Windows Server 2008 is a Microsoft server operating system released in February 2008. It is the successor to Windows Server 2003 and is based on the Windows Vista codebase. It was succeeded by Windows Server 2008 R2. This tag should only be used for questions related to Windows Server 2008. If ...
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Windows Plesk File Upload 500 Internal Server Error
I've been stuck on this for about a week and I just seem to be going around in circles.
The problem is receiving a 500 Internal Server error when uploading files. I've posted around a few forums but ...
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CentOS 6.4 on Hyper-V memory exhausting issue
I am having an issue where the RAM on the virtualised machine is becoming exhausted after periods of time, the machine itself has 4GB RAM assigned to it and it always seems to be reporting around 15% ...
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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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Users connected to VPN, but can't connect to anything on the network
At our small business, we have a server running Windows Server 2008 that acts as active domain directory, DNS, and DHCP, and a SonicWall router running our VPN services, with SonicWall NetExtender as ...
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Patching Exchange2010 without a DC
This may be a strange problem. I have a primary/standby Exchange 2010 pair. The standby is a clone of the primary after the Exchange installation. The standby is running and connected to the primary ...
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Vmware Tools potentially locking files/folders on Windows Server
I have a Windows 2008 R2 X64 server running on Vmware ESXi. Originally it was running on Hyper-V, but I have since converted the VHD to a VMDK and migrated to ESXi. I also installed VMware Tools. ...
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What is the (*) in Windows Performance Counters
Take the following counter for example:
\LogicalDisk(*)\% Free Space
Where can I find what can be plugged in place of the *?
I know sometimes it's _global_ and other times it can be _total_. I ...
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Procmon gracefully stop
Following this entry: exe files being deleted
I was able to setup process monitor to be run from the command line and to log to file.
The issue is that the log file get corrupted upon system restart. ...
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PHP5.2 and PHP5.3 Maxing CPU on IIS7.5 Server 2008 R2
I have a shared server running Server 2008 R2 with IIS7.5 - the server has about 200GB ram, Several hundred websites dual Xeon 8 core hyperthreaded processors, so CPU shouldn't be a problem; What is ...
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Error accessing server logs
Few weeks in a row I am noticing the following problem on my Windows 2008 Server
event viewer cannot open the event log or custom view. verify that event log service is running or query too long. ...
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How to enable Kerberos Authentication Service auditing on 2008 server
I have a 2008-level Windows domain running 5 x 2008 (non-R2) DCs (it's on the roadmap to migrate to R2 or possibly 2012 in the next 9-12 months, but this project needs to be working first), and I need ...
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How can I cancel a delayed shutdown? [duplicate]
After loading some updates, I got that box that allows a delay in the shutdown but only up to 4 hours. I took the 4 hour delay, but would like to abort being reminded to shutdown and, if possible, ...
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Window Server 2008 Time sync [closed]
OS - a) Windows Server 2008 Standard Workgroup
OS - b) Window Server 2008 Standard Domain controller.
How can i know, from where my Server is synchronizing time with?
Is it through Hardware BIOS ...
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what does local group policy do in Dc?
when you have a dc, in fact you don't have LSD because it has migrated to GSD .But if you type Gpedit.msc in Run box it will open local group policy console .
I've read that policies you have set in ...
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How to install and configure Windows Server 2008 Active Directory + LDAP + SAML 2.0 for providing SSO?
I want to run a Windows Active Directory Server and provide LDAP, SAML 2.0 protocol to our trusted applications inside our company to implement SSO.
After googling for a few days I found that ...
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How to create RAID with VHDs in Windows Server 2008 [closed]
I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 in VMware Workstation 9 on Cent-OS 6.4.
Is there a way to implement Raid0 on VDS within the Windows Server 2008?
When I try it with Disk Management New Raid ...
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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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Should I create zone for each domain that I want to host on my server [closed]
I'm setting up a web hosting on my VPS, I want to host several websites on my vps, I have two domains, domain1.com and domain2.com and a website for each hosted on iis, I know that I should add these ...
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Win2008 server replication fails between DC and ADC
Directory Server Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Trying to find home server...
Home Server = guis02
Identified AD Forest.
Done gathering initial info.
Doing initial required tests
Testing ...
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Server service fails to start, event 7023, error 1079
Hello,
Environment: Windows Server 2008 R2 fully patched, working as Domain Controller in Win 2003 native domain.
Users started to report problems with share, it turned out that server service won't ...
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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 2 NICs 2 Networks - Routing Issue
I have a Windows Server Box with 2 NICs sitting in 2 Networks with a Gateway Router to a 3rd:
e.g.:
A: 10.1.1.0/24 - Remote Network
B: 172.1.1.0/24 - "DMZ" with GW Router to Network A on IP 172.1.1.1
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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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How to disable SSL/TLS compression in Apache 2.2.16?
I have one sever running on Apache 2.2.16. I run the VA scanner on the server. According to the VA report it is recommended that SSL/TLS compression should be off.
I tried to search google, but didnt ...
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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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Personal Media Streaming Server on Windows [closed]
Some background, I have a home media server with a few terabytes of media on it, ranging from low quality flash video to 1080p HD matroska video. I have everything set up to stream locally, but I'm ...
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Memory usage on Windows Server
Our server is always very low on available memory. And yet the top processes only take up a portion of what should be available on our server (with 10 GB of memory).
I ran tasklist to get a listing ...
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How do I take my web server offline for maintenance when its a single server
I have a Windows 2008R2 server that hosts Sql Server and IIS for our company.
I need to take it down occasionally for updates and backup.
This is the setup
Dedicated Windows 2008R2 server hosts my ...
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Is there a way to log all files that are created on a W2K8 server?
I've got a W2K8 server with some IIS apps that are creating a lot of files. I would like to monitor what files are created and how big they are. Is there a tool I could use to log all files that are ...
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Abort any POST VERB operation in IIS
I posted this in stackoverflow also. I will remove there, I think we have IIS experts here.
My site is getting DOS attack with POST VERB, my site is a static site and I am trying to stop any POST ...
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CryptSvc does not exists on my server
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 hosting Sharepoint. In the configuration of Excel Services, I have to set the "Cryptography Service" a dependance of "Claims To Windows Token Service".
However, ...
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Remove AD User account with powershell fails
Am trying to delete a list of accounts that are either no longer needed or people who have left our employ. I was thinking powershell would be the easiest and so far have the following script to ...
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IPv4 Address and Domain Restrictions is only working on folders, not files in it?
I've configured IPv4 Address and Domain Restrictions for one of my folders like this,
Then I test from a virtual machine (with ip address 192.168.56.80),
When I access http://win2008/myfolder I ...
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IIS 7.5 doesn't respond when user expires
I have IIS running in two Server 2008 R2, configured in high availability. I had permissions problems to access the web.config file, so I decided to click on Connect As.., and set a local user with ...
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What steps should I take before I retire an old 2003 PDC
I have a Server 2003 in my environment that was a PDC. I want to decommission it but want to be sure it's safe to do so. I have transferred FSMO roles from it to a new Server 2008. I have moved all ...
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Reconfigure from Raid0 to Raid1, is it possible?
currently I have Fujitsu tx140 s1p servers, one Tower and one Rack.
They are both running with the same hardware, configures the same way, so I'll just ask one Q for both.
They have an motherboard ...
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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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Thin provisioning free space datastore
If you have thin provisioning enabled and A C Drive says it 70GB of 200GB available. IS that 70GB part of the data store Free Space? Or is this allocated to that particular VM? Also If i delete the ...
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Different versions of SQL Native Client in SQL Server 2008 R2
I have this error when I try to connect from a Server called: AplicationServer1 to another server in the same domain Kobl, called DatabaseServer1
SQLSTATE[28000]: [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client ...
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Tips for troubleshooting 2008R2 GPO settings on 2008 servers
I have a 2008-level Windows domain running 5 x 2008 (non-R2) DCs (it's on the roadmap to migrate to R2 or possibly 2012 in the next 9-12 months, but this project needs to be working first), and I need ...
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Vsphere VMware thin provisioning free space
All the VMs that I have created have thin provisioning enabled. I need to create a new VM for upgrade process. Two VMs will be turned off prior to the upgrade and deleted after the upgrade. My ...
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“Element not found” while running credwiz
I'm trying to export user names and credentials with credwiz, I'm running a Windows 2008 R2 as a DC.
When I finished typing the encryption password, I got a dialog like this,
So, does credwiz ...
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how to run remote app using remote desktop service in win 2008 server R2? [closed]
I want to run an windows application installed on the server using remote desktop service in win 2008 server R2 .
Also I want each user has it's user account and session in the app, and no ...
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Network Services Write/Modify Permissions on Inetpub Folder Potiential security issues
I have an asp.net web application that runs as a Content Management system for a website.
It was originally on an IIS6 Server. However the web application was recently moved to an II7 Server. After ...
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How can I add a linux folder to a Windows DFS tree?
Accessing a Windows DFS share from Ubuntu or any other Linux for that matter, is pretty straight forward. However doing it in reverse seems to be not documented.
I have DFS Namespace running on ...
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WDS Service Won't Start
Server 2008 R2
When attempting to start the WDS service we're getting the following error:
Windows could not start the Windows Deployment Services Server on Local Computer. For more information ...
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VM 9.0 with windows server 2008 data center hangs when restarting it [migrated]
I have installed VM workstation 9 on my windows 7 64x, my environment specification are as follow:
windows 7 professional 64x
32 GB RAM
670 GB hard disk
VM workstation 9
create a new VM and I mount ...
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File transfer slows down the server response
We are on Win server 2003 and we transfer the files across the same intranet either using CuteFTP or through mapped drives. The problem here is the file transfers start fast and get slower as time ...
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¿How can I fix this error? “Unable to connect to the NETLOGON share” [closed]
How can I fix this error: Unable to connect to the NETLOGON share! (\Fxxx-AD-DNS\netlogon) [Fxxx-AD-DNS] An net use or LsaPolicy operation failed with error 67........???????
My network enviroment ...
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IIS Site taking long time to show [closed]
I have a website which is hosted on our internal server.
We are using
Server 2008 R2 64bits
SQL server 2008
When I tried to access the site it take 5 minutes but was timeout and in IE it was not ...
