Windows Server 2008 is a Microsoft Server Operating System released in February 2008. It is the successor to Windows Server 2003 and is based on the Windows Vista codebase. It was succeeded by Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2008 Introduced the following new features: Server Core ...
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keeping up to date with service packs and updates
Does Microsoft or anyone provide an email update or feed that will notify me when there is a service pack or important update available? I was recently put in charge of a group of servers and come to ...
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How do you download files on a Windows server?
The question might sound stupid, but this is often a major issue for me. Consider the following scenario:
The customer has a fresh Windows Server 2008 based system into which I can connect via RDP. ...
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create a private network with router
I would like to create a private network off of my works production network. I'm going to be testing some software on this network. And I can't have any traffic from the test boxes interfering with ...
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Rebooting the machine via shutdown.exe triggers the Shutdown Event Tracker
I have a scheduled task that runs once a week which performs a simple reboot of the machine. The problem is that once the system is rebooted, it thinks that the last shutdown was unexpected and then ...
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Can access Windows share by IP or FQDN address but not by hostname
One of the lab computers at the school I administer is not able to access a any shares under the \\ad\data$ directory. I can access it from any other computer on the network. If I use the IP ...
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Domain Controller authentication [migrated]
The idea is to find number of users logged on to a particular logon server. We have one physical windows 2003 server and one virtual windows 2008 server as part of domain. The aim is to backup 2008 ...
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the partition contains one or more dynamic volumes that are not supported for installation ( Error while installing windows server 2008 R2)
I have installed Win 7 on C Drive of my computer . I formatted Drive D in Windows ( Right Click and Format ... ) and now when i try to install Win 2008 R2 on D Drive from Boot i get this error :
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Deleting a file from a network drive
If I have a network drive setup which connects to a specific server. If I delete a file from that network drive, it does not go into my desktop recycle bin and it does not go into the recycle bin on ...
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Simulating a corporate network at home - WAN
I am currently in the process of completing a windows 2008 server administrator course and have a setup like this in vmware -
1 x Forest Root Domain Server based in New York
3 x Child Domain ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2: change account type from command line?
I have a need to add a user to a Windows Server 2008 R2 box, and make that user an administrator. Basically, I want to automate the second step of this process:
1. net user MyUser password /add
2. ...
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Users unable to logon to only one server in domain through RDP
Today one of my colleagues decided to try and free up some space by taking the entire users directory from our Windows Server 2008 R2 installation to another drive. This has caused the problem of ...
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Any flaws in this deployment process? [migrated]
On my QA and production servers I have 1 background procecss (Windows service) running with 5 different IIS ASP.NET MVC applications.
I have a folder c:\app\ which contains a subfolder named by the ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 - How to copy a scheduled task
System: Windows Server 2008 R2
I would like to create a new scheduled task that is extremely similar to an existing task. It would be a pain to write down or type out all the settings.
Is there a ...
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Documenting Group Policy [migrated]
We as an IT group are about to go through all of our group policies and clean up/enhance them. I am trying to compile an easy to read document on what is configured and what is not.
I wanted to ask ...
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Prevent certain group of users from accessing Control Panel using Windows Server 2008
I can't seem to find a way to prevent certain groups of users from Accessing the Control Panel.
It's either disabled for all user or none.
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how to log on host if dc on virtual server
If my only Domain Controller is on a Windows 2008 Hyper-v server then do I always have to use a local (non-domain) credentials to login to the host server & the Hyper-v server after a reboot?
I ...
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Can TP-LINK TL-WN951N be made to work on Windows Server 2008 R2?
I just bought this wireless network card, which advertises support for and runs fine on Windows 7 when the driver is installed. But on Windows Server 2008 R2, the driver installs but doesn't actually ...
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Can/should we copy DVD to HD when installing server 2008?
With Windows 2000/XP, possibly NT4 even, we used to copy the i386 folder to %SYSTEMROOT%, usually c:\windows, and update a key within HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup to point to ...
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Connecting clients to Active Directory Server
I have a computer in my basement with Windows Server 2008 R2. I have set up my DNS name as forlenza.local and installed the Active Directory service on it, but when I try to join any client PC to the ...
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How to run a program with admin privilege
I need to run a program as a different user + make it run with admin privileges (Run as administrator).
I use the 'runas' for running the program as a different user
How can I run the program as ...
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Folders named as the current month by command line
I have this code :
xcopy "C:\30*.zip" "C:\Folder\"
what i want is to copy the zip files to a new folder, this folder named as the current month
ex : March , April
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Folders named as the current month by command line
I have this code :
xcopy "C:\30*.zip" "C:\Folder\"
what i want is to copy the zip files to a new folder, this folder named as the current month
ex : March , April
I'm using ...
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How to enable Windows Search component in Windows Server 2008 R2?
I am using Windows Server 2008 R2 for development and also have installed Office Outlook in my system. Now I can't enable instant search withing Outlook. It's asking to enable to the search component. ...
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Move 4.5gb file from local windows 7 pc to windows server 2008
Does anyone know any tricks to move over a 4.5 gb file from local pc to virtual server?? I am working on the last hairs of my head, and I would like to keep them.
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Sharing wireless LAN via ethernet
+------------+ +------------+
| | Ethernet | |
| Client-A |<----+---->| Server |
| | | |
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cannot connect labtop to windows server 2008 domain?
This is my first time with Windows server. I installed Windows Server 2008 on VMWare,
installed an active directory domain, and created a computer and a user.
I tried to connect using the Windows XP ...
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How to create power config schemes on clients at machine start?
I set up a machine startup batch script & confirmed it's fired. However it couldn't create any power scheme on XP client which one a domain member.
This is the batch file:
dir > ...
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Misaligned active window capture in Remote Desktop
Recently I need to to do some reports by capturing the active window within Remote Desktop (mstsc.exe). The capture was done using Alt+PrintScreen but the resulting captured image is misaligned, 6 ...
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How do I create a complete disk mirror in Windows Server 2008?
I'm trying to mirror a full Disk in Windows Server 2008, however I don't see any options to mirror a full Disk, only Volumes.
Both disks are the same brand, size and are configured as Dynamic Disks, ...
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How do I add an Ubuntu machine to a Windows domain?
This has been driving me insane for a while now. I'm quite new to Ubuntu, recently started using it for class (recently updated it too, so now the UI is confusing as heck and I have to get used to it ...
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Windows 2008 vs Windows 7 - everyday use - software compatibility [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows Server 2008 R2 as a desktop OS?
I'm wondering if there are problems when related to software compatibility between Windows 2008 and Windows 7.
Can Windows 2008 ...
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Interactive scheduled tasks without logging in
We have a scheduled task that runs periodically and causes PDFs to be printed. The process is relatively simple and works fine on Windows Server 2003. The task must run whether or not the user is ...
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Windows 7 dhcp issues from windows 2008 server
I am having some troubles with mapped network drives on Windows 7.
We have several Windows 7 machines that are trying to automatically connect to network shares (that are on a Windows 2008 server and ...
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Can't access RDC after remove Remotedesktop Service Role
after removing the Remotedesktop Role i can't access the Server with RDC. I check the Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server
and the Option ...
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Running logon scripts with the standard user access token?
I have a powershell script which executes after I logon to my account. This is done by a group policy logon script.
Because I am in the Administrator group this script is run with elevated rights ...
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How to provide users with isolated drive letters in Windows 2008 R2 (Terminal Server)
I need to be able to host several RDP sessions on a Terminal Server, where users of group A see a drive X: mapped to a given folder of the server and another group B see the same drive letter X: ...
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What could cause my LAN Pings be greater than 100ms?
I have 2 servers (Both: Windows Server 2008, Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz, 32GB RAM, 8 x 15k SAS Drives).
One of them is a DC / Web server / Exchange Server, the other is a SQL Server (2008).
I have a 48 port ...
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Self-contained Flash Player 10.0 R2 fails on Server 2008 and 2008 R2
I've been given a self-contained Flash presentation by a vendor. It is used to train staff on new products. The executable/presentation runs fine on Windows 7 (32/64bit) but not on Server 2003 R2, ...
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Is there a way to disallow users from moving directories?
I have a shared directory on Windows Server 2008 that is shared between about 15 people. In the root of the share are folders corresponding to the clients my company has. Someone keeps dragging ...
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How to record audio in Windows Server 2008 Web SP2?
I face into this problem and before ask here I've searched and read a lot of question but no-one seems to fit to my problem.
I have a server running Windows Server 2008 Web with the SP2 and a headset ...
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Bootable Full Image Backups [closed]
I need to be able to create a bootable image backup of my server and then place that image on a harddrive for recovery purposes. It would be nice if I was able to backup the shadow copy components as ...
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How can I see if a user deleted a folder in a shared resource using AD?
Is there any way to see if a user deleted a folder in a shared resource (we have Active Directory)?
I need to see if someone is removing folders or if they do actually "magically disappear".
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An equivalent of ssh port-tunneling for Windows servers?
my home is Linux servers where SSH can always be used to get around a slightly-too-restrictive firewall. At work however, all of the servers we deal with are Windows based.
I'm needing to connect to ...
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Windows open dialog sometimes shows no files / subfolders
This happens only a terminal server for a single user. Sometimes when the user opens the attachment dialog in Lotus Notes (I don't think Notes is the problem here) he only sees some folders but no ...
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No sound on Intel server board with Windows Server 2008
I have installed Windows Server 2008 Enterprise version on my Intel server board (S3420GPV). But I didn't get any sound card driver for my board.
Is there any sound card available for the same ...
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RDP Default CMD font upon “start the following program on connection”
We are using and RDP file to run an application via Terminal Server on a Windows Server 2008 that uses the command prompt to execute.
We have a short-cut defined in the server's desktop with the ...
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Server 2008 bombards network, causing slow speed
My Windows Server 2008 after a new install seems to bombard the network causing slow data transmissions between itself and any other device.
However file transfer between any other devices is fine.
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How can I merge two different hard drives for Windows Server?
I have two hard disk drives, each of 1TB size.
How can I merge them and make them one drive in Windows Server 2008?
After doing that, how can I reinstall Windows on those hard drives, keeping the ...
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Jump List for Word 2007 disappeared in Windows Server 2008
There is no %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations folder in Windows Server 2008 R2, for users to delete large or corrupted files to fix missing jumplists. Where is it located, if ...
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How long should it take to install Win Server 2008 R2 on a virtual Machine
I have a server running Ubuntu 11.10 and am trying to install Windows Server 2008 R2 into a virtual machine. I gave the VM 3 gigs of Ram and the processor is an intel dual core Celeron ~2.5 GHz.
The ...
