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correct me if i am wrong but do I have to install this KiX software on all of my PCs before this script will run? If anyone can figure out how to get the batch script that Yzöwl wrote to output the file this will work perfectly and I would prefer this way. Any ideas anyone?

I myself do not use nlite but when I was playing around with it.. i think i can recall something along the lines of integrating drivers.. If not.. there is a way through editing some files that will allow you to integrate them for boot time use

Go to the wireless network properties.. go to the last tab and select automatically connect when this network is in range. I am assuming this is XP with no 3rd party wireless network software installed

Correct.. I too have done this in a live corporate enviroment.. about 6 times now. if you add a new exchange server to an existing domain.. yes.. it will auto configure it.. infact .. if you make a mistake when configuring outlook... like lets say you have 3 exchange servers exch01, exch02, and exch03 and I set my exchange server to exch01 in the outlook configuration, but it should be exch03.. it will automatically reconfigure outlook to use the correct exchange server... In this case.. the users will be migrated to a new domain. Depending on how this takes place.. with trusts or with an export then import this wont be the case.. I can though.. now that you mention it.. if using a 2 way trust.. migrate over the users.. install exchange.. move the mailbox... this might autoconfigure.. if exchange works between trusts like that.. this I have not done.. Unfortunately i do not have a test network set up with a 2 way trust to test and see if computer accounts can be moved.... but if the ADMT2 tool can do it.. then you may be in luck and could possibly get it to migrate over Basically... get everything in place.. build a trust, migrate everythign over.. remove the trust. .. demote the old domain.. and be on your way if only it were that easy

This must be home edition then. MS omits this from XP home but is default on Pro installations. Insert the XP Home CD-ROM. Navigate to the VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP folder. Double-click the ntbackup.msi file to install NTBackup.

Thanks hyper hacker but I already have a list of the workstations, weather it be in my documentation, active directory exports or any of the other ways to get a computer list.. I am trying to get the batch file that Yzöwl has constructed to output the results of a query ran off the list that I already have. Thank you though

Outlook will not autoconfigure itself unless you have created a custom profile adn deployed it to all the workstations. What I suggest is W2K3 Exchange Server comes with a license for outlook 2003 for each client that is going to use exchange as its mail server. Deploy this using group policy and use the Office Resource Kit provided by microsoft to create a custom transform file "MST" that WILL allow you to configure it so that when outlook is opened it will autoconfigure it for you. As far as migrating the user accounts.. You could build a new domain(sounds like that is what you want to do). Build a trust relationship between the 2 domains and you can migrate the users using ADMT2 (not 1.0 but 2.0) As far as the computers.. I have not found a good reliable way to manually join them to a new domain remotely.. Please post if you find out how to do this.

ntbackup should be installed by default Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Backup or start -> run -> ntbackup

We are getting closer I have been letting the script write the _PCNAMES.TXT. When it creates it it puts the \\ in the txt file.. Then when the script calls it it was adding a second \\ therefore making it look like \\\\ComputerName.. which wasnt working.. I removed the \\ at ('REG QUERY "\\%_NAME%\.... to look like ('REG QUERY "%_NAME%\..... and now it runs completely and seems to find it.. however it is not writing an _OUTPUT.TXT file anywhere.. I checked the local machine and the server it is writing to.. The _PCNAMES.TXT gets created in the server share but output does not.. any ideas?

Are you getting actual "Blocked By" messages or the DNS error messages.. Try running ipconfig /flushdns from command prompt.. Can you ping the sites just not access the web page Have you tried different dns servers?

Thank you so much for your help.. I do appreciate it.. The script is running now however it is not reading the txt file. When I leave echo on this is what I receive C:\>FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS= " %c IN ('REG QUERY "\\\\srv-dcex02\Tech\\_PCNAMES.TXT\HKLM\SOFTWARE\InterNetworX Systems\ICS\Configuration" /v "Workstation ID"') DO ECHO/\\srv-dcex02\Tech\\_PCNAMES.TXT=%c 1>>"\\srv-dcex02\Tech\\_OUTPUT.TXT" It is putting the path to the txt file as opposed to reading the txt file. And can I just say that I think it is amazing how powerful DOS still is.. I started off in the windows 2000 era and didnt play with much of dos.. I knew you could write batch programs to automate tasks but I had no idea you could parse a file for computer names and output results to a file using it.. I would have instantly thought VB or Javascript.. Once again thanks for all your help

Oh wow.. thanks alot.. this looks like it is going to do it..however it is not completing the task I get C:\>wsid.bat ('REG was unexpected at this time. I named it wsid.bat. I double checked the formatting but was unable to find any errors. My notepad looks identical to this. May I be missing something? Thanks again for the help.. you may have saved me a lot of time..

as far as I know.. no you cannot.. WSUS can only distribute Windows Update content. MS ads signitures to their files to approve them.. I would not imagine they would enable this functionality because it would be like opening a door for a virus writer to try and exploit this and deploy it to every computer in the enterprise.. I would say use Group Policy

Multiple domain functionality is not available in SBS2003 or 2000.. that is why it is Small Business. Now.. both machines can be part of the SAME domain. SBS being the domain controller(no other option)

Pubilc folders are for public folders that are to be seen by more than one person. You can share personal calendars also.. even though the outcome is the same.. it is not like public folders... for example.. you may have a personal calendar and maybe your manager wants to see it.. this would be sharing your personal calendar.. Maybe all the computer techs share the same calendar for schedueling purposes.. this would be public folders As far as inviting.. I am going to use another example. I create a calendar event in my calendar and invite you.. I will not receive the invite.. you will.. and if you accept.. it will be added to your calendar.. Now... if you open my calendar and create a calendar event and invited you and me.. that would be silly. I have not tried this.. For simplicity sake.. invite them from your calendar and let them get the invite to accept or decline

Basically.. you see the begining of the query I have the computer name \\lf-accnt01 I have over 100 computers to run this on... as opposed to manually adding the computer name.. how can i have it read a list or is this not possible with batch programming? Thanks for the quick response though.. I am gonna try it as a computer logon script and see if it will append the the file

I gotta problem guys(and gals).. I gotta new client and they have this crappy software. The software is licensed in such a way that only computers with a specific Workstation ID are able to access it. This information is stored in the registry on all the workstations. It only allows one workstation ID to be logged in at the same time. Well we built up a new computer today for them and I found out about all this and spent about a half an hour trying to find an open Workstation ID. Since I am now managing the network.. I want to have this documented so I dont spend a half an hour trying many different numbers. I was able to construct a reg query to find the value of the key on the remote machines. What I am looking for is a way to output the results to a txt file. The reg query goes as follows reg query "\\lf-accnt01\HKLM\SOFTWARE\InterNetworX Systems\ICS\Configuration" /v "Workstation ID" How can I write a batch file to read the computer names from a list and output these results so I can have them handy? Thanks in advance...

What I have done is I had 1 main site with about 10 servers and a remote site with 2 servers.. 1 dc at main location and 1 at remote location Each site has a Wins Server service installed on the Windows machine and we just ran a pull from each wins server to get the Wins info from the other subnet. Then we pulled the records into DNS using dns management Most wins servers should have the ability to share their Wins DB.

you dont have a firewall running do you.. or is file and print sharing installed?

make both machines part of the same domain.. this way they use the same username database...

I have not found it easier to educate them.. most dont even understand the first thing about computers. I find it easier to just make one default. Also.. i have not found a way to hide specific domain.. if you come up with a solution.. let me know.. I have searched a while for an answer to this myself

Windows 2003 technically uses Terminal Services and there are 2 moded. Remote administration Mode and Application Mode. Remote administration mode you can only have 2 users connected at the same time Application mode.. you can have as many users as either your computer supports and/or how many licenses you purchase As for disconnecting them start -> run -> tscc.msc -> right click Tcp-Rdp and select properties -> select the sessions tab and set your information... (this can also be done via Group Policy)

I use RIS to deploy my images and group policy to deploy my applications. for me it is the easiest way. I can reboot a computer and have it back up and running in about 30 min with all my applications installed.

make sure the user logging into that profile has FULL permissions on either/or the share or ntfs permissions and make sure those permissions propagate to all the child objects

One thing i found just the yesterday was I just plugged in my camera to my computer(which worked before) and it suddenly didnt work. After searching around a little bit i found my way to disk management and saw a 1 gig drive with no label. I had just recently added a second virtual cd drive that took the drive letter that the camera usually took. Once i disabled that drive the camera showed up and everything worked as normal. I would assume you could just go into disk management and change the drive letter to something that was open as opposed to removing your other device.