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Error Connection to SQL Server using [HOSTNAME]\instance or [FQDN]\Instance, [IP]\instance working

This one's kind of weird, at least to me. I've got MSSQL server 2k5 (STD) installed on Server 2k3 R2 SP2 (on account of some legacy software that doesn't yet support x64 or Server 2008), using ...
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3answers
230 views

Windows Server 2003 becomes inaccessible to certain users / machines

Windows 2003 SP2 file server - no recent network / hardware / software updates suddenly becomes inaccessible to laptop users running Windows 7 Pro. Don't know if this is relevant. Other users on ...
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5answers
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Troubleshooting loss of network connectivity in Windows 2003 - What else to check?

We are facing a weird problem in our data center. Our Backup server (running EMC Networker) loses network connection every alternate day around 3:00 AM (Backup schedule starts at midnight). After 2 ...
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1answer
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Server 2003 and XP Client; Why are HTTP connections being silently dropped

On my network, my edge-router, a windows 2003 r2 server router with all the latest updates, will drop packets, but only under specific circumstances. I have troubleshot and isolated it down to the ...
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2answers
183 views

Win98/DOS losing connections to Server 2003

We recently upgraded from an old Linux server running Samba to Server 2003. All of our clients are Windows 98 virtual machines, and heavily access the server for file services. ~95% of the time, ...
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4answers
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Can ping websites but unable to view them

Windows Server 2003 32-bit. We have moved the server from one office to another, with a new external IP address. The firewall/router is fine as we can connect a laptop to it with a static IP address ...
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5answers
709 views

userfriendly way to test packetloss between 2 remote PCs

I administer a custom-built asp.net web app for a client. This client often complains of the website "hanging" and not completing page loads. I have never once experienced any such behavior with this ...