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I just left it on our secondary curriculum server- doesn't seem to cause any problems really. I hadn't thought of a VM for it- but wouldn't the RAM requirements be quite high for that? The Workstation idea is a good one- I might even do that myself (Just to keep the software "off server"...in case that famous RM stability fails me).

I did use separate machines for this- but space and money mean that it's probably best to use VMWare or Virtual PC (now free). Now I do that- virtual machines all the way (but on OS X using Parallels). Either way it's a good way to learn in a safe environment. I would pick up Mastering Server 2003 by Mark Minasi or the Managing and Maintaining Server 2003 book by MS Press and just go at it from there. You'll learn a bucket load.

XGL/Compiz beats Vista hands down and then some. It even gives Mac OS X a run for its money. But with Leopard coming out soon... :-)

I know of Google hacks that will let you do this regularly. But I think there are issues on both sides of the fence with this one. Blaming some *one* isn't going to fix the problem. How long do we think it would take someone with more savvy than this accidental cracker to actually damage school web pages that contain this kind of information now? Not long at all. It will be seen as a cracker's challenge now. These people have no real ethics or morals and take pride in themselves when they write little scripts that deface web pages, get passwords or whatever. It's like a game of Project Gotham- they get lots of "Kudos" points among their peers. Watch your web sites now people....

< Salivating Yes. Stop it Ric. Just been to the Apple Store in Birmingham today where the buzz is all about the Mac Pro. I'm saving already. I told them at the Store that I will find it hard to justify 16GB RAM and 2.5TB of storage for browsing and checking email...but what the hell....it's great. :-)

Yes- it looks very good. And Leopard Server looks even better than Tiger Server. That's what I like about Apple- innovation. Not like "those others". You know. "Them"? Mentioning no names so as not to get flamed. Could be talking about Linux or Microsoft....which one I wonder....

Safari has always been solid for me. The only thing I would say is that it's slower than Firefox. Now I float between Shiira (with expose tabbed window view!) and Flock (a great blogging tool built in etc). :-)

Loks interesting Tony- I'll have a read of that too.

This might help: http://blogs.msdn.com/fabricem/archive/2005/06/21/430985.aspx Here's a quote: "ADMT v3 includes a new Password Migration Wizard that you can use to migrate only the passwords of previously migrated users. The Password Export Server Selection page is a new wizard page in the Password Migration Wizard that you can use to select the password export server in a drop-down list. It is important to note that the User Selection page does not prevent you from selecting user objects that have not previously been migrated. If you select a user object that has not previously been migrated, a message is generated in the migration log and no action or change is made to the selected user." Hope that helps! Paul

There's some boot ROM code here if it will help: http://www.nodevice.com/driver/company/SIS.html Paul

Not at all! We all start somewhere- usually by ripping what hair we have left out of our shiny heads and then sitting in a corner somewhere crying. And it's usually installing and configuring DNS that makes Sys Admins weep a lot throughout their lonely lives Take Tony up on his offer and get those books- Mark Minasi is superb at getting real world experience out to people who need it quickly. Paul

Hi. These are optional services so that DHCP can supply the information to clients. See here: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/w2kdhcpc.html Hope that helps!

Uninstall the Belkin wireless utility and let Windows handle the connections for you- see if that helps. But I'm not too clear on what it is you are trying to do here- are you saying that you want to allow yourself the ability to connect to the school LAN via wireless points between home and school? What security have you enabled on the APs? Paul

Hi. You don't need a reverse lookup zone- it's not essential. But I would put one in there anyway. It helps if you plan on running any reverse lookups- so a web server internally etc. And it can also help some other things on your LAN work more efficiently. The WIKI on here is great for profile information. Best of luck! Paul

If you can grin and bare it I would reinstall (with knowledge now being your master) and just leave the Sysvol and NTDS on the same volume (so going with the defaults). You might save yourself some headaches down the road. In any case it is good you are making progress. Have you considered buying Mark Minasi's "Mastering Server 2003"? An excellent book that will walk you through all these issues and more besides. Good luck!!

Yeah- I have a feeling the cost will be prohibitive for us too- around £8000 I am told! 8O

Have you looked at Securus? We are trialling it for two weeks in September- if you think it would help pop along and take a look around mid-September (should have some hard and fast results by then) and see what you think. Paul

Spot on.

Thanks Tony- that will come in helpful for sure.

Did ours on Thursday last week- no problems apart from the fact that .ICT took our secondary server away without DCPROMO being run first...then took it away because it wouldn't demote; leaving me to find out that they also tok away our secondary DNS server and didn't transfer that little skill to our other admin server....blah! It's OK though. They're going to put 2003 Server on it. That's great then. Except we will be left with a relic in AD to dispose of. Oh- and I had to redirect redirected folders to another server. SIMS. It's worse than the game!

Very true! I'll use that one 8)

I was about to say, "Windows doesn't have an /etc/fstab file"-- but then realised you were talking Linux. Must have been that wine I had last night (rubs eyes again). :-)

Talking work when on holiday? OK. Go on then. ;-) Yes- file screening seems to work for us- I slapped a ban on MP3/WMA on user areas as well as a block on saving EXE files and it has been working very well. Before the use of file screening we had something like 1800 MP3 files in student areas. Post file-screening we had....0. Zero. Zilch. So it *looks* like it will work fine--but the real test will come September. I would say give it a shot, and if it works you will be doing something proactive about the illegal saving of EXE and music files on user areas; if it doesn't work 100%, you are still being seen to be doing something about the illegal storage of these files. The trouble will come when staff demand that students be able to store files like this for "educational purposes". Blah. Have fun!

I had this too until I gave the Mac a WINS server to look at! In the Directory Access tool in Utilities, look for your SMB entry and double click it. When the sheet opens, fill in the required blank for your WINS server details. Worked a treat for me. Failing that, in the AD entry you can specify an AD server you want to use ("Prefer this Domain Server")-- put your server's details in there and see what happens. As Tony says- if you can (and it's practical to do so), try your Mac on a separate domain. If it binds OK and mounts the directory consistenly then you probably do have an issue with WINS and or DNS. I know someone who solved their similar issue by disabling SMB signing on the 2003 server. Might be worth an investigation as well ;-) Good luck!