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I can forward traffic with windows firewall, and I'm not using NAT role... Try the following command: netsh routing ip nat add portmapping tcp 0.0.0.0 to retrieve the NIC name type: show interface let me know. Are you sure that your router is forwarding the traffic properly?

Actually you can do it but at your own risk. You can login with the new domain account and then logout. Once done, copy the local profile to the new domain profile (overwrite).

What does "Direct login" mean?

Remember that when a connection is made, the SERVICE runs on the same port (in your case it should be 8016), but the CLIENT, use a random port and you cannot predict which port will be used. In other words, you should write a rule which says: allow ANY or SPECIFIC IP from ANY port to connect to SPECIFIC IP and SPECIFIC PORT. Take a look here: http://lantoolbox.com/articles/configure-windows-firewall-using-command-line/

if you click on SCOPE tab you can specify both local and remote address. no?

Hi, port forwarding can be made trough Windows Firewall or another firewall. From what *I* know, you cannot do it via "NAT" configuration. Windows firewall, in a network / domain environment, should be controlled with FIREWALL WITH ADVANCED SECURITY. Basically, Windows Firewall open ports for common communications (HTTP and so on). Let's make another example, if you install Bit Torrent, your firewall asks if the program is allowed or not. If you say YES, then, the current profile is updated. In Windows Firewall there are 3 types of profiles: Private, Domain, Public. Not all 3 have the same settings. You can easily lockdown your firewall removing ports that you don't need or by playing with settings of profile (right click on a profile and then read what you can do). If you need more help, let me know.

You can use FSMT: http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2009/06/30/microsoft-file-server-migration-toolkit-1-2-available-as-a-free-download.aspx HOW TO: http://thebackroomtech.com/2007/08/28/howto-migrate-file-shares-permissions-and-user-profiles-paths-in-a-windows-2003-domain/ The article explains how to move files / folders on another server, anyway, it's the same thing :)

You must delegate permission on specific domain / computer container. Right click and select DELEGATE CONTROL, then select the user and finally set the permission JOIN DOMAIN to true. There's a little problem, a user can only add 10 machine to domain, to get rid of this, follow these steps: http://blogs.technet.com/b/jhoward/archive/2005/04/18/403817.aspx

Hi, are you trying to compress the backup? How do you copy files? In a shared folder? Which interface are you using? USB / FIREWIRE / ETHERNET? Are files open when you backup? Which kind of file are you trying to backup?

Hi, 1) right click COMPUTER > properties > remote settings and then enable the remote desktop. 2) Your server or router must forward the connection. If you turn your server in a router, it's easy, right click the router role and select a new static route.

I think this is not possible (LOGOFF process which calls a LOGIN process). What you can do is to create a script on the desktop which restart the computer: shutdown -r -t 1 So, the user will be disconnected and the pc restarts logging in back to the guest account. Is this what you want?

yes, but the point is that WINDOWS BACKUP can restore only on the same hardware. If you need to restore on another HW, you can use Acronis with Universal Restore. Maybe sometime you can restore an image to another hw, but this is not officially supported.

try to disable the AV and try again, if problem persist, check any error with your RAID controller.

Hi, What kind of link are you talking about? Basically a link is a channel for communication, so you need valid credentials to access DC and or SQL. IF you can provide more details maybe I can help you.

For SQL (on the same screen where you limit the memory), you can limit the NUMBER of cores SQL can use, and also check / uncheck "BOOST SQL PRIORITY" which basically gives priority to SQL process (system's calls). To change the number of CPU used, you must stop the SQL instance. Well, SQL is not so easy to understand and tune. First of all, if you are using SQL Server 2k8, you can use the performance monitor (NOT THE PERFOMANCE MONITOR OF WINDOWS), you must open SQL management studio and then there's a little icon on the top. Here you can find some useful infos and also collect data for a long time to analyze them in the future. Now, if you don't plan to change something (like adding another app which uses SQL), performances cannot be affected from today to tomorrow. You can also consider to use a mirrored environment. Many people are concerned regaring performance and say: "I don't want that my server will be slow", this is correct, but if your server goes down because of an hardware failure? This is why MIRRORING or CLUSTERING should be implemented. If you need more details, feel free to ask.

I don't understand what are you trying to do... are you trying to restore a valid image of a server to workstation or viceversa?

Hi, The best thing you can do is to implement MANDATORY PROFILES, these profiles can be modified but once you logoff they're reverted to original state (background and so on). Another way is to use the GUEST account, but I think is not really what you want. Take a look here, it could be interesting: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/2e3d27cf-38ec-433d-8bee-2a69a73871a5

IMHO, buy a server / NAS has no sense for you. NAS are not slow, but you must buy a REAL NAS, with at least 2 disks and a good controller (300-400$) the main problem is your network speed, this impact performances. Now, sharepoint is a good solution but it's sooo expensive! SkyDrive has 25 gb of free space and can be accessed everywhere without external software. Permissions are easy to set up and it can be mapped as a network drive! http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/7903/how-to-add-your-windows-live-skydrive-to-explorer/ if you don't want to install 3rd party software: http://mynetx.net/2352/how-to-connect-your-skydrive-in-windows-explorer It works, and works well. The only drawback is the network speed, but this is a problem for each method when you access a resource remotely. What I like of this method is the "responsability", your network CANNOT determine the speed of the transfer, when people try to access files outside your office, the speed is determined by their connection. Another good point is that you can access this drive both from inside and outside the network, without setting up anything special to your firewall / router!

Hi and welcome, There are many way to do this. First of all you could tell us what you have (hw and sw) that can be used. Basically I can see 4 scenarios: 1) Buy a NAS with remote access 2) Use SharePoint 3) Install SRV 2k8 and set up remote access 4) Use SkyDrive tell me what you have and I will give you the best solution (for me).

be sure to check the NTFS permissions too

You can "crack" your password using OPHCrack (live CD), it uses BRUTE FORCE, so it can take years...

this should work: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverTS/thread/49d06547-d1ff-46ab-bf0c-ba04e949c203 (3rd topic)

Hi, First of all under GROUP POLICY MANAGEMENT (from domain controller), create a "NEW RESULTANT POLICY" from GROUP POLICY RESULTS. You must select a computer (a remote computer) and a user. After a while you have a result which tells you which policy has been applied and which has not been applied (denied policy). Here you can see if there are any other policy which are not applied correctly. The next step is: Open Group Policy management mmc, select the OU where the policy is applied, select the policy. On the right side, there are 4 tabs, select the last one (I think is DELEGATION), on the right corner (bottom), click ADVANCED. On the next windows, click ADVANCED again and add a new user (the user or group you want to allow), now check the box "APPLY GROUP POLICY" and everything related to "READ" (it should be already ok).

This could be correct, when your server routes the external connection, it stops at 0.100 which is the internal IP. You must change the ip of your server or the DVR.

Hi and welcome :) Enjoy your stay