Windows Server 2008 R2 is an operating system from Microsoft. It is an update of Windows Server 2008. Unlike Server 2003 R2, this R2 is a fully new Operating System. It is only available in 64-bit versions.
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Share Cluster Network for multiple clusters (SQL, HyperV etc)
I have an existing SQL server 3 node cluster which uses a separate cluster network which is working fine.
I am now looking to bring in other services which operate in a Windows cluster (on new ...
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A .NET Windows service and it's performance on a virtual server versus physical server
We currently run a .NET Windows service on a Windows 2008 R2 server which is virtualized in a VMware ESX environment.
I have noticed that, even when there is minimal, yet none activity whatsoever on ...
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How to allow virtual lan communicate with router?
Using VMWare Workstation 2010 to create Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machines:
I have created domain controller Server 2008 machines with static IP addresses. In order for these machines to ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 - RAS SSTP - HTTP 503 Service is unavailable
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine that has the following configuration:
It's a domain controller
It runs IIS and serves the Default Website with HTTP bindings 0.0.0.0:80 and [::]:80 and with ...
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How can I recover a WIndows cluster name resource pending deletion?
During a swap of physical disks for an existing SQL cluster group on a Win2K8R2 two-node cluster, the sequence to remove the old physical disks was done incorrectly (outright delete, vs. take offline, ...
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Cannot get auto logon to work
I am replacing a physical server running Server 2003 with a virtual server running 2008 R2. The 2003 machine auto logs on after a reboot every day (it runs control software that was not designed to ...
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Run WSUS in an isolated server
We have a test/integration environment (rig) running Windows HyperV with server VMs inside it.
I'd like to manage patches in the rig (the hyper V hosts and the VMs inside, which are all on their own ...
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How to bind two ip to one domain name for failover solution in Linux (Bind) or Windows server 2008 DNS
How to bind two ip to one domain name for fail over solution in Linux (Bind) or Windows server 2008 DNS ?
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List all terminal servers in domain in RDS manager?
We've got 20 or so 2003 terminal servers. Viewing them in Terminal Services Manager (tsadmin.exe) and managing sessions was easy. Refresh Servers
Now in addition to the 2k3 servers I'm putting in a ...
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Some workstations/servers on the domain respond with IPv6 instead of IPv4 addresses, even though IPv6 is disabled across the board
Earlier this week I've noticed some issues on my network. For example when I ping my machine (from my machine) using the hostname (or FQDN), I see a response from an IPv6 address.
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User security settings for scheduled task on Windows Server 2008 R2
I have a simple executable to run as a scheduled task on some Windows Server 2008 R2. The executable downloads a file from a couple of locations, then writes the time to download the files to a SQL ...
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URL redirecting to old server path
We are moving our applications from windows 2003 server to windows 2008 R2 server. The application in question have a default.htm page for redirecting to application start page. Also we changed the ...
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How to configure network for Windows server running in Virtualbox
I have dedicated server (OVH) running Debian 6.0. As it is pretty powerful machine and it's not fully utilized, I want to try and run Windows server on it using Virtualbox. I've already installed ...
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Setting up IIS Shared Storage and caspol is giving an error
I am trying to setup our IIS Web Farm (using Windows Server 2008 R2) to use shared storage.
The storage is setup and shared over the following path: \\MYSERVER\SharedStorage$\
I have created ...
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How many core i should give for each VM process [closed]
I have the following on my development environment :-
Host Machine:-
1.Windows 7 professional.
2.Core i7 (8 processes).
3.VM workstation.
4.32 GB RAM.
5.700 GB hard disk.
On the VM:-
1.Windows ...
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Fail to configure Windows Server 2008 R2 updates
I have installed Windows Server 2008 R2 on a VM workstation 9.0 machine. then i have enabled the windows updates which installed around 120 updates . but when i shut down the VM to configure the new ...
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(Sub)domain issues with DNS
I am currently running a local DNS server which is configured with one domain controller, having a bunch of domains and those domains have all wildcard entries for any subdomains.
I also have WINS ...
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How to move System Reserved Flag to another partition? [closed]
I have a Dell PE R310 that came with Windows 2008 R2 with a 2 GB FAT32 partition that I want to delete. But I can't because, because it currently has the "System" flag set. How do I move it to the ...
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Promote Active Directory Replica DC With No Access to FSMOs
Windows 2008 R2 domain controllers and functional levels. Network connectivity is as follows:
DC03 ------ DC02 ------ DC01(FSMOs)
DC01 holds all the FSMOs. DC03, which has not been promoted yet, ...
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Simulate two domains on one machine to support work/home isolation [closed]
Problem statement: How can I support isolation of identities on a signle in-home network that supports both personal and business resources? I know the Windows NT servers have plenty of methods of ...
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What happens if unlink a GPO?
If I have a GPO that contains a handful of settings - let' say, configured to implement WSUS configuration, some random registry entries, some other Control Panel settings etc.
If I unlink the ...
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How to configure a Windows Server 2008 along with a router?
I have network setup like the following diagram, how do I set the DHCP in server so that user can access Windows share and also access internet?
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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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AD Replication Errors / KCC - Between two Domain Controllers
I'm having quite an issue that began a few days ago. Let me just lay out exactly what happened - also I've inherited this environment, please keep that in mind.
1st Domain Controller - Windows ...
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Unexpected Windows 2008R2 server reboots
A Windows 2008 R2 machine reboots automatically every now and then, typically on Fridays afternoons.
The reboots are "announced" in the event log as follows:
Event ID: 1074
process: svchost.exe,
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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 Server Permission in the Temp Directory [closed]
I have developed an application that run very well in local.
But there is a problem on the server, i think a premission problem.
The application use a DLL (A.dll) in a point of the execution,
this ...
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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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Cannot connect to port 25 despite not apparently being blocked on the network, and firewall switched off
This is driving me up the wall.
I cannot telnet/paping port 25 on an a specific host/ip on one server. I can telnet/paping it from any other computer on the same network.
I have tried completely ...
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This network location can't be included because it is not indexed
We are in the process of migrating a bunch of users' home directories onto a new server running Windows Storage Server 2008 R2.
For most users, this has gone well and our group policy has done its ...
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DB Server location in relation to main Web Server
Ive recently taken the plunge and started renting a VPS for my web projects. As the demands on the system get higher so do the costs. MY VPS is US based due to costs, but Im based in Germany.
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How do I allow an administrator with full control of a file to actually do anything with the file in Windows Server 2008 R2?
I have moved a windows script to a new machine running Windows Server 2008 R2 (from a machine running 2000).
The first thing the script does is rename a text file in the same folder as the script.
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How to find out why a user account has been locked? [duplicate]
This morning a user was unable to login on his windows account. After unlocking it in the active directory every thing was working again.
Is there a way to see in event viewer or some other place why ...
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cannot delete 500-100.asp file for IIS7
I use roboycopy to copy (to another hard drive) the entire IIS7 "inetpub" folder and I've since tweaked the script a little so it copies to a SkyDrive folder for cloud backup, but I cannot delete the ...
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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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Can Windows RDC admin users be immune from being kicked?
I'm using remote desktop on Windows Server 2008 r2 and I'm trying to find a way to prevent users from kicking off admin users. I understand that according to MS a regular user should not be able to ...
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How to disable creation of VPN connections on Windows Server 2008 R2
I have a problem: users are connecting to our terminal server via remote desktop, and then creating VPN connections from it to another server, which then changes the networking and stops all ability ...
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email very slow with remote application on Windows server 2012 [closed]
I have set up a remote desktop service on Windows server 2012, then create remote app running on client's computer. when I try to email out with the remote apps on client's computer , it take 5mins to ...
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VM 9.0 workstation stop responding when restarting it
I have the following:-
Windows 7 professional x64 host machine with 32 GB RAM & 8 processes
VM workstation 9.0
Windows server 2008 r2 inside the VM.
But each time I restart the VM it will ...
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Trying to set up Active Directory on Server 2008 R2 and I get a blank Active Directory Administrative Center window
This one really has me stumped.
I've got a Windows Server 2008 R2 box that I administrate over RDP on a regular basis with no problems whatsoever. Today, I decided to try to set it up as a domain ...
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windows server backup to any subfolder
I´d like to know when i make full system backup in windows server 2008, how to chose destination folder. By default in local drives backup, it only allows to chose the destination Volume.
Thanks
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How safe is it to run Windows Server 2008 R2 datacenter without SP1? [closed]
I manage a Windows VPS on hosteurope.de. I've been trying to update it to SP1 - it says Windows Update are disable by group policy, and workarounds found online don't seem to work - same thing for ...
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Configure a “hardened” user account that an attacker would have a hard time abusing
Suppose you have a Windows Server machine running various sensitive services. Suppose that one of these services is pretty simple, maintaining a small amount of information in a text file, but as a ...
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Restrict users to one device Windows NPS
I have NPS/RADIUS set up with Aerohive APs.
There are three SSIDs, Prod, iPad and Guest. There is a wireless profile pushed out by group policy which allows domain computers to connect to the Prod ...
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Drop \secure\ packets from Firewall? [closed]
One of our customers (game servers) has linked us to a thread where other admins have reported an exploit that is being done with \secure\ packets. I am not entirely clear on what is being asked, ...
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Is it possible to get the Citrix Xen version from within the guest?
(This is a follow-up to my Citrix Xen Tools question)
Situation:
Virtual Windows 2008 R2 64 bit
Hosted at large German hoster ("1&1" aka "1und1")
Server hangs, even after applying SF-suggested ...
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What's this odd logon failure I see every day?
I'm having something weird happen on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server.
Every day at exactly 9:00 PM, an Audit Failure is registered in Event Viewer, saying that an account failed to log on for reason ...
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VSphere cannot free up unused space
Currently there are Drivers on Vms that have a lot of unused space. I tried to edit the settings and reduce the number of unallocated space and the space that is free. However, The value that I am ...
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Loosing gateway setting when switching Hyper-V virtual lan to “external”
I have a 2008 R2 server running as a NAT-Router and Hyper-V Host.
NIC1 has the default gateway set to NIC2.
Using this setup everthing works and all clients can connect to the internet.
If I'm ...
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How do I get to the hotfix, if the link is broken? [closed]
I've got a problem with my IIS 7, on a Windows 2008 R2 Server, not working for some of our users. (All using IE 10; it's a known issue.) I've learned that there's a hotfix, I've gone to Microsoft's ...
