to have on the same Win2003 Standard RRAS server that is already configured for a Client-Site L2TP/IPsec VPN server to be also a Site-Site IPSsec tunnel and how? Thank's. Regards Miha ...
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