Questions tagged [windows-server-2003]

Windows Server 2003 is a Microsoft server operating system released in April 2003, and reached End Of Life on July 14, 2015. It is the successor to Windows Server 2000 and is based on the Windows XP codebase. It was succeeded by Windows Server 2008.

Windows Server 2003 is a Microsoft server operating system released in April 2003, and reached End Of Life on July 14, 2015. It is the successor to Windows Server 2000 and is based on the Windows XP codebase. It was succeeded by Windows Server 2008.

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Is it possible to run IIS7 on Windows Server 2003?

Is it possible to run IIS 7 or IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2003?
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Completely format server for selling on ebay

I have a ProLiant server that has Windows Server 2003 on it, on a hardware RAID 5 setup. The machine is taking up a lot of space. I want to completely wipe the drives of all data, operating system, etc., and sell the machine. How would you recommend…
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Windows GPO default mapped drives

Is there a way, using Windows GPO, to set up a list of "default" mapped drives that can be applied to a group of users? I runs small network and would like to make sure that certain groups of users (like Sales or Support) have the same network…
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terminal server has exceeded max number of allowed connections

when I try to connect to a remote windows 2003 server via remote desktop connection I get the following exception: "Terminal server has exceeded max number of allowed connections" Ho can I find out who is connected to the server? Is there a snapin…
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command line for getting information about status of disk?

Here is the scenario, I have Windows Server 2003 and 2008 which is connected LUNs. I wanted to get status of the disk if disks are online or offline using command line. I'm trying to execute diskpart /s sample.txt and sample.txt contains SELECT…
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Why can't I copy .zip files from a server to a server in a different domain?

At work, we're using a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM as our build server. At the end of the build process for any of our projects, we copy the packaged deployment files to a folder on the server where they'll be deployed. (This is done in a batch…
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How can I retrieve the LDAP server certificate for Windows 2008 and 2003 global catalog servers?

Windows Server 2008 | Windows Server 2003 I want to leverage LDAPS on a linux appliance. The vendor requires the server certificate for my Windows 2008 | Windows 2003 global catalog servers so it can initiate secure calls to TCP/3269 (and perhaps…
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How to change the Inter-Site Topology generator

I am planning on replacing a server in the next few weeks, and I was checking through our Active Directory Sites and Services and I noticed the server I am replacing is listed as the "Inter-Site Topology Generator". If I replace the server without…
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Terminal Services Admin only for specific users

Is there a way to allow a user access to tsadmin, but only to remote in on certain users? For example: The user is mgr of our billing department and has 3 team members in remote locations. I would like for her to be able to remote in the team…
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Decline an already pushed update,

I approved .net framework update on my WSUS server. Those updates have been pushed to the domain machines but have not been installed yet. They are waiting in the system tray waiting to installed. This update should never have been approved. They…
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Windows 2003 Terminal Server not responding after reboots

We have 5 Windows 2003 R2 SP2 Std x64 terminal servers that are set to reboot each night all within 45 mins of each other. Frequently at least one of them will not respond to RDP requests after reboot. If I connect to console I can login just…
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Why is GPO Tool reporting a GPO version mismatch when the GPO version #'s do match?

Any ideas why the group policy diagnostic utility GPOTool would report a GPO version mismatch between two domain controllers if the version numbers are a match? Policy {GUID} Error: Version mismatch on dc1.domain.org, DS=65580,…
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What causes winsock 10055 errors? How should I troubleshoot?

I'm investigating some issues with winsock 10055 errors on a chain of custom applications (some of which we control, some not) and was hoping to get some advice on techniques to troubleshoot the problem. No buffer space available. An operation…
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Cache updates when migrating DNS from one provider to another

This may be a Windows DNS specific question or a general DNS best practice question - I'm not sure! We migrated our 3rd party DNS provision from provider A to provider B. I noticed that our internal recursive windows DNS servers still had NS records…
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How to export all System event logs of a definite time period

I am working on a Windows Server 2003 SP2 with Powershell v2, and I am looking for a way to export all System event logs of a definite time period, (say, from Saturday 2000 hours to Sunday 1100 hours). I can export all existing System logs using…