I have twenty-some computers in a lab that are all running Windows XP Professional in one of our schools. These machines are all members of a Native Windows Server 2003 domain. In the morning, a teacher powers on all the machines, then logs into all of them with the same domain account. This domain account has a home directory defined in Active Directory. The first five or so machines that she logs into will have the home directory appear, but not the rest of the machines. Why does the home directory only appear for the first few machines she logs into?
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The share is on a Server 2003 Enterprise server that is not the domain controller. The DC and file server with the share are in the same ip subnet, but the lab is across a 100 mb wan link in a different subnet and site within Active Directory.
It seems to be the first five she logs into, no matter what order. I have the Windows firewall disabled on all machines in the lab using Group Policy.
Anton74: Sorry for the delay in my response. For very machine we purchase in our district, we also purchase a device CAL for Server 2003. Do we need a device CAL for Server 2000 as well? Are these CALs based on the honor system, or is there somewhere I have to apply the CALs we purchase?
haim96: I do not have connection limits on the share.
Check to see if the Server 2000 Machine is setup as a per device or per user configuration. In most cases it shipped with 5 cals thus your five successful mappings. If you are assigning the cals on a per device/per work station basis then you should configure it with that manner. You would want to check on the licensing level on your domain contoller and if your other server is a member server of the domain verify the licensing configuration in the administrative tools.
engstromr: I have to admit this licensing issue is not as simple and clear cut as I thought, so I may not be the best person to answer your question, but I'll do my best since no one else has fully explained this (thebulldog?). I do suspect that CALs may be the answer to your problem. I'm assuming licensing in Windows 2000 Server works in a similar manner as Windows 2003 Server.
Have a look on the server at Licensing in Administrative Tools, and in Control Panel (they are not the same). You may have to start the License Logging service. This should tell you about your current licensing. If I understand correctly, it is in Licensing in Control Panel where you'd have to input additional licenses purchased.
These links may be of help:
http://discussions.virtual
http://www.microsoft.com/w
http://www.microsoft.com/w
http://support.microsoft.c
Anton
I think we may be on the right track here based off the links Anton74 provided. Some of our servers are setup to be per server and some are setup per device (control panel, licensing). Since we have device CALs for each of our machines, would I want all the servers to be setup per device for the licensing instead of per server?
Yes, since you have device CALs for all of your workstations, I do believe you want to use Per Device licensing for the servers, as that would remove the restrictions on the number of connections on the servers. This would also allow the workstations to access all servers with their one device license (for the servers that are using Per Device licensing), which is beneficial especially if you have many servers.
The CAL Overview (3rd link in my previous post) explains this.
Anton
I will try this out and let you know if it solves the issue. Do you also know how the structure is supposed to be setup in Active Directory Sites and Services? We have 9 sites defined here. A couple of them have a domain controller configured as the Licensing Computer under the Licensing Site Settings Properties. The rest of the sites are blank for this spot. Should I have all sites defined with the same domain controller here and what exactly does this do? Thanks!
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by: haim96Posted on 2007-05-02 at 09:49:17ID: 19017401
is this share located on server 2003 as well?
is this the same server as the dc?
is it the same machines not working every time?
any way, i suggest to check if firewall is active on the machine that not work.