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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Coldfusion 503 service unavailable page

Recently one of my websites had ColdFusion stop responding. Instead of any pages, our users got 503 Server Error response. What I want to be able to do is feed an "Offline" page to my users, so they're not staring at a blank screen. I'm using…
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64-bit php timestamp issue

Need to be able to use dates beyond the 32-bit timestamp limit so upgraded our server to Windows Server 2003 64-bit version. And running php 5.2.5 64-bit. However still can't use dates beyond the 32-bit limit. echo strtotime("11-11-2050"); returns…
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Weird three minutes delay for TSQLConnection.Connect with InterBase 7.5

Environment: Delphi 2009 client applications (and one Java), running on Windows 2003 server connecting to InterBase 7.5.1 (another Windows 2003 Server) over dbExpress The Delphi applications log the time to open the TSQLConnection using the…
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ASP.Net error: "Cannot use a leading .. to exit above the top directory"

I'm seeing this error several times an hour on my production site and am not quite sure how to fix it. I've grepped the source code and I am not using "../" anywhere in my code to generate a path. My application is running on IIS6 on Win2003 Server.…
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any way to detect the Antivirus installed on a windows server

I want to find what antivirus in installed on the server. There are four approaches that I have come across till now. There is WMI. But the root/securityCenter and root/securityCenter2 namespaces are not available on the server editions of…
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FTP files in Windows Scripting Host?

What is the recommended way to transfer files via FTP and manage (rename, move, delete) files in an FTP server programmatically in a Windows Scripting Host script file (JavaScript/VBScript)? Preferably without requiring 3rd party ActiveX add-ons…
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Need dpiAware executable to work in Windows XP/2003

I have some Windows Forms applications that need to run on XP/2003/Vista/7/2008/8/2012, and should still look good when the user chooses Large Fonts or a higher DPI. Enabling DPI awareness in the app.manifest works well for Vista and later, but on…
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MSSQL connection from PHP on FreeBSD

As an extension of my question: Remote connect to SQL Server Standard Edition from PHP/FreeBSD I'm trying to get our FreeBSD/Apache/PHP server to be able to query our WinServer2003/SQL-Server-2000 box. Please note that this is not for a public…
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Query EventLog on Windows Server 2003 using C#

I'm now building a Windows Event Log viewer and we have quite a few Window Server 2003 boxes. I'm using EventLogReader class to do the querying, but it requires Vista+ so cannot be run on Windows Server 2003. Although EventLog class is available but…
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Application pool identity in IIS and Integrated security to SQL Server

If I have an ASP.NET web app using impersonation and a SQL Server connectionstring with Integrated Security = true, does the identity of the IIS application pool of the app play any role? Does the identity need to be set to some specific user…
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Converting old and new local times to UTC under Windows XP/Server 2003

My application converts past and present dates from local time to UTC. I need to ensure I will honor any future DST updates to Windows while still correctly handling past dates. The application is written in C++ and is running on Server…
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Using Psexec with Windows Server 2003

I'm trying to run a psexec command to a remote Windows Server 2003 machine. I run the following command: psexec \machinename perfmon.msc -u machineadmin -p adminpassword -i -s The -i and -s flags will allow me to run the GUI for perfmon.msc on the…
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How to run a .cmd file from within PHP and display the results

I need to run a .cmd batch file from within a php script. The PHP will be accessed via an authenticated session within a browser. When I run the .cmd file from the desktop of the server, it spits out some output to cmd.exe. I'd like to route this…
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IIS Error: Cannot connect to the configuration database

After rebooting the Windows 2003 Server with the IIS I receive the follow error message: Cannot connect to the configuration database in the browser. The error occur on different pages and with different clients. that I think it is a server…
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Page hangs when trying to load SQLSRV (PHP5 in IIS6, Windows Server 2003 R2)

I apologise if any of this sounds like a broken record but I've trawled the internet for days and have cross-referenced at least three "how to install PHP 5 with IIS 6" guides but have had no luck whatsoever. I'm trying to configure PHP 5.4 with IIS…
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