Tech Newsgroups: Windows Server Networking

Mapped Drives

John_Galt - 13 May 2006 11:15 PM - 2 messages

My shared drive labels always come up as share on 'servername'. I use a batch file login script that does a NET USE x: \\server\share. Now I am using an application that requires a specific drive label and the 'on servername' part ...

Network path not found on botup...

Bruno - 13 May 2006 2:15 PM - 3 messages

Hi, Hoping someone has the answer to this: I have a Win2K pro workstation that is basically an unattended machine whihc performs it's daily tasks... When there is a power failure this computer, along with others (such as the ...

Remove static IP address

rcir88 - 13 May 2006 2:08 AM - 7 messages

Iâ€™m using Windows 2003 Server. I have a device on the network that has a static IP address. The device does not have a reset button. I need to remove the IP address. Is there any way that I can remove the IP address ...

Losing access to shared network drives at 5pm?

Rich S. - 12 May 2006 6:21 PM - 3 messages

Since I had such good luck the other day, time for another question. I have just been informed that at @5pm on a daily basis, people are no longer able to save to or see the server. All of my scans and backup happen after hours, ...

How to get application shortcut to work with different drive mappi

Phil - 12 May 2006 2:24 PM - 4 messages

Hello, I have an Excel spreadsheet that I want to share with the office, and some of the people who will be using it are not very computer savvy. So I want to create a shortcut that will work on ANY workstation that is connected to the ...

Wireless for internet, wired for sharing files - how to set up?

David Smithz - 11 May 2006 7:34 PM - 2 messages

Hi there, I have three PC's connected to my broadband Router via wireless network because cabling is not an option. I found that when transferring large files, it goes quite slow because I assume all the wireless bandwidth is ...

Media disconnected with Static IP address

Eilish - 11 May 2006 2:25 PM - 9 messages

Hi, I have two laptops both configured with WIndows 2000 SP4, patched and the latest network card drivers (both NICs are built-in) When I assigned a static IP address 10.10.10.1 to one laptop based on the ...

Phantom Domain

Rich S. - 11 May 2006 2:07 PM - 5 messages

While logged on to a w2k server, as admin (full boat access), I have 2 domains listed under Microsoft Windows Network, my domain and Mshome. There is one pc under the Mshome, Its. When I select that pc, I get a login and ...

Need help w/ multi homed server

Sam - 11 May 2006 1:03 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I'm setting up a new web application server that hosts an ASP.NET application we built that uses SQL Server as its backend. We have two NICs in this machine that will be hosting this app. We have ...

Force traffic out the same interface it came in on

dave.kilpatrick - 10 May 2006 1:42 PM - 3 messages

My post is regarding winodws 2003 but I wanted to post it here as well becuase there isn't a networking group for windows 2003. I have a windows 2003 standard edition server with ISA server 2004 SP2 installed. It has two NICs (10.0.1.18 and 10.0.1.19), I want the ...

Two different Subnet Masks required?

Rick P - 10 May 2006 1:47 AM - 5 messages

We have a 9 person network with Windows 2000 Server. The clients are XP. Our internet is through ADSL. We're having a problem where certain workstations lost connectiviity to server but had internet access. I did a ipconfig and ...

Not one response on the wireless newsgroup I try here.

commando57 - 9 May 2006 10:15 PM - 2 messages

Ad hoc Win2000 pro ICS to wired and wireless network. I got a WinXP pro laptop. Home internet via dialup external modem with Win 2000 pro. Before I started reading this group I bought a wireless card for the Win2000 machine instead of an access point of some sort. ...

Turning off Monitor Power Save

That_Tech_Guy - 9 May 2006 8:07 PM - 4 messages

I run a small computer lab at a private school. We have 13 machines all with win2k and a win2k3 Domain server. Since this is a school lab, the comptuers sit on the login screen for a decent amount of time. I have ...

Can I join W2K and XP Pro clients to a new domain via scripting?

Sam - 9 May 2006 3:42 AM - 2 messages

Hi, Due to reorganization in the company, we have a new domain. We set up this domain from scratch using W2K3 and now it's sitting next to the old domain ready to go. Now we have to migrate all our users from the old domain to the ...

How do you remove a workgroup from being displayed in MS Windows Network ?

MLK - 8 May 2006 8:49 PM - 2 messages

We have a Win2003 domain. Whenever we set up a machine for testing on a separate workgroup that workgroup's name appears under the Microsoft Windows Network. Is there a way to prevent this? Or to make it go away faster? ...

snmp con due schede di rete

frapu - 8 May 2006 1:54 PM - 6 messages

succede che spesso il servizio snmp che normalmente Ã¨ in ascolto sulla nic 1 si sposta sulla nic 2 con la conseguenza che il client che interroga il server non riceve riposta (avendo solo nic 1 come riferimento). Esiste un ...

Printer sharing problem: permissions?

Fred Boer - 7 May 2006 11:50 PM - 5 messages

Hello: I have a small home network: 2 computers running Windows XP Home, one laptop running Windows XP Home, and one computer running Windows 2000 Professional. I have a Laserjet 5M connected to the Windows 2000 box. I want to share this ...

Network Printer name invalid / incorrect

jzc10 - 7 May 2006 11:19 AM - 2 messages

I have a home network with 2 servers (1 x XP, 1 x W2K SP4). There is a Dell printer attached to the XP box which is shared on the network, as are some of the XP folders. Everything was working fine up until about 3 weeks ago, when ...

{Date update problem--- plz help}

M.Berry - 7 May 2006 6:33 AM - 2 messages

hi all i have a server win2k sp4 when the daylight saving happens the server change its time to be gmt+3 (it was gmt+2) the workstations is assumed to get its time from the server, but all workstations that resides on the domain of that server get the time ...