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Can't print or preview Crystal reports when an old server gets turned off
We have a piece of ERP software installed on a server 2012 machine, we'll call this Server 1. It hosts the ERP software and a number of other things.
We have an old, semi-retired server that I will ...
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Windows Server 2012/16/19 upgrade
I am running tests for the work related to upgrading the operating system while maintaining business apps intact. I'm facing troubles while doing the upgrade from Windows Server 2016 Evaluation ...
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Windows Server Command Line for Remotly Measure Data Disk IOPS,CPU,RAM Monitoring
I want to measure data usage like IOPS, CPU, RAM ,Capacity ,Bandwidth ETC from Remote Server.
I Know, that it is possible to measure it localy with the Typeperf Command.
However, again, i want to ...
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virtualizing physical IIS box into Hyper-V breaks API, Server 2012 R2
I have a physical IIS server that works just fine but when I convert it into Hyper-V, it seems to break an API I use to activate serial numbers. It just doesn't seem to connect. Everything else still ...
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How to configure proxy server on Windows Server?
I'm new to Windows Server and as I understand, a proxy server is an intermediary between a client computer and the internet.
On client computer I can set proxy server address and port inside Settings -...
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Upgrading Windows Server 2008 Standard (32-bit) to Windows Server 2016 Standard (64-bit)
I’m trying to upgrade my windows server 2008 standard 32-bit version to windows server 2016 standard 64-bit version. The server is currently running as a secondary domain controller as the primary has ...
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Apache + PHP : End of script output before headers
I was getting the following error occasionally. I've search through stackoverflow but all are due to other issue (either cgi or permission) If i can load the following page occassionally (about ...
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MSDTC transaction manager was unable to pull the transaction... error
I have a ASP.NET MVC app on a Windows Server (2008 R2) and its database is another Windows Server (2012 R2). When I create a user in my app, I encounter the following error:
The MSDTC transaction ...
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How can I run an app that works on IIS 10 in IIS 7 or IIS 8.5?
I tested the default MVC template that visual 2017 provides, and tested it on IIS 10,in my local machine, and works great.
When I test it on Windows server 2012 R2 (IIS 8.5) or in Windows server 2008 ...
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Upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 R2
Is it possible to upgrade to Windows Server 2012 R2 from Windows Server 2008 R2? Our Windows Server 2008 R2 has a valid license key.
I do not have the installation media for Windows Server 2012 R2. ...
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Active directory user's password expire when never login
Is there any way to expire password when a user never logins for 3 0r 4 days in active directory.Basically user cant login when user absent for 3 or 4 days.
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Adding new active directory with new domain [closed]
I have a few question since very quite new on Active Directory and got confused between AD migration and AD replication. I have a small Active Directory project on customer production site. There have ...
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Windows Servers Commandline/PowerShell How to capture, CPU utilization as there in TaskManager?
For Monitoring windows 2012/2008 performance,
I need to capture CPU utilization along with top 3 process names consuming CPU at the most, on Windows 2012/2008 Servers over command line.
I've tried ...
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Assign different ip address to different connection on ec2
On my windows, there are 2 static public ip addresses are available.
ip1 : default ip2 : external
When I connect to domain.com:21 or domain.com:80, I would like the target server to see my ip2 only.
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Upgrade windows server HDD without losing any data in RAID1
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 installed on a system with RAID1 setup which has several services running like Active Directory, etc.. It has 500 GB hard disk as of now.
Now we want to upgrade the ...
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active directory - taking out the nonexpiry value on accounts provided in csv
i have been triying to run a simple script to select and set as nonexpiry some accounts in my domain with this script:
Import-Csv "C:\temp\ne.csv" | ForEach-Object ($samAccountName = $_."...
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Not able to create DFS namespace in a completely new forest
Not able to create DFS namespace in a completely new forest
OS: Windows server 2016
DFL: 2003
FFL: 2003
DFS role on member server
creating very first namespace server - Errors in : The object ...
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Access denied connecting to a share using Windows 10
On a Windows 2012 R2 computer a folder is shared, let us call it 'SharedFolder'. A Group called 'AccessSharedFolder' containing me has Read-Access to this folder on NTFS Level. Shared Level is: ...
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Windows Licensing Monitoring Service (WLMS) has stopped. Upgraded 2008 R2 from Eval ISO
Upgrade path: 2008 -> 2008 R2 (using Eval ISO) -> 2012 R2 (using retail disk)
I currently have Windows 2012 R2 installed. I've upgraded the 2008 to 2008 R2 using a eval iso from Microsoft. Then ...
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AD site replication issue
We currently have two sites. It appears that only one DC is being used to do replication between the sites. Is this normal? I would expect this if we had a bridgehead server set up, but we do not. ...
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Windows Share Migration
So I was tasked (noob here) with migrating a server 2008r2 shares to a new server 2012. However, upon completing the directory copy, some users where getting access denied messages or would only be ...
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Install drivers on Windows Server using dism while online
We're in the process of migrating Windows Server virtual machines between cloud infrastructure. In certain circumstances (HyperV Gen2 UEFI) servers, the system will fail to boot unless we install the ...
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Auto Reconnect VPN on Disconnection due to any reason - Persistent VPN
On windows server 2008,2012 or above I need to re-connect VPN automatically once it is disconnected due to any reason.
It may be server restart, Manual command to Disconnect. Persistent VPN ...
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Windows Server 2012: easiest way to monitor ports for error 4625 NTLM attacks
I'm getting thousands of hack attacks on a Windows server resulting in Security log error 4625 entries. Hackers are using random IPs, so the usual RDPguard, Syspeace, etc. tools don't work. Port 3389 ...
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feature-names for windows-server-2008
I found following link in the website where i can find the names of features for Windows Server 2012 R2.
PowerShell - What Feature names can I use on Windows Server 2012 R2?
Can any one help me ...
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Incorrect currency format for Italy on Windows Server 2008 & 2012
I have noticed that the currency format for Italy is inconsistent across different versions of Windows. Specifically, the position of the currency symbol.
To compare them, I am looking at the ...
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svchost suddenly overloading CPU on many servers
it seems that on many servers (w2k8 and w2k12) in our environment suddenly svchost hosting Dhcp, EventLog, lmhosts, Wcmsvc services started to use 1 CPU core by 100%. Sometimes it is also WmiPrvSe. It ...
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Why DCs are missing from DFS tab on GPOs folders
Our DCs are all Win2008R2.
From any Win2008R2 server in domain, if I go to GPO center store, all the DCs are listed on DFS tab, so I can switch in between.
But from any Win2012R2 server in domain, ...
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Can I just add a server2012R2 DC to join Server2008R2 DCs?
All my DCs are Win2008R2, the forest functional level and domain functional level are all on 2008R2. So now we have more and more Win2012R2 servers joining our domain. I am having hard time to control ...
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How to stop server 2012R2 and 2008R2 from rebooting after updates auto installed
Is there a way to stop server2008R2 / 2012r2 from rebooting after updates auto-installed? I need to manually reboot the servers
I have GPO setup to download and auto-install for updates. and no ...
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Windows Server lastLogon & lastLogonTimestamp Issues
Just a preface:
I have tested a program I have just written on 4 different Windows Servers on 4 different domains. The one I tested it on at first displayed to me all users, and all users' lastLogon ...
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Checking open rdp ports from script
I need to find out what server ports are listening on port 3389. I have to check 2500 servers, some in different vlans, to make sure remote desktop is enabled.
Can netstat be used to check this and ...
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VSS writer NTDS State 11 failed and other writers state 5
We use Altaro VMBackup V7.0.20.3 to back up some VMs hosted on a single Hyper-V Host running Windows Server 2012 R2. One of the VMs running Windows Server 2008 gets the following error after the ...
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Are there any good tools or best practices to help a migration from server 2008 standard to server 2012 go smooth?
currently I am migrating a Server 2008 32-bit standard server to Windows Server 2012-R2 64 bit. The server is their only server that runs everything. Its for a client who runs a dental office so they ...
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Best way to monitor Windows server? [closed]
I'm working at a company that provides our small business clients with IT support. One of my tasks is to perform service checks which includes checking the event viewer for critical errors/warnings as ...
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Add domain Administrator to existing roaming profiles (WS 2008)
We had an unfortunate encounter with a crypto-locker. I am trying to scan the roaming profiles with several anti viruses, but unfortunately I have no access rights.
Is there a way to add DOMAIN\...
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Not able to stop Windows service
All this while, I was able to successfully start and stop a windows service that I created, but all of a sudden for the last 1 week, I get the following error when I stop it:
Windows could not stop ...
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Windows server 2012 R2 SAN storage connection
I am trying to understand how to configure FC connectivity to SAN storage on Window Server 2012.
Can someone point me in the right direction on how to configure SAN storage connectivity on Windows ...
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redirect specific computers to Specific ou
Helle All,
I am planning to redirect the specific name of the computers to specific OU like as below
Condition 1. Name which starts with CMP* need to move to "Com" OU
Condition 2. Name which starts ...
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Server 2008 R2 - NAS for file storage
I currently have 2 Server 2008 R2's running in 2 separate locations.
All files currently reside on these servers and are replicated between each other over VPN via DFSR and it has worked for us for a ...
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how to find the number of members in a Windows IP multicast
I am able to find multicast groups by using this in Command Prompt (I found this at serverfault How do I know if IP Multicasting is enabled on my network in Windows?).
netsh interface ip show joins
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installaling window server 2012 r2 - under partitioning disk option
during installation, i was prompted this screen below
I realized if i click on new, there will be 2 partitions created,
1 for system reserved
1 for window installation
and if i ignore all options ...
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Setting up Active Directory, Adding Machines with Different OSes & adding a server with an instance of SQL
I have 2 servers to manage at work, a Dell Poweredge with has a software called "Abecas" which uses SQL Server, The Poweredge is running Win Server 2008, there is no AD in place as of yet.
I have ...
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What are the uses for pre-staging a Computer account in Active Directory?
I am learning AD at the moment. At my DC under "Active Directory Users and Computers" -> can anyone tell me what the use of creating a new computer ?
I have created user accounts and is able to login ...
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Understanding Microsoft Server 2012 R2 service account
I come from a unix background and is trying to managed some Window Servers right now.
I cannot grasp the concept of the different service accounts available and what they are used for.
During the ...
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Word 2013 is slow when opening files from network share
I have users running on a Citrix farm, 4 terminal servers in load balance running Windows 2K8R2 and Office 2013.
Some users have problems with very slow opening of files over the network share they ...
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Log username of who restarts a service
I'm looking for a simple way to log the username of someone that restarts a service on a server. This was possible in 2003, but I do not see a possibility in 2008 and 2012.
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Upgrade Windows 2008 r2 OEM to Windows 2012r2 Action Pack
We have the following scenario.
old production server with software + configuration which we wish to retire to a testing box but keeping all the current settings etc / app installs.
Windows Action ...
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Active directory migration 2008 to 2012
After so many hours of pulling my hair i end up here for some help.
I also want to apologize for my English since its not my native tongue.
We currently have a Windows Server 2008 which we need to ...
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How can I get a static download link for a Microsoft MSDN Subscriber Download?
I need to be able to download MSDN ISO files directly from PowerShell. How can I do this?
I can view the downloads site at: https://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/securedownloads/ however, these ...
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