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when i remote into my windows 2k3 machine, and i see a lot of "printer (from computername) in session 1 or 2" The computername == mine the session i guess is mine also and the printers, are printers i have on my LOCAL machine. is this normal?

Yeh, I bought these 40 machines First time you open MS WORD, it brings up the PRODUCT KEY screen and asks for it, it wont let you continue without it. I was planning on throwing all the software in a box and never looking at it again thinking they were installed with serials.. but apparently thats not the case.. When you enter in the CD KEY, you have one of two options.. 1) Register by phone 2) Register over the internet (takes no more then 3 seconds). The hard part is finding the 40 cd's, making sure one goes to each machine and i dont use it twice etc.. typing in 40 diffrent keys .. etc etc.. i guess i'll call MS or something. I'll b***h at dell also, they should have installed this with the keys!

Each with MS OFFICE BASIC OEM, do i need to activate each and every one? legally can i just stick all the licenses in a folder, use the same license on each one, and go from there? Or do i need to use one license for each one and activate each install of office?

I am looking to modify some settings network wide, maybe disable hibernate all together to start and just enable turn off monitor, hd's... Are there any GPO's to do this? I dont see any..

Looking to do basic stuff and learn how to script at the same time (vbs, batch files, etc..). I saw a website a while ago with a LOT of login scripts and sample logon scripts out there for windows. some stuff i want to do: 1) delete all printers on the local machine when user logs into pc. 2) Add new printer , set it as default (or maybe add a few and give users the option). 3) change desktop picture, maybe change homepage, etc.. Basic stuff i would like to play with. what are good sites out there with sample windows 2003 login scripts?

OK so... I have a windows box, i want it to be the dns server so i have some control over a few things. my question is this.. I know how to tell windows to 2003 be a DNS server. I know how to tell my workstations to use my win2k3 server as tehir dns servers.. But where , if anywhere, do i tell windows what my real isp's dns servers are , or do i? Doesn't the 2003 machine need to query a real dns server ? let me say something real quick: * I do NOT host a domain on this network. If i host DNS on this network though, i can control name resoultion.. i.e if somebody goes to www.myspace.com i can redirect it to http://192.168.1.x and hos a website "not allowed" etc.. Also i believe my webblocker/firewall service requires me to be running a DNS server on the local machine

Thanks guys, works!

I want the firewall enabled on all my XP SP2 machines, but yet i want it to allow ALL traffic from LAN machines. Incase i want to for example remote desktop, scan my network, or do anything else. How do i: a) Enable the windows firewall on all clients B) allow all LAN traffic by default.. and maybe c) Enable remote desktop.

I noticed I can disable it to people not logged in interactively, but not globally to all users (that aren't admins..)

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I have a LAN with 2 machines (test till i move the DC to its new location) the Workstation on the switch with the server logs in, but takes for EVER.. no roaming profiles etc , just domain authication.. But i haven't setup DNS, its just 2 computers and 1 switch. no internet on this net. Would that be the reason? Once its on the internet, this will be the DNS server for its local LAN. **UPDATE** FIXED, i wasn't assigning the DNS server, or the DNS suffix (ip of server).. Now fast logins!

What are the steps i need to take to setup a GROUP in my Active Directory Domain, so that any user in this group can REMOTE DESKTOP to any Workstation (XP) machine on the domain.

What service, or application do i need to install to setup group policies? It seems to be missing, new 2003 standard machine, out of box, just setup AD, and this as the domain controler. but no gpmc.msc?

I have my policy as the following: password age: 30 days This network has been up for a few months, it has yet to force a user to change his/her password. SBS 2003 PREMIUM edition with XP clients. this Group Policy is under DEFAULT DOMAIN POLICY [COMPUTER.DOMAIN.LOCAL] Policy / Computer Configuration / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Account Policies / Password Policy. All is defined. I should add that this is defined under "Default Domain Policy" and these settings seem not to to be set elseware i.e "Small business Server Client Computer or under "Small business Server Domain Password Policy", is this my problem? What is the diffrence? Wouldn't the default domain policy apply it to the entire network?

No way i can set 'run.exe' to run as an admin all the time? when the user runs calyx, it looks ofr a newer version, if it finds one it runs "run.exe". If i can set run.exe to always 'run as' an admin with group policies, all i need to do is wait for them to open it up again

yes we run a domain here.. windows 2003 SBS, group policy's i am newbie at, i know where to modify settings, just sometimes takes me 45min to find the setting i need.. ALL workstations are windows XP All workstations log into the domain/. The application i am trying to run is calyx, currently 5.0, need to run the 5.1 update. The way the application needs to be installed, once i install it on the server, it saves all the settings to a share, from that share i must run "run.exe" from that share to each workstation. So basicly i need to run \\domaincomputername\calyx\netsetup\run.exe

I am trying to run a installation program at login, to upgrade an application i need on all workstations. The application runs installshield, and needs admin rights to install corectly. The users are 'limited users' Is there any way to run a program with a login script so when they login to the domain, it runs this program as ADMIN ? Limited users can't install programs.

I have an office of 50 machines, i just tested roaming profiles and got it working, directory redirect is an AD policy, so i dont want to apply it till i get all the folders working.. is there an easy way to create the correct permissions and directories for all my users in my profiles share? Are there any scripts for this? Whats an easy way of doing this to an already running network?

Figured it out, i think. Default you can't have roaming profiles for domain admins. DUH! My second problem was permissions with the folder, i need to give EVERYBODY full control , then limit everything via ntfs permissions (only user has access to their profile directory) I logged into a pc as a user, logged out, took for ever!! now the profile is copied !! TIME TO LEARN FOLDER REDIRECTION NOW!

I am now realizing that when a user moves pc's, its not productive to need to copy his data over from one machine to another. I want to start using roaming profiles. I created a share d:\profiles\user1, only user1 and admin have FULL control of that folder, no users have any control. I setup under profiles tab under AD users and computers, that its profile path should be \\computername\profiles\user1 (i can access this share remotly, its setup corectly) So now nothing happens, i log in/out of the domain, my directory is empty, i read someplace that i need to COPY over my current profile over to the server (from my computer -> properties -> advanced -> User profiles/settings. When i select MY profile, the DELETE and COPY TO options are greyed out, the other profiles are NOT! When i goto CHANGE TYPE - the ROAMING option is also greyed out !!! ** YES I HAVE RESTARTED , AND LOGGED IN AS ANOTHER USER (LOCAL/DOMAIN ADMIN) - STILL GREYED OUT ** ANy ideas here? Is this the next step to make my profile roaming (once i get this setup i can apply it to the entire network one by one..) -realized