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Window Server 2008 Time sync [closed]

OS - a) Windows Server 2008 Standard Workgroup OS - b) Window Server 2008 Standard Domain controller. How can i know, from where my Server is synchronizing time with? Is it through Hardware BIOS ...
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Sql Database Mirroring in a workgroup

I found an article explaining almost everything I need to know here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/kendalvandyke/2011/12/01/database-mirroring-in-a-windows-workgroup/ The only difference ...
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SetFTP access to 2nd nic

I have a situation where we have our main LAN/Domain that all users connect to and provides access to the WEB. We have a couple of individuals who on occasion will begin an extended FTP download, ...
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Workgroup printing

I'm trying to setup workgroup printing for HP Thinclients running Win7 embedded (32b). I've setup/configured the print server service and now I'm trying to get the thin clients to connect. I keep ...
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How do I migrate thousands of computers to a domain?

I work at a Board of Education, within our system we have 12 schools. Each school averages 200-300 computers. Over the years the computers have been set up using various workgroups. We are interested ...
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How to make FreeNAS 8.3 working with both Active Directory and Work Group

I have gone through a couple of rebuilds finally found a way to make FreeNAS work for both Active Directory and Work Group users. The trick is FreeNAS 8.3 doesn't work with AD if your disk is UFS ...
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Windows sytem get slow when added to domain ( abc.com)

Client OS- Windows XP DC - Windows Server 2008 R2 Earlier all my Windows system was in workgroup. I have created domain in windows ( abc.com ) and added all the system to domain. But in one ...
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Authenticate to a machine not in the domain

I set up a windows server 2003 in a VM to test some code. The prod server has IIS6 and since I have Win 7 I can only install IIS 7 in my dev machine. Obviously I didn't add the machine to my company ...
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How do I manually publish a CRL for a certificate?

I have setup a new server and installed Remote Access and Certificate Authority services so I can configure it as a VPN. I have created my own certificate through http://localhost/certsvr, and have ...
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Cannot ping Windows 2008 R2 by hostname

I cannot ping the Windows 2008 R2 server by hostname from Windows XP Home machines, but I can ping it from Windows 7 Ultimate machines. I already disabled ipv6. I need to access a shared folder: ...
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Accessing Workgroup Shared Folder from Domain

I have a domain and a workgroup. My users are supposed to upload files on regular basis to several shared folders on the workgroup. I have difficulty accessing the workgroup shared folders without ...
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can't modify workgroup users mac OS X

We recently changed our file server host name to [something].local and installed XMAPP to run an intranet. The computer name remains the same. Everything works fine other than we can no longer manage ...
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Can you a virtual service account access the network in workgroup

By default SQL Server Uses a virtual account for the sql server service: NT SERVICE \ MSSQLSERVER which is a Virtual Account. I know you can give this account nework access in a domain by adding ...
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Ideas on replacing Win network shares with something more universally accessed/synced?

I run a Windows workgroup environment of around 25 PCs (plus a couple Androids and a Mac), with files stored on Windows server network shares, mounted as drives. We work with lots of large complex ...
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What's FQDN of a WORKGROUP pc?

What do I enter when asked for FQDN (fully qualified domain name), for a PC that's not in a domain but in a WORKGROUP instead?
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Connect workgroup computers to a pc on a domain without password windows 7

I'm trying to setup a network for a client of mine. I need to make this network setup somewhat like this badly typed diagram: Main Server | ...
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Browsing (Ubuntu) Samba shares, logon prompt doesn't authenticate

Setup Have an Ubuntu server here with several Samba shares for Windows machines. Have multiple Windows machines which authenticate with samba to group shares and one public share. All working ...
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Network behavior of slow Windows shared storage

I have got on my hands 3 Windows XP file servers (their sole purpose is their SMB share) running on a office with about 50 users. The workload is only office usage: they use it to store and share ...
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Remote execution in Workgroup network

Consider this scenario: Please don't say that it would be better if I created a Domain network; Just consider this scenario. 10 PCs are all interconnected via a switch to a workgroup network named ...
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at home: domain vs workgroup [closed]

I am a developer working solo in my lab at home. I have a handful of computers, peripherals and backup unit, all working in a workgroup. Is there any advantages to having a real domain setup vs. a ...
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Psexec: “unknown user name or bad password” in workgroup

I have 2 machines with Windows XP SP2 Professional on the same workgroup; I can ping each of them from the other one; My psexec command(run from machine with ip: 192.168.0.3): psexec \\192.168.0.4 ...
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Creating web service users in a workgroup environment

For a Windows 2008 Server running in a Workgroup envrionment (no Active Directory), is it possible to create users for the purpose of authentication in a web service application that DO NOT have a GUI ...
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Windows XP Computer moved from domain member to workgroup member: Can I restore my old user profile?

My computer with Windows XP (SP3) was member in a (Windows-NT) domain and has been moved into a Windows workgroup. A lot of settings are lost now: desktop configuration and design, windows explorer ...
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Can Microsoft Forefront TMG handle users that are not part of a domain?

I'm a newbie and please excuse me if my question is so foolish :) Here is the scenario: In our company we have 50 PCs: 40 PCs have joined to the domain and 10 PCs haven't joined to the domain (simply ...
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Possible migration to Server 2008 but with conditions

I've searched the forums but nothing quite matches what we're looking for. I've read through enough forums, documentation, and other web resources, but I'm still a novice Windows Server 2008 potential ...
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Can not get RD Session Host server to accept my credentials for a Licensing server in a workgroup setup

Updated: I changed the setup to make it closer to the live environment, I am no longer using IP addresses to connect to each other. I also have clarified the question more, if it needs more ...
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How to set shared files permission across a network?

I am trying to set permissions to a shared folder. Let's say the shared folder is in computer A. I want computer B and C can only read the folder but computer D can delete the folder. I don't have a ...
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Benefits of using a windows-domain [closed]

We are a small business 5-10 employees, and would like to know what are the major benefits of moving from a simple network/WORKGROUP to a windows-domain. Thanks
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UNC path 'Access Denied' error

For security reasons, I have a workgroup (non-domain) joined server in my network. Occasionally, I need to pull files from a domain share. But whenever I use the DNS name in the UNC path, it gives ...
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Best practice advise asked when users want to work on their workstation and from remote (but on their desktop), on Windows

I've got a work-group of 5 people. All of them have their dedicated machine with Windows 7. They are all connected to a central server running Windows Server 2008 R2, currently mainly offering the ...
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create workgroup and join the same workgroup from Linux

Is it possible to create "workgroup" in a linux machine and join the same linux machine into that workgroup? my understanding: smb.conf in /etc/samba/ have an entry name workgroup which can be ...
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How to configure Workgroup to receive updates from WSUS

Hi Guys I have WSUS server and is working fine with active diectory. but how can I connect workgroup pcs running on windows xp to WSUS without joining them to AD? Thank you in advance.
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Restrict users in a Workgroup (no domain)

Having started with, and later abandoning Novell, we do NOT have a domain. We have about 50 - 70 uses that log in to a 2003 server dedicated to RDC connections. Regular users that belong to no groups ...
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How to convince user to connect to domain? [closed]

Some of my users (whom are also board members and managers in the company) do not want to log to the domain (they use the workgroup) How do I convince them? Pros and cons please
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Domain vs Workgroup Speed Differences

I recently switched a small office (12-14 workstations and a server) over to some newer server hardware. In the process of the switch we upgraded from Windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2008 R2. ...
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Samba + LDAP: smbclient -L localhost fails (NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED)

I'm following Tuxnetworks tutorial, at the last line of the first part and I'm getting this error: sysadmin@samba:~$ sudo smbclient -L localhost Enter root's password: Connection to localhost failed ...
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Determine Previous Workgroup Name

I have a Windows 7 computer that was on a Workgroup. I needed to change it to be on a domain temporarily. Now, I need to change it back to be on the original Workgroup. My problem is, I can't remember ...
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Advantages/disadvantages of moving from a workgroup to domain

I've searched around online from a description of advantages for a small business of moving from a workgroup to a domain server setup. A lot of the advantages seem to fit more with larger enterprise ...
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Moving from Windows Server 2000 workgroup to Windows Server 2008 domain

I work in a small office (5 full-time staff and 4 part-time staff). We don't have an IT department of any kind and we have managed to run things pretty will here for a while. All of the computers in ...
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OS X Server Workgroup Manager takes very long to load

When I open Workgroup Manager on the mac mini server it takes forever to load. I have changed the servers DNS to it's 'public' IP instead of it's loopback address, but that didn't work.
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Synch SQL 2008 with failover server?

Currently they have a single SQL 2000 Std install on a server that needs to be retired. They run an app in terminal services to manipulate the data. So I'm looking at two new servers with SQL 2008 ...
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Security Risk of Disabling forceguest in non-AD Environment

Our application group is looking to deploy a product which requires that we disable forceguest in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa. We are running on a Novell network (I know, ...
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Sharing a linux desktop server for multiple users: remote desktop or virtualization?

We are a small web software company (~ 10 people). At present, every dev works on his local machine (some windows, some ubuntu) using a local apache. We have a samba share for shared files and central ...
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Can I share my vhost to my local workgroup?

Scenario: 10 Windows XP computers one Airties 206 ADSL modem workgroup network computer A runs Apache web server in computer A set some virtual host name for some folder in apache Question ...
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IIS7 - Virtual Directory UNC share without Domain - Access Denied

I am trying to setup a virtual directory in IIS7 to a network share folder, however I am getting access denied errors. I have created a user on both servers with identical names and passwords, and ...
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Win 7 & Windows Server 2003

I have problem with Win 7 and Server 200. I can't access 2003, from Win 7. We can see the server from the network but can't access it. When I try it asks for the user name and password. I put in the ...
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How to make other computers connected to my workgroup able to browse my web server via my private local domain www.mydomain.local?

Background I have a broadband connection. The fiber optic cable running from outside to my building is connected to a converter unit. The output of the converter is connected to a router. The router ...
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Windows migration

I need to migrate some workstation from a workrgroup based environment to a Windows 2008 domains. I would'nt lose user profile, so is there some way to do that without migrating one-to-one by hand?
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How do I login to my home workgroup server from my work laptop on a domain?

I have a Win 7 laptop from work on my company's domain. I can access shares on my home network's work group fairly easily. I cannot access some services, like TFS, when a login dialog pops up. It only ...
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If server 2008 system will be formatted, how to get all users information (Usernames and passowrds)

If I have to reformat a Server 2008 system, how do I get all the users information (usernames and passwords) copied to the rebuilt system?

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