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Score Cannot see a server in Microsoft Windows Network
Craig - 4 Feb 2006 8:08 PM - 6 messages
Hi, I have a win2k domain controller with many 2000 and 2003 servers. When I got into My Network Places -> Microsoft Windows Network from any PC or server and explore through my domain i cannot find my webserver which is running ...
Score Win98 clients cannot copy/paste or drag/drop files from Win2k server
eselk - 3 Feb 2006 10:22 PM - 3 messages
We've been running Win98 clients connected to a Windows 2000 server for years, with no problems.  Just a few days ago all of the Win98 systems in the office can no longer copy/paste or drag/drop files from the ...
Score terminal server error
Tester - 3 Feb 2006 8:05 PM - 6 messages
Hi there, Why I am getting error while connected to a dell NAS W2K terminal server that I jsut reinstalled with a second account, besides administrator: The terminal server has axceeded the maximum allowed number of terminal connections. The system cannot log you on.The system has reached its licenses logon ...
Score Network Access
Venkat - 3 Feb 2006 4:10 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I face a strange problem in my network for last few days. Our network consist of windows 2000 domain controller and clients are windows XP. Before few days when a user access Machine B from Machine A it will ask for ...
Score Disallow specific Mac Addresses to get IP Address from DHCP Server
Gary - 3 Feb 2006 3:54 PM - 9 messages
I know that we can specify which MAC addresses get an IP address, but since we have a huge list of computers that require an IP address I think it would be easier and a shorter, much shorter list, to specify computers that ...
Score Can't Login from remote machines when local user is logged in
ARG - 3 Feb 2006 11:41 AM - 4 messages
I have a Win2000 machine in a "workgroup" network that has about 5 user profiles (all set to be administrators). I am trying to share a printer and one folder on this machine. I have enabled sharing etc. and it all "seems" to ...
Score DCHP not clearing
jo.harding - 3 Feb 2006 8:42 AM - 2 messages
Hi, i'm having a major issue with our DHCP server. At our company there is a lot of coming and going so i set the lease duration to 4 hours. The problem is that even when ppl leave and their lease expires (the icon ...
Score folder on desktop keeps changing to read only
marsha - 2 Feb 2006 11:43 PM - 5 messages
On a Windows 2003 Server, I'm trying to convert some data.  I put it in a folder on desktop.  I checked the attributes and the folder said read only. I checked the files inside, they are NOT read only.  I can change the folder ...
Score Cant register DHCP client to DNS?
Anders Biro - 2 Feb 2006 10:32 PM - 6 messages
It was my understanding that DHCP clients should automatically register their IP to the DNS-server so the DNS-name always accurately reports the proper IP-address. However, lately I have noticed many discrepancies and when clients acquire new IPs it is not reflected in the DNS. Explicit "ipconfig /renew" or even ...
Score Problems with VPN users. PLease help me.
Miguel Arenas - 2 Feb 2006 7:55 PM - 3 messages
We have a second office with 2 user with windows mobile 2003 and a computer with windows 2000. All the users are connected to main office using vpn. The problem is the computer with win2000 after some hours is dissconect, but we ...
Score Unable Browse through My network places Entire network
Chris - 2 Feb 2006 7:31 PM - 4 messages
Hi all 2000pro SP4/XP Pro SP2 machines in Win2K SP4 Domain Attempt to Browse the following the following path: My Network Places – Entire Network - <Domain> Error: “<Domain> is not accessible. You might not have permission to use ...
Score Offline Files turns itself OFF.. tried everything HELP please!
WildIrish - 2 Feb 2006 6:27 PM - 8 messages
I have two laptops running XP Pro under a Windows 2003 Active Directory structure. One laptop's Offline Files works great.... the other USED to work great, don't know what happened. If I checkmark the "Enable Offline Files" under My Computer, and ...
Score DNS Suffix Search Order via DHCP???
Kevin - 2 Feb 2006 3:31 PM - 2 messages
Another admin (at a conference) once casually told me they pushed their DNS Suffix search order to clients thru DHCP. However, I can not find this setting. Does anyone know what option this is or if it can even be done? ...
Score File Sharing
Venkat - 2 Feb 2006 3:29 PM - 2 messages
Hi,   I use windows 2000 server as domain controller and windows xp professional as client. Till yesterday if user from one machine access another machine, it will ask for username and password. But from today it is not asking. They are ...
Score Sharing Permission
Venkat - 2 Feb 2006 10:58 AM - 5 messages
Hi,   My network consist of windows 2000 server hosted as domain controller and windows XP as clients. In that few users work in .net. Since they need to access the IIS, i have given them admin rights for the local machine and i ...
Score Remote access...?
Kenneth - 2 Feb 2006 12:54 AM - 9 messages
Howdy, I was intrigued by a product called "Real VNC." It's an open source remote access system. one aspect of such a system has me perplexed, and before I do any further experimentation I thought I'd ask... The system that I would want to access is my desktop. I ...
Score Add network printer without NET USE?
Jim Warner - 1 Feb 2006 10:32 PM - 3 messages
I need verification on this.  Someone told me that in a Win2000 environment, to add a network printer to a Windows workstation (both within the same domain), you simply need to enter the WINS name of the printer on ...
Score WINS problem
Robert J - 1 Feb 2006 7:28 PM - 3 messages
We have a network with 2 win2003 standard domain controllers, 2 win200 pro workstations, and 3 XP machines, one on SP1 the others on SP2.  The servers and win2000 pro machines show up in my network places.  The XP machines do ...
Score Gigabit adapter in Server needed?
melickas - 1 Feb 2006 6:04 PM - 4 messages
Our server has (2) onboard network adapters (one for internal LAN, one for external) that are not gigabit - only 10/00. We are going to purchase a Linksys SR2024 10/100/1000 Switch, and some of our workstations have gigabit adapters. ...
Score Win2k Domain over Internet
Steve - 1 Feb 2006 1:59 PM - 3 messages
Hi, We currently have a 5 sites win2k Domain linked with 128KB ISDN lines and of course, routers. We want to install HS Internet (to increase speed connections) on all sites and switch the current connections to HS Internet. Clients are Win98 and WinXP and are parts of the Domain which uses DHCP, ...
Score Can't see Win2000 on network
bronxbabe - 1 Feb 2006 5:01 AM - 8 messages
Any idea why I can't see my Win2000 computer on my other network computers?  I have a WinXP desktop, WinXP Laptop and Win2000 desktop.  I can see the other 2 computers from the Win2000, but not vice versa.  The drive is set for ...
Score Long time to log into NT Domain. HELP ME OBIWAN!
CID - 1 Feb 2006 2:59 AM - 2 messages
Windows XP pro takes forever to log into domain. Event log shows nothing out of the ordinary. This is a laptop that a user takes home and brings back to work everyday. Out of the blues, the laptop now takes about 5 minutes just to log into the network. ...
Score Windows XP pro takes forever to log into domain.
CID - 1 Feb 2006 1:21 AM - 3 messages
Windows XP pro takes forever to log into domain. Event log shows nothing out of the ordinary. This is a laptop that a user takes home and brings back to work everyday. Out of the blues, the laptop now takes about 5 minutes just to log into the network. ...
Score connecting to home computer through router without direct IP address?
Peter Rilling - 31 Jan 2006 8:47 PM - 6 messages
I don't know if this is possible, but maybe someone has some suggestions. I have a home network with two computers, a dsl router/modem, and wireless connectivity. Now, I would imaging that all computers share the same ip address when ...
Score shared drives
Kari Heddins - 31 Jan 2006 8:28 PM - 2 messages
my server has multiple shared drives that all users can access.  i had to restart the server this morning and run a chkdsk fix for some corrupts files. once it came back up, the users can no longer acess these drives.  i checked ...
Score Harware: Bandwidth Throttling?
gglave - 31 Jan 2006 7:36 PM - 2 messages
Hi Everyone, I'm looking for a piece of hardware that I can plug between an internet router and a workgroup's hub that will throttle bandwidth on the internet connection to something like ~256K.  (Traffic shaper?) I'd prefer not to use a PC, but rather a dedicated piece of hardware. ...
Score Cannot log in to my computer
who922 - 31 Jan 2006 5:58 PM - 2 messages
I logged out of my computer a couple of days ago.  When I tried to go back in, it said it did not recognize my user name or password.  This is the computer at my desk.  I can log in as anybody else at this workstation.  ...
Score DHCP Urgent Required
Medo_in_Egypt - 31 Jan 2006 3:44 PM - 3 messages
Dear All, I am in My network Have 200 Users & I need to give them this settings on the IP- Address :- IP: 192.168.1.8 SM: 255.255.255.0 GW: 90.0.0.1-metric ( Automatic ) DNS: 192.168.1.1 ...
Score Not able to see properties
Ranjit Singh - 31 Jan 2006 3:36 PM - 4 messages
Dear All, Ranjit Singh This side,                 I am putting one query i am facing currently. I am having windows standard server 2000 domain. DNS is fully functional. I ...
Score APPEND command in FTP doesn't works well.
Yamabuki - 31 Jan 2006 1:47 PM - 5 messages
Hi, W2000 Pro SP3. I try to execute "append" command in a MS-DOS windows with FTP. When I exexcute "append" the result is: - 150 Opening data Connection for <file> (ip,port) and the append command do nothing and later I have to close the MS-DOS ...
Score How can I get a W2k workgroup PC to print from a domain printer?
quentinhudson - 31 Jan 2006 1:01 PM - 7 messages
We have one PC in a workgroup and I want the user to be able to print to a W2K pdc printer. The server is called PDC02 and is a member of the domain OWA. If I type \\pdc02 from the run prompt, it will ask me for ...
Score Win 2k Server remote file share over the web
sebastian stephenson - 31 Jan 2006 10:27 AM - 11 messages
I have a windows 2K server permanently connected to the web. I have a shared folder that I can access on my internal LAN. I would like to provide other users outside my LAN access to a file share via the web. ...
Score performance tuning on the TCP and network parameters of W2k and W2
Prashant Sharma - 30 Jan 2006 8:05 PM - 3 messages
hi, Can some share good MS article on performance tuning on the TCP and network parameters of W2k and W2k3. Regards, Prashant S. ...
Score really dumb networking question
gary - 30 Jan 2006 7:43 PM - 4 messages
we were running a remote site off of a 512 speed connection thru our T1 line that we used for our telephones.  we basically stole a few channels from the voice T1 for this. we recently purchased a T1 line that is dedicated for our data connection. ...
Score Multihomed Question
dusty - 30 Jan 2006 4:47 PM - 6 messages
I have a Win2k Adv Server configured as a multihomed server on our campus network.  Each Nic is configured for different subnets.  One subnet is considered to be the faculty/staff subnet and the other is considered to be ...
Score question about dhcp server
gary - 30 Jan 2006 12:15 PM - 4 messages
I have recently seen some error messages on PCs in our network about duplciate IP addresses. this shouldnt be possible since we use DHCP, and it is always an IP address in the range set aside for DHCP that has this error. ...
Score Netman/Network Connections service hangs....
Martin Lindemann Frederiksen - 30 Jan 2006 10:45 AM - 7 messages
The system is running Windows 2000 server with SP4 and all other relevant Microsoft Updates are installed. The server runs the following services: File/print Exchange 2000 ----- Everytime the server is started, the service in service manager "Network Connections" hangs. ...
Score Server and Domain Isolation Using IPsection
Miha - 30 Jan 2006 10:27 AM - 7 messages
Hi In our company we want to achieve that users that are connecting with their home laptops (if they bring their home laptops at work ) into our local network don't get any access to other computers, server, internet etc. ...
Score Windows 2000 Cable Router / VPN problem
jfgroves - 29 Jan 2006 9:43 PM - 2 messages
Hi, On Windows 2000 I recently created a VPN connection to my company's VPN. Now, after disconnecting from the VPN I can no longer get a network connection using my SMC Barricade 7004VWBR broadband router. My connection only works if I connect directly from my PC to the cable ...
Score Cannot unjoin the domain
Lee McCormick - 29 Jan 2006 8:40 PM - 4 messages
Just upgraded a server to 2003 SBS and went great. All client machines work, exchange works. But i have another server on my network that host a crucial program that all users need to access. It is a 2000 server that has no server ...
Score Changing NIC Speed
Tom Morris - 29 Jan 2006 7:38 PM - 3 messages
In our network are several Window 2000 Pro boxes with Intel NICs. During connectivity/speed testing after a broadband upgrade we found the following problem on the W2K boxes. The speed of of the W2K boxes was half of all other boxes when testing our ...
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