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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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Why is my loopbacked GPO reporting as disabled
Let me start by saying that my experience with GPO is limited to tentatively poking at settings until they fall into place by trial and error. It is entirely possible this will be a very obvious ...
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How to customize Windows “Performance Monitor”?
I'm wondering if that's possible to set a customized action counter that is not listed as one of the counters? e.g. a batch script that measure a time for running my application, and then notify the ...
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Can I override “hide and disable all items on the desktop”?
Is it possible to add shortcuts and/or windows components to the desktop if "hide and disable all items on the desktop" is enabled via GPO? For example, if I have a few specific program icons I want ...
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Workgroup printing
I'm trying to setup workgroup printing for HP Thinclients running Win7 embedded (32b). I've setup/configured the print server service and now I'm trying to get the thin clients to connect. I keep ...
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Mapped drive in Windows 7 becomes inaccessible
I have a Windows 7 64 bit machine that has several drive mappings. After a while intermittently two of the four the mapped drives become inaccessible and the user gets an error that reads "This file ...
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Windows Advanced Firewall - adding Authorized Computers breaks rule
How can adding a 'only allow connections to these computers' setting in an an otherwise working IPSec rule break connectivity?
Background:
I'm setting up a basic set of client rules that restrict ...
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ICMP ping one way only?
I have 2 W7 hosts (may be others, I haven't checked yet) that are on the network, and can ping the domain controller. They can also ping each other. Yet when I'm on the server, the ping request ...
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Active Directory computer account password not in sync
I have a computer on a remote location which has not not been connected to the network for a while. During an recent installation, a procedure went wrong and its password was changed on AD side. I ...
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Shared folder are inaccessible from system account
I have problem with different behavior of network machines. Little log:
C:\Windows\system32>whoami
nt authority\system
C:\Windows\system32>net view
Server Name Remark
...
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In Windows 7, why can't I use perfmon against a remote server?
I am on Windows 7 and trying to run perfmon against Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 servers. I am running into the same issue with all remote machines.
When creating a data collector set, I specify a ...
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Listing open files for end users and Windows 7 file preview issues
We have a Windows 2008 r2 file server that has a share that the users are mapped to that is full of PDFs. One department (A) has read/write access and most others (B) just have read access. If ...
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Workstation authentication against wrong AD server in multi-site configuration
Having a problem which I've seen before but haven't yet found a solution to, I've got multiple AD sites in one domain physically separated and logically separated by different subnets and AD sites.
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Why would ipconfig /release then /renew “fix” an apparent DNS client issue
I seem to be having DNS issues --- which I suspect may be client related. At seemly random intervals, name resolution of local FQDN names fails.
There's a warning in the system log:
Name resolution ...
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Local Disk Drive(c:/ d:/) disappear in my computer
After joining the domain a few windows 7 computers the local disk drives disappear in my computer. Only network drives are shown.
What would be a possible cause for this?
Please note that there ...
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Manage multiple hardware and OS
I'm new at windows management, before I've worked only with Apple Macs.
Now I am at a company that has almost 100 computers with different boards, brands, different hard drives, etc.. in different ...
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LocalSystem account not recongizing FQDN as intranet, causing open file security warning when deploying from SCCM 2007
I have spent the last two days reading and trying every solution online, but I cannot figure out the best way to approach this.
We use SCCM to deploy packages and it uses the localsystem account to ...
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How quickly should data/files be visible on a network share that goes through a VPN tunnel?
I'm looking for information on how information is shared/passed across a network between a Windows 7 client OS and a Windows Server 2008 server?
Little history of our setup (I apologize as for Im not ...
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I can't have remote desktop connection to server 2008r2
I've got a server running windows 2008r2 and I can remote from a pc running xp to it finely.But when I wanna have remote connection from my pc running windows 7 ,it says
remote computer could not ...
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repetitive errors on user machines - DC migration from a windows XP based to a windows 7 based network
I'm replacing all the old windows XP machines in my network to new machines running windows 7.
I hoped it would be an easy task, but apparently it isn't: all the machines I've installed (using WDS) ...
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Windows environment license discovery
Is there some tool from Microsoft or from somebody else that can scan the network and discover the licenses keys from windows machines (Windows 7, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2003, Office, SQL ...
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Can ping but cant connect to network shares?
I have a problem which I have been facing for some time;
I can sucessfuly ping computers on my network; but I cannot access the network shares (Various operating systems including: XP, Windows 7, ...
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Trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain has failed
I have one laptop used by one user that keeps getting the following error and is unable to log in.
Trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain has failed
Can anyone help tell ...
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Diagnosing Server 2008 and Windows 7 LAN Speed
I have a customer with Server 2008 in a VM, and maybe 15 Windows 7 clients. They are experiencing slowness when using an ERP system whose data resides on the server. The database in question is a load ...
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How do I install Skype on computer so that anyone who logs in does NOT have to go through the initial config?
I installed Skype when logged on to the (local) admin account. Now, when I log off that, and log on as myname on the domain, I have to click through the intial setup steps (after you've already run ...
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Computers on network crashing
We have recently upgraded our network to Windows 7 clients with Windows server 2008 servers. The upgrade was completed by the end of September and until now has been fine (apart from the minor bugs).
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Which OS printer driver am I supposed to install on 2008 32-bit server to share with Win 7 x64 clients?
Am I supposed to install Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 printer drivers on my 2008 32-bit server to support Windows 7 x64 clients while supporting Windows XP 32-bit clients?
I have a Microsoft ...
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roaming profiles + directory backup for a backup solution
Right now we use acronis for our major production servers and i'm trying to find a good solution to backup our local users at little to no cost.
I'm thinking about flipping it to roaming profiles ...
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Windows VPN for remote site connection drawbacks
I'm looking for some thoughts on a particular way of setting up a estate of machines.
We have a requirement to install machines into unmanned, remote locations. These machines will auto login and ...
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Admin user account on windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 admin$ share access denied?
On my local network I have several windows 7 workstations and a Windows 2008 server. I have an account on each of my Windows 7 boxes that have the corresponding admin account on Windows 2008. When I ...
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WebDav Authentication Issues
I've been trying to set up Webdav for one of our clients using IIS 7 on their 2008 x64 server, I've also been using my desktop as a testbed, running IIS 7.5.
So far I have been able to get windows ...
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Can't change theme of Windows 2008 server to look like Windows 7 [closed]
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server which I try to change its theme to Windows-7 a-like by the following procedure: http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/themes/
I have the following problem: "Themes" ...
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User with Mandatory Profile can log in to Windows 7 but not to Windows XP
I have a Windows Server 2008 domain with both WinXP and Win7 PCs. Users are usually fine to log in to either OS, but there is one user who can't login on XP. It fails to create his profile. I believe ...
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Windows 7 accounts on a 2008r2 DC keep getting locked out randomly
As the title states, this happens randomly to Windows 7 accounts on our Windows 2008R2 domain controller.
We just had this start happening after changing from 123together hosted exchange to Rackspace ...
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Win 2008 r2 environment, create security groups in AD where root folder one type of access and sub folders have different permissions
I am an AD newbie and have been tasked with this situation:
Win 2008 r2 environment, create security groups in AD where root folder has only read access for all; sub folder 1 has read for 1 group ...
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Is there a way to copy a user profile to other client stations previously not logged into?
I was wondering what would be the easiest way to copy a user profile to a station that user has not previoulsy signed on in an Active Directoy environment. This would include anything that appears ...
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Running perfmon continuously with periodic reports
I have a question very similar to this one, but I want to continuously run perfmon, during reboots and throughout the day. Further, I'd like to generate a perfmon report every 10 mins or so. The ...
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TCP Windows scaling on Windows 2008 server
If found only this article on windows 2008 server or Windows 7 TCP Windows scaling.
http://8help.osu.edu/3253.html
Is there any other information that I can use to change registry that would modify ...
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Server 2008/Windows 7/Samba Unspecified error 80004005
I have a Samba share on a LAN with 2008 PDC/DNS. Smb authenticates with AD and I have several Win7 Machines that can connect fine.
I recently added a couple of new computers to the LAN which were ...
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Passing parameters to service through NET START command, in windows server 2008 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
NET START command not passing parameters in Windows Server 2008
I have a Windows Service written and compiled in Visual Studio 2003.
Its working fine in windows server ...
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How to find if a port on my machine is being scanned? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Am I being spied on my messenger?
We, in our office, are using a LAN messenger and I have just a doubt that my messages are scanned although, this messenger is a ...
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What is the difference between Sever and Consumer OS? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How is Windows Server different from regular Windows?
What is the difference between server and consumer operating systems - the examples I have in mind being Windows 7 ...
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VPN over mobile hotspot connection limited access
Verizon service
Sonicwall VPN / VPN client (basic/standard settings)
Windows 7 64 bit
I can connect, but then I can't get access to shared resources or actually USE anything that connecting to the ...
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1answer
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Recover original file names from Volume Shadow Copy?
In the Volume Shadow Copy folders there are some cryptically names files like:
\System Volume Information\{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}
Is there any way to decipher what the file name was ...
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Server 2008 Roaming Profiles and Chrome userdata
Firstly, this Server 2008 box has taken over from a server 2003 PDC several months ago and I can't quite say for certain that everything has transitioned correctly. The domain functionality has been ...
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Why would a program require a server operating system versus a workstation operating system?
A vendor is stating that their software requires Windows Server 2003/2008 versus Windows 7 Professional because it doesn't perform well on a non-server OS. The specific reasoning was that the number ...
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How do I configure Windows Remote Assistance through Group Policy?
Our Domain Controllers run on Server 2008 R2 and the majority of our client machines run Windows 7.
We are going to be moving our office to two different locations and I need to be able to offer ...
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Defragment / Performance Monitor without Task Scheduler
My organisation has a policy of disabling Task Scheduler on all servers and workstations (don't ask, I tried once to wrestle the pig).
I need to collect performance stats using Data Collector Sets in ...
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How to determine if the last shutdown was due to power failure in windows?
I know I can get logs of shutdowns from the eventlog when the shutdown is proper and initiated by the user or due to software upgrades. But how do I determine if the last shutdown was due power ...
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Windows 7 Password Expiration Notification
Under Windows 7, when the time comes for a password change, the 'password expiring' balloon comes up in the lower right area, but it's a bit small.
Does anyone know any tricks or tips to make this ...
