Questions tagged [windows-server-2008]

Windows Server 2008 is a Microsoft server operating system released in February 2008 and reached End Of Life on January 14, 2020. 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 your question is about Windows Server 2008 R2, please use the Windows-Server-2008-R2 tag.

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Recommendations for small network (10 users) in 2 locations requiring shared files

I am not a system administrator by profession - I am a developer - but I am interested in learning more about the IT side of things. I have been asked to setup a network for my Dad's business that ...
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Setting Up Subversion Server on Windows 2008 - Access When Ports Blocked

I have a Subversion server set up at home. I can checkout files from a computers both in the same network as the server, and not in the same network using svn:\mydomain.com The problem comes in when ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 "Missing Operating System" on boot

I have a demo server that I brought over with me to Berlin for TechEd 2009, I booted the server up after I arrived and I got a message saying "Missing Operating System". I carried on the server and ...
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Can TFS and System Center Virtual Machine Manager share a SQL 2008 Server?

I am planning on running on the same machine TFS 2010 Beta 1 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 (on Windows Server 2008 R2). Can they share a SQL Server or do they each need their own? ...
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How do I install an update to all my machines via group policy?

I'm just learning to use group policy to administer my network. I found the handy feature of mapping drives, but it wont work on xp without an update. I downoloaded the file, but is there a way to ...
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Can a Hyper-V 2008R2 Box join the domain of one of its child VMs?

I'm researching deploying Hyper-V Server R2 (the stand alone product - not the Server 2008 role) into our environment and was curious how the domain joining process would work if the domain controller ...
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Running a Windows 2008 server trial on Linux

I want to run a trial of Windows Server 2008 on a Linux machine. The single official trial I have found is an exe file which should contain a VHD image. Is there any way of getting the trial to run ...
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Same permission in two different groups -- which takes precedent? Mysterious issues abound

Suppose User Bob is in Group A and Group B. Group A has write permission for Folder X but Group B has read only. What should bob we able to do Folder X? What does windows do in this case? Is this ...
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Windows SharePoint Services Search won't stop

Background: I had been asked to create a second Sharepoint application server to reprovision the one that is currently in the SharePoint Farm. I installed the os, SharePoint, and SP1. I then began the ...
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Installing and Configuring Windows 2008 SMTP Server

Trying to work out the process of enabling SMTP server on a Windows 2008 Server. I've enabled the SMTP feature within the Server Manager but I don't see where to configure it. I need to be able to ...
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SCOM 2007, Sql Audit event

I'm new to SCOM 2007. Im trying to setup alerts and views for failed SQL login attempts. I've been on the internet for hours without any luck. My test case is trying to connect to SQL server on the ...
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Half-open TCP connection limit in Windows 2003/2008 server?

I'm having a hard time finding conclusive evidence on this: did MS put any kind of maximum concurrent TCP connection limit in Windows Server 2003 and/or 2008? (The equivalent of the XP SP2 "feature" ...
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SharePoint navigation design issue

I am using SharePoint Server 2007 x64 and Windows Server 2008 x64. I have setup a site with template publishing portal. I have grant anonymous access to all the site. I want to design a two layered ...
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Windows Server 2008 Firewall: Do inbound rules override outbound rules?

I have in inbound rule to allow all communication with MyApp.exe I have an outbound rule to block all traffic to 192.168.0.88 Can MyApp.exe communicate with 192.168.0.88 - I don't understand which ...
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Sql Anywhere 9 cannot access on Network

heres the situation, i have a windows 2008 enterprise server (brand new) so far the only thing installed on it out of the box is SQL Anywhere 9.0.2 and Mysql 5.1 its all setup and working i have ...
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Set Windows 2008 Server wallpaper for all users

I'm logged on as the Administrator and want to set a specific wallpaper image for all users. I've done it before on 2003 Server but forget where. I think it was somewhere inside the Local Security ...
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Domain Trust Issues

I have setup a new domain (called "b") which trusts our old domain (called "a"). This is a one way trust which allows users from "a" to login and authenticate to domain "b" with their domain "a" ...
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Are there any known issues with NewSID and Windows 2008 server? [duplicate]

We have a scenario where it's not possible for us to use Sysprep with Windows 2008. Has anyone had any issues using NewSID to generate new SID's on cloned Windows 2008 images? Update: According to ...
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Silently install MSI without disabling UAC

I have an MSI file which I produce that I need to install on a number of Windows 2008 machines as part of automated deployment process in a test environment. When I install the MSI by hand I get a ...
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Adding a 2nd Hard drive causing intermittent restart on server

I'm in the middle of configuring a server with circa 6tb storage. I've got 8x 1TB drives, using a 3ware RAID card (9650SE) The server also (currently) has 1 additional 250gb SATA drive, with the OS (...
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error editing SharePoint page

I am using SharePoint 2007 Server x64 on Windows Server 2008 x64. I create a new SharePoint web application with a new site collection at the root of the web application. I select the template "...
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Why are two servers viewing the same drive unable to view the same files?

I have two windows 2008R2 servers. Both are pointing to the same iSCSI drive on our SAN, but both servers don't see the same data. Server 1 can write data to the SAN, and can immediately see what it ...
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Windows Server and NSS volumes

Does anyone know if there is a way to mount an NSS volume (novell) on server 2003/2007? We obviously need it to maintain user rights and what not. Even a place to start looking (google has nothing ...
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Windows Update Fails (Windows Server 2008 x64)

A critical security update came out a while ago, that I have been unable to install. I've spent the better part of today trying to figure this one out and I'm stumped. I've tried using the automatic ...
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What are the differences between IIS on Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate and the version of IIS in Server 2008?

I have some Windows Server 2008 hosting on which I intend to build my new personal web site. However, the problem I have is that I can't get hold of a copy of Server 2008 to develop on, without buying ...
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How to get Windows Server 2008 to join an domain and OU during build

I am trying to get a server to join a domain and in particular an OU during build, I am familiar with this process for 2003, by editing the unattend.txt, but not for 2008 and it's unattend.xml Hope ...
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MOSS 2007 Migrating to MS Server 2008 64-bit

So we just got our new beefy sharepoint box that we will be using as a replacement for our Web Front End/Index Server and I want to put a 64-bit version of Server 2008 on it and I looking for info on ...
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VMWare Win2008 guest: drop external IP from one virtual, and assign to another

I have two virtual machines on VMWare ESXi host. I want to drop an external IP (used for a site in IIS that we're moving to a new server) from the old one (Windows Server 2008 x64), and assign to the ...
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List of services installed by default in Windows 2008 Server

I'd like to know all the services that are installed by default for pretty much all the Windows Server lines, including updates for servicepacks. I've seen this for XP and Vista, but not Server.
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Windows Server 2008 not using all available memory

We have a server that has 24gigs installed and Windows Server 2008 Standard 64-bit installed on it. The 24gigs are detected under control panel/system, but it only uses 8gigs. We can see this both in ...
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How Much Time is being Wasted on Windows Server 2008?

I am using Windows Server 2008, running in a Hyper-V VM. The system performs very badly. We're pretty sure it's due to insufficient memory. I've looked at How to find out if my Windows Server 2003 ...
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SQL2K5 Standard to Enterprise upgrade

I have SQL2K5 Standard configured in an active/passive W2K8 cluster in my Production environment, and on a standalone box in my Staging environment. I want to upgrade to SQL2K5 Enterprise (mostly for ...
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PHP mail() on windows webserver 2008

I have a Windows Webserver 2008 running with PHP installed. PHP works fine, except when I try to use the mail() function in oder to programmatically send emails via PHP. Then I get this error: ...
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Where are the SMTP settings saved in IIS7/Win2008?

I have a problem getting SMTP to work with an ASP.NET app I have (the error I get is "Cannot get IIS pickup directory"). The app delivers the mail to SMTP using the pickup directory. I already know ...
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Windows 2008 R2 guest on Hyper-V R1

I am trying to test Server 2008 R2 by installing it on a virtual machine running under Hyper-V on Server 2008 R1. Unfortunately, every time I try to install it from the .ISO image, I get a prompt to ...
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Print Pass-through on Windows Server 2008 queues

We are migrating a number of print queues off a Windows 2000 server onto a 2008 server. We send print jobs to these queues from a remote Unix box, typically just plain ascii text reports. On the ...
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Which kind of virtualized networking is fastest? [closed]

I am planning to virtualize two servers where the bulk of network traffic will be between just these servers. Will I see a substantial benefit by configuring an internal network between the virtual ...
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Dial up connection as a service in Windows Server 2008

We have a server that needs both a LAN and GPRS connection. We have configured the dial up connection in Windows but we need it to start whenever the server starts without user interaction and without ...
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SBS 2008 pop 3 connector won't download emails

We use pop accounts as a backup when our server or internet connection is down. We've recently upgraded to sbs 2008. I've added our backup pop accounts via the SBS console pop conenctor. When i hit ...
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Hyper-V Root and SQL Server 2008

I have a Server 2008 R2 server. Is it a good idea to make this a Hyper-V root partition, and install SQL Server 2008? What issues might I run in to?
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What is the best way to optimize a Windows Server 2008 box running IIS7 to serve only static files?

I would like to have our web applications pull static content (css, js, images) from a static file server running Windows Server 2008 and IIS7. What sort of optimizations would you make to the server ...
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configure IIS 7.0 meta database issue

I am using IIS 7.0 + Windows Server 2008. Anyone has experience to configure the Timer_MinBytesPerSecond configuration items -- either programmatically or manually is fine? I also want to know how to ...
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File Replication to Branch Offices

We're currently using DFSR in Server 2008 to replicate from our head office to 3 branch offices across VPN links. This way we have a local copy of all the companies files in each site, for quick ...
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“Unable to connect to remote server fail” in HttpWebRequest

I am using VSTS 2008 + C# + .Net 3.5 to develop a console application and I send request to another server (IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008). I find when the # of request threads are big (e.g. 2000 ...
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VMWare Workstation Host Operating System

I want to run serveral virtual machine on a computer using VMWare Workstation. The virutal machines will run Windows Server 2003/2008 and Windows 7 as guest OS. Which host operating system should I ...
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Effect on Sharepoint installation of Active Directory Upgrade

We have a customer that runs sharepoint (MOSS) 2007 on a windows 2003 domain. (Sharepoint is not on the domain controller) The customer would like to upgrade the domain controllers to Windows 2008 R2....
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Windows server backup solution

I need a kind of free backup/synchronisation software for Windows Server 2008. I tried several programs but none of them had required features. I need a software which could do one of following two ...
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How to block user to access some Sharepoint 3.0 sites

I have Sharepoint 3.0 deployed on a Windows 2008 server platform. My issue is quite simple for now but I still can't figure it out. I have added the domain admin group from AD. So all of us can ...
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Failed Tasks on Windows 2008 R2 and Event Viewer

I'm trying to run a script on Windows 2008 R2 via a Task item in the Task Scheduler. It is not running. I can't figure out why. I'm looking in the event viewer and not seeing anything. Shouldn't there ...
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Exchange 2007 question

We are going to be doing a migration from Exchange 2003 to 2007 relatively soon. We are in the planning phase. This post was very helpful in answering a few questions I had- Exchange Server 2007 Setup ...

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