This is a generic tag for Microsoft products which should only be used if a more specific tag for your product is not available -- You should probably never use this tag!
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Disabling MS-Server-ActiveSync Header
While hardening a server, I saw that it sends the MS-Server-ActiveSync Header. To reduce the exposure (I know it's not reducing any actual security risk), I'd like to disable it.
Microsoft says that ...
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Windows 2012 Server blocks traffic from certain ip
I have came across a weird problem where my ms2012 server stops responding to one of my Adsl connection.
I have 4 adsl connections in my office and 3 of them never had any problem connecting to my ...
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Lync server 2013 installation on Windows server 2012 requires .net 4.5
I've followed this guide, but when I install Lync server 2013 it says following:
then I tried to install 4.5 manually, but it says :
What sould I do then?
*I uninstalled 4.5 and try to ...
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Potential Microsoft DNS server cache corruption?
I'm in an enterprise environment that has 2 Windows 2008 R2 domain controllers running in native 2008 R2 mode. On these DCs, the DNS service is installed and all Windows (XP,7) clients (~2,000) are ...
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Is there a mailing list for upcoming Microsoft Windows Updates?
Is there a newsletter/mailing list of upcoming Windows Updates? I ask because there was a recent IE10 forced upgrade for Windows 7 users that affected the stability of an application we have. To avoid ...
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Windows Server Standard - showing as Windows Vista in Microsoft OS check - What version is it?
So I became in charge of a Windows Server VM.
I can't tell whether this version is Windows 2003 or 2008.
In My Computer system properties, all it says is:
Windows Server Standard
Copyright 2007 ...
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Deploying a Linux RDS VDI on hyper-v. Is it possible?
I am currently running CentOS 6.3 with Linux integration services 3.4 on a Hyper-V VM inside Windows Server 2012.
I am trying to deploy this desktop as a VDI Collection in Remote Desktop Services, ...
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Exchange server 2007 - Storage Group Restore
I am facing problem with restoring exchange server 2007 storage group .
I made schedule of weekly full backup of exchange storage group using exchange aware NtBackup, also schedule incremental backup ...
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Options for MS DHCP servers configuration management [closed]
I am trying to find out what are the options for managing DHCP servers in MS environment. Coming from Linux MSP where all but few things were managed by Puppet, it is hard to see to what extent I can ...
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Prevent an RD session from being knoced off when another RD Session tries to login
I would like to configure a Microsoft Server 2012 server to not log the current RD admin user out when I try to login to the same server. Only me the Admin and a developer need to access this server ...
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Sql Server Management Studio 2008 has suddenly become unresponsive
I'm getting a very strange error when I try to launch SSMS from my taskbar. It seems to open in normal speed, but responds to any input with just a beep. CPU usage is 0% in Task Manager, and there is ...
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W2K8R2 DC: CALS necessary for auth-only users? [duplicate]
I'm currently setting up a POC installation of an internally developed web application. We are testing AD auth using the Python LDAP module. My question: does every authenticating web app user need a ...
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Getting wrong Hostname from tracert
Noticed this while using VNC to users computers. When I do a tracert using hostname it completes but at a different hostname. All my users are using Microsoft VPN. I'm assuming this is a DNS issue but ...
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Hyper-V and Windows Server with Powershell/Automated?
So my work is looking into Automating Hyper-V Servers for Test Environments, Basically in the end we want to have a sort of Web/Form interface for selecting a server spin up. Right now it's done ...
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How to remove 2003 server roles without cd-rom?
Trying to remove a few server roles on a 2003 server but its asking me to put the cd-rom disk in. Wondering if there's another way to remove roles without putting the cd-rom as it's a VM and I don't ...
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Would an Exchange Server be appropriate for this situation?
I've just started volunteering at a local organisation and I've been asked to come up with a solution to the following problem. However, networking is hardly my forte so I thought I'd ask here before ...
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How to set up developer toolkit for Navision [closed]
I have Nav 5.0 client using SQL server 2000. I cannot seem to find correct download links to set up developer toolkit. Can somebody help. I have tried the following two links but they do not work 1st, ...
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Use PowerShell to edit a remote file on a Windows 2008 Server
Editing a file on a remote linux server via SSH and vim is something I usually do on a regular basis. Recently, I got on a new web project involving Microsoft technologies instead of the usual open ...
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MS SQL Server 2012 - Unable to access Instance on localhost
5 days ago I was access able to access SQL Server on my localhost machine via SSMS perfectly, no errors logging in with credentials. Now I get this error:
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“Forms” authentication is enabled but still see “Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials.”
"Forms" authentication is enabled in web.config but I still see:
401 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials.
You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the ...
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WSUS - approving updates for patch testing
We're starting to use WSUS to patch our computers. I setup a patch testing group of 10 XP boxes and 10 Win7 boxes to roll out all the patches to prior to dispersing them company wide.
So I went to ...
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Can a File Server resource be brought online if there is no dependency Disk provided in Microsoft Failover Cluster?
We have a Failover cluster having 2 nodes and we have set up a File Server resource which has 3 disks related to 3 File Server resources. I tried to create a new File Server share in that same service ...
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Microsoft SPLA licensing [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
My company has a SPLA (service provider) license with Microsoft. I am new to the company and those before me are now ...
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Windows Server 2003 ODBC Drivers
I have ran into a problem with Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005 using ODBC Drivers. Here is my following scenario.
I have an application that currently uses ODBC System DSN's to connect to a ...
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How to show all published Application Virtualization (App-V) packages
How can I get a list of all the published Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) packages? I would like to see both the applications I have access to and also ones that are published but which I ...
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Microsoft Server Backup Training [closed]
I was curious as to if anyone knew the quickest and most reliable way to locate someone certified in training for MS Server Backup?
I need to locate a Microsoft Partner that can train and/or ...
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Windows 2008r2 NAP quarantine not working
I have set up Windows 2008r2 NAP with the default policy's for 802.1 Wireless that come with the wizard. When I meet the requirements for the health policy I get full network access. When I fail any ...
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Good reasons to keep 32-bit Microsoft Windows desktop OSes
Server software has been 64-bit only for a while now (Since Server 2008 R2 for Windows, even earlier for Exchange and Sharepoint) and even Ubuntu are pushing you away from 32-bit versions for their ...
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Microsoft VPN Network [closed]
We are working on some proof of concept project.
We have some clients those are outside of the our company network. We incorporated each clients into our network through Microsoft VPN. Each client ...
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Why does Microsoft.com have a TXT record with only a hash code? [closed]
What is the purpose of the TXT record in the root Microsoft.com zone? I don't see any reasonable tie into SPF, SenderID, DomainKeys, or even TLS-OBC or DANE for TLS.
microsoft.com text =
...
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How to get public DNS server addresses?
I have a need to be able to identify which public DNS servers machines in internal networks are using for queries. To clarify, I do not want IPs or names of internal DNS servers or network devices. I ...
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Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 - how to disable DNS IP address resolving for Source and Destination columns?
I've downloaded Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 and it appears that I can't disable IP address to hostname DNS resolution. Is there a way to disable the DNS resolution so i.e. I'd always see: ...
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How to get DCOMperm.exe from Microsoft
So I've been trying to solve the "The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission" problem and everything I've been reading says I need to get "DCOMperm.exe". ...
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Tools for deploying MS patches to client computers (W7 + W2008 R2)
Are there any third party tools that will allow you to deploy patches to W7 and W2008R2 client computers over the network?
We already have the patches we just need to find a way to deploy them ...
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Finding and downloading all available Win2008 R2 and W7-32bit patches (without using WSUS)
Is there a way to find and download all available MS patches for:
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows 7 (32-bits) SP1
Without using WSUS or the 'Windows update' tool within the O/S?
I basically ...
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Is there an alternative to Microsoft's ALTools? (EventCombMT.exe especially)
I use Microsoft's ALTools on a regular basis to troubleshoot multiple different issues. Lately, however, EventCombMT.exe has been crashing on me during the simplest operations. I noticed that it ...
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Microsoft certification resources
I just found out that my WinXP certification won't work this year to fulfill the MS Partner Program requirement. So it's time to upgrade to something more current. I was thinking of going with the ...
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How do you know if something is supported by Microsoft? [closed]
I was reading on Technet about how to put Exchange on the Internet via the Hub Transport Server role. The article explains that though this is not the best or recommended way of doing things they ...
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Beginning networking
I have just recently graduated college with an MIS degree. However, I feel that I can expand my knowledge base about networking. I want to become certified in networking either through Microsoft or ...
