Windows Servers

Any disk utilities to correct overly long file names/folder paths?
Hello boe, Never had problems when using robocopy, either with longer then 255 characters or even with corrupted files. But as you said that also this tools fail i have no idea. Normally i suggest to use that tools exactly for that reason. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "A... 2 Mar 2010 10:08

symbolic link not working via share ?
I have a shared folder on a win2008 server, which has several folders and files which are read for domain users, and also a symbolic link to another folder on the same drive which has again read permission for domain users. However when I access the share and navigate down to the symbolic link and click on that ... 28 Feb 2010 17:51

Allow domain users to update existing apps...
Hi, Does it exist a policy or a way to allow domain users to update existing applications but not install new ones? With Vista it appears that 'normal' domain users are not even allowed to update Flash or Java. How do we grant them priviledges to do that kind of housekeeping while still not having permissi... 26 Feb 2010 06:22

recover domain user password without the domain.
Hello, I have a client that has a company laptop, and he has forgotten his password. Now the laptop was part of an old business with a domain that no longer exists. What can I do to recover the password. I have access to the local admin account, but not the domain admin account on the laptop. Domain was with... 28 Feb 2010 17:51

GPO and Starting Services
I set up a GPO to set the start of the Automatic Update service to Automatic. As soon as I configure the GPO (in GPEDIT) It prompts for Security and I clicked OK. When applied this caused the security to be set on the target computer such that the service cannot be started. 1) I see now that If I click cancel on ... 26 Feb 2010 03:05

RDP 6.1
We commonly use RDP to connect to remote machines. Our domains have a one way trust. Domain B trusts Domain A. Using RDP 6.1 it seems as if this becomes an issue when trying to connected from a computer on domain A to computer B. When I try and use an account on domain B to connect to computer on Domain B it wor... 24 Feb 2010 17:45

Win 2008 R2 File Server has "automatic" defrag every afternoon? NOT scheduled...
Hi all, I am getting an event log event 258 every afternoon at 2pm "Defrag analysis" on every drive on this W2K8 R2 box. The event is: "event 258" "The disk defragmenter successfully completed analysis on drivename (X:)" This is not the regular Defrag scheduled task, which I have set up to run on the wee... 24 Feb 2010 14:19

Hyper V.
Hi, I have setup and installed the Hyper V on a Windows Server, created a virtual machine and installed the os. I can not get the virtual machine to connect to the network, I have followed some notes on setting up a network card but it wont connect to my network at all. Any ideas. ... 25 Feb 2010 09:10

Configure a MS FTP to validate users of an ADAM
HI! how can I mount an ms ftp authenticating users createds in ADAM Thanks ... 24 Feb 2010 05:21

Logon with Microsoft Fingerprint Reader
Hi, Can we use MS Fingerprint Reader (USB) to log on to win2008 and win2003 servers (running virtually, so it will be through the management console on a client computer). Thanks for comments and our options to enable fingerprint or smartcard auth in this scenario. regards jake ... 24 Feb 2010 04:16