Questions tagged [windows-server-2012]
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Generally what are the ports that need to be open and remain on a windows server?
Normally under windows open and public ports there are nearly 50 to 60 ports. Most of these range between 1 - 1023. Can all those ports keep as it is or should I close them except RDP.
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How to automate clicking two buttons on a windows server 2012?
It's really dumb, but I have a program running on a server that crashes every few minutes. In order to restart it I just need to click two buttons.
I tried using actiona to click these two buttons, ...
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User configuration settings made via gpedit not reflecting in registry for user with Logon as service right
I am trying to enable screen saver setting via gpedit and also ran gpupdate and rebooted the server.
I have a Bigfix script that is iterating over HKEY_USERS hive and checking if a user key is ...
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Connection from server to client in rdp session
My "client PC" is connected to server via RDP. I want to send a message from server to WCF service, that is hosted on client PC. Is it possible (can server send anything to client PC)?
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PowerShell Get-PhysicalDisk MediaType returns no data on servers
I want to use Get-PhysicalDisk | select MediaType to find SSD drives.
Like the question said, fails on Server 2012 R2.
Also tried using VBScript WMI:
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set ...
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How to force Windows Server to use specific network adapter?
OS: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Server has 2 network adapters.
Each is connected to WAN with different ISP.
There is offsite location with static IP (ex. 22.33.44.55).
How can I force all ...
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Strange Robocopy behavior in directory mirroring
I use robocopy to keep some directories synchronized between two iSCSI attached arrays on a Windows Server 2012.
I have noticed strange behavior in Robocopy and have done a test. I created a script to ...
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Windows Server 2012: Allow traffic by MAC address
I joined a company recently and the System and Network admin left with "secrets".
I'm stuck newly computers I'm building and external client computers that are meant to share some resources on my our ...
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New-LocalUser and Add-LocalGroupMember are not recognized as the name of a cmdlet
While running the PowerShell script to add an account to local administrators group on remote Windows 2012 computer, I am getting the error
New-LocalUser and Add-LocalGroupMember are not recognized ...
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Jenkins Timeouts using PTC Integrity on Windows Server 2012
I have installed Jenkins 2.121.3 on Windows Server 2012.
When Jenkins is communicating with the PTC Integrity server, there are timeouts. This occurs when Jenkins runs a batch file or by using the ...
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RDP Licencing Errors
We have a Windows Server and 10 Client RDP, which all work most of the time.
We have intermittent problems where the following error comes up on the clients:
Error message: The remote session was ...
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To close an open shared file or folder by using a command line
i saw that there is command to close open file
openfiles /Disconnect /s \\filesrv /ID
bat it didn't worked for me
only when i login to the server and close it from computer management.
enter ...
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Office Files opening as Read Only because they are in use by "Another User"
We are having a rather peculiar issue. In my organization we have folders that are available to everyone, and in these folders are various files and forms that people can fill out. For instance, we ...
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Cannot disable write cache of storage space
I have a home server running Windows Server 2012 that serves as a file server. I have 3 drives mounted in RAID-0 as a storage space (not a hardware RAID). In disk management, when I try to disable the ...
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How can I get Run as Administrator option back in Server 2012 context menu?
Somehow file associations .bat and .cmd (possibly .exe also) became associated with Notepad++ on Windows Server 2012. As a result, the "Run as Administrator" context menu option is NOT available for ...
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MonAgentCore.exe blocked install of SQL Server 2014 SP3 on a Azure VM
I've setup a Windows Server 2012 VM with SQL Server 2014.
This service pack is listed in Windows Update for more than a year, but never get installed automatically. If I tried to install it via ...
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Command Line Column in Task Manager
I try to detect what one of many similar by name tasks gets very high memory use.
I add to view column "Command line" in Task Manager, but this column is blank for these tasks.
How can I get command ...
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How can I connect to a AWS Windows Server instance via RDP?
I set up a Windows 2012 free tier instance, got the Windows password from the *.pem file, and in the Instances view from the AWS console, got the IPv4 public IP.
On my Windows 10 laptop, started ...
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network connectivity abnormal. Destination host unreachable
we have a 2012 server's nic showing connected to internet but cant ping 8.8.8.8
firewall returns Destination host unreachable though firewall can reach internet.
it can ping firewall. all other ...
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bitlocker - how to create recovery key?
I have a w2k12 system on which I enabled bitlocker on my D: drive. I cannot use TPM, because there is no w2k12 driver for that module which fits my motherboard, so I used USB flash to store the key. ...
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Ricoh Streamline NX, password reset
Recently, my IT department implemented RICOH STREAMLINE NX V3 for LDAP MANAGEMENT. We changed the password but it doesn't match and I need to reset it.
We are using a Windows Server 2012 with IIS ...
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Installed Windows on my machine but I can't boot into the OS I just installed
I'm trying to install Windows server 2016 (and tried 2012 as well) on my NAS machine which is a WD Sentinel DX4000.
I know I need to do UEFI boot to start the OS. My USB stick is UEFI bootable so it ...
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Disabled Local Policies:Audit Policy, but Event Viewer is still displaying Security Logs
I disabled all types of auditing for both successes and failures in:
Local Security Policy > Local Policies > Audit Policy
but when I go to Event Viewer > Windows Logs > Security, logs are still ...
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System Volume Infomation Full
I'm trying to remove the these files from the F:/ drive (see link) as they're preventing shadow copies from being created which is destroying our backup job.
I've tried rmdir "system volume ...
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curl command failing in a script
I am new to batch scripting. I am trying to create a batch wrapper script which uses curl to get HTTP code for a site
The curl command works in CMD:
curl -s -w "%{http_code}" https://www....
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How to install public key in host windows server 2012
My user from another server gave his public key to me and asked me to install this public key into my server so he can connect to my server. Did some research and I have to create a directory called ....
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IIS with Windows Authentication and session id in url unreliable
We use Windows authentication for an ASP.NET application that also uses cookieless sessions, so the session id is encoded into the URL. If the users login via the root url, no problem. But they also ...
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Windows 2016 won't run .bat file
I have a Java application which uses CMD to execute a .bat file which creates a file after it runs. The script gets executed successfully in windows 2012, but not in windows 2016! I have granted "Log ...
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BCDedit on Windows 2012 R2
The first boot entry that comes up on this machine is hosed. The second is good. However, I can't figure out how to delete the bad one- they all seem to share the same identifier. Anybody have any ...
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How to get number of active processes and threads running using command-line?
I should get the number of active processes and active threads running in my server or computer using command-line.. I don't want to list all the processes or threads running, I need them in numbers.
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restrict remote desktop users access server from internet
I have approx 10 remote desktop users who are accessing a server from a remote desktop connection. 5 users are connecting to the server within the local environment and the remaining 5 are accessing ...
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Do the Get-ADGroup and Get-ADUser commandlets Require all of RSAT enabled?
I am trying to get approval for a script to be automated, which utilizes both the:
Get-ADGroup
and the
Get-ADUser
commandlets (part of the ActiveDirectory module for PowerShell). However, in ...
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Upgrade cmd.exe in Windows Server 2012 [duplicate]
Is it possible to upgrade the old cmd.exe in Windows Server 2012 to the newer one that comes with Windows 10? I like the new one much better because it's easier to paste things into it.
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Unable to change permissions on file
I've mounted a VMDK using VMware Workstation on a Windows Server 2012 box and I'm unable to change permissions on any of the files.
This is preventing me from copying the file and from attaching it ...
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How to Remove a task from Event Viewer
Just attached a task to a security (Event Viewer > Windows Logs > Security) event on Event Viewer, but now it seems not possible to change it or even remove it.
Does anyone knows where it could be?
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Connect Strongswan/VPN-Client (Debian) to IPSec/L2TP Server (Windows 2012) - AUTHENTIFICATION_FAILED
I am trying to connect my Debian Stretch box with a network running Windows-Only machines. There is a node there that acts as a VPN Server that runs Windows Server 2012R2. I am able to connect to it ...
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how to change user's TimeZone
Need to change domain user TimeZone.
A Windows Service is running under X user's context, at runtime the Application takes X-user's TimeZone and generates "messages" with a different DateTime to ...
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Server 2012 R2 Standard w/ 2 users RDP in, won't allow administrator to log in on server without knocking someone off
What can I do so that the administrator can log into the server without knocking off the 2 RDP users?
Thanks
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Remove Hyper V in Azure Virtual Machine Windows Server 2012
I would like to know how to disable or remove Hyper V in virtual machine that's running on Windows Server 2012 in Azure.
When I check the Status, it seems to be disabled. However, when I try to ...
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How to set user environment variables in Windows Server 2008 R2 as a normal user?
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This is a duplicate of a question, however not the one identified. It is a duplicate of this question.
I am remotely logged into an instance of Windows Server 2012 as a regular user. I can't get ...
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SCCM Client Unable to Download from Software Centre
I am getting the error below on all client computers when trying to install SCCM apps published to the software centre. This was working before Christmas, but not now and I don't know what or if any ...
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How does Physical RAM affects file copy?
My setup:
Source and destination Servers (installed in M1000e Dell enclosure):
Dell Poweredge M620 (Blade servers)
2x Intel E5-2650 @ 2GHz
processors
192GB RAM (DDR3, 1333Mhz
Perc H310 Raid ...
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How to allow a user to login via Remote Desktop?
I am using Windows Server 2012 and I want to grant a user access to login on the Remote Desktop. But when I do that I get the error:
Logon Failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon ...
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Bridging Ethernet Adapters for Active Backup?
I have two ethernet adapters I have bridged. I would like to configure them for active backup in case one of them should fail. How do I do this?
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Windows Server Backup
I am under the impression that the automatic space managment for scheduled backups in Windows Server Backup (2012R2) does not delete backup sets created with "backup once".
Is this impression correct?...
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Can't browse folders on SMB share on Mac without 5-10 minute delay
I have a Windows 2012 R2 file server setup with two shares, A & B, over SMB. Browsing share A works fine. When Mac users try to browse through or open documents on share B, their Finder window ...
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Does windows 10 always request for dynamic dns update?
I have:
A Windows 2016 Server with DHCP and DNS server with "Dynamically update DNS records only if requested by the DHCP clients" checked.
I am not using AD.
Will a Windows 10 client always request ...
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Share Folder on same LAN, yet different domains
Okay guys, got a strange one.
On a single switch, same VLAN, I have a server (Windows Server 2012) and a client (Windows 10). Due to my organization's terrible IT management, the client is on a ...
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What is plex? "plex is missing" replacing disk in a mirror [duplicate]
A similar question exist which the author himself has answered by actually giving in on the question and it relates to Windows 8. I found an answer but it is for Windows 2016 Server which might be ...
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Batch file not working
I am trying to run some commands in batch file on windows server 2012 but it's not working properly. What i am doing here. Get all files(.docx) from current directory in loop, convert file into pdf ...
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