Questions tagged [windows-server-2000]
Windows Server 2000 is one of the four editions of the Windows 2000 operating system line, and is intended for use on server systems. It is the most basic server edition available in the Windows 2000 line. Released on 17 February 2000, it is the successor to Windows NT 4.0 Server, and was succeeded by Windows Server 2003.
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Publish from Visual Studio to website causes "access denied"
I published a website using VS2005 to Win2k Server. No errors were generated.
When I visit the page, I see this error:
Failed to start monitoring changes to 'E:\path\to\bin' because access is denied....
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How do I add a Windows 2003 Domain Controller to a Windows 2000 Forest?
I currently have a Windows 2000 Active Directory and Domain. I want to move to 2008 but I believe I have to go to 2003 first.
I thought the best way to start was to add the 2003 server as a domain ...
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Host sFlow on older Windows servers
Is it possible to install Host sFlow to Windows Server 2000 and Windows server 2003?
I've setup Ganglia on one host to monitor a (mostly Windows) environment and while sFlow works on Win 2k8 machines,...
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Is it possible to do an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2003?
I have a machine (virtual machine) running Windows 2000
For PCI compliance, this machine needs to be ugraded to 2003 or above.
I have mounted a Windows 2003 ISO file as the CD Drive in VMWare, ...
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Cannot log onto Domain after demotion of primary DC
I had two Domain Controllers (one for 2k, and another 2k3). The 2k server was the primary controller with all the FSMO roles. I transferred those roles, as well as the GC to the 2k3 server. I ...
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Using XCACLS to set permissions with long filenames
We need to set permissions on users' directories on a Windows 2000 Server. This happens regularly enough and they must also be set in the order below or the backups crap out. This is the basic script:
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Can a Windows 2000 SP4 Domain Controller authenticate in a WIndows 2008 R2 Domain after I transfer FSMO from 2000 to 2008?
I upgraded my Windows 2000 domain functionality to 2008 R2. Made my 2008 R2 machines domain controllers. Replication is working.
Eventually I will demote the 2000 servers. At the moment, the ...
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Lock down or limit user access on Windows Server 2000/2003?
I am looking for a way to severely restrict user account access on Windows servers. Is there a way to programmatically do this? I have found a few options like forcing a user to start in a program ...
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Windows SMTP server suggestions? [closed]
My ancient mail server machine crapped out a few days ago. I cobbled
together another machine from spare parts and the bone pile, which
included reformatting the existing disk and installing a fresh ...
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Safely remove a drive from eSATA hotswapable enclosure?
I have recently installed a Rosewill RSV-S5 eSATA RAID array on a Windows 2000 Server. I'm not using any RAID features - it is configured as 5 discrete drives (JBOD).
The system is based on the ...
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Windows 2000 Active Directory Global Catalog servers and Infrastructure Master role
I have been rereading some sections of "Active Directory Bible" by Curt Simmons in preparation for some machine replacement and changes to our windows 2000 active directory infrastructure. It seems ...
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Windows 2000 Server Auto-Reboot Script
I'm running a legacy network app on an antiquated server OS(Win2k Web Server) running off-site. The app is a commercial(i.e. I don't have the source) product that's been discontinued by the developer ...
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Windows 2000 Server Recovery after HDD crash
I have here a Windows 2000 Server that I am desperately trying to resurrect after a HDD crash.
The HDD crashed with the Seagate BSY Bug. After unblocking the firmware via the TTL/Serial port, we ...
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Install Windows 2000 Server on new Dell hardware
I'll be contacting Dell as well with this question but I was wondering if anyone has had any experience installing Windows 2000 Server on a new Dell Rack server? I'm looking at either the Dell ...
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Can I replace a failed RAID disk with a used spare?
I have a Dell PowerEdge 2650 with hardware Raid - two drives in Raid 1, four drives in Raid 5. Originally, all six drives were the same size, but a while back I upgraded the Raid 5 array and kept the ...
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Force Windows 2000 Server to shut down using a Script rather than show "safe to turn off"
I am trying to use a script (kindly provided by Evan Anderson in another thread) to shut down a couple of Windows 2000 Servers which run our Cisco Unity system, in the event that our environmental ...
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Configure DNS Zone to Forward for any non-existant hosts
Not sure if this is possible, but in my head, it sounds reasonable to be able to do. I'm just not sure how...
We have our company domain on our internal DNS servers (company.com), but the domain is ...
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Run shutdown script on a Domain Server to shut down Windows 2000 servers in a different workgroup?
We have two Windows 2000 servers which run our Cisco Call Manager software. The servers are in a workgroup. We also have one Windows 2000 server running Cisco Unity which is part of our main domain,...
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Search Files (Preferably with index) on Windows 2000 Server
I have many files on a windows server 2000 machine that is setup to act as a networked disk drive, is there anyway I can index the files and make that index available as a search to more people than ...
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Can you link several machines with FreeDOS to a Windows 2000 server on a LAN?
Have you installed / used FreeDOS on a server environment? Can you link them to a Windows 2000 server?
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Enabling bidirectonal support for a shared printer
We have 2 pooled HP LaserJet 9050 printer on our network (using the PostScript drivers). Users connect to it via our print server, which runs Windows 2000 Server. I am unable to enable bidrectonal ...
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How to check windows domain user status?
I have a server running windows 2000 right now, will upgrade to 2003 pretty soon. Is there a way to check the user status and pc status?
For example,
If the user is idle
If the PC is locked
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Obtain port names & associated IP addresses on W2K Print Server
I hope someone can help, my brain is fried! In W2K3, I can use prnmngr.vbs and get absolutely everything I need from the print server to list installed queues, port names, driver details, IP ...
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WinSCP from Windows 2000 server to Windows 2016 OpenSSH server refuses to start shell/command
I have a Windows 2000 server that I installed WinSCP 4.4.0 on, and a Windows 2016 server that I installed an OpenSSH server on.
I can ssh into the Windows 2016 server fine from Linux, as well as from ...
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Windows 2000 Server failed drive recovery
Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations for good data recovery software for a Windows 2000 Server. The most important drive recently failed and while there was a backup, it was two weeks ...
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switching ISPs - what do I need to change on the windows server?
I have a windows 2000 server that is the domain controller and also the DHCP server for our network. It is connected to a router. The router is connected to the connection from the ISP. The router ...
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Sound on Windows 2000 Server
We have still some Windows 2000 Server / Advanced Server machines running.
Is it possible to install audio service or something? It does not seem to have sound capabilities (like the Windows 2000 ...
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Logon Failure: the target account name is incorrect after making a ghost image of a server
I recently replaced a failing SCSI drive in a Windows 2000 server with an IDE drive. I made an image of the SCSI drive and Ghosted it. The purpose of the machine was to give out DHCP at one location ...
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mounting a windows software raid volume in linux
i have a windows 2000 server box with 6 drives in it configured as RAID 5 using windows dynamic volumes. windows will not boot.
is it possible to mount this volume using linux? i looked at dmraid but ...
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Repeated SMB QUERY_PATH_INFO Packets for Windows file share
This is related to my previous question here, but I have narrowed it down and want to open another one.
I have windows 2000 server on its own domain, there is no trust between the clients domain and ...
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IIS Not serving some documents to some users / locations
I have a complicated problem that I will try to explain.
We have a portal based website that is accessible from outside of our organisations infrastructure via username and password. Certain types of ...
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windows 2000 freezing during large disk write
We have a windows 2000 sp4 server which freezes up for about 1 minutes while its web-app does a ~500mb write operation.
I can see the webapp start to do I/O activity (through process explorer) then ...
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How to tell what service pack for Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 is installed?
We have ancient Windows 2000 Server box running Commerce Server 2000. I'm trying to determine what service pack the Commerce Server has and I don't see any way to do that from the Management Console. ...
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Upgrading from very ancient AD server (server 2000) to Server 2012 R2 Essentials
We currently have an Active Directory system based around 2 Windows Server 2000 servers. We would like to replace this with a Server 2012 R2 Essentials based AD / file server.
Since we cannot simply ...
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Windows 2000 Server Can Only Connect to Windows Server 2012 Share Through IP Address
Server1 = Windows Server 2000
Server2 = Windows Server 2012
I am trying to view a list of available printers on a Windows Server 2012 machine (Server2) from a Windows 2000 server (Server1). I am ...
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"Error 53" with local LAN machines after VPN session on server
I have a Windows 2000 server with a Windows 7 client that occasionally gets "error 53" when accessing the server by name (net view \\server). It still works by IP address (net view \\192.168.0.1).
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How to Examine Virtual Memory Fragmentation on Windows 2000?
Is there a method to examine the virtual address space of a specific process to examine if that process is under going virtual memory fragmentation? I know it sounds like something I shouldn't be ...
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Windows 2003 Domain - No Screensaver Tab visible on XP Clients (GPO Issue)
i have the following problem with our Windows 2003 infrastructure:
Environment:
There are two AD controllers running Windows 2003 Enterprise and some memberservers.
Our network consists of some ...
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File downloads finish early
When downloading files from our web server often files will only download files part of the way, then end as if they finished downloading leaving a partial file. Has anyone heard of this issue or know ...
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RDP behind "black box" router/gateway stopped working
Let me begin by describing this (weird?) network configuration...
Two organizations sharing an office: one has a large network with Win2k3 Server Domain Controller, which seems to intercept inbound ...
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Unable to connect to sharedfax error
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I'm running Windows SmallBusinessServer 2000 on a machine with a 56k modem for sending outgoing faxes via the Microsoft Shared Fax Service. I also have a Windows 2003 Enterprise server ...
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Obfuscated Account Names in Windows Computer Management / Groups
So our security auditors sent me an email indicating there were a few AD groups and accounts in the administrators group of one of our servers that should not have admin access to the machine in ...
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Exchange server crashes because of large email
I got a problem with a old exchange server, where a user tried to send a 750mb email with a lot of images in it.
After he did that, the server stops responding. A reboot helps for a short time, but ...
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Is the volume shadow copy service (VSS) available on Windows 2000?
Two applications we use have been crashing whenever an hourly backup kicks off on our file server. The server is running Windows 2000, and lacks the volume shadow copy service.
Sounds to me like a ...
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Virtual machine shows no network adapter
I had a an old Lotus/Domino server (R5), I just virtualized. It ran Windows 2000 server. I had to use Vmware Converter v3.x to create the vm because it was the only one I could find that could ...
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Why does explorer.exe on Windows Server 2000 rise to 99% CPU when opening "My Computer"?
I have a Windows 2000 Server machine and every time I try to open "My Computer", the CPU jumps to 99% . I have to kill explorer.exe and restart it for the computer to resume normal operation (until I ...
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Active Directory books
I'm just a newbie in servers, can anyone tell me a good book or site for learning about servers/active directory
There are a lot of boring books..., I just want to know if out there is a good resource ...
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File Server says files are open by someone they aren't
I've noticed something peculiar on my file server. I went to move some folders around and I used the "Open Files" utility in Computer Management to ensure that there were no open files in the folders ...
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Can't login through RDP - "Local Policy of this system does Not Permit You to Log On Interactively"
We have an old windows 2000 terminal server (which is also a domain controller).
THe error we're getting is "Local Policy of this system does Not Permit You to Log On Interactively"
The user is part ...
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Server down - server on domain dcpromo
so here´s the problem. i have a small domain, controlled by a machine with the windows 2000 server. one of the pcs on the domain is another server, with windows 2008 server installed, where i run a ...