I would also like to point out that long-term, you will probably have a problem with a dynamic ip address as your ISP can change this at any point.  If...

I just wanted to comment on your statement "only go off past experience".  It is in my opinion that a good combination of experience and certs makes for a robust...

I don't have anything specific, but a cheap way to do it without buying an extra product or installing additional software on your server is to use the windows built...

Curious.  Is the Admin password on WS2 and WS1 the same?

Could WS2 have the same Admin password as SS Admin?  I know it is not secure, but sometimes it happens. ...

Can't you just setup a DNS alias for the new server name?

You might want to check out the MS whitepaper on ADSI at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/activedirectory/adinterface.asp

here is a snippet from that:

"select name from 'LDAP://DC=ArcadiayBay,DC=COM' where objectClass='*' ORDER BY NAME"

This was imbedded in...

Hey Frank!  Do you work in my corporate office?   

Hi Rafael,

Sorry for the US slang -- it is very difficult not to use it sometimes.  By flaky, I mean that it is not as robust as 7 or 2000;...

I ran 6.5 on NT 4.0 with dual and quad Xeon's prior to upgrading.  We did not have a problem due to the processor, either.  SQL 6.5 was a little...

I agree with Allen that the first thing to check would be mixed mode security on the server. 

Try this on the Win2k PC's first.  I've seen some problems in...

Hi Brandon,

80004005 is one of those "generic" type errors; it really doesn't tell you a lot.  Most of the times that I have gotten this is because someone has the...

I agree with Antares686.  If you are not attached to the structure, you might want to re-work it some.  It could be more efficient and easier to code the SQL.

I believe the "NOT" is the operable word that threw most of us.  From the question, you can infer that only "All of the above" or "None of the above"...

I would suggest getting in touch with a VAR (value added reseller) to help with this.  The reason is that the questions you have asked go way, WAY beyond just...

Not really.  When you tried to ping the server, did you use ping hostname or ping ip-address?  Can you try the ip-address method.

If you cannot reach the server using the...