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Is there guidance to optimise W2008R2 threading performance?
I want to make sure that my W2008R2 box has least possible interrupts and context switches on the CPU threads.
I have 4 cores / 8 HT threads CPU. I am running a single application which uses only ...
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Windows 2008 R2 - how to optimise performance monitoring?
It seems there are quite a few "default" monitoring threads running.
I have W2008R2 and when I opened Performance Monitor I can see 6 Event Trace Sessions in the System collector sets.
This is ...
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What does “DFSR Backlog Count” represent?
What does "DFSR Backlog Count" represent? Is it simply the version difference between two members of a replication group or is it the actual count of files that need to be updated? I haven't pinned ...
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Connect to Windows Server 2008 running on ec2
I have an instance of the default micro AMI for Windows Server 2008 R1 x32 running on AWS. I can remote in to it, but I can't seem to ping it or connect to a server running on port 25565. I have ...
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Setting up minecraft server on Amazon ec2 [closed]
Perhaps this is considered too frivolous a question, but I'm trying to set up a Minecraft server on ec2. I've been doing micro instances for now, because I want to see how well it works before ...
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Why does a Windows Domain have two names?
I am working at corporate headquarters called Papermash. I joined their domain on my Win7 Pro, what I found interesting is that I could login to the domain using credentials PAPERMASH\username, and ...
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Share folders versioning
I am trying to find some way to keep track of the versions of files in a shared folder on Windows Server 2003. Something similar to the versions on DropBox but for a intranet.
Can someone tell me ...
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I am trying to automate an install with Active Directory to a server core box?
I am trying to automate an install with Active Directory to a server core box?
I assume I need to set up a script. Any ideas on how to go about this.
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wbadmin start backup fails when I use the exclude flag
I have a task set to run our nightly backup, which runs the following command every night at 7:30pm:
wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:G: -include:C:\ANGUS-STORAGE -quiet
This has worked well for ...
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What happens if I restore System State that is over 60 days old?
If I do a system state restore, but the backup is over 60 days old, what will happen to my domain? This is the system state for the forest root. Will my domain simply cease to exist? I have other ...
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LSI RAID monitor reports “Consistency Check inconsistency logging disabled”
I have a server with a LSI MegaRAID 9261-8i controller. Recently I started getting alerts like this one:
Controller ID: 1 Consistency Check inconsistency logging disabled, too many
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SMTP server force outbound traffic
I'm having some trouble with setting up a SMTP server on a windows server 2003 machine, while trying to send emails using PHP through the internet, but to domain email addresses.
Common info:
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Win Server Admin vs Cisco admin [closed]
currently I am study in Linux System Administration but I seek another field related to network and security administration, now I have a question: which of these fields is better to master: Windows ...
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An error occured while creating the diff area file on the backup destination volume
I ran Server Backup to my X: drive within Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard one time to see if it works, and it did.
But now when i try to setup a backup schedule, it gives me this error on the last ...
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A good introductory book or resource for Windows administration? [closed]
I would like a good resource to learn about Windows administration on the following topics:
Users administration
User permissions
IIS administration
Virtual directories
I am a developer and ...
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WAN Media Sharing Solutions [closed]
Are there any media sharing solutions, that involve a server on the end with all the storage space, and a client that can request any media on the server whenever, and the media is decreased in ...
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Stopping Internet from going through VPN
At home that has a large number of hard drives connected to it that I want to be able to access from my laptop wherever I go. To sort this, I've installed Windows Server 8 Beta with Microsoft's VPN ...
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Who restarted my Windows server?
Is it possible on Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 machines to see which user rebooted the server?
I have found the shutdown event in the System event log, but it does not show which user initiated the ...
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Adding a new Domain Controller to existing Domain
I have a Windows 2000 server and I want to add a Windows 2008 Server server to the forest.
Do I add the Windows 2008 server to the domain before running DCPromo or do I leave it off the domain?
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Updating our network
Where I work we have the following setup:
ActiveDirectory Server (windows server 2000) - Adserver01
Exchange Server (exchange 2000)- (windows server 2000) -
Development01
SQLserver (sql server 2008) ...
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Benchmark for Windows Server vs. Server Core
Are there any known and sound benchmarks comparing a standard Windows Server 2008 with a Server Core installation? I guess a realistic workload like SQL Server or a web application running under IIS ...
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Query a Windows DHCP server : find MAC from hostname
From my computer, I want to query my DHCP server to find a specific mac adress.
I want to enter the hostname to search, and getting back the Mac address.
Something like :
netsh dhcp server scope ...
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Cannot browse remote networks even with WINS configured
As the NetBIOS protocol acts on Layer 2 and so is not routable, In order to enable network browsing of remote networks, WINS has been installed and configured on two domain controllers, both of which ...
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TS Gateway Server - internal clients connect fine but external clients see error “server certificate has expired or has been revoked.”
I have a GoDaddy SSL certificate installed on my Terminal Services Gateway server. I can successfully connect to terminal services computers through the TS Gateway when I'm on the LAN. However,if I ...
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Can't Remote Desktop
I have been able to remote desktop into my Windows Server 2008 R2 machine no problem. But then I installed a bunch of updates (including SP1) and now I can't RDP.
Some background info:
RDP is ...
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Creating a custom view for windows log based on a “Contains {text}” rule
I have a server running Windows Server 2008.
I'm using Windows Server Auditing to check when and by which user a folder is modified to determine who is modifying it as the modifications are causing ...
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NuGet for Server Dependencies
Does there exist a deployment dependency management tool that makes it easy to set up clean Windows Servers with all the required updates and database tools, e.g. SQL Server 2008, MongoDB (running as ...
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Resolve event ID 5807 (Netlogon) when servers from a trusted forest authenticate on a domain controller
I have a multi-forest Active Directory environment with a 1-way trust between them. (Forest B trusts Forest A.)
Domain controllers in Forest A report event ID 5807 from source NETLOGON, which ...
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Can my Active Directory domain name prevent a forest functional level from being upgraded to Windows Server 2008 R2?
I have inherited an Active Directory environment that is at the Windows Server 2003 forest and domain functional level.
The DNS domain name has no special characters--it looks like sampledomain.org.
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Where Windows Server stores SSL Certificates in the Hard Disk?
I have to recover some SSL certificates from a dead WinServer that a client has. He have no copy of the original SSL certificates and he want to recover them.
I can browse the hard disk but I cant ...
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Restricted Groups changes vanish when Group Policy no longer applies
I need to remove users from the Local Administrators group - it's built up a lot of them over time. So I have created a temporary Organizational Unity with a temporary GPO attached to it, and I've ...
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Choosing Windows Small Biz Server Version (2008/11 and Standard/Essentials)?
We currently have a SBS 2003 server that is on its way out. Our shop is small (< 10 PCs), and our needs are not that great. I've been looking at Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and trying to ...
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Running Google Chrome updates from a centralized location
We are trying to roll out Google Chrome as out enterprise browser. Does anyone know of a solution that allows for Google Chrome to be updated from a centralized location? For example, maybe through ...
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DNS Glue Record Creation
I'm on Windows Server 2008. I'm using intoDNS to check I'm setting my DNS up correctly:
http://www.intodns.com/wewantogg.com
Everything looks fine for this domain except for the notice:
INFO: GLUE ...
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FIPS “single-user mode” requirement in Microsoft Windows
In many FIPS 140-2 certificates, Windows must be placed into FIPS 140 mode as well as run in "single user mode". I am familiar with the local/group policy objects to enable FIPS mode. However, ...
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How to detect Dell TPM from inside Windows?
I need to know whether my server has TPM installed. It is located 10000 miles away from me so going there to look at the BIOS is not an option. It is also not anyhow described on the Dell website nor ...
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Finding Which Network Connection Belongs To Which Physical NIC Port?
In Windows/Windows Server, if I have a physical NIC that has two or four ports on it, is there a scriptable/programmatic way to determine which "Network Connection" (such as "Local Area Connection 3", ...
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Compiled dll for apc extension for PHP 5.3
I have a dedicated server running Windows server 2008/64bit running Apache as a web server and using PHP 5.3.9
I am trying to install APC extension for Apache. From what I found on php.net I should ...
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Scheduled task to clean a directory on Windows Server 2008 R2
My Microsoft Exchange 2010 installation server suffers from disk space absence sometimes. To work around this problem I usually just go ahead and remove log files on my mailbox folder.
I have to do ...
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Domain Controller Safe Mode user account?
What account can I use to log onto a domain controller when booting into safe mode (without networking) there are no local users accounts on domain controllers and it doesn't see the domain.
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Is it possible to create a Windows domain administrator with only the ability to reset passwords?
No other permissions, just the ability to reset AD passwords?
Thanks!
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Need for another Domain Controller
I have two domain controllers (Windows 2003) in one site where most of the department I support resides. There is another building (at another site) where my department resides as well, but they have ...
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Is it possible to switch to Kerberos only Windows domain
Is it possible to configure both Windows servers and workstations (Windows 7) to use only Kerberos for authentication and not use NTLM for authentication within the Domain?
I was told that Kerberos ...
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EBS Backed Windows Instance AMI
Easy points here (cash in on my laziness!), but I'm not seeing an EBS backed Windows 2003 instance from the Amazon public AMIs repo. Do I have to roll my own?
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Which Windows Server version should I use on a 512MB VPS? [closed]
I have signed up for a VPS with these specifications:
Intel Core i7 (64-bit)
512 MB RAM
80 GB HDD
I need to run Windows Server, but I'm wondering which version should I use. Windows Server 2003 ...
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Do I need an SQL Server 2012 / Windows Server 2012 Upgrade Insurance? [closed]
We are a small SaaS company that has until recently participated in Microsoft's Bizspark program. Now that our Bizspark subscription is over, we have a time-limited oppurtunity to buy discounted ...
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Accessing a share on a Windows 2008 Server from that server
if I'm currently on Server1 (A windows 2008 server), and I try to access
\\server1\share\dir\dir\file
how is that request handled? Does it stay local to the server entirely (no network access)? ...
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Can't log into Terminal Server Gateway
I can't login via Terminal Server Gateway. It's my first setup. On client computer after fill Terminal Server Gateway fields in mstsc.exe I'm asked about password. Asking for credentials just popping ...
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Performance monitoring on Linux/Unix
I run a few Windows servers and (Debian and Ubuntu) Linux and AIX servers.
I would like to continously monitor performance on these systems in order to easily identify bottlenecks as well as to have ...
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Cannot change pagefile size on Windows 2008
I have a windows 2008 (virtual) machine, which I want to add a pagefile to. However, any time I try to set the page file size, after a reboot it jumps back down to 0. Why is this?
