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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Configure Windows Firewall to block IPs listed in Spamhaus.org [migrated]
Since having suffered a hack twice on my email server, the last one VERY severe, I have been VERY proactive in monitoring my logs and taking appropriate action when I see attacks. I've installed ...
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Possible issues after turning on Bitlocker on Windows Server 2012 R2
I would like to turn on BitLocker encryption on a remote computer I don't have physical access to. What I am afraid of is that:
The operating system will not be able to boot after enabling BitLocker (...
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Windows server RDP logon causes external USB disks to spin up
I have a silent low power consumption Windows Server 2012 R2 machine with one SSD and two external USB 3.0 HDDs Toshiba Canvio Basics.
Those HDDs are the "green" ones and spin up for ...
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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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Outlook 2013 won't start except Exchange Cache Mode is active
I do have a strange problem:
Yesterday I logged off from my RDS 2012 R2 session. until that point I had no issues with Outlook.
Today I logged into a new RDS 2012 R2 session and tried to start Outlook....
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S.M.A.R.T. on Windows Server 2012 R2
One of hard drives on my Windows Server 2012 R2 starts to fail and I detected this too late - only when I was not able to read one file and got some strange errors on read.
After checking the drive ...
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How to use a SSD as cache on Windows Server?
I have Windows Server 2022 2xHDD and 2xNVMe
Can I use NVMe like cache? Maybe Storage Spaces or other app? I want to use half of NVMe space directly for VMs and half of NVMe space for cache of HDD. ...
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In place off network upgrade to server 2019
Ok, I made a backup image of an AD and have it hosted in Hyper-V machine with no network on a separate pc. Unfortunately, it will not boot normally so the only way I am able to boot it and login is by ...
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My computer works fine without the Ethernet cable but as soon as I plug the cable in, it is extremely slow
So, this is a weird one. The network I control, had a power blip in the morning and right after that, there were issues. As soon as the users log in to their computers, it would take extreme amount of ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Multiple Networks Limited Connections
I have a 2012 R2 server that was setup an a single network using teaming for 2 of the 4 nics.
Recently I wanted to split out the network traffic (one nic for back channel file transfers and 1 nic for ...
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Registry key value not saved in Windows Server 2012 R2
I need to change the value of the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WcmSvc\GroupPolicy on a Windows Server 2012 R2 instance but whenever I change the value from 1 ...
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Is there any way to find out if the file is being scanned by antivirus?
I wonder if there is any indirect way to find out if a certain file is being frequently scanned by antivirus installed on the server?
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Is gradually growing swap usage an indicator for a memory leak?
I’m trying to understand whether I have a memory leak on my server (Windows Server 2012R2). The server has 48 GB RAM and was designed to run only a DBMS (a SQL Server 2014) but there are also other ...
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How to Sync My Windows Server time to user
We are using a Windows Server 2012 R2 in our Company, and we have active directory with 100+ users. but we are facing a issue, When our user restart their computers, their computers aren't syncing ...
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Automation for a login on a program on startup of Windows
I have a program that works as a network-server for a 2nd program which does connect to the manufacturer-server of the autoparts using the 1st one. Retail workers uses the 2nd program to check prices ...
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PSEXESVC Not Self Deleting and Not deletable by Any Admin User
I run psexec.exe locally to handle a process on multiple remote servers/DC's. One server in particular has begun to experience an issue where after one successful run, the PSEXESVC.exe remains and no ...
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how to prevent users from shutdown my RDP server 2012 R2?
I have a server RDP for specific users, and they shut down the server by mistake, I want to prevent these users from shutdown the server.
I have to give them administrator local and remote desktop ...
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High Time to first byte (TTFB) in Windows Server 2012 R2
My Windows Server 2012 R2 has a long wait time on first access. It doesn't matter which service it is: RDP server, SMB access, Microsoft SQL Server or mail server that run on it. The first access ...
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HP Proliant Microserver Gen 8 Unable to see array as disk drive
I'm a bit new to server ownership, but in no means new to IT.
I recently got an old microserver from my job, with a copy of Windows Server 2012 R2 and wanted to set it up for NAS or something similar ...
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Generate SSH keys for Windows server acting as client
I have an app, which will be run by AutoSys on Windows 2012 server. The app should send csv via SFTP to Linux server. Under which account should I generate SSH keys on the Win12 server?
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Can't telnet 9100 on 2 windows servers on same network
I have 2 servers A and B on same subnet. Both can't telnet each other on 9100
Connecting To (Server IP) ...Could not open connection to the host, on port 9100: Connect failed
Both are 2012 R2
Both ...
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Finding Log4j instances on Windows 2012R2
I have not been able to find any good information on the MS website at present for 2012r2 log4j detection. It appears the Windows Defender is supposed to detect issues but is not properly supported ...
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Unable to change the default HTTP protocol handler on Windows to a custom command
If I create a new registry key, for example:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\something\shell\open\command
On the Windows command prompt I can now type:
start something://....
And it will ...
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WMIC to a different network
I am trying to run a command on that will execute on Server2 from Server1 using WMIC
e.g: from Server1 run the following command to execute on server2
WMIC /node:Server2 process call create "cmd....
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Backup (SeBackupPrivilege) and restore privilege(SerestorePrivilege). for domain user
How do I verify the if the domain user has backup (SeBackupPrivilege) and restore privilege(SerestorePrivilege)? I tried added the domain user to backup operators group. But Whoami /priv command ...
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windows smb server file is missing when denied access
IN windows server 2012 r2 machine, I created a folder called "share" and and a file named test inside that folder.The file 'test' has read write access for user1 and deny access for user2 in ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2. C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain contains a copy of my laptop
I am running Windows Server 2012R2 I have a domain set up. I use this server mostly for my own entertainment and experimentation.
I have just noticed that on the server the C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain ...
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Inaccessible "SHADOW" directory in Windows Server 2012 R2
While trying to figure out what takes up storage space on a Windows Server 2012 R2 system, I came upon a directory called SHADOW inside the main Windows directory that I cannot access in any way. When ...
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How to add an USB printer to the print management tool in Windows server?
I have some USB printers that i want to add to the print mnagement tool of windows server via the hostname that share the printer but the print management could not find them althought i could add ...
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VHD boot error 0xc0000225
I am converting a physical Windows Server 2012 R2 to a VM which will be hosted on Hyper-V core server.
Steps I have followed:
Created a VHD from existing Windows 2012 R2 physical disk using Starwind
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remote connection (AweSun and AnyDesk) - Control and Shift key stick when pressed for 1 or more seconds
I'm having a problem that i need to access another computer through remote connection (AweSun and AnyDesk) and when i press Control or Shift key for one second or more and release, it sticks and keeps ...
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Unshared printer reappears after removal
Me and my co-worker have setup a new print server on a Windows Server 2019 and are manually sharing the printers via the simplest way. Printer Properties -> Share.
Since this is working very well, ...
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should all the i.t employees have the administrator password of the windows server DC to get the job done? [closed]
in an enviroment where there is like 3 servers , server 1 DC with AD and Dhcp,dns 2 file storage 3 windows sql
all the serveres are joined to the domain so the administrator password of server 1 can ...
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Cannot connect to a shared network drive even that I am on the same subnet and all the other users can connect
I have an Windows Server 2012. I have shared folders on the Windows Server. The users map them by mapping as a Network Drive.
I do not have problems with any other user/Computer. Usually I access the ...
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Chicken and Egg; only DC is VM on host with domain shares
I'm only running one physical server at a time (think faux cluster in power saving state). The host/hypervisor's shares which are replicated to other host/hypervisors on the domain, are home to VMs ...
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File Server Resource Manager Expiration Tasks fails with Shadow Copy error
I'm running Windows Server 2012 with File Server Resource Manager role. We have two tasks configured to remove stale files on a X drive. This week I started to see the errors below in Windows ...
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How to get CA certificate bundle to single file using script?
I believe I can get a bundle certificate export doing the following manual steps:
Run certmgr.msc
Select all wanted certificates and go right-click and select all
tasks -> export:
then:
then:
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Powershell Remoting into Non-Domain server issue
Can anyone help with the following problem?
I am trying to remote into a server (SVR_A) that is not part of the domain from the server (SRV_B) in a company domain.
The IP address range of SRV_B is 10....
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How do I switch from an old version of ADK to new version permanently in Windows 2012 R2 server?
Methods attempted:
Edited the environment variable PATH and kept path of ADK "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\DISM\dism.exe" in ...
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Why do I get errors when creating a RHEL 8.3 VM on Windows Server 2012 r2 Hyper-V Manager?
I am using Hyper-V on a Windows Server 2012 r2 machine. I am attempting to create a VM with RHEL 8.3 and am running into issues. I have tried creating both Generation 1 and Generation 2 VMs and ...
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KB4571703 doesn't fix ZeroLogon
I have a Windows server 2012 R2 and would like to apply the patch to fix ZeroLogon issue (CVE-2020-1472). So I download KB4571703 from Windows Update Catalog, then install it using following steps:
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Windows Server Users dialog box before logging in
In my previous job, we had a dialog box open up when trying to log in into a windows server but the maximum logged in users was already reached. It shows each logged in user and whether they are ...
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How to run scheduled task 3 days before end of month
Task should run 3 days before end of month, once per month.
In this year it should run in
Aug 29
Sept 28
Oct 29
Nov 28
Dec 29
How to specify this in Windows Scheduled task trigger so that it runs ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 - RtkNGUI64.exe System Error
I was using Windows Server 2012 R2 and I uninstalled IIS from the server and restarted. When the machine came back online I logged in and then saw this screen:
Any idea why this is happening or how I ...
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Can I unlock a Bitlocker drive from Windows 10 in Windows 2012R2?
I'm trying to unlock a Bitlocker'd external drive on a Windows 2012R2 server, but it is not accepting the password - it just gives the The password entered is incorrect. message.
I'm assured the ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Enable Bio-metric
I have Windows Server 2012 R2 installed on my laptop for development environment, I want to use builtin Bio-metric device to login to computer/server, i can see bio-metric device is properly installed ...
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Windows Service, why are there no retries after failure after boot?
I have a Windows Service, for which I set up recovery options when the service fails (via the Services App, in the Recovery Tab of the Service Properties).
The options currently are set so that there ...
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Windows Server Migration - find which c plusplus redist installations are necessary
here's the situation:
We have an older Winserver 2012 VM that we want to migrate to 2019. This VM has a bunch of IIS / ASP sites that were written by an intern about 6-8 years ago, and apparently need ...
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Why am I gettting errors when trying to install Windows Server 2012 R2 onto Dell PowerEdge R510?
I have a new Dell PowerEdge R510 rack server that I am trying to install Windows Server 2012 R2 onto.
The machine has all 12 slots filled with 3TB hard drives.
I've created 2 virtual disks:
Disk 0/ ...
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Emails sent via application on RDS server stuck in outbox - Outlook
We currently generate and process documents via an application hosted on a RDS server. Users access the application via remote desktop applications and do not login to there desktop on the server.
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