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Hi Everyone Present Setup I have just configured my network into a single Active Directory Domain 2003 structure. I have completed all the major work at the Headquarters, however I now have to migrate the satellite offices. Services installed are as follows: DHCP, DNS. The network is a...

How do I remove it from the AD environment after it has become a Member server. Thanks

Hi All I have a quick question, does the process of running DCPROMO automatically remove a DC from a Windows 2000 environment, or are they other steps that need to be taken to remove the DC cleanly from the environment. Thanks

Hi, My company has a headquarters in TO with 25 users and remote offices in Vancouver and Caribbean with about 10 users each. We are moving to a single domain, single AD site, and single Exchange site for all offices. The remote users would be connected over a WAN link and retrieve e-mail...

Hi My present network utilises a Windows 2003 Standard server called ABC. DHCP is used to allocate Ip addresses to clients. I use a Class C addressing scheme for my network 192.168.7.x. 255.255.255.0. I would like to create a test network (lab) where I can test trust relationships between the...

Hi I am re-structuring my network. I would be changing to a single domain two site configuration. The PDC, GC would be located in headquaters. I would have an Exchange server in each site, there is only one Exchange organisation. In the branch office I would also have a GC. The two offices...

the ipconfig results show all the correct information. No errors are being posted to the event log. When I place the Ip address of the DC, in the secondary DNS settings on the card, that machine is able to surf. However upon performing this same task on the PDC, it does not yield any result...

Hi Serbtastic The addresses are not part of the DHCP scope (*.*.*.101 to 199) and I have checked on the possibility of an IP Conflict however that does not appear to be the case

Hi All I have two Windows 2003 servers operating within my LAN, each with static IPs (*.*.*.7 -a domain controller and *.*.*.8 -the PDC). The PDC is where we have configured the DNS zone, a copy is being replicated onto the DC For the PDC, I have the DNS server set to *.*.*.8 (its own...

Hi At present I have 3 DC running in a Windows 2000 environment. The PDC,ABC, is running Windows 2000 Server, another DC, ABC1, is also running Windows 2000 Server and the Exchange 2003 server, ABC2, is running Windows 2003 Server. I would like to create a new domain. Procedure Take the...

You inidicated I have to ask the IPS to setup the MX record for me. Exactly what IP information is entered there. In the settings of the ISP I see there is information in there for an MX record is not my WAN ip.

Hi I followed your commands for performing the NSLookup. The result was the SMTP servers that my ISP/Webhosts use to collect my mail. Let me explain - At the moment when an external user sends an email to an internal user. It goes into a pop account and a program called EFS polls in into...

Just to clarigy then. My webhosts has a MX record already setup. Do I have to do anything on my internal DNS servers. Do I have to tell the webhosts what is the IP address of my internal Exchange server. Thanks for responding.

Hi At present I am using a polling program to retrieve my external mail from the webhosts. I would like to move away from that and use MX records for mail retrieval. Could someone guide me on how to configure my exchange 2003 server to retrieve mail using mx records. Do I have to do anything at...

Hi I have an office a Canada and the other in the Caribbean. I have one Exchange organisation running Exchange 2003. I have two Backend servers. In the Canadian office I have 25 users and in Barbados 10. Do I have to buy separate licenses for each office or can I buy 35 licenses to cover...