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Group Policy drive maps fail with Error Code: 0x80070043

I'm running a Server 2008 R2 domain with all Windows 7 x64 bit client machines. All drives are mapped using Group Policy. Which were previously on a NAS We just built a new, huge, fast server. So I'm in the process of migrating all the network…
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Need to maintain hostnames which are not unique for the first 15 characters

Due to our internal software, I would like to be able to keep a number of virtual machines which have the first fifteen characters identical, and using the subsequent characters to maintain a unique hostname for each VM. This, of course, means that…
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NetBIOS access fails unexpectedly at one terminal

I have a share folder on a local machine (same subnet) with IP address ipaddress, NetBIOS name server-name, and a DNS A entry of server-name.example.com. I can reach it normally through nbtstat -A ipaddress nbtstat -a server-name ping…
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Can't find computer by name only by IP address

I have a server I just setup running Windows Server 2008 R2. The only roles I have configured are DHCP and Terminal Services Gateway. Internally I am only able to ping the computer by IP address and not by it's name. From the server itself I can…
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dd-wrt Bonjour/ netbios etc on two subnets

I have a network setup with two different subnets 192.168.1.0 and 192.168.0.0. One router is connected to a VPN (via OpenVPN) the other is not. Both routers have static routes to each other and a device on one can communicate to another without…
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Samba Shares from Windows only by IP

I have Ubuntu Server (10.10) running. There are two server components active: The fileserver is Samba and OpenSSH for remote access. It is a home network, (workgroup). When I use OpenSSH from windows, the servername can be used instead of an Ip…
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Batch access to NetBIOS locations / associated script

I'm trying to write a batch file to Access \sharelocation\folder\file Compare that file to c:\folder\file If the files are the same, run the local file. If the files are different, replace the local file and run the new local file. I'm stuck on…
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Why does disabling the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service lock me out of GPO?

I disabled TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper and started getting EventIDs 1030 and 1058. This thread said that I'd need to have it enabled. Indeed, when I started it up, the problem immediately went away. My question is, why? I thought NetBIOS wasn't needed…
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Does NetBIOS name resolution maps NetBIOS names to IP address or to MAC address

Does NetBIOS name resolution maps NetBIOS names to IP address or to MAC address?
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Microsoft Networking - WINS, DHCP, considerations for moving from a flat to routed network

We are moving our network from a flat 192.168.x.x/16 to a routed network to be composed of several /24 subnets and a layer 3 switch. It is a Windows network, active directory integrated, standard Microsoft stuff. Client machines are Win2k, Win2k3,…
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why is multiple-label name resolution going through NetBIOS after DNS failure (xp sp3)

No dns suffixes configured, no primary dns suffix. Ping a multiple-label invalid name, that's less than 15 characters: "d1.invalid" DNS query is performed and fails then nbname (udp port 137) broadcasts are done for "D1.INVALID" NetBIOS computer…
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Netbios lookups fail over vpn?

Over VPN clients do not seem to be using their DNS search suffix list. When attempting to ping a netbios name, the client appends it's own domain name to the lookup. The dns server responds that there no such name. The client then does nothing. From…
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Download or view a servers wins database

I am trying to troubleshoot a WINS browsing problem in a Server 2008 AD Forest. I am in one domain and the problem is with a sibling domain. What command can i use to dump or view the WINS database on a particular AD server by name, in a different…
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Windows Server 2019 LMHOSTS File Does Not Work

I am trying to use the hosts/lmhosts files to create various aliases on my new Windows 2019 Server. It is on a corporate Active Directory Domain. "Use LMHOSTS" is checked in the TCP/IP properties. In scenario 1 I want to create some aliases for…
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WinServer Connects To SMB Share As "TINA2"

I have a computer that has a fileshare (Windows Server 2012). When I looked at the sessions, I saw a computer named tina2. There is no current computer on our network named tina2. When I investigated, it turns out that the computer shown as tina2…
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