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    Web Server IIS how to download EXE file

    I just set up a Windows 2003 webserver running IIS 6. I set up all my websites without a problem. Just one thing, I have an exe file that will not allow me to download it. Say the exe file is here: www.test.com/vpn/vpn.exe. I just can't download it. I can browse to www.test.com/vpn and see the...
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    MS Exchange - did email come through or not?

    Someone said they sent my boss an email but my boss says he didn't get it. Is there anything on our exchange server that we can check? The message is from an outside company to our internal exchange server. One of the people who was cc'd on the email later forwarded it to my boss. Is there...
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    Good model?

    Good model?
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    How to keep IT help desk workers busy during the day?

    I manage 3 people that do mainly helpdesk type work. We get the trouble calls, and they go out and fix the problem. This is great for when the calls come in, but when we don't have too many calls, it's tough to find stuff for them to do. Any ideas of what I can have them do? (I know it's a weird...
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    How to restore IAS to default configuration

    I need to restore my IAS configuration to the default settings. I have messed around with some policies and clients. Now i would like to start fresh again. I uninstall IAS, restart, install IAS, restart, open IAS and it holds the previous config. Anyone have an idea?
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    MS Exchange - How to search the server for keywords

    I'm being asked if we're able to search through our exchange 2003 server for certain keywords. I have no idea how to do this, or if it can even be done. Does anyone know of a way to search the server for messages containing certain words? Maybe it's something easy that i'm missing.
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    Hipaa Compliant Networking/File Sharing

    I have a question, not sure this is the right forum but correct me if i'm wrong. Does anyone have any good resources for being Hipaa Compliant when it comes to file sharing? We have this one huge file share on one of our servers, and the VP would like to meet about this shares hipaa compliance...
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    How will VMWare help me?

    Hello, I have a conference call with a vendor who wants to set me up with VMWare. I only know the basics of VMWare. How will this help me? We have an all windows network, about 15 servers, mainly filesharing but some sql database stuff and web apps done with asp.net. I don't know why we would...
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    Who do you Sys Admins use for Vendors?

    Where you do guys buy your hardware? We currently deal with CDW and Staples only because we have accounts with them and they're real easy to order from. Prices may not be the best tho. Is there any company you guys are happy with where you can set up and account and be set?
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    How to give DHCP lease to multiple subnets on multiple vlans

    I have a question about DHCP. I'm trying to come up with a new addressing scheme with multibple vlans, then multiple subnets within each vlan. For example: I'll have one for my infrastructure management devices, and within there i'll have 3 subnets(one subnet is for one part of the campus, the...
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    Restricting Domain Admin to files/file share?

    I have a question regarding domain admins. I have a server here with very sensitive info. The files and folders themselves have very restrictive permissions for the end users. I need to find a way to restrict even the Domain Admins from this info. Right now a domain admin doesn't have...
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    Laptop LCD very dark and dim

    My friend has a laptop about 1.5 years old and the LCD went very dim to the point where you can barely tell it's even on. I've tried to adjust the brightness and all that good stuff, but it is dark! I hooked it up to an external monitor and everything is fine. So my guess is the LCD is bad...
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    Other users in security log event viewer

    I have a few different users show up in my security log of my event viewer. I know if someone tries to c$ it will show a logon/logoff entry for that user. No one should be doing that though, and the users who show up in the viewer, I doubt would even know how to do that. Why else would other...
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    Size of HTML page on load

    I want to have an html page open up in the users browser and automatically adjust it's size to a set number of pixels. The user won't be clicking on a link, they will be addressed directly to the page. For example, If i were going to google.com, the google page would open and be only 200px...
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    IIS Server 2003 Problems after windows updates

    I have a windows server 2003 machine. It was really behind on updates, so just recently I applied the service pack 1 update and all the updates after that. It's up to date with the updates now. It's also running IIS 6. The Problem is that after a few days (about 3), the server does not...
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    Cisco PIX/VPN problem

    I have a cisco pix 515 that accepts about 10 vpn tunnels. on the other end are 3com office connect vpn routers. 9 out of the 10 don't have a problem and stay connected. the 10th one will not connect at all. I've tried different office connects so i know that's not the problem. Which tells...
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    Cisco Pix Question

    My company wants to move the web hosting to internal. We have numerous domain names(mostly being hosted by a third party company right now), we also have the web server running a few sites internal. My question has to do with running multiple websites on one server. I don't know how to allow...
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    Network Upgrade/Reconfiguring

    After a month of being at my job, I've been put to the task of really looking into our network. We have about 300-350 PC's and VoIP. We are spread out over a wide area, but still physically connected(for example, we lease a fiber line on the telephone poles to connect to the other side of the...
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    ASP.NET won't email form

    I have a form that's pretty simple, it just emails someone with a message and what not. The user says that about 2 weeks ago the form just stopped working. So I took a look at the code, noticed it was pointed to a old email server (which was taken offline more than 2 weeks but that's a...
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    Ghost Bootup Problem

    Hey Guys, I have a network book disk made from barts bootdisks. I've used it in the past, and it works great. Except now, I'm trying to ghost a gx520 dell. After booting up to dos, load the network drivers, map a network drive, run ghost.exe from the networked drive, ghost comes up, after...
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    How to recover a mailbox from Exchange 2003

    Hey guys, I have an exchange server on 2k3, we back it up every night with Veritas (symantec) Backup Exec. If I wanted to recover a deleted email(after it was permanently deleted) what do I need to restore from Veritas? Is there a certain file that holds all the mailboxes or certain...
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    Laptop won't turn on, LED comes on when plugged in

    what's up guys...i have a gateway solo 1450 laying around....when it's plugged in, the LED in the front turns red but won't turn on.....i tried turning it on with it plugged in and battery plugged in, tried it with just the battery plugged in, tried it plugged in without the battery....nothing...
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    No sound, drivers are installed but says problem w/ device

    sup guys...i have an old pc with xp pro and onboard sound....when i go to play one of the sample music files from xp...it tells me windows media player cannot play this file because there is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound installed. I know it's installed because...
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    Win XP on a 500mHz with 256mb?

    what's up guys....a friend of mine has a p3 500mHz with 256mb and windows 98. for some reason they NEED to have XP on their computer, the only thing they will ever do is internet(through dialup) and once in a blue moon they'll write a paper using office. Is it even worth trying to put XP on...
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    pc hardwired to wrt54g can't get past router

    Hey guys, I have a pc hardwired to a wrt54g, it gets a dhcp lease and anything but just can't get past the router. I can ping the routers local address, but if i try to ping google.com, i get no reply's. DNS does work because it resolves google.com to it's IP address. Any ideas of the top of...
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    Loading OS problem

    i have a computer that i'm fixing for a friend...when i got it, he said the motherboard would need to be changed...and he took out the cmos battery. So first thing i did was put in a cmos battery, and it booted up right away. so i let it sit for about 4 hrs, came back, and it turned off. So i...
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    Laptop hard drive shot?

    hey guys....my sister has a laptop with an interesting problem....one day it froze on her...so she shut it down cold. Next thing she knows it can't load up to windows...it was stuck in an infinite loop. Since she was away at college, she brought it to the IT people there. They said they...
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    Any deal on dell 700m, coupons, anything?

    Hey..i customized the following laptop through dell.com. It's under "small business" and i was wondering if there were any other coupons i could use. any help would be awesome...thanks guys There is an automatic 350$ off so the total is something like 1150 or so. Good deal or not...
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    600m good or bad?

    I haven't seen a 600m in person. Anyone like or dislike it? i was thinking about buying one off of ebay for about 1000, some even say they come with a 4 year warranty. It would be a centrino 1.6,512, 40 or 60 gig, the specs would be pretty decent. I'm not sure about buying it from ebay...
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    Averatec OR dell 700m

    SHould i get this: http://www.samsclub.com/eclub/main_shop...38929:-41405:-41408:873129%20&fid=1S10 or the dell 700m. I should be able to get the 700m for around 1100 correct? Which machine do you guys like better? Any help is appreciated....thanks guys. Joe