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Hi Everyone I'm new to SMS and have been trying to install it as we just recieved the software. What i've done so far... install sql 2005 install sms 2.0 problem.. when opening admin console i get the error connection failed. When trying to specify a database to connect to i get error that the site server cannot be contacted.... SQL is all default install >next >next... when installing SMS i s pecify my site name as TestLab didn't work. Then i thought instead specify the same name as the server.... Still no Go... Any Help ?? Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks Guys... We got it fixed.. It was mapping a drive to a network source through a registry setting. We removed that and used auto drive mapping to the same location works great. Thanks Minus Human

Hi hope you guys can help ...again.. catch 22 scenario here We have a scenario where would like to delay login on a terminal so that all network recourses are loaded and ready for use. We've enabled auto login which you could disable but in this scenario we need to use it ...catch22. Thanks Minus Human

Hi licensing is not my thing so if i'm asking a stupid questions here, excuse me.. Where can i find the following information: OS LicenseType OS NumLicenses OS Number of People actually using SQL NumLicenses SQL Number of People actually using I don't have the agreement number or the information required to trace this stuff through microsoft's lisensing site. I did speak to someone from microsoft who said i could get some of this from Systems Management Console but we don;t have SMS so that ain't gonna help.. Anybody have some advise for me ? is there somekinda tool i could perhaps use ? Thank You! Minus Human

Hi Guys, Is there a way i can audit all the accounts in my AD ( who has logged in who hasn't and when last they logged in) I can setup auditing i aware of that but it's only going to audit from when i enable it onwards, what if i want to get all the information on the user accounts since AD was installed ? Thanks Minus Human

They're nortel 450 switches and a couple of 470 switches. last night we had the same problem.we've changed the spanning tree option from fast learning to normal learning. we set up port mirroring on a port that was pushing through a high rate of traffic (99%) 85% of this traffic was UDP traffic. But i can't find anything that would create such a larage amount of UDP traffic? Any suggestions. Minus HUman

HI Hope you guys can help, we had a strange problem last night. All of our Netware servers crashed last night with an error that a "duplicate IP Address" After rebooting the servers and all switches the problem was solved. But our concern is why would this happen? None of our Microsoft Servers gave an error. Anybody have this before? It happened around 3'oclock in the morning. I'm concerned it could be a virus of somekind? Any help? Thanks Minus Human

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I've seen this before with WYSE teminals but not with Computers ( i assume they are PC's) Try using nbtstat -A x.x.x.x (ip) and check if it comes back with an expected response. I'm reaching here but perhaps the Firewall on the local PC(if XP) is blocking the information. Minus Human

Try Installing Adminpack on your Server, it includes a remote desktop MMC you can use. You can create pre-defined connections in the MMC to all you XP boxes.The connections will be listed on the left and u can select which ones to use. Minus Human

Sorry no idea, but if you don't mind me asking where did you get longhorn server ? Thanks Minus Human

Not sure but why not setup an additional server with 3 virtual network Interfaces. Configure the IP's as follows NIc1=10.1.20.x NIc2=10.1.21.x NIc3=10.1.22.x And enable Routing through RRAS on that server. That should do it Minus Human

Unless you set up a DHCP relay agent through RRAS to listen for DHCP requests from your second interface. Minus Human

If i remember correctly the following should work. You say you already have a group named WSusTest - Ok go to your pc you want to add to this group and from the run command type: gpedit.msc when it opens browse to Computer Configuration> Administrative Templates> Windows Components> WindowsUpdate> Then open the option client side targeting. Select Enable and type WSUSTest in the space. That Should do it Minus Human Ofcourse for multiple PC you would use a GPO to do this Minus Human

Hi, I think everyone here is right you must have a virus i've had the same problem before. When your server starts a countdown to reboot type the following in the run box shutdown -a that should stop the countdown. and get Sp1 installed it's free!! Minus Human

HI, Your second question is actually quite easy. Example: Your NIC's are configured as follows> Nic1 10.1.32.1 255.255.240.0 Nic2 10.1.48.1 255.255.240.0 on your DHCP have to scopes with the following IP Ranges 10.1.32.10 - 10.1.47.254 10.1.48.10 - 10.1.63.254 when a client on your 10.1.48.X network does a request for an IP it will be issued an IP in the 48 network because that client is connected to the 48 network segment. it will work but it's probably not "the right way of doing things." DNS 006 in scope options is the actual DNS Server/s IP addresses that will be issued to clients when they do a DHCP request. DNS 015 is the DNS name of your domain ex msfn.org. Minus Human

If you go to the root of your Server under C:\windows.. look for a file called WindowsUpdate.log all your SUS/WSUS information is located in this log file. I'm curious why are you using SUS when WSUS is available for free with many updated feutures? Minus Human

Hi Guys, Hope someone can help with this, we've setup IPP printing, but when browsing the printer website users aren't able to add a printer without beeing prompted for a user name and password, eventhough the everyone group has full access to the printer. ISS has also been enabled for anonymous access. Any suggestions? Thanks! Minus Human

Thanks mmx, yes normal batch files. Will give your suggestion ago Thanks Minus Human

Hi hope you guys can help, I'm using net use to map a local drive to my LPT1 ports via login script. How can i get windows 2000 to reset any drives mapped with net use when i log off. It only resets when the PC is rebooted WinXP doesn't have this problem Any suggestions ?? Minus Human

Hi guys hope you can help. We have problem with some of our Computers not always being able to print. This is the scenario> Client PC> XP/2000 Running Novell Client on IPX Network. Novell Client is set for IPX as default protocol. When capturing the printer Q to Port LPT1 it prints fine. When i reboot the computer it doesn't re-capture the print Q even though it's been set to do just that. Here's the thing we can't use IP printing because we use an application that can only print to an LPT1 port Is there software available we can use to "map our Ip printing to somekind of virtual LPT port ?? Kind of tying the 2 ports together Thanks Minus Human

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i wana reinstall AD on BDC and then istall AD and make it as GCS ? on my BDC i have Exchange so i afraid if i unistall AD it make a problem for exchange server ? is it right that if i unistall AD it will disable GC for using Exchange ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey man, You don't have to re-install AD on the BDC to make it a Global Catalog Server just follow preys' advice Uninstalling AD on the BDC should'nt have an impact on your exchange seeing as you still have AD running on your PDC By default the 1st directory server installed in your domain is a GC so by uninstalling it on the BDC will render no effect on your exchange seeing as GC is not enabled on the BDC. More to the point though if you only have 2 Directory servers have you checked basic connectivety between the servers ?? Can the BDC even communicate with your PDC How many users do you have ? and you don't want to disable GC EVER Minus Human

Hi all, this is dumb topic i know, Problem i have is that i have removed it for users aswell as administrators but i still have problems through terminal services. So i figured. i would remove TS reinstall IEES for administrators aswell as users, and start on a clean page. Before re-installing TS i uninstalled IEES only for users (left admin) but it still it stays active through TS (TS has been configured for relaxed security) Even when completely removing it still no go. Any suggestions? Thanks Minus Human

Thanks jondercik, i would guess that would only count for 2000/2003 dhcp not NT4? Thanks Minus Human