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    How can i find out which directories i'm sharing w/o going thru each directory?

    right click my computer left click manage click the + on shared folders left click on shares. Mobilecommand
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    Do most of you have a dedicated server for your home network or just a simple workgroup

    I run a network at home but mostly for learning.. I run a custom server with dual 2.8 xeon's with HT, 6 gig of memory and a bunch of u360 drives, etc.. I run vmware on it and host about 8 servers on it.. The servers range from mutiple dc's, clustered exchange/sql servers, citrix servers, and...
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    Upgrading to 2003 Domain controller

    howdy What you need to do is update your 2000 ad schema to 2003. Install a new 2003 server, dc promo it into your AD. If you are taking your other dc's off line then transfer your fsmo roles off you 2000 dc's to 2003 dc's.. once that is done dcpromo your old 2000 dc's out of AD and done...
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    How difficult is it to "upgrade the domain schema" from Windows 2000 to 2003?

    you can have as many 2003 member server as you want but if you plan on running a 2003 DC and other servers that need it you need to update the schema..
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    How difficult is it to "upgrade the domain schema" from Windows 2000 to 2003?

    Howdy, Basically your contractor is mostly blowing smoke in some areas or he is not very good.. Now mind you if your schema upgrade does go bad it can cause issues domain wide but there are a few items you can do to help minimize issues.. First of all you want to migrate to 2003 AD.. There...
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    Problem Mapping Drive with W2K

    Disconnected J: \\Server\d$\inetpub\ftproot\naidat Microsoft Windows Network I think the above is your problem If i take a gander that D$ and the share you are trying to connect to are the same server if you do a net use /delete * then try connecting to the problem share it should work...
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    Problem Mapping Drive with W2K

    also like i said make sure her account is not disabled or locked out..
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    Problem Mapping Drive with W2K

    make sure her account is not disabled or locked out in the test domain.. also rememer when you hit a share most restrictive wins so may sure she does not belong to a group that has deny access..
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    Slow network performance with 2000 server...

    Gonna need a little more info on this one.. What hardware is the server running, are you on a hub or switch, what kind of data are you moving etc... There are so many factors that could cause slow performance such as, drivers, hub vs switch, speed of drive HD, multi tasking on the server...
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    Remote Desktop Connection Printer redirection not working XP/2003svr

    RDP will not remap usb.. Maybe in newer versions of the client but none that i am aware of right now.. What you can do if you are on the local Lan of the servers you can just add the printer via a unc path
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    Wireless Network Settings

    it does i just find the above faster and with the above .bat file i can have one for any nic card just not the wireless..
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    Interesting DNS/DHCP problem..

    i would make sure they the pc you are working on does not have the dns server staic on there ip settings.. Also if you do a ipconfig /all make sure the ip address for the dhcp server is the ip address of your server not someone elses.. If it is try to telnet, web or nbtstat -A 192.168.x.x the...
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    Remote Desktop Connection Printer redirection not working XP/2003svr

    install the driver in the windows servers.. 99 percent of the time in all terminal server, citrix, rdp sessions printers are always a issue of driver.. The bigger question is how is the printer attached to your pc, USB, Printer port, or network rdp will not remap usb, its its printer...
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    Wireless Network Settings

    i run into the same problem with my lapper but i take a diffrent approach.. In windows 2000/2003/xp microsoft implement something called netsh.. Command line way of accessing and modifying your network settings... I ended up makeing two batch files for my pc so when i was at home i ran the...
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    Can ICS handle 40+ connections no prob?

    Windows 2000 / 2003 is lic 2 ways Per seat and per server Per seat means you need a lic for every user that could connect to your server but your lic can get applied to all servers in your netowork " 200 users and 10 server = 200 lics" Per server means you need a lic for every...