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That was a good question. I had just assumed that it had 2 DNS entries since it had 2 IP. When I looked I only find the one entry. I did find another system that had 2 entries and when I did a NSLOOKUP on that system it showed both IP’s. So thank you for solving this. Again, that goes to show what happens when you assume things.

Tripredacus, Thanks for responding. You are correct. My problem is that nslookup returns the first entry it comes to and stops. I would like all dns entries for that computer. In my case it would be 2.

Jaclaz, Thanks for responding. The IP’s are on the same subnet. Psexec is a great tool and use it from time to time. But if for whatever reason the IP that is provided by NSLOOKUP is to a nic that is offline, I would not be able to use psexec to connect and run the ipconfig. Thanks again.

I do not see a network section so this might not be the correct place to post this. If a system has 2 nic cards and has 2 IP’s does anyone know a command like NSLOOKUP that will show both ip’s of that system? I will not be logged into the system when searching for the IP’s. If I do NSLOOKUP computername it only gives me one IP.

Hello, I’m trying to setup a fiber connection between a server 2008 r2 and a VTL. It is directly connected no switch. I have never done this before and was hoping someone can tell me how to set it up or know of a link to a good tutorial. When I do a search I find iscsi but not much on FC. This could be because I’m searching for the wrong thing. Thanks!

I have two websites that require two different version of java. If I upgrade java to the latest version how can I have the 2nd site use the old version of java? This is for the End User so it needs to be simple. I was going to create a simple bat file that they would click on to open the site with the old version of java. However my command does not work. Does anyone know of a simple way to open a website with a specific version of java? Command: "C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_12\bin\java.exe" start iexplore “www.site.com” I wasn’t sure of the correct form to use, so if this is wrong location sorry.

I have two websites that require two different version of java. If I upgrade java to the latest version how can I have the 2nd site use the old version of java? This is for the End User so it needs to be simple. I was going to create a simple bat file that they would click on to open the site with the old version of java. However my command does not work. Does anyone know of a simple way to open a website with a specific version of java? Command: "C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_12\bin\java.exe" start iexplore www.site.com I wasnt sure of the correct form to use, so if this is wrong location sorry.

SOLVED: An application had hung on another server that was accessing files on this server. The application had locked the files. After rebooting the server I had full access to the file.

A folder on a 2003 server is giving access denied message when you try to do anything to the folder. The other odd thing is when you open the Properties on the folder there is no Security Tab. I am an administrator on the box. I have even tried making security changes with the local admin account. This looks as if someone tried to delete everything in the folder and this one was not deleted. I have asked the developers but no one is saying a word. I’m sure that’s a surprise to everyone.  OK, maybe someone has something that I haven’t tried. Thinks I have tried: 1. I went up one level and tried to push the in inheritable permissions. Access denied. 2. I have tried taking ownership with “TAKEOWN”. I get access denied 3. I then downloaded a XCACLS from Microsoft website and tried but got Error: file not found. I doubled and triple checked the path to the file was correct and then changed my working directory to the folder location to make sure it was going to the correct location. 4. I also tried ICACLS to change the folder permission but figured if I didn’t have access or ownership it wouldn’t work. Unfortunately I was correct. Long shot but at this point I’m getting desperate. Thanks for any suggesting!!

I was looking for some guidance on how to duel boot XP and server 2008. I appreciate all help. Thanks -edit- I should have explained a little more. I have 2 HD. C and D. C I installed server 2008 first and D I installed XP 2nd. I have read that you need to install XP first b/c it will override the MBR. Is there any way to just fix the MBR so it gives the option of what OS to boot when starting the computer or do I have to reinstall server 2008? Thanks again for any help.

*Bump* No one has any ideas?

I have a user that can print anything except if trying to print from IE. Whey they try to print it prints a blank page and the print preview is blank. It seems that the user needs “List Folder/Read Data” permission checked to Allow in Advanced Security Settings on the %windir%\TEMP dir. As soon as I give this user this permission everything is fine. What I don’t understand is that everyone else in the same group as this user can print without needing this permission. Is there a setting or something I’m missing??? OS: XP sp3

I found this to be very funny so I thought I would share it with you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcQ7RkyBoBc

you can use the Runas commonad from command line or you can right click on it and select runas. if you type runas /? it will give you more information about the command. runas /noprofile /user:mymachine\administrator cmd this will open up a cmd window with the administrator privileges

Has anyone heard anything about this the phcan4j0el31 virus? I just had it. It's very simple and really don't do much but mess with the desktop and screen saver. After changing the reg settings back and deleting the 4 files it seems to be fine now. I'm not sure how it was installed on my computer. That's the crazy thing. That and McAfee didn't detect it. But i guess that's not all that surprising.

To explain a little better. When I would format the drive with the HP tool I would press START. However, by using the HP tool instead of windows to format the drive it would cause it to not work. When I would choose option 1) nothing would happen. Just got to a blank black screen and do nothing. I guess the little man that Intel puts inside was on break at that time. LOL

I have had several people ask me what I did to fix my issue. I will post my reply here so everyone can read it and maybe help someone. I was going to write some instructions on how to use it but never got around to do it. The instructions they provide suck IMO. After you get it to work the instructions are clearer and make since but if it’s your first time they just don’t make any since. Part of the problem is you have to weed through all the information. There are updates information inside of instructions. They also provided screen shots but they are not all that helpful without providing information about the screen shot you are looking at. How I fixed my issue was I formatted the USB drive in windows (right click on drive select format.) Then ran the setup and chose the option “HP USB disk storage format tool v2.0.6 “ after this tool opened up I then canceled it without formatting again. After this I had no issues. I’m not sure why this was any issue at all but after I did this it worked fine. Also, just a FYI option 1) txt mode setup windows xp… is the normal install that you get if you would have installed from the CD. I have had people ask me this question too.

Thanks for the help. One last question, I think. How is the naming of the computer handled? Say I have a naming format that I want to use say xx-xxx-xxxx. All of it means something. Right now I have a script to pull the information and set the computer name. But how does the RIS handle giving the computer a unique name?

I have a quick question. How do you join the computers to the domain using the RIS? Im going to set one up soon and was trying to gather all the info I could. Thanks for any information you can provide.

Are you looking for Windows 2003 Remote Installation Services (RIS)? If so try this link. http://www.alanphipps.com/WindowsAdmin-Server-RIS.html

Did you mistakenly set power switch to the reset switch on the motherboard?

I have a project. I will be setting up some teaching computers. These computers will be used to teach users everything from how to use a mouse to how to use Quickbooks Pro to using SQL Server. So there will be a wide range of what the computer needs for each class. My first thought was to set up an image and use SMS to push the software needed for that class. But I was told that the licenses for these computers are OEM and not volume. This being the case re-imaging the computers after the class will cause issues with wanting to be registered. Any ideas on how to avoid this issue? Thanks for all suggestions.

I’m not sure what software/database you are using. I would suggest storing it on a network and have the software used to access it linked back to the network location. Depending on how frequently you use it I would back it up to a 3rd location. If anything ever happens to it you can always restore it.

If you’re trying to protect a database that is stored on your computer I would recommend moving it to another location. If guest have access to the computer that has the stored database. The database is at risk. Not only from malicious attacks but from users who just don’t know any better. A strategy “hackers” use to try to gain access to computers is to leave a USB flash drive close to the target. When a user finds it the first thing they do is plug the “free” USB flash drive into there computer. Because of the auto run the hackers script will run as soon as they plug the drive in. I recommend moving the database from the local machine and back it up frequently. If that’s the only thing your worried about should be easy to protect.

Are you trying to test your security? The easiest way to find passwords is to use a tool to look in auto complete. In my opinion that is the weakest link. However, that doesn’t always work because most people now know to turn that feature off b/c of the security risk. Also, good antivirus software should detect and delete the tool as soon as you try to run it. You can try to crack the password hashes by coping the files needed and using a brute force attack. This could take awhile and by the time you crack it the password would be changed since most admins change there password frequently. If I would try to crack my security I would try to “change” the admin password. I think this would be the easiest way to gain access to the admin account. Another option is to install an OS on a portable device that you are the admin of and boot from the portable device OS. This gives you full access to the computer. Why do you want to know how to crack your own password??