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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Where in the registry can I find the OS Name for Windows 2003?

I need to be able to read the registry and find the Edition of Windows 2003. I can find the edition of Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 by looking into: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\@ProductName and I see something…
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Server does not let me log in and then kicks me out

Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1500 Date: 5/19/2011 Time: 1:23:24 PM User: domain\user Computer: …
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OpenVPN under windows and access to server

I have a client who has OpenVPN installed on a windows server. I didn't install it and the person who did is no longer available. The server runs a special App and the client machines talk to it - and it alone, no routing to other machines. I have…
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How to get an text list of login names for a user group of a windows server

I must copy all login names of a specific user group of a windows server to a 3rd party system. To make it easy I need an text list of the login names. I don't like to copy the login names from the user property dialog and build the list by my own.…
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Windows Server 2003 Root CA - what can cause root CA cert to update?

I am specifically referring to a self-created Root CA on our domain controller (Windows Server 2003 SP2) that all our domain clients trust for internal use, not GoDaddy, Verisign, etc Root CA. Maybe there is a relation between them. I've witnessed…
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determining a used server's fair market value

I have a customer that has a server he no longer needs. I have another customer who needs a server. This server isn't new but it will easily handle the job. Is there a way to determine what a fair price should be? If anyone here knows based on the…
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Unable to resolve FQDN, hostname works

We are having an issue where computers who are not part of the domain cannot resolve the FQDN of a server (but regular hostname and ip do resolve). The strange thing is that this does work when the computer is added to the network. Our domain name…
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Why do Windows Trusted Domain DNS queries not work on Windows 7?

We have a Windows Server 2003 AD domain, which is named . It is in a two-way trust relationship with another AD domain and a DNS server in each domain is listed as a DNS server for the other domain (that is, I manage and my DNS server has a…
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Sizing disk space for printer spooler in Windows 2003

I have been troubleshooting issues with a print server and am beginning to suspect that it may be due to not enough free HD for the spool directory. The server has about 1GB free on that drive. My system is a W2003 R2 on VMWare ESXi 3.5. From the…
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Bare Metal Restore with Backup Exec 11d on Win 2003

So, I'm looking at a bare metal restore situation with my current setup. Not sure if this is possible, but looking at a hypothetical restore path to bounce off of with some Server Fault gurus ;). As of right now, our DC currently hosts our Exchange…
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Windows 2003 server time reset

We had a situation where the time on a Windows 2003 server was getting set back spontaneously. We discounted the possibility of another computer on the network acting as a time master and causing this to happen. We noticed that the CMOS battery…
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Windows Server 2003 Small Business Server (SBS) not generating crash dump on BSOD

I have a very frustrating issue. Our Windows Server running 2003 SBS SP2 is not generating crash dump files on a BSOD. I am currently troubleshooting an issue where a critical 3rd party service causes a BSOD when we try to start that service. This…
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How to config automatic proxy from DHCP in windows server 2003?

I am running squid proxy, and currently my users are being configured directly to the squid server. I am trying to setup a proxy.pac to simplify the process. The proxy.pac working fine in the network by configuring the configuration URL, but we need…
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EDB log files accumulating on Windows 2003 DC

We have a domain controller that has over 4,000 edb*.log files since 11/29/10. Our other DCs have one file. The kb247715 article discusses how the edb logs work. Clearly something isn't right on the DC; however, there is nothing in the logs to…
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How much memory will PostgreSQL use on Windows?

I have PostgreSQL 9.0 64-bit on Windows Server 2003 64-bit. The system has 8 x 3GHz CPUs and 8GB of memory. How can/should I configure the following settings?: shared_buffers work_mem maintenance_work_mem The database is used for anayltics. Only…
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