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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?
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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Servers: Do I need special “server” flavours of my operating system? Why? [closed]
I'm trying to set up a computer as a server. However, as someone at the start of my career who is a novice to all things "server", I'm a bit confused. Windows comes in several flavours — Home ...
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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?
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Hosts cannot ping each other since they have been added to domain. What's going on?
I have three Windows Server 2008 R2 VMs running on VirtualBox on an internal network 192.168.42.0/24. IP addresses are 192.168.42.1, 192.168.42.2, and 192.168.42.3.
All three hosts could ping each ...
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Does Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials support multiple concurrent remote desktop users?
I'm investigating the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials product for a client, but it's unclear if it supports multiple concurrent remote desktop users, or even remote desktop at all. It ...
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Multi-homed NIC still automatically registering addresses in DNS after unchecking option
I have a Windows Server 2008 box that has one NIC. I have two IP's assigned to that NIC manually. I have gone to ncpa.cpl and opened the Advanced IP Configuration -> DNS menu and unchecked "Register ...
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Windows 7 Folders vs Windows Server Folders Order
I believe Windows 7 and Windows Server order folder names differently. I am using Windows Server Datacenter.
On a Windows 7 machine I had two folder: 001_SCHEMA and 01_AddFields. When ordered in ...
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Dynamic Windows installation for different users
I am new in server administarting
also I have one question for all you guys.
Now, I plan to create reintallation system
and I want to ask you
if is posible to install specific software for each user ...
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Restict access to control panel for one user
Is there a way to restrict control panel access to specific users on Windows 2008 R2?
I have only found a way to prohibit access to all limited users in group policy, but not a way to do it for ...
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High latency, yet ping shows low latency
We're seeing latencies of ~100-300ms for services accessing a remote resource within the same subnet, yet when we use ping (ping size was of a similar size as of packets sent normally), we see ...
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Windows server virtual machine [closed]
What does it mean to install a virtual machine on window server?
Thanks
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Can I stream a Windows App from a Linux server?
We are transitioning from distributed software (on a disc) to software as a service (SaaS) and are looking into how to present our application to users. My question is whether it is possible to stream ...
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Apache & Tomcat & mod_jk SSL redirection on certain pages only
We have a single Windows server running Apache and Tomcat with mod_jk enabled. The Tomcat app runs perfectly fine as does the separate PHP app (under Apache). We installed a commercial SSL cert ...
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Number of logical processors per VM?
I have a server (quad core) running Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 with two Windows Server 208 R2 Standard guest virtual machines.
I've noticed the number of logical processors setting (under the ...
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Windows Server logged out vs. logged in and locked
We have some off-the-shelf OCR software that we'll be using to automate processing of certain customer forms that come to us via fax at all hours of the day. The OCR process needs to run 24 x 7, but ...
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Configure Microsoft SMTP server to use a secondary IP address
I have a Windows Server 2008 system I am using for web site and application hosting. I use Plesk for our web site hosting which uses the MailEnable SMTP server for our domains outgoing mail. We also ...
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Creating Domain Side Effects
Here's what I have: Windows Server 2008 R2 machine (for development and testing), and a few machines. There is no domain, each machine (including the server) is purely local.
For certain reasons, I ...
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Could you help me on setting permissions on a Windows file server folder in a Domain?
I'm asking for your help in setting permissions on a folder of my file server (Windows 2003 Server in a domain).
I have a folder "A" that is writeable just for the user that created it. So any file ...
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How to determine when “change user /install” mode was last invoked on Server 2008
On a machine running Windows Server 2008 and the Remote Desktop Services role, is it possible to view when "change user /install" was last used.
Also can I see whether a particular application was ...
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Windows or Linux for VPN-VPN Bridge
I have the following network layout:
Network1 ----VPN1-----Network2----VPN2----Network3
I can administer everything in Network1 only and my goal is to get to a box on Network3. I've been told by the ...
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Windows Server Hyper-V guests cannot see each other on network [closed]
I have a Hyper-V physical machine along with two standard laptops running within my LAN (connected by an ASUS-RT56U router). The physical server runs Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, with two Windows ...
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How many folders you can mount on centos from windows shared folder using Samba with CIFS protocol
Currently I have an interesting problem to solve:
In short I will need to pull custom text application log files from server windows servers (Mixed environment of windows server 2008 / 2003 sp2 ...
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NTP doesn't sync
I'm using Meinberg NTP to sync the time in a VPS.
The clock refuses to sync - there's a ~30s shift comparing to other servers. Also
ntpq -p is continuously showing zeros for reach, delays and ...
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Emailing as different domain from our IIS server
We have an enterprisey web application which uses .NET to send out email from our domain (oursite.com). This domain exists and has a valid SPF record and we've very rarely had spam issues with our ...
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Windows Server 64 bit on a 32 bit Machine
I have Windows Server and by the looks of the install disk it seems to be a 64 bit version. Can this be installed and run successfully on 32 bit hardware?
It's Windows Server 2008 R2.
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Log on to a remote Windows AD server via VPN
This is just a random thought. For small business companies, in case they don't want to host a Windows Server for computers in the office to work in a domain environment, can they rent a server in ...
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Disparity between load times of a single site between myself and a client
I have a client who says that their website loads very slowly, but I cannot reproduce this behavior. I have run a couple of site speed tests and the site scores relatively well. My client has tried ...
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monitoring disk i/o via wmi
I'm using WMI to monitor Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 hosts. I got all the info I wanted but the disk I/O performance.
I've tried quering the ...
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How to enable system restart on BSOD from commandline
I got an Hyper-v core box and I need to turn automatic restart on. How can I do that?
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is there vpn type software out there that allows remote desktop-type gui capabilities for multiple concurrent users?
*except buying in CAL licenses for Windows Server 200x.
I'd like this software to run on a windows desktop box. There would only be ~4 connections max at any one time to use a single app like excel ...
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When Microsoft Security Updates are “re-released” is the most recent patch cumulative?
While trying to script deployment of .msu's I realized that certain KB articles had multiple releases. One example of this is KB2524426.
KB2524426 was released May 2011 and re-released June 2011. ...
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Acronis Advanced Server 2011 Install failure
Having trouble installing Acronis Backup and restore advanced server 2011 on a Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller with Exchange 2010 (all up to date)
Log It's generating is
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How long would it take to rebuild a 146GB RAID 1 array? [closed]
I have a SUPERMICRO server that I just looked at and it's got two red lights blinking on what is the two RAID 1 drives, where the OS is hosted. I was moving a 2.5GB file to a thumb drive and it looked ...
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Create hosting accounts on the fly
Using VB, VBScript, ASP.Net or similar, on a Windows dedicated server, is it possible to create a new hosting account on my server and how challenging is it? With this, is it also possible to add a ...
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Windows server has trouble connecting to file shares
Server is running Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, Rest are Server 2008 R2 Standard
I think its an issue with the credentials that it's using?
This is a backup server that connects to the admin shares of ...
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Reducing NetBIOS noise in a 50-seat, 30-server organisation
We are a development shop where all 50-odd workstation computers run Windows 7 SP1 and most of our 20-30 servers are Server 2008 R2 or Server 2008 (there are a few scragglers still on Server 2003). We ...
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capturing and deploying windows images via pxe
Are there any good tutorials on how to capture and deploy (via PXE) Windows XP images?
I'm studying on this subject and I'd like to know what is needed and how to do it.
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Curious folder on the root of volume on windows server 2008
We have just set up a new windows 2008 R2 server with three separate raid arrays as drives C:, F: and I:. After installing all the windows updates and Trend Micro anti virus, we see at the root of our ...
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Which server solution for an office that doesn't really “need” a server?
In the office I work for, the situation is as follows:
There are ~20 PCs running Windows 7 (mostly) and Windows XP. No domain.
There are four network-capable Ricoh printers, currently shared over a ...
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How to globaly access server's mysql DB
I want to access my server's MySql database in my local system. But I am unable to set/configure server's mysql to allow remote access. Please tell me that how can i configure server.
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Windows Server network control panel
My boss is interested in building a cloud hosting infrastructure, and part of his vision is a control panel from which virtual servers and workstations can be created and provisioned with a single ...
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Hyper-V: Why Windows Server 2008 Standard shutdowns after auto-update instead of restart
Today I found the server turned off again. When I did power on, it continued to update after the boot.
I have to find the reason and fix it or I will turn automatic updates off. I'm not sure is there ...
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Best practice for two site Active Directory through VPN
Currently we have a site-to-site VPN setup between our two locations A and B. Location A has the domain controller; all hosts in location B connect via the site to site VPN to the DC in A. I was ...
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Best practice for instaling multiple instances of MS SQL 2008r2 on Windows server 2008r2 (running on esxi)
I wann't to move my sql server onto virtualized platform (Vsphere, esxi 4.1).
Here is my plan on how would I install it:
Vm with 3 disk's. C: for windows and sql binaries, D: for sql data, E: for ...
