Questions tagged [windows-server]
A series of Windows operating systems designed for server use. For questions specific to a particular version of Windows Server, use a more specific tag such as [windows-server-2008-r2] or [windows-server-2016]. 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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Weird IPv6 issue on Windows Server DNS, on an IPv4 network
All of a sudden, systems can not resolve any local hostnames. They are using just this one DNS server right now, the domain's primary, and can resolve addresses for hosts not on the internal domain, ...
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Ability to enable remote terminal access to a Windows Server 2022 Datacenter running in a Docker container
I am investigating the feasibility and possibility of accessing a Windows Server 2022 Datacenter running inside a Docker container. Could someone confirm if this approach is viable?
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Windows Server Backup Catalog
I'm using Macrium Reflect to do a monthly system image of our main server OS volume. I am using Windows Server Backup to do a daily backup of the rest of our data.
If the system image is for say 2 ...
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How to set the password expiring date for a local user remotely?
I am building an app to manage some local passwords. I already have some functions working and I can get the expiring date of the local user's password.
However I can't seem to find a way to set a new ...
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Home server setup
I've a desktop PC that I no longer use that I'm going to turn into a home server. I'll use it as a DC and FS server, but I need to know some things if anybody could help. Would my laptop, that will be ...
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PC setup for power users with a life on the go
I have always been into performance computing on the go. I am a student of computational science and don't have enough money to buy a powerful computer, but I want to, in the future, and I want to ...
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Unable to ping Hyper-V host from Ubuntu VM
I'm having a networking issue with my Ubuntu server VM.
My Ubuntu VM is able to ping everything EXCEPT my Windows Host.
I've tried disabling the firewall on both sides, assigning a static MAC address, ...
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Windows Server AD DS LDAP switched servers
I have a Windows Server 2022, there's 2 DCs, 192.168.1.9 and 192.168.1.20.
The main one is supposed to be 192.168.1.9 and as far as I've been told the 192.168.1.20 is to isolate connections coming ...
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What is the latest version of Windows server 64 bit that supports Paradox database engine (BDE)?
I need to upgrade to a newer Windows Server OS than 2008 R2 64 bit. Paradox database Engine (BDE) on later OSs gives the following errors.
When running on Windows 2012 R2 Server or later, I get this ...
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my drive shows size on disk very smaller than its actual size
I have check there is no compression check on ntfs settings but still also 1 TB file shows 60 GB on disk.
How is this possible ?
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How can an inactive reserved IP address be used by another device on Windows server? Shouldn’t it be reserved?
I freshly set up DHCP server on Windows Server 2022 and create in advance IP reservation for devices.
At this stage, all devices concerned by this reservation are not yet connected, so IP reservation ...
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Changing user passwords while off network with a domain joined laptop (and no VPN access available) [duplicate]
Environment:
2019 Win Server VM - DC/DNS/DHCP roles; has a backup in healthy replication
Sophos NGFW with SSLVPN configured
Remote Desktop works but not via gateway; reliant on SSLVPN connection
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Can not access share from one of 3 domain controlers
Setup: 3 DC's in the Samen VLAN network.
DC1: Windows server 2016
DC2: Windows server 2019
DC3: Windows server 2019
Problem:
All company data is op DC3 I have added myself with full control using ...
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Windows Server Scheduled Drive Optimization (defrag/TRIM) drives list is empty
I want to setup scheduled drives optimization on Windows Server 2019 (defrag HDDs and TRIM SSDs).
The Optimize Drives main window lists my drives properly. But when I want to select the drives that I ...
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Windows File/Folder Sharing - custom network path
I'm trying to simplify/shorten a windows shared network folder so that it's easier for my users to access. On the host computer where the path resides, I would like to share an entire drive to the ...
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Filter Windows Event Viewer based on information inside the event itself
I have a large number of events like:
Category: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Database.Command
EventId: 20101
Executed DbCommand (2ms) [Parameters=[], CommandType='Text', CommandTimeout='30']
SELECT ...
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How to run windows server on macOS with apple silicon?
I'm trying to run Windows Server on macOS with Apple Silicon.
Parallels can't install any x86 versions(windows server don't have arm versions out in the wild, only for OEM) I tried installing it on ...
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Best method for connecting user applications (which relly on SQL) over VPN
Two questions here:
1. I'm trying to get some end user applications in a functional state at a remote office. We have a decent site-to-site VPN and most programs work without issue (file explorer ...
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Is explorer.exe always in the "C:\Windows\" folder?
I'm writing a program that needs to find explorer.exe, but I don't know if it's always in the same folder or not.
I know on all modern versions of Windows you can find explorer.exe in the C:\Windows\ ...
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Why does my Windows Server 2019 say it is not connect to the Internet?
I have set up a Windows Active Directory Server 2019. When logged in to the console, the server displays the not connected to the Internet icon at the lower right corner of the screen in the task bar. ...
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How to install AMD display (graphics) drivers on Windows Server 2019 standard?
We've got the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (with integrated graphics) on the ASROCK X670E Steel Legend motherboard. The problem is that either ASROCK's or AMD official drivers do NOT work - they refuse to ...
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Increase display resolution using Microsoft Basic Display Adapter on Windows Server 2019 due to lack of AMD drivers
Please, any way to increase the display resolution while using Microsoft Basic Display Adapter on Windows Server 2019? It runs on 800x600 only, I need to get onto 1024x768 at least.
We've got the AMD ...
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backing up an AD DC whose Windows Server (2019) installation has died or fixing a 0xc00002e2
I have a Windows Server 2019 AD DC where it's just that one and no backup DC (I know, I know) which died yesterday after doing Windows Updates. now whenever it tries to boot it BSODs with 0xc00002e2 ...
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Error with SSL and TLS on Windows server 2019
After I updated the windows server 2019, it is not possible to connect to the server using remote desktop connection. Also the sites which are hosted on https on this server can't be opened and the ...
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How do I reset file ownership at the command line when the files are owned by users from a dead domain?
I feel like telling a story, so if you want to get to the meat of the question, skip down to the horizontal line.
Original title: Zombies from a dead domain won't give me my files!
I ran into a ...
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Windows server not assigned with ip address before login
I am having this weird problem where a physical hp server cannot be seen on my network after an unplanned shutdown/restart, I have to log in manually, and only after that, I can be ready to use ...
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Put VM on real hardware
I've just bought a new PC. My old one has 16GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD. I want to turn it into an NAS server. I have put Windows Server 2022 into a virtual machine, and configured everything to my liking ...
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Recover Machine Key that was not marked as exportable upon creation
We have a machine key that is located in: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys that was probably generated using the command aspnet_regiis "MyKey" -pc. The key works fine although ...
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How can I add a timestamp to a monitored command (like "netstat") in Windows commandline?
Using netstat -aon | findstr /I "1234", I can monitor that this port is open, but there is an issue: this is what the result looks like:
UDP 0.0.0.0:1234 *:* 5064
UDP 0.0.0.0:...
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Can't see files/directories in a Windows shared server on my Mac
I'm trying to connect to my corporate work shared server on my Mac (I use windows on my work).
I have to connect with the VPN and then I'm writing the route it shows on the Windows PC in to the "...
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Hyper-V Virtual Switch Generic failure
I installed Hyper-V on my Server (Windows 2022) but it did not create a virtual network adapter.
I tried many possible fixes like uninstalling and installing it again and running netcfg -d but this ...
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Windows Server incorrectly detecting wired network as "metered", even though it's set not to be
I have a weird issue where Windows Server 2022 is detecting my ethernet (VMware powered) as "metered" despite my not setting it as metered, and the system being on a Verizon FiOS Business ...
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"Do not allow drive redirection" not available for non-administrative user policy
I'm trying to define a local group policy to prevent non-administrator users from moving data off of a cloud VM.
I added the Local Computer\Non-Administrators Policy snap-in via MMC, but when I drill ...
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IIS 10 WebDAV Windows client gets 403 error while Android works
I have Windows Server 2019 with IIS 10 WebDAV share. I access to this share on Windows 11 notebook and Android with CxFileExplorer. There were updates on both notebook and Windows Server 2019. Now ...
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route external IP hostname to Windows Server 2022 internal IP
My server has a single NIC with 2 IP addresses.
192.168.1.8 and 192.168.1.9
1.8 is for Apache
1.9 is for IIS
From inside the network everything works fine, but from outside I get redirected to the ...
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Windows RDS - Make each users use specific NIC
I have the following situation:
I have one Windows Server, configured as RDS for 5 users.
These users need to use this RDS to access a specific website, accessed with Pulse Secure.
For multiple ...
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After Adding then Removing Active Directory/DNS Server Roles to Server, All User Accounts were Deleted
I used to have 6 user accounts other than Administrator, and after removing Active Directory and DNS Server roles, the accounts are missing from lusrmgr. The data still exists in C:\Users, and I can ...
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Why a unlocking a locked out local account on a Windows Server immediately gets locked out again?
There's a Windows Server 2022 with two administrator local users. This is not Active Directory topic. One of the admins got locked out. I go ahead and uncheck the locked out status in the Local ...
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Windows guest OS Power Plan on vmware: is there any real difference?
I've been doing some research but cannot find any evidence or KB online about this topic.
Basically as title says: for a Windows Server machine hosted on vmware is there any difference between the ...
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Remove/hide One Drive folder in file explorer
I have a mapped drive which redirects user's local folders to the mapped drive. I wish to hide the One Drive so users utilize the mapped drive instead of the OneDrive.
I've attempted to uninstall One ...
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Can one make window server VM's use system RAM for file caching?
When using Windows Server 2019 as a virtual machine for serving files, is it possible to convince it to use system RAM for caching to improve performance? We're running several file servers on a box, ...
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How to make the user interface of Windows server stay active after disconnecting the server
I'm facing the issues of losing user interface session of the server after disconnecting the server. The reason why I want to make the user interface session stay active is because I need to run some ...
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is there a script i can use for task scheduler to recycle iis application pool?
I'm looking into creating a task on one of my servers to recycle the application pool in IIS every night at a certain time automatically. any help would be appreciated. thank you.
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How can I download Windows Server 2022 Standard ISO not Evaluation? [closed]
I download Windows Server 2022 Standard from Microsoft but it's Windows Server 2022 Standard Evaluation edition: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2022
When I enter ...
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When is a Windows-Server more vulnerable [closed]
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Sometimes when a new update for a windows-server comes available it would be possible for me to install the updates but can't restart the server.
For restarting the server I need to be present ...
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Cannot edit file on windows server through RDP as domain admin
I'm new to windows administration. I've set up an Active Directory and created a user who is member of Domain Admins.
I've created another windows server, and logged into it in RDP with the Domain ...
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Remote work by "Streaming" windows file server files
So, you know how cloud storage services like Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, Sharedrive, etc. all allow a user to "stream" files? Essentially, the cloud storage mounts as a drive on the client ...
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Can I recover from a corrupted boot sector on a running system?
I accidentally ran a program the overwrites the protective mbr and all the gpt headers as admin, which means my system will die as soon as i restart it. I don't want to lose all my data, so is there a ...
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Cannot ping Windows Server Wireguard Interface
I've a Windows Server 2019 Std. running wireguard in listening mode on the Internet. Another Windows client at home also runs wireguard.
I can ping from server to client, but not the other way round. ...
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Saving files on shared folder removes all permissions
We have a shared on a windows 2019 server. If a user has the shared map as a network drive and then open a file and overwrite it. All permissions to that files are removed. Parent folder has ...
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