Windows Servers

try this
There?s a way to reset the password and it doesn?t involve reformatting and reinstalling Windows. The solution is called Windows Password Reset 7.0. It can reset almost all Windows passwords in seconds. It is a great windows password recovery tool: http://www.resetwindowspassword.com . you can log in again just in one ... 21 Dec 2009 04:48

Problem reading encrypted mails
Guys can anyone provide a suggested solution to this problem. I have a few clients who cannot open encrypted emails. When I try to open the message, I get the a dialog box with the following "Cannot open this item. Your digital ID name cannot be found by the underlying security system" Any ideas? ... 19 Dec 2009 14:55

denying access to default users/all users folders
Hi, we use delprof to delete inactive profiles. However users started storing files in all users/default users. Can we use GPO to prevent access? These are standard users. Thanks ... 17 Dec 2009 12:38

KB973917
I have noticed there are issues with the KB973917 update for Windows Server 2003. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/2009746 We have experienced a couple of these issues and uninstalled the update. It looks like the only fix is to install SP2 again if we want the update. Does anyone know of any ... 15 Dec 2009 02:29

Volume Shadow Copy - how to test to make sure new copies are being created?
Hey folks, I am running into a problem where several of our Windows 2003 servers are no longer creating shadow copies on their shares. The Volume Shadow Copy service kicks off periodically like it should, but there are no new copies being created (there is plenty of disk space available). However, I'm not neces... 14 Dec 2009 16:37

One or multiple GPO's
Does anyone know if it speeds up logins to combine all your GPO settings into a single large GPO - or separate them out into smaller GPOs e.g. for MS Office etc. The settings will apply to all users... Thanks Hector ... 14 Dec 2009 16:37

XP Pro/Server 2008 GPO
Running Server 2008 with a Vista and XP client. I've enforced group policies. The Vista client is fine, but I get an error with the XP Client. RSoP data is invalid. Likely causes are, data is corrupt, data has been deleted or data has never been created. Details: invalid namespace. I cannot figure this out... 14 Dec 2009 03:23

Repair WMI on x64 server 2003 r2
Hi all, I was installing SCOM 2007R2 agents, and on of my servers answered: The Operations Manager Server could not execute WMI Query "(null)" on computer server.domain.com. Operation: Agent Install Install account: DOMAIN\admin Error Code: 80004005 Error Description: Unspecified error So I wanted to rebuild... 15 Dec 2009 05:42

no internet -
I have got them to manually reboot all routers switch and pix and also the server they are able to send and receive email cannot ping server or term server I am able to connect to there gateway server, but am unable to connect to the server from there gateway server has a internet connection can ping... 8 Dec 2009 20:53

"Not a master browser" warning
We have a Windows network with both Windows 2000 & 2003 servers, clients are XP with some Macs that authenticate logons within AD. Recently our "System" log file became full with the same error & warning messages over & over, they are: The warning message is: "The browser has received a server announcement i... 7 Dec 2009 18:31