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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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 assign default program to all users on Windows Server 2019?
how is possible to assign the default program to open a file to all users on Windows Server 2019?
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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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Admin rights required to access serial connection
I'm just getting started with Active Directory and stuff and created a WS2012R2 domain controller and created a new user with admin right.However it seems that now I can't access the serial connection ...
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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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Can ApplicationPoolIdentity be used to read/write files from/to a folder over network?
There was a need to be able to read/write files from/to a network folder from the server with IIS.
Now I did not set it up at first so I don't know why - but a new user was created in the Application ...
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Can I install Outlook Mail app on windows server 2019?
This app comes with windows 10 as standard. I'd like to install it onto windows server 2019. Is this possible?
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Azure VPN Client Windows Server 2016R2
Is there any way to get the Azure VPN client to work on Windows Server 2016R2?
At the time of this post, the latest version was 2.2159.179.0 (Jan 12, 2023) and it said the minimum OS requirement was ...
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Attached files from Outlook 2013/2019 on Windows Server 2016 are blocked when downloaded. "This file came from another computer..."
I have a virtual machine with W. Server 2016 Std. to which several users connect via RDP.
Some of these users are having problems downloading any type of attachments from Outlook; when they download a ...
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Multiple disks on different locations in Vagrant
I have a Windows Server on which I want to create 3 virtual machines with Vagrant. Each one should have two disks attached: the primary one - SSD with 50GB of storage space and another one - HDD with ...
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Windows Server 2016 slow boot (Over 15 minutes in Boot-PreSession Init-Phase)
we are currently having problems with a Windows Server 2016 who takes approximate 20-30 minutes to boot. Most of the time the server is in the Boot Pre Session Init Phase and shows the following ...
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User receiving "Remote sign in" error on login but the user is signing in directly
Server 2022, Active Directory on a HyperV VM. 1 Windows 10 host as well. The VMs are on an internal Virtual net so theres no other traffic to worry about. I have created a test lab for GPO tests for ...
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Cannot Start Windows Process Activation Service On Windows Server 2019?
I have searched high and low and can't figure this one out.
I made a new VM on which Windows Server 2019 Standard was installed.
If WAS is started from Services it gives the following error:
Error 50: ...
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How to launch process through SSM command as a non-background process?
I want to launch Google Chrome (chrome.exe) on my AWS EC2 server using the SSM Api for launching Powershell commands.
I run the powershell command through the C# SSM API:
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How do config that an SFTP user can access two root folders on different drives from OpenSSH Windows Server?
SFTP user is a service account so we cannot create 2 separate service accounts per employee.
One service account is under group service 'Users' and 'Admin-Users' then it should be able to access the ...
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What to try before power cycling unresponsive remote Windows Server VM
I have some Server 2012r2 hosts (all remote QEMU/KVM virtual machines) that become unresponsive to new session requests: Can't RDP, Enter-Pssession -ComputerName, Invoke-Command -ComputerName, or even ...
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How to associate a private key (.key) file to a ssl certificate (from GoDaddy) to install on IIS
I have ssl certificate file downloaded from GoDaddy which contains .pem file .crt file and .p7b file. I have a private key generated in .key extension. I need to assign the same to the certificate i ...
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OpenSSH says 'Permission denied' or 'Connection reset' after I modify my user name through netplwiz on my Windows server
The orginal user name of my Windows PC was the first five letters of my email that I used to register my Microsoft account. It looks quite weird, so I modified it through netplwiz.
I've installed ...
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Disallow standard Users from generating Resultant Set of Policy data
how to restrict users to see Rsop data
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gpresult /r /x
and all data in group policy managements
i mean i want users can't see any Rsop data
i want if users opened group policy managements or ...
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Is there a way of finding out what reboot flag is causing a pending reboot
Sounds daft, and may not be loaded the way I want it to go so background
Patching servers and reboots
We patch every month but after constant reboots we notice there are reboot flags still pending, ...
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Screen goes black randomly
The screen of a Windows Server 2012 Essentials with version 6.2.920000 randomly turns black and the system seems to be frozen, forcing us to physically reboot the machine.
It happens completely by ...
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ADFS OIDC configuration URL not accessible from outside (Windows Server 2022)
I have installed ADFS and created a "Server Application" as described in the guide at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-fs/development/enabling-openid-connect-with-...
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WS-Management: The service is configured to reject remote connection requests for this plugin
I am writing a Powershell script to install SQL Server on remote servers. I have two VM servers built at the same time, by the same guy, running Windows Server 2019. They differ slightly in number ...
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Mount SFTP server reachable via HTTP proxy as a windows local drive
I need to mount SFTP server path as local drive in Windows Server with user credential. The problem is that the server is reachable only by HTTP proxy on port 80 without any authorization on proxy. ...
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Windows Server 2019 - Create a shortcut on desktop for change display orientation to portrait
I am using AnyDesk to connect remote Windows Server 2019 server.
The problem is when i enter to win server 2019 i have double mouse cursor instead of one.
I changed every option on anydesk such as ...
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Remove Malware PHP/Remoteshell.C from Wordpress websites [duplicate]
I got infection by a malware in some Wordpress websites that are installed in a remote Windows Server 2016 with IIS
The malware is PHP/Remoteshell.C and Windows Defender catch it and put some files in ...
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Is it possible to chain two vpn ( l2tp ) connections?
I have three computers, A, B, C (I installed windows server 2019 on them).
PC C has access to the webpage D, PC A and B do not.
I first dialed a vpn connection (l2tp) from A to B, then I dialed a vpn ...
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How to setup IKEv2/IPSec MSCHAPv2 VPN on Windows Server 2019
The google appreantly removed other VPN options such as PPTP from VPN setup. With PPTP there are tons of easy guide to setup your VPN on Windows Server.
However, I can't find a single guide for how to ...
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How to add a user group in the "Shut down the system" group policy in Windows Server by CMD or PowerShell
How to add a user group in the "Shut down the system" group policy in Windows Server by CMD or PowerShell
I've read some documentation on Microsoft and other sites.
Some of them suggest ...
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Microsoft Edge Offline Installer
I am trying to install Microsoft Edge on an offline Microsoft Server 2019 to use for some testing. I downloaded the latest Microsoft Edge Offline installer. When I run it, it pops a box that says:
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How to run VMware 16 on Windows Server 2022 host?
I am trying to run latest VMWare Workstation Pro (16.2.4 build-20089737) on Windows Server 2022 host (21H2).
When I start a VM I got the
VMWare Workstation and Hyper-V are not compatible. Remove the ...
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Propagation of network printer among non-domain user
I work at small company and I want to establish Windows Server, as well as transfering every user of every computer to server domain. But as novice in administration, I would like to know, how is it ...
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Windows Server 2022 datacenter Azure edition on a Azure VM shows error 0x80073712 when trying to install active directory domain services
I have a Windows Server 2022 datacenter Azure edition on a Azure VM, when ether I install active directory domain services, I get error message:
The request to add or remove features on the specified ...
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Computer Management not loading on windows server 2019 standard
I'm using Windows Server 2019 Standard Evaluation and computer management does not load.
All the icons load, but nothing else.
How can I make computer management load properly? The Windows + X menu ...
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How to separate my mouse and mouse in RDP?
I have an script that clicks on a button each minute to book something, and I want to run it in Windows Server, but the issue is when I minimize the RDP or close that, my script does not work anymore.
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Access VPS behind VPN
I've a VPS running Windows Server 2022, connected to a VPN and RDP got disconnected.
How can I connect to it's RDP while it's using VPN ?
I think that I must make rules for incoming RDP to don't route ...
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Running Windows Server 2022 install from within Windows 10
A PC I just purchased came loaded with Windows 10, though I wanted to install Windows Server 2022 on it (datacenter, desktop experience).
To do so, I downloaded the ISO, mounted it in Windows 10, and ...
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Change screen brightness in Windows Server 2019
My computer needs Display Enhancement Service to change the screen brightness, but this does not exist on Server 2019.
I tried to clone Microsoft.Graphics.Display.DisplayEnhancementService.dll from ...
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Hyper-V get connected machine hostname / ip
Is there a method to view details of the host connected to a given Hyper-V VM? Note, this is via the Virtual Machine Connection window NOT RDP.
POWERSHELL >> Get-VM (Not seeming to have the ...
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ffmpeg on Windows Server Core 2022?
Recently upgraded to Windows Server Core 2022 and ffmpeg doesn't start. No errors, no logs, no nothing. I thought I had seen mention of ffmpeg running on Server Core 2012 with the Essentials role ...
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Active Directory Advanced Permissions - remove unneeded possible permissions (not grant/deny)
I was adjusting the advanced permissions for a user on the Active Directory / MyDomain / Users object, and found a MASSIVE list of possible permissions to be granted/denied.
A good number of them were ...
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Use a TLD as a Root domain in AD server
A lot of companies use their own Top Level Domain Names in their internal networks for resolving internal services. As an example, I would mention the .intel TLD.
I'm doing something similar in my ...
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How to access a domain system, if system is using wifi
I have my own Windows Server 2012 R2 with Active Directory having 150+ users. Right now we are using Net Monitors for employee Pro to monitor our users,
My Question is if one my user's laptop is using ...
