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    group policy to enable data connections?

    Hey guys and gals, I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to create a group policy to Enable Data Connections for Office 2007 applications. We are running Server 2003 on the back-end, and the clients are configured with Office 2007 I would like to have it wide open, so that users are...
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    delete Store with System Attendant

    Guys/gals, I have an Exchange 2003 server with a corrupted store. Unfortunately, that store is the first store that was created on the server and contains the System Attendant mailbox. I have moved all the users out of the store and into another one, but I would now like to delete this...
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    can dhcp specify web proxy addresses?

    howdy, does anyone know if or how dhcp can be used to specify web proxy settings for client pc's? we're installing a proxy server and we want the traffic to route through the server automatically. thanks in advance for any replies!
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    which users use POP on exchange?

    hey guys, is there a way for me to see which users are using POP rather than MAPI to get their e-mail? we are running exchange 2003 on windows server 2003. thanks~!
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    import csv file into outlook address book

    hey people, i think i'm a bit stupid, or maybe not, but i can not, for the life of me, figure out how to import a csv file into an address book i created in MS Outlook (not outlook express). i see the address book and it's nice and empty, but when I go to import all I can do is import to my...
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    what the...

    Okay, for some reason, one user is having a problem sending to an email address outside of the company. the extremely strange thing is, here is the NDR (edited to remove domain names, etc): Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: test Sent...
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    how to extract user DN from AD?

    hi guys/gals, does anyone know of any addins/tools/methods to extract or view the entire DN for a user in active directory? i'm trying to get a linux box to authenticate via ldap, but i'm afraid i've made a boo-boo when i wrote out the DN manually. Thanks!!!
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    assign dhcp addresses based on OU membership

    folks, anyone know if it's possible, in win server 2003, to assign dhcp addresses based on group membership? when users VPN in, i want them to be assigned an ip address within a specified block depending on whether they are a member of one group or another. for example, if you are in the IT...
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    Serious security problem for domain!!

    please help! i just found this today, by accident -- I was adding a pc to the domain and when prompted for the username/password i left both fields blank and pressed enter...and it worked. i just tested a blank username and password on our vpn and it worked as well!!! how is this possible...
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    user auditing on front-end exchange and dc's?

    hmm, i have a curious question that I'm confused about -- we have one front-end and two back-end exchange servers (everything is 2003). i was looking at the logs and trying to figure out which server will have a log of failed and successful login attempts for POP/SMTP authentication. would...
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    dhcp leases and master browser?

    ok, we had a very odd problem today...all of a sudden, no dhcp leases were being handed out by either of our domain controllers. a static ip would work fine, but any requests for new dynamic ip's were just not going through. stopped and restarted dhcp service on both dc's, still no dice. then...
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    no uptime? wtf?

    hullo, i've googled myself to death searching for some way to determine server 2003 uptime, and can find nothing. anyone? thanks!!
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    how activesync functions?

    hey guys, i'm trying to find detailed information on how activesync works. how does it go through the wireless sync process? what gets sync'ed first? troubleshooting and errors? technical details, explanations, etc. is what i'm trying to find, but no good leads so far. anyone have...
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    custom email limit message

    does anyone know how I can customize the email message that a user receives when they go over their mailbox limit in outlook? running exchange server 2003. thank you!!
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    dns issues?

    hi folks, i have a very odd problem -- some, not all, of my users can't resolve our server hostnames when they get on the vpn. however, they can get to the server by ip without a problem. using a FQDN doesn't help either, only ip works. why is it that only some users have this issue and not...
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    no expired-password notification on wireless?

    Hey guys/gals, I'm trying to figure out why, if a user's password has expired, and they try to connect to the wireless network on the domain, it doesn't tell them that the password is expired and prompt them to create a new one? Is there some funky authentication that I'm not aware of...
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    backing up exchange

    how do you guys back up exchange? do you back up the individual mailboxes *and* the stores? or just one and the other? my backup is taking a long time and it's twice the size of the hard-drive, so it's obviously duplicating itself by doing both mailboxes and stores. thanks for any replies!
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    backup exec manuals?

    Ok, why is it impossible to find any manuals to purchase from BackupExec? It seems like the *only* way to get a manual is to sign up for their $1800 class. What the...? Anyone know of any venues or methods to getting the books to learn this stuff without taking out a small loan?
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    am i an idiot?

    Someone please explain this to me, because I don't understand what I'm doing wrong here... want to run explorer.exe as admin. runas /user:admin_myname@mydomain.com explorer.exe DOS window opens, asks for password, then disappears and nothing happens. what am i missing?!?!
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    Folders not available in OWA?

    Guys, got a strange one... User created some sub-folders in Outlook and can access them just fine over MAPI/POP/IMAP but when he goes through OWA and tries to open the folder, he gets a HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error From my research, it seems that it is an Active Sync problem, and he...
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