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Windows Server 2003 R2 was an update of Windows Server 2003, rather than a new version of the operating system (as Windows Server 2008 R2 was). It went RTM on December 6, 2005, included a number of new features and was released for all editions and architectures supported by Server 2003, with the exception that Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition was not released for Itanium.

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Windows Server 2003 R2 was an update of Windows Server 2003, rather than a "truly" new version of the operating system (as Windows Server 2008 R2 was). It went RTM on December 6, 2005, included a number of new features and was released for all editions and architectures supported by Server 2003, with the exception that Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition was not released for Itanium.

New features include:

  • Improvements to the Branch Office management tools (DFS enhancements, Remote Differential Compression and centralized management tools for files and printers).
  • New Identity Access Management functionality (Extranet single sign on, user access logging and web password synchronization).
  • New File Management tools for SANs and file server, and improved quota management and file filtering.
  • Better licensing terms for virtualization with Hyper-V
  • UNIX utilities and SDKs for improved interoperability and development integration between Windows and UNIX systems.
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backuppc not keeping backup history

We have backuppc backing up a number of computers on our network. One particular Windows 2003 server has a problem. Backuppc performs a backup twice a day using rsyncd just as set up, but keeps no history of backups. The backup number always remains…
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sfc /scannow win 2003 R2

I have win 2003 r2 when i'm trying to launch sfc /scannow an utility runs but closes in a couple of minutes. In event journal there are no errors. chkdsk shows no errors. I establish connection to this server via rdp with /admin /console…
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Set up run as automatic for task scheduler

I am trying to set account for task scheduler as "automatic" means instead of providing my credentials during creating a task scheduler in 'run as' window it should be run as per pre specified schedule as automatic (for windows server 2003 R2…
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AD/2003 Computer Group membership is not propagated to client

I have a Windows network based on an ageing Windows Server 2003 infrastructure, with two DCs, configured with replication between each other. While trying to find out why a certain GPO wasn't being applied, I discovered that the computer group…
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Virtualizing physical Windows Server 2003 R2

I have a HDD that seves as dead data archive. I want to virtualize the HDD in XenServer in atempt of evade some problems (like losing the HDD itself). I tried the VMconverter from VMware (to futher convert the VM to XenServer) but it doesn't worked…
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Task Scheduler not giving a detailed error message

I have two servers, a 2003 R2 and a 2008 R2, setup to run the same executable as a task as I work on migrating content over to the new server. The task started failing recently and the task scheduler is just giving a message of "Task stopping due to…
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Official Windows Server 2003 ISO wont boot

One of our old servers just crashed (HP PowerEdge SC1430) and (as always) the original CDs cannot be found... We downloaded the instalation ISO from DELL and the Official Windows Server 2003 ISO from Microsoft, but the Microsoft ISO wont boot either…
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Windows Scheduler: run on login

I would like to use Windows Schedule to schedule a task to run on login by any user. This is on Server 2003-R2. It would run a Powershell that brings up an alert that the OS is end of life. How can this be done? I remember seeing a way to do this as…
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Enable Windows Time Service on Secondary Domain Controller

We have an interesting scenario at my workplace. Our primary domain controller started to fail, so we installed a secondary domain controller to allow people to login when the primary would fail. Eventually the primary died completely…
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How to create folder share without being able to read the folder contents?

I encountered a problem when trying to create a folder share on an NTFS volume on a Windows 2003 R2 instance: The account used for administration should - due to the sensitivity of the data - not be allowed to access the folder itself or the files…
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Migrating from Windows Server 2003 to 2012 R2 on same hardware

I have two Windows Server 2003 R2 Active Directory Domain Controllers which serve about 100 nodes. I need to upgrade to 2012 R2 on the same hardware (which exceed the minimum requirements). Since I can not do an in place upgrade from 2003 to 2012,…
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Setting welcome message on server?

I'd like to set a welcome message for all users to see for an information notice, on Windows Server 2003 R2. LegalNoticeCaption and LegalNoticeText are already used for legal reasons, so I'd like to use Welcome regkey as noted here:…
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Group policies overriding

I am a learner in AD and GPO's. Though I have implemented some GPO's in my environment, now a little bit confused.. My confusion is with the overriding of GPO. Basically what I am trying is that I need to enable RDP for a user to a specific server,…
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PowerShell Script to Move ADUser to appropriate group based on its Department ID attribute

I am new to PowerShell and AD, I have a small task which I am finding difficult to complete. Can someone please help me here ? The task is as follows: There are 3 groups defined in AD, namely "CN=Technology Champion,OU=Exchange Distribution…
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How to make service up and running even though admin account log off

Hi we are using Windows server 2003. Windows services using admin credentials while restarting. Whenever admin account was logged off services were going down. Because of this we are maintaining admin account in disconnected or active status. We…
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