Questions tagged [windows-server-2003]

Windows Server 2003 (sometimes referred to as Win2K3) is a server operating system produced by Microsoft, introduced on 24 April 2003.

Windows Server 2003 (sometimes referred to as Win2K3) is a server operating system produced by Microsoft, introduced on 24 April 2003. An updated version, Windows Server 2003 R2, was released to manufacturing on 6 December 2005. Its successor, Windows Server 2008, was released on 4 February 2008.

According to Microsoft, Windows Server 2003 is more scalable and delivers better performance than its predecessor, Windows 2000.

On 13 July 2010, Windows Server 2003's mainstream support expired and the extended support phase began. During the extended support Phase, Microsoft continues to provide security updates; however, free technical support, warranty claims, and design changes are no longer being offered. Extended support is expected to last until 14 July 2015.

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PowerShell window preventing shutdown

If I have a PowerShell window (at the PowerShell command prompt) on display it prevents the computer shutting down. I.e. if I open a PowerShell window and then try to shutdown the server, I get the End Program popup saying Windows cannot end this…
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ExpressionEngine not functioning properly after hosting transfer

Just transferred an Expression Engine web site to a new hosting environment. New server is Windows 2003 Standard running PHP 5.2.44 via FastCGI and IIS 6. Other PHP sites run fine on this server (WordPress, CMSMadeSimple, etc.). This is the first…
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How to deploy a multiple project solution to a production server

This might sound like an obvious question but I can't seem to find the answer online. I have an MVC solution that is made up of a few projects eg: Data project, Domain project, Service project, Web project, etc. I am now ready to publish the…
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Windows Server 2003 NLB drainstop notification on stop

How would I drainstop one of the nodes in a MS NLB via command line and then get notified of its completion? If there's no way to callback, is there an easy way to poll?
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Command prompt not working after installing TortoiseSVN

I have just installed that latest stable release of TortoiseSVN on Windows Server 2003 and restarted the server. I can create a new repository using the right-click menu in windows explorer but using "svn" anything from the command prompt…
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Performance degradation of CreateFile API

I have an application that is restoring lots of data from a library. We are using Windows server 2003. As the process progresses we are seeing performance degradation. I added some performance counters for 4 of my major tasks, Create file, Read from…
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how to deploy an asp.net 3.5 project?

Which is the best way to deploy an asp .net 3.5 project? I have a production server with IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003. I found that there are several to deploy it, but I think that xcopy deployment is OK for now. However, I don't found the right…
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How to hide complete volume?

Using Windows Server 2003 in a multi-user environment (via Remote Desktop, using it as an application server), how to mount a (preferably encrypted) volume in a way, that won't show up on any other user's desktop? Tried, and failed…
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Wordpress permalinks are ignoring Unicode characters in URL

There is some problem with pretty permalinks of wordpress on my server. My permalink structure is : /index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/ it ignores the unicode characters on the URL. for example, if I use www.mydomain.com/2012/01/سلام ,…
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How would I run a java process as a Windows Server 2003 service?

I'm looking for the best way to run a java app as a Windows Server 2003 service. What are my options, and what's the basic general process for going about doing this? Thanks much.
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Max Amount / LIMIT of ASP.NET sites on one server

My question is simple. About 2 years ago we began migrating to ASP.NET from ASP Classic. Our issue is we currently have about 350 sites on a server and the server seems to be getting bogged down. We have been trying various things to improve…
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How can I get a drive list from a batch file?

I'm trying to get a list of all my mapped drives for a system upgrade and would like to get this info via a batch file. How can I do this? For Bonus points: How can I script the mapping of these drives on the new server?
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How to track down ServerXMLHTTP memory leaks / calls?

We are monitoring the execution of database job using a in-house tool which requires an URL call after the job has been finished. For our SQL jobs we use custom function (to be found here) that creates an MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.3.0 Object to send the…
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Connect IIS 7 to remote computer with IIS 6

I try to connect IIS 7 (win7 x64) to the remote computer on IIS 6 (win srv 2003). I downloaded and installed IIS Manager for Remote Administration because It excluded in win7 by default. But my attempts to connect fail with message: "Could not…
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Deploying ASP.NET MVC to windows server 2003?

Short Version I am a beginner program and my experience with launching programs is essentially hitting f5 in visual studio. How do I deploy an ASP.NET MVC app on a windows 2k3 server? When deployed, how would I access/run the site? Long Version: I…
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