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 2019 RemoteFX COM port redirection does not work, Windows Server 2012 it works
Have Windows7 workstation with a USB COM port device installed.
From this Windows7 workstation I RDP to Windows Server 2012 terminal server and all devices are redirected through RDP correctly.
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server 2012Rd backup domain controller not communicating with PDC
I have client with a server with four vm's One is primary dc and another backup dc. There was an error generated with windows time service. The recommendation was to add/ change the logon to ...
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2012 R2 Domain Controller migrate to 2022 STD
I know there are already topics of this nature on the board. I have a quick question on the 2012 R2 DC.
My setup contains three 2012 R2 Domain Controllers. One Primary, and two backup DCs.
I want to ...
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Cannot remove alternate computername after in-place upgrade from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2
We have some servers that were upgraded in-place from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2. While they were running 2008 R2 alternate computer names were added to them with netdom computername <computer> /add:<...
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DNS server cannot resolve addresses itself
We have a very similar issue to the one here: Server 2012 R2 DC resolves DNS for domain PC's but not for itself
We also have a Server 2012 R2 standalone DC abd are getting very similar issues (...
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What's the difference between Home folders and Folder Redirection?
I found this (Difference between Roaming profiles, User Profile, Home Folder, and Redirected Folders?) but it doesn't really answer my question.
If I assign users a Home folder, is that essentially ...
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Importing a certificate says import successful but I can't see it anywhere in MMC
A client gave us their certificate, a .cer file. I right click it, choose install certificate, choose Local Machine and Automatically select the certificate store to import it. After a while (takes ...
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Exchange 2013 ECP ,Redirect loop with wildcard cert
Recently we were unable to log into ECP, after successful login we a re redirected to de login prompt, on our two Exchange servers and no configuration change were made, we are using a wildcart cert ...
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How can I fix this Mysql login?
I have installed MYSQL community edition on Windows server, I also added the Environment variable to execute the mysql command.
The scenario is: When I try to connect to mysql using the CMD I get the ...
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Server 2012 R2 - Hangs at shut down or restart
We have an odd situation with some of our servers where they don't appear to be able to shut down or restart without having to hard power them off manually.
At first I assumed it was just a one-time ...
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Exchange 2013 DAG over 2 Subnets replication failure
I have 2 Exchange 2013 Standard servers on two different subnets. One is on our local network and the 2nd is on our Cloud provided by our ISP. Adding the 2nd server to DAG went well and seeding the ...
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Disable file locks on a read-only Windows File Share
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On a Windows Server (2012R2 or 2016), I want to configure a file share offering a following functionality
some users, publishers group, have a write access to the share; these users are ...
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Windows system colors all wrong
After a recent reboot, our 2012 R2 Remote Desktop server's system colors are all wrong. It almost looks like it is in High Contrast, though it reports that it is using Basic.
Here is a screen-shot ...
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IBM Cloud Portal does not reflect updated OS after in-place upgrade Windows Server 2012 R2 to 2019
Hello ServerFault Community,
IBM Cloud recommended way is to upgrade any OS via OS reload method.
When we tried OS reload, everything was reset like a clean installation.
In-place upgrade suits us, ...
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Trouble Upgrading Secondary DC from 2008R2 -> 2012R2 without FSMO Roles Present
I am attempting to upgrade a recovered DC running 2008R2 to 2012R2. This DC is the secondary and the primary is still in production. When attempting the upgrade process, I run into an issue where the ...
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I can't find information on 2012 R2 Event ID's 257, 258, 265 Win32K errors
2012 R2 as a Hyper-V host only
Last night this machine began running very slowly. I shut down the VM's and then the host. That also took forever.
When I restarted the vm host machine it operated ...
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Promoting a domain controller fails prerequisites
I'm replacing my domain controller with another domain controller with more efficient hardware and migrate from Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2019.
The first step I joined the new server to the ...
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Windows Group Policy Management - Session host limit group policy doesn't work as expected
I have created a group policy to end the sessions which are disconnected automatically & the settings of RDP session timeouts are located in the following GPO section Computer Configuration -> ...
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Error when creating an A record for a specific servername. I'm able to create others
I'm unable to create a A record for a server, SERVER1 . The record does not exist.
When i try to create it I recieve the message "The host record SERVER1.xxx.yyy cannot be created. Access is ...
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Windows CA Publishing Expired Certs in CRL When not configured to do so
I have a Windows ADDS CA that for some reason is publishing revoked but expired certificates in the CRL and I can't for the life of me figure out why. Here is my configuration:
Server 2012 R2
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Migrating 2012R2 RDS to 2019 RDS by in place upgrades?
I have a working 2012R2 RDS infrastructure with following hosts:
1 2012R2 DC
1 2019 DC
1 2012R2 Host as RDS Gateway, RDS Broker, RDS Webaccess
few 2012R2 Session Hosts
few 2019 Session Hosts
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RD Session Host 2012R2 Session settings set via GP are not reflected in QuickSessionCollection Properties
I have a Quick Start RDS deployment on one host under Windows 2012R2, domain member. I applied group policies on this host that limited sessions timeouts:
Windows Components/Remote Desktop Services/...
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How to change SID of deployed server?
I needed to setup 2 vms and naively simply setup one from scratch, made sure it worked correctly, then copied it to another host. Now getting message "the trust relationship between this workstation ...
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Windows Server 2012 default desktop size
I am using Windows Server 2012 r2 Datacentre edition running on an Azure virtual machine and I have come across a strange behaviour that hopefully someone can help me understand.
Put simply, when I ...
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Remote Desktop Gateway MMC not showing some connections under "Monitoring"
This is a short question: I have a Remote Desktop Gateway server on Windows Server 2012 R2. It is working for users. However, not all of the connections show up under "Monitoring". I can connect to ...
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Set credentials/password for remote connection in powershell on Windows Server 2012
I have 2 servers (both Windows Server 2012 R2). They both have an Administrator account with password xxx and the 2 servers are in the same network (domain). I didn't install/configure those servers.
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An Active directory domain controller could not be contacted
After creating an Active Directory domain controller I tried to add client computers to the domain but I kept hitting a snag.
The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service ...
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GPUpdate failing due to LDAP Bind Issue
When I run gpupdate on my workstations I get the following error.
Computer policy could not be updated successfully. The following errors were encountered:
The processing of Group Policy failed. ...
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Win 2012 R2 / IIS 8.5 intermittent Connection Refused
We suffer from a connection refused problem when the users of our web site try to open it. This problem happens in a random manner, about once or twice a month, and problem continues for a few hours. ...
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Attributes Windows CA templates
Windows Enterprise CA.
I have been requested that in the certificates appear the following attributes: OU, C (country) and O (organization).
I have seen that in the certificate template in the "...
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Server 2022 (upgraded from 2012R2) has a blank ServiceUrl for Microsoft.Update.ServiceManager
We have upgraded a couple of servers from Windows Server 2012R2 to Windows Server 2022 without issue. However, we just did one and it will not connect to Windows Update.
We aren't using WSUS just ...
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"HTTP 503 - Service Unavailable" when trying to access ADFS password change page from an external network
I'm using ADFS 3.0 federated domain (SSO with Office-365) and I've successfully set up the password change page to work from any workplace joined device. I'm currently trying to set it up to be ...
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Error: Unable to display RD Web Access... after hitting refresh in IE
Just setup a RDS environment with Windows Server 2012 R2 (Broker/WebAccess/RDSH/Gateway/SSL).
Everything works, except for when you hit the Refresh button on the browser on any page, you will get the ...
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Migrating from IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 to IIS 10 on Windows Server 2019
I want to ask you a suggestion about how to proceed in migrating an entire IIS (version 8.5) in Windows Server 2012 R2 to IIS (version 10) on Windows Server 2019. I need a nearly automatic procedure ...
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0x8024401c on all new WSUS clients
I keep getting the error 0x8024401c on all new clients connecting to WSUS. (Only Windows 10 and Server 2016)
According to Google, this error results to "WU_E_PT_HTTP_STATUS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT" but I can ...
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Server 2012- Installed DNS Role but DNS Manager not showing up in Tools
I have a Windows Server 2012 (In Virtual Box) setup with a DNS Role. In the server manager, DNS shows up on the left hand selection. However, DNS does not show up in the Tools.
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Changing name/ip of Domain Controller/DNS/DHCP Server after migrating from 2012 to 2019
We are prepping a migration of our AD server (DNS/DHCP/Print/Azure AD Connect) from 2012 to 2019. I can't find a definitive answer on changing a DC's ip/computer name post-migration.
Prep:
spun up ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 in AWS EC2, change resolution beyond 1280x1024
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 instance running in EC2 performing some UI tests while nobody is connected to it. I use the following script to disconnect from Remote Desktop:
for /f "skip=1 tokens=3"...
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Printer GPO Error Code '0x80070bcb'
When trying to deploy label printers via GPO, I am receiving the error of
Group Policy Object did not apply because it failed with error code '0x80070bcb The specified printer driver was not found on ...
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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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NPS Certificate
I am changing a CA in the domain to a new one. The old CA will be deactivated.
I have an NPS server configured with the certificate of the old CA in "Network Policies -> Policy1 -> ...
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How many MSDTC clustered services (if any) are needed for a multiple-instance SQL Server 2012 cluster?
I'm creating a new SQL Server 2012 cluster, running on 2 physical nodes (the O.S. is Windows Server 2012 R2); the cluster will host multiple SQL Server instances; the exact number is yet to be defined,...
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CA template Windows
In a Windows CA, I have mistakenly removed permissions from a template and now I can't modify it.
How do I modify or delete this template to create it again?
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Does Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 support mix of nodes with both Intel and AMD processors?
Is it possible to simultaneously have nodes that run on x86_64 CPUs from different vendors in Hyper-V running on Windows Server 2012R2?
Will Hyper-V allow me to add new node with CPU from AMD if all ...
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Upgrading an DHCP Load Balance environment - in-place upgrading 2012R2 to 2022
I've got an old DHCP environment, all on Win 2012 R2. 2 host doing Load Balance . We want to upgrade those to Win 2022.
That's something I've never done before (heck, I set this current one up like 10 ...
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What happens when "Auto state switchover interval" is less than "Maximum client lead time" in DHCP?
I was wondering what happens when "Auto state switchover interval" is less than "Maximum client lead time" in DHCP?
The question was raised after reading definitions of MCLT & ASSI:
Maximum ...
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Possible to mirror DNS forward lookup zone to second TLD? (Windows Server)
We recently started using a new TLD for our company, but are still maintaining the old TLD.
On our local DNS server (Windows Server 2012) we have internal DNS records set up as subdomains of the old ...
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Data corruption when disk write caching is enabled
I've recently learned that enabling disk write caching can significantly improve system performance. However, I'm concerned about the potential risks of data corruption or loss in case of a sudden ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Task Scheduler access denied (0x80070005), but command works manually in shell
I have the following problem. On our Windows Server 2012 R2 is a scheduled task which calls a batch file, which in return calls vb scripts.
Those scripts just download 5 pictures and stores them ...
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how to find the "Remote Desktop Connection Broker" server in a Windows Server envrionment?
I am about to setup the licensing for the Remote Desktop server and point it to the licensing server. Problem is, I am not sure if this environment even has a connection broker server installed or do ...
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