ICTCity

Mhhh I think the only way is to create a script which determines the creator of the folder. Save this info into a variable, then set up full control with that user. I have no other idea...

ok anyway post that screen thx.

But teachers are working fine... Let the permissions as they are now and post a print screen of EFFECTIVE PERMISSION for users on that folder.

mhhhh sorry but if I'm on a domain, and I want to switch on WORKGROUP, I don't see WHY should I provide domain credentials... Try in safe mode... :blink:

3600000 in decimal value (you can choose between DEC and HEX). Anyway it's a long time...

Exactly... Teachers can write? Who can't do what?

So, UN-tick Allow inheritable permissions...

Mhhh probably because the object "computer" must be deleted on AD... but anyway... I'm pretty sure you can do it without using domain users.

To unjoin a WS on Win7 you just need a LOCAL ADMIN account, not the admin domain :)

Ok, I don't know which permissions are still in place, so... re-do everything. On the FOLDER - TEACHER1 set the following permissions: Select the SECURITY TAB, select ADVANCED, select CHANGE PERMISSIONS under Permissions tab, click ADD and select the TeacherGroup: Select everything EXCEPT: Full Control, Change Permissions, Take ownership. Click OK. Now do the same thing for group STUDENTS and select all permissions EXCEPT: Full control, Delete, Change Permissions, Take ownership. Click OK. Now you should UN-tick INCLUDE INHERITABLE PERMISSIONS... but everything depends HOW do you map drives. With the permissions given above, all the teache can write and do almost all on that folder, students only read, save and modify.

Just to be clear... I said that you can add 2k8 server on 2k3 domains... but if you have applications which are running on server 2k3, you MUST be sure that they are compatible with SERVER 2k8! :)

Hi, I think you are on domain... So, run a RESULTANT GROUP POLICY for that user / machine and check if there's a policy which is add-ons.

Hi, In a RAID1 environment (or MIRRORING) you can support just ONE disk failure... no matter if it is disk 0 or 1. If the disk is the "primary", your system will still be able to do everything, but, in order to rebuild the array, you must do the following: Create an image of your system, delete the array, rebuild it, restore the image. There are controllers which can create a RAID 5 from a RAID1 (also if broken). You can also (but you must do it BEFORE the disaster) implement a RAID 1 with parity (3 disks), this will prevent the "restore" of the image in case of a failure on disk 0.

Go here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NTPClient\SpecialPollInterval You can change the value (MILLISECONDS)

Ahhhh ok, that was unclear for me! Are you sure do you want to put 900GB on your server WITH A RAID 5? I mean... RAID 5 should be for sensitive data... and I think that 2 disks of 500 (maybe SATA) could be fine too. You should not need too many perfomances... Please, don't "confuse" pagefile with memory. Add as much ram as you can and DO NOT rely on page file. It slows down the ENTIRE system, trust me. You can of course move your pagefile on another disk, no problem, but don't rely on it to supply RAM. You have a PM :)

Hi, No problem upgrading from 2k3 to 2k8. I have already done it... worked like a charm :)

Hi, Can you please post the follwing pictures? Right click on "root" folder > properties > security Right click on "root" folder > properties > security > advanced Right click on "root" folder > properties > security > advanced > EFFECTIVE PERMISSION and select a user which SHOULD be able to write to that folder then post resutls. The the steps above also for the specific folder. Let's say: D:\MyFileServer\Folder1 Where MyFileServer is your ROOT folder and Folder1 is the specific folder. Cheers

Hi, Usually you set up a partition for OS and another partition for files / apps, BUT: Some application MUST be installed on C:\... and not on D:\... or else. I must say that all the new apps can be installed on D:\ or what you want, but... test it... just to be sure :) Actually I think that your HDs are not really stressed, but I don't know: How many users will access this server. What the applications do. So, it's hard to say "how set things up". Which RAID are you planning to set up? You have said that you want a virtual environment, so, one server will be "app server" and the others?

Maybe I'm wrong... but if you right click on a user (AD) there's the tab REMOTE, if you enable something there, are you still unable to connect to your server?

Hi and welcome! Enjoy your stay.

Hi, My suggestion is to use XenServer, you can virtualize up to 5 VM for free! Now, depending on how many disks you have (not how much TB you have), you may want to let Xen do everything by creating partitions for each VMs. You may have to determine WHICH apps are running :), for example Exchange consumes disks resources, so usually you give it more spindles. If you have more questions feel free to ask.

Ok, now I have time :P At cmd type: net stop w32time Modify this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Config\AnnounceFlags, under Value data, type 5, and then click OK. Then: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NtpServer\Enable NTPServer type 1 under Value data, and then click OK. Then cmd: net start w32time Now, on client / server side (NOT THE MASTER!) do the following: right click on your clock, change: At the top there are 3 tabs, select INTERNET TIME, then CHANGE SETTINGS and finally type the IP or name on the dropdown list. Done.

Hi, Now I've no time to write all the commands, but check this to configure one server: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverNIS/thread/7dc5e8f4-824a-432c-a2da-ac0e3fdf76fd/ (there are commands with w32tm) Then, on the client side, there's a policy which tells where to point.

Hi, Usually Windows Server 2008 should be installed on a server (HP, Dell, IBM, ...) to ensure the maximum compatibility. Anyway, you can use a "normal" workstation, USUALLY if it supports Windows 7 it can also support Server 2008. Regarding perfomance, there's nothing more to say... it's like a normale computer but running windows server. You should be more specific on what should this compuer do.

I'm happy that you resolved your issue... but... NetBios is required ONLY for netbios names, not for FQDN. According to this KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/204279/en-us it can be permanently disabled. There are apps which still use netbios, but actually I think let netbios active is not a great (security) idea...