Ask the Experts
Ask the Experts
Windows systems and network management
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Event log shows DNS error with event ID 5504
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Moving logon scripts out of the domain controller netlogon share
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What does it mean when a site is 'destination host unreachable?'
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Deleting a domain controller from NTDS settings
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How can I reset a workstation account's trust relationship with the domain?
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How do I reset a Windows 2000 administrator password?
An administrator who doesn't have the former admin's password for Windows 2000 wonders if there's a way to reset the password or figure out what it is. Continue Reading
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Can't create shortcuts for programs on my desktop
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Disable System Restore through group policy
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Restoring to a server that's not a domain controller
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How do I find a memory leak on an IIS server?
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Is there a way to use Group Policy to disable Internet access?
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How to remove a child domain
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Why can't I ping the IP address of my Win XP desktop?
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Is there a way to send a popup message to all AD users?
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How can I restrict users from seeing administrative tools?
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How can you set up an internal e-mailing system?
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How can I review the user login history of a particular machine?
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Problems closing Form1 in a two-form VB.NET project
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Speeding up a slow login process
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Problems with the SMS_EXECUTIVE service
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How can users benefit from enabling disk quota on network drives?
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Information about 'TTL' when pinging
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How can I check my virtual memory and RAM usage on Windows XP?
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Getting error 633 when trying to create a dialup connection
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Does the DNS server have to be installed on the domain controller?
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How can I block Internet access on an employee's computer?
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What are the advantages and the disadvantages of using an ISP?
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Error message on SMS 2003 Report Viewer
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Using SQL Server and Terminal Services together
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Can Active Directory also be used as a Patch Management Solution?
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Error message: "unable to establish connection to global catalog server"
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How can I solve this 'cannot find DHCP server' error?
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How do you ping an IP address using VB.NET?
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What's the difference between physical and logical topologies?
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What's the difference between FAT32, FAT16 and NTFS?
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What is a file and print server?
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How do you prevent users from saving to the local hard drive?
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Can I change a SCSI controller without reinstalling the OS?
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Stop a desktop from hanging while applying computer settings
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What does the System Volume Information folder do?
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SMTP service warnings in Event Viewer
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Applying permissions to an Active Directory OU
Learn to troubleshoot issues with assigning permissions to groups in an organizational unit. Continue Reading
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Windows cannot determine user or computer name
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Active Directory migration planning checklist
Planning an Active Directory upgrade or migration? This checklist provides all the key factors to be aware of before you begin. Continue Reading
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How can I use "Logon Workstations" in AD without WINS?
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Advantages and disadvantages of DNS on domain controllers
Expert Paul Hinsberg weighs the pros and cons of installing DNS on domain controllers rather than having separate DNS servers. Continue Reading
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Why can't I access the Internet until disconnected from RRAS?
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What to expect during and after DCPROMO
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What's the best way to move from an old WINS server to a new one?
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How do I change a NetBIOS domain name?
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How can I set up a Linux DNS server to work with AD?
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16 How can I reverse a group policy on a DC?
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Why is the BITS service set to manual?
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Getting intermittent 'destination host unreachable' error from ISA Server
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How LDAP authentication works with AD
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What is the size in bits of a MAC address?
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Can I force ntuser.dat to rename to ntuser.man?
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What is the difference between a workgroup and a domain?
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Automatically delete locally cached roaming profiles
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How can I increase the ARP cache size in Windows?
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How do I kill a process on a Win2k server that can't be accessed from Task Manager?
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What does "%" mean in a term like %Homepath%?
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What is the difference between user mode and kernel mode in NT 4.0?
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Problem getting patches with Windows Update
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Can I (as a user) stop other users from printing to a specific network printer?
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How do I configure DNS in a child domain?
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What does "TTL expired in transit" mean?
Our expert demystifies the Time to Live (TTL) error and gives advice about what do you when you encounter it. Continue Reading
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What is the difference between Functional Specification and Design Specification?
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How many single-spaced typewritten pages will fit on a 3.5" floppy disk?
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Can I save a Word file as a bitmap or jpeg?
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How can I monitor SMTP traffic coming from all machines?
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How can we find the functions prototypes from DLL?
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What is the difference between 16-bit and 32-bit operating systems?
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What is the difference between TCP/IP and NetBEUI?
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What are the differences among SGML, HTML and XML?
Markup languages came into use in the 1980s as a method to markup electronic documents and gained prominence with the creation of the World Wide Web. Continue Reading
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DHCP on the gateway or server? And is PPTP the best way to perform offsite administration?
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How can we remove vendor/company logos from PC bootup screens?
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Should I transfer the FSMO role with DCPROMO or MMC?
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Will a switch improve network performance in my network?
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Can the variables %homepath% and %username%. be used in a login script file?
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What CPU scheduling algorithms are used in Windows?
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How do I restore system.ini on Windows 98?
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Roaming profiles don't update, can't access user profile folders
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Methods to improve CPU utilization
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How do I create an MS-DOS boot partition with HPFS or NTFS?
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of the FAT32 file system?
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Stack overflows versus stack overruns
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Do all hub ports have MAC addresses associated with them?
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Can't use Windows authentication. Will anonymous authentication work?
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What does HKEY mean or stand for?
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Why is the TTL for a loopback (127.0.0.1) 128 seconds, and yet it is relatively small (48 seconds) f
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I can ping the SMTP server IP, but cannot send mail through it. What am I doing wrong?
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What's the difference between 16 bit and 32 bit memory addressing?
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Why is the pagefile for crash dump failing?
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Why am I getting an error when I try to run the Wizard in the AD migration tool?