Questions tagged [windows-server-2012-r2]
A version of Windows for servers based on Windows 8.1 and a significant update to Windows Server 2012. Questions about administering Windows Server systems that are specific to a business environment are off topic for Super User; please consider asking on Server Fault instead if your question is on topic there.
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How to instal and run dotnet command and .NET Core on Windows Server 2012 RC2? [duplicate]
I installed the .NET Core Windows Server Hosting bundle on Windows Server 2012 RC2 x64. When I try to run dotnet command, I get this error:
After some googling, I found out that I should install ...
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Upgrading Windows Server 2008 r2 to Windows Server 2012 r2
We are upgrading from Windows Server 2008 r2 to Windows Server 2012 r2.
Can we use the existing Windows Server 2008 r2 valid security certificate and the 30 remote desktop (RRAS/Terminal Services) ...
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Run interactive script at system startup, or start interactive user session (Windows)
I am creating ephemeral Windows Server VMs on AWS and would like to install a list of software unattended when they first start up. To do this, I am running a bootstrap script at startup that installs ...
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Enter-PSSession not working to access domain-joined workstation
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I'm sitting at a Windows Server 2012 R2 server and I'm trying to Enter-PSSession into another machine.
I've executed Enable-PSRemoting on the remote computer and that did not help.
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dnsmasq as local secondary authoritative dns server
I've got Windows Server 2012 R2 as a local-only AD/DNS server which needs to be shut-down at times for personal reasons. By the way, this server does everything its supposed to do when it's up: ...
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Give full access to user in one Domain to another Domain
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I created 2 way trust in both forest and then wide authentication between them with conditional forwarders in DNS in both domain i dint create any stub zone or secondary zone since i ...
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Drivers difference between Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 R2
I tried to use Epson Perfection 3490 Photo scanner in Windows Server 2012 R2, but couldn't install drivers. What I know for certain - this scanner is working in Windows 8 and Windows 10.
Are ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 4k Resolution
I have recently purchased 4K monitor - using Windows 2012 Server R2 with NVIDIA GeoForce GT 630 graphics card through HDMI port.
Currently, The maximum resolution I am getting is in: Display/Screen ...
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(Win Server 2012 R2) Can't enable data deduplication
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Datacentre edition)
I cannot enable Data Deduplication. This particular volume previously had data deduplication enabled. Computer was changed from BIOS to UEFI boot, so ...
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How to grant permissions on a multi-folder file-server
I have been given the task to restructure a file server (CIFS), which is mapped to a Windows Server. Further I need to manage the file server as picture below.
I need some guidance to know what kind ...
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Hyper-V Export failed for virtual machine
On some machines, when exporting, I am getting the following error:
Export failed for virtual machine ‘machine’ (xxx-xxx-xxx) with error ‘The requested operation could not be completed due to a ...
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WDS Service cannot start
I got WDS running on a Windows Server 2012 and for a moment i couldnt deploy image from the server to my new windows client.
I tried restarting the Windows Deployments Service Server but the service ...
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Windows server event log has several thousand print errors
I'm managing a Windows 2012R2 Server, and when I looked in the event log, I saw about 30,000 errors.
They look like this:
Process: PrinterDCA.Service
Level: Error
Process ID: 1196
Thread ID: 20
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Duplicate folders in network share
I have a Windows 7 machine that is seeing duplicate folder entries in a network share. The share is hosted on a Server 2012 R2 machine and the duplicate entries do not appear locally on the server or ...
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SSL Cipher Suite GPO
Thanks in advance for reading. I'm using Win Server 2012 R2 to dish out group policies.
I've created a GPO to define the SSL Cipher Suite Order under Policies > Admin Templates > Network > SSL ...
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Location of Microsoft .NET Framework Configuration
I've searched for weeks for the Microsoft .NET Framework X.X Configuration in a Windows Server 2012 (X.X means the version) and found nothing. Some tutorials guide me to Administrative Tools and I ...
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Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 hangs at "Getting Devices Ready 82%"
I have a second hand HP Proliant MicroServer which I am trying to install Windows Server 2012 R2.
I get as far as entering the product key and installing the software.. However when it restarts ...
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Windows Servers update management [closed]
We have a couple of Windows 2012R2 and Windows 2016 servers hosted with Amazon. None of those servers are joined to a domain, they are all separate.
Before we would just install Windows updates as ...
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RemoteApp steals focus from other applications
I have an issue with RemoteApp opened applications through Terminal Services, they randomly steal the focus from other apps.
When you have a RemoteApp application opened in the background and you ...
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How to check whether turbo boost is active or not - windows server 2012
CPU is : 2x Intel E5 2620 V1
Motherboard is supermicro x9drd
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Server 2012R2 cannot ping default gateway
I am using VMPlayer 12 to host Server 2012R2. Several of them. (Learning Server Administration). I have created the DC serverr and joined another server to the DC. At one time recently the servers ...
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Running IPV6 With IPV4
This post asks two questions, a primary and related question.
I have been told, perhaps erroneously, that it is wisest to keep IPV6 turned on, especially on newer versions of Windows Server. To the ...
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Does sharing a Hyper-V host USB device with guest VM via enhanced session require constant connection?
I have a requirement to attach a USB device to a hyper-v host, and get it connected to a guest VM.
Looks like there are hardware solutions, or software solutions cost over $100, but the only free/...
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"530 Valid hostname is expected." when connecting to FTP site in IIS
I have created a FTP site in IIS where I configured a host header. I know that to connect to the FTP account I need to use "host|username" syntax, but that does not work in my case when I try to ...
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Can I stop another user kicking me out of a RDC?
When I'm using a Remote Desktop Connection, if another user tries to connect, it simply kicks me out with no warning. I have to then contact the other person saying "Hey, I was using that."
Is there ...
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Nondescript error when installing SQL 2014 Standard Edition
While installing SQL 2014 on a fresh Windows Server 2012 R2 machine I get the following error:
Error result: -2068643838
Result facility code: 1203
Result error code: 2
It says to review summary.txt,...
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Dism fails with error 3017
I run Dism on windows server 2012 and I get error 3017 when run DISM.
In the log, I see:
2017-05-26 17:31:03, Error DISM DISM Package Manager: PID=956 TID=2676 Failed to get the ...
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Cannot add a Server2012R2 to a Domain
I'm trying to join a Windows Server2012R2 to a Server2012R2 domain. I've added another server to this domain successfully. All servers are running via VMPlayer 12 from a Windows 10 host.
The new ...
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Setting up Wekan on Windows Server 2012 R2 (issue with 127.0.0.1)
Target Result: To set up Wekan on Windows Server 2012 R2 and remotely access it
Current Status: Currently the site is now up and running if I access it inside the server via this URL http://localhost:...
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How to delegate local administration of the client to a help desk group (without it having admin rights of the domain)
I want to delegate local administration of the clients to a help desk group (without it having admin rights of the domain). How do i achieve that?
Thanks.
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Prevent users from running programs and scripts from the folder download using GPO
i want to prevent users from running programs and scripts from the folder
download.
Can someone please help me.
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Strictly prohibit the use of Firefox browser, including a portable version using GPO
I am new to using Windows Server 2012 R2 and i would like to know how to prohibit the user of Firefox browser, including a portable version using GPO. Thank you
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LDAP Query Active Directory
I need to create an ldap searchbase to get all members of a group. So far i have this query but this give me all the information about the members in the group. I only want the sAMaccountName of users....
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Cannot join Windows 10 to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
I have a Windows 10 machine and a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine.
The Windows Server machine has all latest updates.
On the Windows 10 machine I installed Client Connector application.
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No Internet on VPN (Windows Server 2012)
Recently I setted up RRAS on my Windows Server 2012 R2.
My server has an interface to the Internet (Ethernet), and second interface - not connected to anything (Ethernet 2).
From client, I can ...
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Issues sending emails remotely using Powershell script - Server 2012 R2
We're having issues when using the Invoke-Command command in Powershell to manually trigger a remote Scheduled Task on another system.
Here's the situation: A server XXX has a scheduled task, that ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 - Remote Desktop Connection Has Been Lost
Recently purchased Windows Server 2012 R2, Remote desktop connection worked fine until we started getting disconnected every 2 or 3 seconds.
Message: Connecting, The connection has been lost. ...
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Cannot expose Jenkins externally
I'm hosting jenkins on windows (historical reasons)
Just updated it from 1.620 to 2.62
Everything works as expected, except the tiny details that I cannot access it anymore.
Only accessing it from ...
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Windows server 2012 DRA (Data recovery agent) account not able to decrypt files
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2, Hyper V VM acting as a domain controller (for domain parihar.local). I am setting up EFS (Encrypted File System) on the same and am running into a very specific issue ...
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A new drive gets a lot of space allocated after formatting - why?
I have a VM hosted on a Hyper-V server that's acting as an RDS host. I have added a disk of size 4 GB in order to place a paging file to it. When I format it, its capacity is reported as 3.97 GB, but ...
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How to exit OOBE-Mode in cloned Virtual Machines?
I have some Virtual Machines with Windows Server 2013 R2 which are cloned.
Now these clones cannot register to our WSUS. WindowsUpdate.log tells this:
OOBE is in progress, so cannot perform ...
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Run stand alone windows update in windows server 2012
How can I patch the stand alone windows update package in our workstations? We're using Windows Server 2012 R2.
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Internet Explorer 11 Group Policy Disable Find Files via F3 within the browser not working
The policy, located at User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Search: Disable Find Files via F3 within the browser, does not work for IE11. This policy was ...
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How to configure Ipv4 settings on Server 2012 R2, for offline LAN and online wireless connectivity?
I have a bit of an odd situation that I'm hoping someone can help me out with.
Let's say I have a domain controller with Windows Server 2012 R2, let's call it DCSERVER, and there's a 2nd Server 2012 ...
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Make Windows Server 2012 R2 override router DHCP
I'm looking for a solution for a home server that is not live all the time.
I'm playing around with AD/DNS/DHCP. Only problem is that when I want to use my server DHCP service that I'm required to ...
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SSL Record Layer vs TLSv1.2 Record Layer
I have a java based application. It tries to connect a web server through HTTPS. But, it fails in very first step of hand shake. I took tcp trace. I also check connection via browser. Browser connects ...
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Burp Suite Professional 1.7.22 using a lot memory - Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
I'm running Burp Suite Professional 1.7.22 on my Windows Server 2012 R2 X64 Datacenter. However even if no scan is running and I'm not proxying connections from a browser Burp still uses over 3500mb ...
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Connect 2 Domain Controllers using VM VirtualBox on this same system
I want to set up Virtual Enviroment using Windows server 2012 R2. What i did.
Installed 2 Virtual Boxes of Windows Server 2012 R2
Promoted one to Domain Controller, installed AD DS, DNS
I' ve ...
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How to configure iSCSI redirection on Windows Server 2012?
rfc 7143 defines the iSCSI redirection function. I don't have a Windows Server 2012 instance at hand. Is it possible to configure this feature on Windows Server 2012?
Redirection - indicates that ...
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How to configure XAMPP based Web Server on an Windows 2012 R2 RDP Server to be accessed worldwide?
I am trying to configure XAMPP based Web Server on Windows 2012 R2 RDP Server but after successfully configuring it..I can't access it remotely from the web???
http://163.172.60.186:23456/...
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