altecsole

altecsole - I've not played MW2 online yet. To be honest, I got so fed up with being killed instantly on COD4 that gave up!

Set the all staff distribution group so that it can only receive mail from staff.

Can't you just disable replication on one of the sending members?

We haver per user licenses. The same user could logon from different hardware, so this makes much more sense.

I suppose it depends on what you're doing. If you connect users to a DFS namespace, where there are several replicated targets, they can continue to work normally even if the server they're accessing the files from goes off-line. DFS will just connect them to another one of the replication servers.

Yes, you can setup replication to replicate both ways, so any changes made on one server replicate back to the other. If you map the DFS namespace (as we do) you need to disable the second target until initial replication is complete. Once it is, you enable the second target and they user is connected to either of your replicated shares (you can replicate to several servers if you wish). You can still use DFS replication and just use a UNC path to map users drives, but I'd urge you to consider using DFS namespaces. You can also setup one way repliction. This can be useful if you want to replicate data from a number of servers to a single location prior to running a backup.

We use DFS replication for fault tolerance. We replicate user data between two servers; when one failed a few weeks ago it really proved it's worth. I don't think replication will work between domains though. Also, when you add the second target and initiate replication make sure you disable the second target until replication is complete. Otherwise users may get connected to an empty (or partially replicted) folder. Once repliction has completed (check the event log) you can enable the second target. Be cautious about backup; replication isn't a substitute. If you delete a file on one server, it's gone on the other one too!

We use a vbscript that modifies the users registry with the name of the drive. In the example below the mapped drive is mapped and shows as 'Student Resources'. We also use a DFS namespace. Hope that helps. Option Explicit On Error Resume Next Dim objFSO,objFILE,objShell,objNetwork set objFSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") set objShell=CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") set objNetwork=CreateObject("Wscript.Network") Dim strHelpMsg, iErrorTimeout, blnShowError strHelpMsg="Contact QES IT Support Help Desk for further assistance." iErrorTimeout=10 blnShowError=True 'setup friendly names for mapped drives objShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\##queenelizabeth#data#StudentResources\_LabelFromReg", "Student Resources", "REG_SZ" 'Map network drives MapIt "R:", "\\queenelizabeth\data\StudentResources" Sub MapIt(strDrive,strMap) Const FORCE_REMOVE = True Const UPDATE_PROFILE = True Const NOT_PERSISTENT = False Dim strMsg On Error Resume Next If objFSO.DriveExists(strDrive) Then objNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive strDrive, FORCE_REMOVE, UPDATE_PROFILE End If objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDrive, strMap, NOT_PERSISTENT If Err.Number <> 0 And blnShowError Then strMsg="There was a problem mapping drive " & UCase(strDrive) & " to " &_ strMap & VbCrLf & strHelpMsg & VbCrLf & "Error#:" & hex(err.Number) &_ VbCrLf & Err.Description objShell.Popup strMsg,iErrorTimeOut,"Error",vbOKOnly+vbExclamation End If End Sub

I've used http://www.mdsbattery.co.uk in the past and have been pleased with product and delivery. Doing a quick search on the site comes up with a price of £41.00 inc VAT with £4.99 DHL delivery: APC UPS SUA750I

Why? Unless you give reasons your responses aren't helpful. Saying 'Google it' doesn't help either.

Thanks. I'm already aware of SAS, we have them in our Terminal server. The price is definitely for 1TB SATA.

Hi Can anyone give me a quote for a new file server? The main requirement is that it must support 6 SATA drives; 2 RAID 1 for OS, with 4 RAID 5 for data. A single processor with 4 GB RAM would be good. For the data drives something around 1 TB each. I've had a quick go at configuring using the Dell website and they want £340 per 1 TB SATA drive; which seems pretty expensive. Many thanks for taking the time to read and respond.

VGA cable connections? Try moving it and see if the colours change.

So you're running an AD domain at 2003 level, with a 2008 DC? Have you got a 2003 DC too? If so, try running adprep on the 2003 DC.

Try right clicking and running as admin.

Where are you getting the value of strGroups from? Do a wscript.echo strGroups to check the value. Also, it's good practise to add Option Explicit to the top of your script. That forces you to declare all varables before you use them.

I've got Freeview and FreeSAT. To be honest, the only reason I got FreeSAT was for the hi-def content, but I'm a bit disappointed at how little there is. The HD football though, on BBC and ITV, is so much better than Freeview that I think it's worth it. Some of the natural history stuff on the BBC (South Pacific) was stunning in HD. I'm hoping that there will be some more HD content soon.

Apologies Richard, I by no means meant to direct customers away from you. The Acer that I received from you is great and the delivery was very prompt. I have no doubt that the service and support you offer is 'second to none'.

I've already ordered one but, if you want one for personal use, there's also one on eBuyer for £149.98 with free p&p. Acer Aspire One AOA150 Netbook Laptop - Laptops at Ebuyer

How do I order? I want one for personal use. What should the total price, including delivery, be? Thanks

If you've bought music off the iTunes store you're not going to be able to convert to MP3. The only way I've found to do this is to burn to CD and then convert to MP3. If I was you I'd pickup an iPod off eBay, or have a look on the Apple site at refurbished ones.

Yes please.

Thanks Rose82. This seems to be more aimed at 'home user' though.

In addition to our backup routine we're planning to setup an additional file server (Windows 2003 R2) to replicate our user and departmental data to. The aim is to provide a fast recovery in the event of a server failure. I was planning to use Windows replication, but the solution from ViceVersa (ViceVersa Software: File Synchronization, File Replication, Windows Backup Software) seems to offer everything we could need at a very good price. Does anyone else use/used it? Robocopy may also be an option. Any advice welcome! Thanks for taking the time to read and reply.

Thanks. Very interesting. Looking at your script it seems that your vbscript remains open waiting for the application to close and return to the script? How do you cope with someone just logging off without closing applications? Does control still get returned to the calling vbscript with enough time to write to the database?