I have two computer, the first one is the server (so WinXP) with a shared folder granted for user “test” and this is out of domain, it is just in WORKGROUP. The second computer is a client computer (WS2012) in domain and i would like to access directly to the shared folder of the server without prompting username/password. I tried to add a “test” user (with the same password) in localuser of the client and [...]

I am trying to copy a 1.2Gb file between a Windows 7 workstation and a Windows Server 2003 system. That same server also hosts our enterprise’s shares, most of them anyway. The copy from the workstation to the server times out. If not in the event logs, where might this timeout event be recorded? Furthermore, what tools exist, other than doing something like running Wireshark, that would let me see the details of the failure? [...]

For my company, I would like to create a single directory for each user in a server. Each directory must be personal, and I would like to create a desktop link to that directory. For example, in my server SERVER01 I need a simple structure like users\johnsmithusers\robertgreenusers\johndoe Each directory must have a limit of 5 gigabytes and must be accessible only to the single user and to the domain administrator. How to do in Active [...]

On Windows Server 2008 R2, when I run the following command I am getting the 1920. I’ve tried pretty much everything I am aware of and I can’t figure out what causes the error. When I try to map the same network share using the UI and same credentials, everything works fine. net use * \\EAAA-12345\C$\ /USER:\\EAAA-12345\Administrator Passw0rd /PERSISTENT:NO Anybody knows how to get rid of the 1920 error? Asked by Martin Remove the back-slash [...]

I’ve setup a server which I’ve connected to multiple PCs in my workplace. Sadly, data transfer speeds are at max 3 MB/sec per connection which works out slow for file transfers, especially when transferring large files. I’m using Windows filesharing and the server is a Windows Server 2008 (2 Ghz CPU, 1 GB RAM) and the client PCs mostly running Windows 7. How can I detect bottlenecks in my network and improve file sharing speed [...]

From a windows208r2 client connected to a SMB/CIFS share, I move a file from one directory to another directory on the same network share. Does windows send a “move” command to the share, or does windows copy the bytes locally, write them to the new location on the same share in the new location, and then delete the original file? One would be much more efficient than the other, just don’t know how “smart” the [...]

if I’m accessing a local file via UNC path, for example //hostname/abc.txt, Will the traffic still go through the switch or it’s clever enough to figure out this is a local machine, i.e. will there be a significant speed impact if I’m accessing a file via a UNC path rather than its local path (d:\abc.txt, for example) Thanks. Asked by Magicpork File sharing is based on ordinary TCP/IP, so the rules are no different than [...]

Scenario is a small network with a Server 2008 R2 running AD, DHCP, DNS, Print & File Sharing. We’d like to build a backup server to continue operations uninterrupted should the main server go down. Configuring DHCP, DNS and AD is easy. The question is how do I configure a ‘backup’ Network Drive, redirected users folders, and printers. Is there any MS documentation on this? All my Google hits are just on backup software. Currently [...]

Until today, we had a 2003 DC, all my folder mappings were done in the login script. (net use…) we have now moved to 2008 R2, and I would like to create/manage the new mappings “The easy way” If I have several mappings, to several groups (some are Read Only/ others are Read/Write) What will be the easy way? Should I create a single GPO per OU (each of our departments has it’s own OU) [...]

The company that I work for wishes to replace its windows servers with new linux servers but wants to keep Windows on employee desktops. The requirements are: The employee desktops should be able to authenticate with a central linux server. The employee desktops should have access to shared folders on a central linux server. Software applications should be able to use Active Directory. My first thought was to use samba, but can samba meet the [...]