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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How to use remote browsers for js-test-driver task on Jenkins?

We use Jenkins for the continuous integration of .NET web applications with NAnt/NUnit for the .NET tests. Jenkins is configured with 9 slaves (all of which are Windows Server 2003) that runs many builds along with their automated tests. We are…
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How to make ASP.NET MVC work in IIS 6?

I have installed .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and ASP.NET MVC CTP in a Windows Server 2003 R2 box, but my ASP.NET MVC site still doesn't work on that server. I was searching the internet and IIS for a solution and I noted that I can't choose other .NET…
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Is gcServer true by default on server editions of Windows?

I have a .Net 4.0 Win Forms app that I run on two boxes, one is a Win7 box, one is a Win Server 2k3 box. The app on the 2k3 box has 2-3 intermittent hangs throughout the day that appear to be large garbage collections, while the win7 box never has…
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Installing Microsoft Office 2007 on a Server Core Machine

I have a windows service (currently running under Windows 2003 Server) that needs to interact with a few word documents using automation. This Service needs to move to a new server. Is it possible to install and invoke word documents in a Windows…
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How to move/copy Windows 2003 Server scheduled task to Windows 2012 Server?

We are replacing an old 2003 server with 2012 server. We have 50+ scheduled task on the 2003 server. How can I export/copy the scheduled task from 2003 server and import those into 2012 server?
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Deadlock when logging of using Simple MAPI TEmail component

We are experiencing an intermittent deadlock using a freeware MAPI/SMAPI implementation. I doubt the implementation is at fault but perhaps changing the logon flags to MapiLogon or a configuration setting on Exchange could resolve this. Result :=…
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iis: Integrated Windows authentication still pops up account info login

I have a website running on a Windows 2003 server on IIS 6, serving pages for a LAN where everybody is working with a domain account. On other machines this works fine, no-one has to login to the website, the dynamic scripts pick-up the account-name…
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Are GUIDs generated on Windows 2003 safe to use as session IDs?

My web application operates only over SSL and sets a time limited cookie for each user after they successfully login with a username and password. The biggest weaknesses in the system are one compromising an existing user's cookie. And two guessing…
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Find number of Physical CPU Sockets in server machine

I have a system with 4 Physical Processor sockets. Running Windows 2003, I would like to programmatically find the number of sockets using C++. Is this possible and if so, how?
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Change the default SqlCommand CommandTimeout with configuration rather than recompile?

I am supporting an ASP.Net 3.5 web application and users are experiencing a timeout error after 30 seconds when trying to run a report. Looking around the web it seems it's easy enough to change the timeout in the code, unfortunately I'm not able…
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Delphi 7: Any differences between compiling under Win XP or Windows Server 2003?

I have a legacy application to maintain. Currently, releases are built from one particular developper workstation, that is a bad, bad habit. I asked for a virtualized build server to automate the build from one centralized environment. The only…
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How can I kill a process, using VBScript, started by a particular user

I have multiple users running attachemate on a Windows 2003 server. I want to kill attachemate.exe started by user_1 without killing attachemate.exe started by user_2. I want to use VBScript.
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How to install msvcr71.dll correctly

how do i install msvcr71.dll on windows server 2003, which is needed by my software. I really don't want to copy this dll to system32 folder, because it may break this target system.
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Windows Service or Task Scheduler for maintenance tasks?

I have a C# Application that does some maintenance tasks. It needs to run roughly every hour, although it's not too important if it's a bit off. And it has to run on a Win2003 Server with no one logged in. Basically I wonder if I should write a…
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PHP warnings cause script to halt on IIS running FastCGI

We are migrating to a new server running Windows 2003 and IIS 6. When my PHP code runs, it has a warning on a particular line (which I'm expecting at the moment but will fix shortly). However, when it hits the warning, it immediately halts…
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