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. Windows Server 2008 Introduced the following new features: Server Core ...
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SSL handshake with a gprs device
I have a windows 2008 web edition server that has a comodo 2048 wildcard certificate installed.
I am using a gprs device to log some data to the server.
Although it works either in http or https when ...
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psexec on Windows Server 2008 with -s flag: login failure
I'm trying to use psexec.exe to run batch scripts on Windows Server 2008. I cannot use plaintext passwords, so I'm using the "-s" flag, and not providing a username/password. I get the following ...
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Win 2008 R2 SSTP Certificate
I have a Win 2008 R2 server running on AWS EC2 and need the ability to VPN to it. PPTP isn't an option given EC2 firewall restrictions (no GRE routing).
I am planning to setup SSTP and it is my ...
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Server mirroring strategy questions SQL Server replication, MySQL replication, file replication, etc
I'm working as an application developer for a company that I've been with for for some time. The business would like to mirror their existing windows server (server A) to a new server (server B) with ...
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Recover inbound emails on Exchange?
Have an exchange server that for some reason wasn't delivering inbound e-mails from outside the domain.
I restarted the Transport service and some of the in-bound emails sent in the last 10 minutes ...
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Determine what is running under a given logon SID
One of my domain controllers is an abnormally large number of windows auditing events. The common thread I have been able to identify is that 90% of these logs share a common logon guid.
These ...
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Network share not accessible by IP
Overnight one of our servers (Win 2K8 R2) began having problems connecting to a network share (Win 2K3 R2 x64) by IP.
The server has for months accessed the network share by IP for certain purposes, ...
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Active Directory Integration over VPN
I recently started working as a network admin for a company who has 2 locations and we use a VPN to connect them. We need to set up an Active Directory and Exchange Server at the second location to be ...
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Windows Server 2008 Standard, firewall disabled by Group Policy but ports are still filtered
Hihi,
So vanilla install of WS2008R2S, disabled FW with GP and trying grab SNMP with another host on the same subnet. The output of both if/ipconfig's and nmap -p 161 is below. Both machines running ...
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Reading of tapes in Win2k8 server using Window backup or symantec backup tool
I have Symantec NetBackup Executive which is running on Win2k8 server & single LTO3 tape drive is connected to it. Now I have received data in LTO3 tapes which is in different format then Symantec ...
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Assign a static IP to a Windows Server 2008 R2 - where to get static IP addresses [closed]
On Windows Server 2008 R2, I know how to assign a static IP address to that from lan properties windows.
In my current server, I am working with a hosting provider and they provide me 5 IP address ...
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FSRM quota information in site with no email
We're using the File Server Resource Manager in Server 2008, but we have recently installed it in a school where the pupils do not have email.
Is there an alternative way to show their current quota ...
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Equivalent of LogRotate for Windows?
We have a huge logfile being written by a vendor's application. Let's assume the vendor won't do anything that we ask. Is there any way of rotating that logfile somehow? We're looking at about 300 MB ...
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Forwarded Event Logs
I went ahead and successfully configured event fowarding and subscriptions (winrm/wecutil). Now is it possible to have all logs that have already happened to be fowarded to my collector? Or is it only ...
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MySQL and IIS latency While Running Stored Procedures
We have a stack running a custom application within a web page. There are two web servers running IIS behind a load balancer that communicate with a single database server running MySQL. All servers ...
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Which port number to use for FTP on IIS 7
Following these instructions I managed to configure my FTP server for SSL on a windows server 2008 (IIS 7) while enabling Require SSL connections. However I'm not able to connect to the FTP server ...
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Server performance problems every 12 hours after reboot
I am using a Windows VPS with Windows Web Server 2008 R2. The server is running IIS and MSSQL Server 2008 R2.
Every 12 hours I have performance issues on this server. This occurs every 12 hours after ...
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Exchange Receiving Mail Outside Domain, without using MX
Sorry if this is crazy sounding or not feasible, just a student trying to toy with Exchange in my own lab.
I'm using ad.chigs.me as my FQDN for my Active Directory install on Windows Server 2008 R2. ...
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Software Implementation of RAID 10 on a Windows Server 2008 running on Amazon EC2
Does anyone know of a software implementation of RAID 10 that will work on a Windows Server 2008? Specifically I'd like to use it on a virtual instance running on Amazon's EC2, connected to EBS ...
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Is there a way to disable group policy for a couple of minutes on a certain computer in a 2008 domain?
I'm trying to disable the group policy on a computer for a limited time without logging out and back in.
Is that possible?
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Creating RAID1 on Windows Server causes not enough disk space error
I have three disks. Disk0 (boot), Disk1 and Disk2. Disk 1 and 2 are both unformatted and unallocated drives. I am trying to mirror Disk0 to Disk1. They are both Dynamic and are both the same size ...
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phpmyadmin and import of an existing database
I have just installed phpmyadmin on a windows 2008 sever with IIS installed and I want to important a database which I have created on my own machine onto this server within phpmyadmin
When I try do ...
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Why can't I view my repositories in Subversion?
I just installed Subversion (from CollabNet) on a Windows 2008 machine.
I created a test repo named, 'test`.
Using TortoiseSVN, I can browse to this URL:
http://dev1-new/svn/test
But I can not ...
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Windows 2008 Active directory Backup/Recovery not working
I successfully backup windows server active directory using Windows Server Backup. After restore the user credentials for the active directory is not working. Users can not login to server.
Please ...
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Does CoLinux run on Windows Server 2008?
Does CoLinux run on Windows Server 2008? I have successfully installed coLinux on Windows 7 32bit.
But when I try to install it on Windows Server 2008 64bit it doesn't work. Is it compatible with ...
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Is there a tutorial for setting up OpenVPN on Amazon's EC2 running a Windows 2008 server?
I have been looking for hours, for a way to set up an OpenVPN server on an Amazon EC2 instance that's running Windows Server 2008 R2.
All of the tutorials I have found deal with EC2 Linux, Ubuntu, ...
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How to create a Windows 2008 VM for uploading to Azure?
I have an existing Windows 2008 R2 (64 bit) machine chugging along. I want to create a VM image of this physical machine so that I can upload it to Azure for scalability purposes.
I've found ways to ...
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sql script mssql express 2008 windows 2008 server R2 x64
Scenerio:I need to run an update sql script after another scheduled task.
server=Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
db = Sql Express 2008
when? - Everyday buy Sunday(i know how to do this)
Why? A third party ...
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Active Directory in the cloud
My company is considering implementing Active Directory and Windows Server to manage our local network and workstations. The main benefits sought are central management of machines, security ...
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windows server 2008 standard: script for modifying account lockout policy for AD
I am currently preparing for some setup procedures for active directory setup. The servers are installed with default policy which includes account lockout policy. However, the setup requires user to ...
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Certificate Enrollment Control has stopped working on localhost AD CA server?
I'm having strange issue with my current AD CA server, when I try to generate a certificate by using the url https://localhost/certsrv/certrqma.asp I got the following error eventhough I did the ...
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Server 2008 GPO not applying to Windows XP clients over site-to-site VPN
I have a Server 2008 R2 based Active Directory domain. Our default GPO has a few printer/network drive maps that both work fine locally for clients running Windows 7 as well as Windows XP (after ...
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Setting up windows firewall on windows server 2008 R2
Just booted into a newly provisioned windows server 2008 r2 server.
On the firewall side of things, it is disabled by default.
This is a web server, so I need at minimum port 80, rdp port left open.
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Why is Windows throwing 404.4 errors for images?
I just finished installing 2008 on a new server and enabled PHP support thru the Web PI Installer. I'm having two issues that I can't seem to get past.
I see modules, etc. but there doesn't appear to ...
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VPN or RemoteDesktop?
I need to keep an eye on our small company server while I'm away.
I Have Windows2008 server with a spare NIC and went through all the steps to setup a WIndows VPN.
But before I set the port forward ...
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What are the limiations of windows server web edition?
Trying to get a handle of the differences between windows server 2008 r2 and the web edition.
I'm using it for a website, so IIS7 and sql server express.
The application is asp.net mvc.
What ...
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Change what fields are copied when copying an account in Active Directory?
I've noticed that all of the address with the exception of the street address is copied when copying an Active Directory user account. Is there a way to change this? We're currently running a 2003 AD ...
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Windows Event Log Forwarding
I am currently prototyping a setup, in which a Windows Server 2008 is configured as a central logging instance for Windows XP and Windows 7 clients via source initiated event forwarding. All computers ...
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Migration of core banking application from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 [closed]
The following tasks were considered for value upgrade to Windows Server 2008.
However, the later decision is just to go with platform upgrade from windows server 2003 to windows server 2008 32 Bit
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Windows Server 2008 or 2003 for SQL Server 2005
Is there a benefit of using Server 2008 over 2003 for SQL Server? Specifically 2005?
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Monitor state of “Startup Type” of services
I would like to be able to monitor when the state of "Startup Type" for a particular service is changed from Automatic to Manual. I haven't been able to find an event that is triggered in event ...
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Terminal server logs off users after 5 minutes
We have the following domain setup:
Domain Function level: Server 2008
5 Server 2003 terminal servers
5 Server 2008 R1 terminal servers
150 staff who use mandatory profiles on their PCs
Those staff ...
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Hyper V internal network with internet access
I was wondering if this is possible. I would like to setup an internal virtual network, with internet access. I'm trying to create a lab environment for some testing. Nothing in the Lab Environment ...
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Control the Speed of Windows File Copy over a Network
Is there an effective tool for copying files across Windows network shares that:
Can be scripted
Can rate limit based on a bandwidth parameter (i.e. "2 MBytes/s")
Is a windows tool (i.e. not rsync ...
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Unable to remove IIS 7 completely
I faced some issues in loading COM component through a WebService because the user hadn't permission for C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\config\schema folder. When I opened the file using Windows ...
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Size on disk issue on windows 2008
I am facing typical "size on disk" issue on windows 2008 OS.
I am using NTFS partition with cluster size of 4k and in that Size of disk is almost triple the real size. This is becaus I have large ...
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Project Manager [closed]
The proposal is to migrate from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 as a plain upgrade. At this stage, there is no plan to look at the opportunities and possible improvmenets provided 2008 ...
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xcopy sometimes stops transfer without error before completion
I am running a Jenkins job that invokes the following command to copy files from a network share:
xcopy /S /I "\\depot\%depot%\GMM\v%version%\app\*" "%WORKSPACE%\app"
The job often runs OK, but on ...
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Block UDP traffic by rate/string-match on Windows 2008
I am administrating a Windows 2008 server (64-bit). It is being subjected to a focused set of DOS attacks where UDP packets are sent to a specific port and contain a specific string.
What I need to ...
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USB access from guest in Hyper-V
Can a Hyper-V guest operating system access a USB device connected to the Hyper-V host?
If so, how can I set this up?
