Questions tagged [windows-server-2012-r2]
Windows Server 2012 R2 is a server operating system from Microsoft. It was published on May 31 2013, and reached End Of Life on Oct 10, 2023. It contains many substantial changes over it predecessor, and substantially streamlines the number of available versions, which are down to four: Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter.
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Windows Server restart / shutdown history
How can I easily see a history of every time my Windows Server has restarted or shutdown and the reason why, including user-initiated, system-initiated, and system crashed?
The Windows Event Log is ...
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How do I make a connection private on Windows Server 2012 R2
After a restart of one of our servers (a Windows Server 2012 R2), all private connections become public and vice versa (this user had the same problem). Stuff like pinging and iSCSI stopped working, ...
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How can I view active remote connections (RDP) to a Windows server?
How can I view, who is currently connected to a server (Windows 2012) with a remote desktop client? I am myself connected to this server via RDP.
This question offers a solution to get IP addresses ...
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RDP error "The function requested is not supported" after enabling NLA
I'm trying to RDP into one of my servers, which as Network Level Authentication Enabled as well as NTLMv2 being forced. This worked fine until the server had to reboot for updates. Now, I cannot RDP ...
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Suppressing the "reason" for shutdown on Windows Server
How can I suppress giving a reason for shutdown on a Windows Server host?
Specifically, on 2008 R2, but all versions back to 2003 and up to 2012 would be appreciated.
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Open a new cmd console on Windows 2012 Server core after closing the last one?
On my new test server, which is a Windows Server 2012 core server, I've closed the only open cmd console with the exit command.
How do I open another prompt now? Am I going to be forced to reboot the ...
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How to disable RDP access for Administrator
We need to disallow the domain Administrator account to access a server directly via RDP. Our policy is to log on as regular user and then use Run As Admin functionallity. How can we set this up?
The ...
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Should I still have a physical DC, even post-Server 2012?
Back in the pre-Windows Server 2012 days, the recommendation seemed to be to have at least one physical domain controller sat along-side your virtualised DCs.
One justification for this was because ...
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Force authenticated user immediate logoff (emergency case)
In Active Directory if you want to prevent a user from logging in you can either disable their account or simply reset their password. However, if you have a user who is already logged in to a ...
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How to See Detailed 500 Errors?
I have ii8 which I have tried to deploy my asp.net web api to. I guess I am doing something wrong as when I try to see if my api is working I am getting a 500 error.
However it does not tell me what ...
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Using CA certificate for Remote Desktop Connection
I’m connecting over the web to a remote Windows Server 2012 R2 via Remote Desktop Connection for administration needs. It is a single web and database server without an AD etc.
I’m not talking ...
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Default browser opens to msn.com when logging into Windows Server
I installed a fresh Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard with GUI instance on a VMware VM. The first time I logged in as Administrator, I noticed an Internet Explorer window automatically opened to http://...
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How do I convert a vhd to a wim file?
I just setup and sysprepped a nice new VM, now I need to convert it to a wim real quick, to upload to my sccm server. For some reason, I can't change the VM properties to boot from a legacy nic for ...
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Converting Windows 2012 R2 from Hyper-V to KVM (qemu)
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 running SharePoint 2013 which I am trying to migrate from Hyper-V to KVM (qemu). I have converted the vhdx file to qcow2 format
and copied it across to the KVM server (...
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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 Update not working on Windows 2012 R2 Standard
I recently inherited the management of a Windows 2012 server at a remote site.
I checked Windows Update and it has not been updating since March. When I tell Windows to check for updates, it acts ...
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Vendor whitepaper says: 5Mpps no prob. I'm already hitting a wall at 120kpps. Where's the bottleneck?
HP's whitepaper on their QLogic (fka Broadcom) NetXtreme II adapters, which includes the specific NIC that I'm testing, states (page 7) that their small packet performance for packets up to 256 bytes/...
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How to replace permissions and everything inside with icacls on Windows Server 2012?
Using Windows Server 2012 R2 AND Windows Server 2008 R2.
I have a folder called C:\temp\test and I want to grant access to SYSTEM and a user and all files and subdirectories, and remove everthing ...
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GPOs fail to apply; reason: Inaccessible, Empty, or Disabled; Server 2012 R2 and Windows 10
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain.
Yesterday, a computer’s (running Windows 10 Pro) network drive stopped working.
After further investigation (gpresult /h) it appears ALL group policy objects ...
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Windows Server: Replicate folders without DFS?
From reading the DFS documentation, AD appears required.
This is a problem for us because our servers are either stand alone (not in AD), or part of our hosting service AD, and AD is out of our ...
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How can I hide the Recycle Bin on Windows Server 2012?
On Windows 8 you can hide the Recycle Bin (and other icons on the desktop) by following Charms bar > Settings > Personalization. But on Server 2012 this returns an empty window with the message "This ...
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How do print servers work?
This is more of a conceptual question than a question about an actual setup in practice.
Let's say I have a network printer, a print server (server A) and workstations B and C that will use the print ...
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How to let non-admins manage selected domain groups' membership?
I'm on Windows Server 2012, Active Directory is on and working. All the project we manage have 2 dedicated groups, one for managers with access to all related files (including invoices, timetables and ...
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MSTSC: Black Areas on Remote Desktop
I'm connecting from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Hyper-V virtual machine running Windows 8.1 via RDP (mstsc.exe). The VM is hosted on the same machine from which I'm connecting.
Everything was fine until ...
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First request after a while always slow - ASP.NET MVC / IIS 8.5 / Windows Server 2012 R2 VPS
I'm hosting a low-traffic ASP.NET MVC 5 application on a VPS with Windows Server 2012 R2 / IIS 8.5, with 1 GB of RAM.
My problem is that the first request after some time without any requests always ...
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Event 4625 Audit Failure NULL SID failed network logons
In 3 separate systems, the following event is being logged many times (between 30 to 4,000 times a day depending on the system) on the domain controller server:
An account failed to log on.
Subject:
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How to persist credentials in a remote Powershell session?
I have an Azure File Share and would like to use this from my Azure VMs - after persisting the credentials on the VMs with cmdkey and mounting with net use. This was tested by running these commands ...
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CRITICAL STRUCTURE CORRUPTION on Windows Server 2012 R2
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machine; yes with all the updates. Additional software include Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (was 2012 on a previous VM). The web hosting company includes xenpci....
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Are all domain controllers on a small network considered equivalent/equal?
Windows Server 2012 R2 w/ GUI, Hyper-V host, VM DC
I am installing my first second Domain Controller(DC) (sounds weird but that really is what I'm doing). I have what I think is a good process to ...
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Mixing disks of different sizes in a Storage Spaces pool
I have a Storage Spaces pool containing 2x 3TB disks. A single mirrored volume is created from this pool with a fixed size (not thin provisioned) and is set to use all space in the pool at the time of ...
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Why don't Active Directory user accounts automatically support Kerberos AES authentication?
I'm playing around with a test domain on Windows Server 2012 R2. I'm operating at the highest possible functional level and have no backwards-compatibility issues in my small test environment. However,...
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How can I use PowerShell to enable NTFS compression, in place, on log files older than x days?
I have an application server, running Windows 2012 R2, which generates a high volume of log files, to the point that it runs the application volume out of free space on a semi-regular basis. Due to ...
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Windows Update 800F0922
I have a Windows Azure VM running Windows Server 2012 R2 that hasn't been able to install updates since April 2016. The "View update history" screen in the Control Panel lists hundreds of successive ...
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Remote Desktop event ID 20499. No noticeable issues
I get a warning event with ID 20499 for TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager.The error is:
Remote Desktop Services has taken too long to load the user configuration from server \server.domain....
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Server 2012 Cannot find C: Boot to cd
Server 2012 R2
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I am having an issue with resetting the local admin password on a windows server 2012 VM.
I first booted to a windows server 2012 cd, hit the repair option -> toubleshooting -> ...
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Is ReFS ready to host production VHDXs on Hyper-V 2012 r2 clusters?
One of the new features that I didn't see listed in all the "Windows Server 2012 r2" posts is that Clustering now supports CSVs that are formatted with ReFS. So, naturally, I would like to change the ...
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Windows 2012 R2 start button not working over RDP
It seems that when I RDP to some 2012 R2 machines, the start button seems to become un-responsive (Highlight doesn't even appear over the icon).
Failing over to ye'old ALT+Home still works a charm ...
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How can I tell if I have Windows 2012 R2 (vs the 'R1' original release')?
How can I tell if I have Windows 2012 R2 or just "2012"? I can't seem to see any signs of "R2" anywhere yet I ordered a (remote) server with this installed and I want to verify I have the correct ...
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Disk Management in Windows 2012 R2, where is it?
In Windows Server 2012 R2 I am unable to find the option to reassign the drive letter for a CD/DVD drive where the disks are normally managed. So I can reassign for hard drives, but not for optical ...
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How to schedule a task to call a URL
I have an MVC app. I have a controller that when called runs a background process to query Active Directory and updates the database.
http://myapp/BackgroundTask/Run
I want to run this on a ...
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New-ADUser -Name Length too long
I need to add about 500 users to an OU in AD
I have scripted out everything I need, however, it gives the error:
the name provided is not a properly formed
Here is the script
New-ADUser -Name ...
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Installing .Net 3.5 on Windows 2012 R2
So I am trying to Install .net 3.5 on a windows 2012 R2 Server. I have tried via the Add Feature and via DISM both fail.
When trying via Add Features GUI I am using the “Specify Alternate Path” This ...
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User in Administrators group has not the same rights as Administrator (Win 2012 R2)
I have created a user admin and putted this user in the Administrators Groups (local, there is no AD). But This admin user has not the same rights as the Administrator user itself.
Example 1: a file ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 runs out of ephemeral ports, though it shouldn't
We are regularly experiencing strange issues with networking on our dedicated server. It runs Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 on Xeon E5620 with 16 GB RAM and Intel 82575EB network adapter.
Please note ...
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What are the implications of exceeding 4 GB in a Windows Event Log?
I found this Microsoft KB that covers recommended Event Log setting maximums for operating systems up to Windows 2008/Vista, which recommends a maximum of 4GB, and have seen some other vague ...
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Using SNI on Windows Server 2012 R2 not working
I am trying to get both my sites running with their seperate certificates on a Windows Server 2012 R2.
Should this not be possible?
On the last added site www.c1get.net I get the certificate from ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Deduped 356GB to 1.32GB
I'm experimenting with deduplication on a Server 2012 R2 storage space. I let it run the first dedupe optimisation last night, and I was pleased to see that it claimed a 340GB reduction.
However, I ...
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Removing Hyper-V role from Windows Server 2012 R2
I am attempting to remove they Hyper-V role from a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine. When attempting to do so via the "Add Roles and Features Wizard", the check box is grayed out and it will not allow ...
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Can't activate Windows Server 2012 r2
I installed Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Evaluation Version on an IBM x3650 M4 server. Also I connected a domain controller configured as a secondary server.
Now I've purchased a Volume License ...
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Run command with a Managed Service Account?
I've just granted permissions for a MSA (Managed Service Account) to some resources.
Can I verify it works, by running a cmd.exe process with the credentials of the MSA account, and check I have the ...
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