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Will traffic control software cause tcp packets to be dropped

I am testing our client-server applications using NetLimiter which is a traffic control software. I found that, when client is receiving files from server and I use NetLimiter to set the download rate ...
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LLMNR Disabling possible issues?

For security reasons my company needs to disable LLMNR and I just want to find out if anyone's had issues with this? I understand that its just one step above DNS (similar function) that is used ...
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RSync files or Map Network Drive in Windows Server?

I have to create a backup plan, from my machine .155 to .156. In .155 my files are in C:/MySQLServer/backup and should be copied daily to .156 at I:/MySQLServer/backup, so I was looking over the ...
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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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The requested URL /e-zine_analysis.php was not found on this server [closed]

The requested URL /e-zine_analysis.php was not found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. How to solve that ...
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Nginx on Windows with ASP.NET and the Microsoft .NET framework?

Question: Is it possible to use nginx on Windows to serve ASP.NET / ASP.NET MVC pages using the Microsoft .NET framework ? I know one can do it with mono-fastcgi, but I was wondering if it is ...
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Backup server with support for Windows, Linux, VMWare ESX5. (Free?) [closed]

I'm looking for software that can backup physical machines (folders and bit by bit C:\ drive) as well as virtual machines: both Windows and Linux (hosted on VMWare ESXi5 server). I have dedicated x86 ...
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Configure IIS To Send “text/html” In Response for IE11

The updated version of Internet Explorer in Windows 8.1, IE11, has the following User Agent string as per this: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko Our website is ...
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Automatic Update client version [closed]

I'm looking for an overview of the Windows Update Agent client versions (if possible related to the OS they're deployed to).
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Using bzr with SFTP repository on Windows/Cygwin

Note: I'm not sure if this belongs on ServerFault or StackOverflow I'm currently working on a project which has an SFTP-only bzr repository. All works fine using my Linux machine, but when using ...
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Server 2012 Running an Application on a Standard User account with Admin rights

Server 2012 with 25 users. All Clients are Windows 7 I'm having this issue with this program Ringcentral Softphone, its an application for eFaxing, every time the program is launched it prompts UAC ...
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SVN via SSH not working on Windows with Tortoise SVN

I have SSH access to a FreeBSD machine which has svnadmin (and the rest of the necessary utilities) installed. svn is version 1.7.9 (r1462340). I am on Windows 7 x64, using Tortoise SVN 1.7.7. I have ...
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Active Directory and WORKGROUP [closed]

Is is possible to run an Active Directory on a network and still have WORKGROUP computers on the network and have them still able to access each other? Would I have to use IPs over NetBIOS names or ...
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Mount ISO in Windows 2012 served over NFS [duplicate]

In Windows 2012 Server, is it possible to mount an ISO file that's shared over NFS? With PowerShell, I'm mounting the NFS share using this command: [10.20.1.1]: PS C:> New-PSDrive Z -PsProvider ...
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Solaris Automated install Hard-Drive Windows 7 [closed]

I got two hard disks, one of 40gb and another one with 1tb. The 40gb has windows 7 installed on it, taking all the space of this hdd, and in the 1tb disk i got few logic and extended partitions; in ...
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Can I completely remove the Windows DNS in favour of BIND9 in an AD network?

I would like to remove the DNS feature of Windows Domain Controllers and point the DNS servers to our BIND9 servers. I know it's possible to setup coexistence but this requires a number of extra ...
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Understanding the costs and constraints of the AWS Free Usage Tier [closed]

I am new to the cloud and trying to understand the particulars of the AWS Free Tier - Windows Instance(s). Our application’s main requirement is maximum availability. I have read much about AWS and ...
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Is it possible to create an equivalent environment of a KVM guest using QEMU for Windows?

I have a KVM guest in a datacenter that is my production server for a service I am developing. I would like to create an equivalent virtual environment on my Windows machine so I can be sure that ...
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Data syncing behavior for filesystems in Windows

In Linux mounting supports commit option, which is described in mount(8) man page as: commit=nrsec Sync all data and metadata every nrsec seconds. The default value is 5 seconds. Zero ...
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boot a non-raid disk on a server

I have a HP ML310e that I am trying to recover data off. It has a RAID 10 array and I am wanting to boot a non-raid hard drive on the server. I can't see this disk in the bios, so I can't boot from ...
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How to block 4625 eventid? [closed]

I blocked everyting I could think of in winwods firewall, but cannot figure this one out. Details: SubjectUserSid S-1-0-0 SubjectUserName - SubjectDomainName - SubjectLogonId 0x0 ...
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Antiloris install on Windows server apache [closed]

This is source of antiloris protection for slowloris ddos attacks /* mod_antiloris 0.2 Copyright (C) 2008 Monshouwer Internet Diensten Author: Kees Monshouwer Licensed under the Apache ...
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Linux mail server allowing users access by windows clients without entering password [closed]

I have long been trying to solve a problem but I could not. I want to install a linux mail server allowing users access by by windows clients without entering password. I tried with a combination of ...
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Active State Perl and Cygwin in the same windows box? [closed]

I want to install cygwin in my Vista. I already have installed ActiveState Perl that seems to have some cygwin modules. I was wondering is there a problem if I also install cygwin. I think that I ...
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Is my apache installation in windows ok? [closed]

I am trying to use Apache2 in Vista. I downloaded it and installed it. I did not install it as a service though. I see in the Start a Start Apache in console new button that seems to work. I.e. when I ...
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Exclude one protocol from VPN on Windows

How can I exclude one single protocol from a VPN connection on Windows? I wish to keep NNTP connections off my VPN connection. I know which port it uses (443, SSL enabled). The goal is to keep high ...
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Most secure way to share a network drive to the public [closed]

I have a network drive that I would like to share in my lan but would also like to have access from it when I am at home. What is the best way to accomplish this? Is there a port I can open on the ...
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How to uninstall all Citrix driver from Windows Server 2008 R2 Guest if BSOD on safe mode?

I use Citrix XenServer 5.5 and on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Guest there is installed Xentools 5.5, for a year all works well. After a restart we get a BSOD with Stop Code 7B, it is a problem with the ...
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Windows Server Permission in the Temp Directory [closed]

I have developed an application that run very well in local. But there is a problem on the server, i think a premission problem. The application use a DLL (A.dll) in a point of the execution, this ...
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How can I change the task bar position when manipulating the task bar is disabled via AD?

Our users connect to a Windows Server 2008 box using Terminal Services, and one user appears to have triggered a bug that moved their Task Bar to the top of the screen, even though Active Directory ...
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Can't access Samba share from Windows

I am new to SLES and Samba so I need some help. I set up Samba on SUSE 11 successfully. I was able to create a share with no user restrictions which I managed to access from Windows. But I want to ...
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What are some good tools for cloning windows embedded?

I have an electron microscope running windows embedded standard. I would like to be able to image the drive as a backup in case something happens to it. I've tried acronis but it won't boot. What ...
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Windows Event Viewer is slow on newer versions of Windows

The modern Event Viewer application that you get on all versions of Windows since Vista is so much slower the previous version that was on Server 2003 and XP. I know there is much more functionality ...
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Software deployment via Group Policy to multiple sites

I'm currently upgrading an AD serving a few hundred computers over a couple of dozen sites and decided that it would be a good time to rethink the way that software deployment is organised. Some of ...
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Remote 3D-accelerated OpenGL apps from Windows server

Is there any solution that will you allow you to run GPU-accelerated OpenGL applications remotely, given: The remote machine is a Microsoft Windows server There is a 3D graphics card in the remote ...
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Use ipsec-tools with pre-shared key for windows client?

I want to setup a ipsec server with ipsec-tools for my windows client with pre-shared key, it's OK to setup it, but I want to a anonymous access to the ipsec server with my windows client, I mean my ...
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Virtual Box Router - Windows Host, Linux Guest [migrated]

I currently have Ubuntu Server running as the Guest OS in Virtual Box on a Windows 7 Host. The Ubuntu Server gets its IP from DHCP and is Bridged to the my Network Adapter. I've disabled Internet ...
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Windows To Go USB pendrive-can it see the local hard drive

Before I purchase the Windows-to-go pen drive, does anyone know if I boot Windows 8 from windows-to-go pen drive, can I access the laptop local hard disk? The reason is that if the end user can access ...
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New samba users cannot log on to workstations after moving from CentOS 4 to 6

I've got a CentOS server that's been running for about 10 years. Every few years I wipe it and install the latest CentOS and reconfigure all the services. Obviously much of the hardware has also ...
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Windows Server Alternative Sign In

In the organization I work for, some users are often in a position where they cannot access their workstations when an administrator needs to do something on their user account or when they need to ...
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File Shares on NT - Vista Workstation Needs To Map To Them

Situation: CNC machines are old and running something in the neighborhood of NT. There is a XP sp1 machine on the network that has mapped network drives to each CNC machine. I went out to one of the ...
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Windows Azure Cloud Service - add Local Security Policy to a user account in startup task

I have a Windows Azure Cloud Service project that includes a startup task Startup.cmd file to create some scheduled tasks. In this file I am using the command line to create a user account which I ...
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How to create and add a self signed certificate in Windows 7 [closed]

I am using Apache Directory Studio to test a application on Windows 7. I am using ldaps (on port 10636) support and followed the instructions to create a keystore and was able to successfully connect ...
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which performance counters mainly matter for windows server performance?

We have a website which is sometimes performing slowly, and / or completely hangs. I have setted up temporarily the default system performance data collector in Performance Monitor, to see if this ...
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Need a simple utility to report computer state back to home server [closed]

I am looking for a small Windows utility to be installed on our computers that will periodically access a web page on our server (using HTTP), to make sure that the computer is alive and also which IP ...
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peer-based distributed file sharing on windows xp/7 local network [closed]

In my office, i currently manage 10+ windows xp/7 computers, each having ~500gb space (with 20-30% space usage on average). I am interested in utilizing those "extra" space to build some kind of ...
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Windows 8 - Firewall Issues from Command Line

I created the following script basically to block absolutely everything and only allow through what I want, however it's not allowing through what I like in regards to the internet. Can anyone see an ...
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Is it possible to host a blog externally and have it appear under a /blog/ sub directory

A client has a website built in .NET on a Windows server and their provider will not install PHP and MySQL on it. Is there a way to externally host a Wordpress blog and have it appear in a sub ...
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In a Windows Service, will the Start Parameters be preserved if the Start is of type “Automatic”?

Well the title says it, in a Windows Service, will the Start Parameters be preserved after a reboot if the Start is of type "Automatic"? Many Thanks
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Why does Windows have such a loose processor affinity

A while back, I did some playing around with new Win2008 virtual machine and found some serious concerns. The server is Dell T610. 16gig, 4 core, 8 logical, 2.4ghz Xeon, 5600 series. ESXi 4.1.0 The ...

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