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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HP Proliant DL380 G4 - Can this server still perform in 2011?
Can the HP Proliant DL380 G4 series server still perform at high a quality in the 2011 IT world?
This may sound like a weird question but we are a very small company whose primary business is NOT IT ...
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Cygwin SSHd Autoblock Failed Logins
I'm running Cygwin with an SSH deamon on a Windows Server 2008 machine. I was looking at the Event Viewer and noticed as much as 5 to 6 failed login attempts per second (brute force) for the last week ...
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How can I connect to a Windows server using a Command Line Interface? (CLI)
Especially with the option to install Server Core in Server 2008 and above, connecting to Windows servers over a CLI is increasingly useful ability, if not one that's very widespread amongst Windows ...
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Getting windows virtio mounted/installed for KVM
There might be an easy answer to this. I have exhausted my search on google for a solution. Here's my problem.
I need to get Windows working on a KVM vps with virtualizor CP. As I get into windows ...
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Setting Low Disk Space Alerts on Windows Server 2008
I was wondering if there is an easy way to trigger an e-mail alert on Windows Server 2008 when any logical disk partitions become low on space. I have 2 SQL servers that have come close to running ...
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How to stop brute force attacks on Terminal Server (Win2008R2)?
I'm more familiar with Linux tools to stop brute force attacks, so I'm having trouble finding suitable tools for Windows. I'm running a Windows Server 2008 R2 with Terminal Server, and I'd like to ...
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How Often Do Windows Servers Need to be Restarted?
A little background: We have several Windows servers (2003, 2008) for our department. We're a division of IT so we manage our own servers. Of the four of us here I'm the only one with a slight amount ...
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How can I control which IP address IIS7 uses?
In Win2k3, I used httpcfg to tell IIS to listen to specific IP addresses on the server. I want to run Apache with VisualSVN Server on port 80 on another IP address but IIS7 binds to all IP addresses ...
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How can I clear cached domain credentials?
Related: How can I enable domain authentication over wireless in Windows 7/2k8?
To test the domain login over wireless connection feature I'm trying to set up in the above question, I need an ...
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Domain Admins group denied access to d: drive
I have a brand new Active Directory (CORP-AD) installation running on Windows 2008R2. I have a domain controller (PDC01) and a member server (ME01).
The member server has a C: and a D: drive.
Part ...
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Cannot connect to SQL Server
I'm having a problem connecting to my SQL Server Express instance. I can connect to the sa account from the local machine but as soon as I try to connect from a separate workstation, the connection ...
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Any benefit or detriment from removing a pagefile on an 8 GB RAM machine?
I'm running Windows 7 on a dual core, x64 AMD with 8 GB RAM.
Do I even need a page file?
Will removing it help or hurt performance?
Would it make a difference if this is a server or a desktop?
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Windows 2008: WinSXS directory growing uncontrollably, blocking server
I run a (remotely hosted) virtual Server with Windows 2008 Server for a client.
Initially, it had 10 GB of space.
During the course of a few weeks - during which nothing was done on the machine ...
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Do you run antivirus on your Windows servers?
Here's an argument that I've had at over a dozen companies:
Should you install an antivirus client on your Windows servers?
Obviously, you should not install AV on your SQL Server. I think there is ...
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Enable Ping in Windows Server Firewall?
I've just installed Windows Server 2008 on a server and I'm able to connect through Remote Desktop but can't ping. Do I need to open an special port on the firewall to be able to ping a server?
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Weird memory usage in Windows Server 2008 R2
I hope someone can help. We've got a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine with 16GB of RAM that keeps getting all its available memory eaten by something. Nothing in Task Manager or Resource Monitor reveals ...
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Setting up an anonymous Windows Server 2008 network share?
How do I create a truly anonymous read/write network share in Windows Server 2008?
That is ...
no login dialog shown
no domain credentials required
... so that any Windows machine can get to this ...
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What is the maximum number of files (or folders) that can be stored in a single folder?
Is there a maximum limit on the number of items that can be stored in a folder on Windows Server 2008?
We have a requirement to handle the ftp of hundreds of thousands of items to a folder and ...
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How to monitor CPU usage and performance on a Hyper-V server with several VM's
I have a server that is running Windows 2008 64 bit Hyper-V, with 8 gigs of RAM and Intel Xeon X3440 @ 2.53 Ghz, which gives me 8 logical cores in the performance monitor on the host system.
I have ...
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Why can't I log in to a Windows-protected IIS 7.5 directory on the server?
I have a web site with an admin subdirectory that is protected by integrated Windows authentication. Works flawlessly from remote PCs. But when I attempt to access these pages on the server itself, ...
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Windows Domain replication monitoring tool
I am looking for web-based interface GUI, or some kind of monitoring tool that will show replication status for a domain.
I know I can use repadmin with various options on the command line to query ...
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Server 2008 Web Edition limitations
Can anyone point me at very specific details of what the limitations of the Web Edition of Windows Server 2008 are? I have seen the higher level comparisson charts of the various editions but no ...
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Hyper-V Machine drifts time all over, even with NTP
Resolved
The problem was Hyper-V on that machine. I removed Hyper-V, installed VMware Server, ran the same VM. Time sync issues went away (< 100ms difference after a day).
My setup is like this:
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Debugging slow transfer rate from server
I'm trying to explain this as simple but documented as possible. This is not exclusive to this server or my current ISP. I've seen the same exact issue over the years while being with different ISPs ...
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How to remove or disable IPv6 in Windows Server 2008 R2
We don't use IPv6 and we are not planning to use it. Apparently Windows Server 2008 R2 is installed with IPv6 on by default. We would like to uninstall it or totally disable it. I have unchecked the ...
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Windows Server 2008 x64, Large File Transfers, and Memory Usage
I'm following up on this:
Copying large file to remote server causes it to run out of physical memory
But figured I'd post this separately.
I have a 64-bit server, Xeon 5405, with 14GB memory, and ...
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Windows Server 2008 mapped drives not showing on workstations?
I am running Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition with a Windows XP Pro workstation setup as a test unit.
I have added an Organisational Unit called 'Misc Users' and have linked a GP called 'Basic ...
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Administrator File Modification Privilege
Windows Server 2008 apparently allows an application to somehow configure the folder so that any changes made within the folder require administrator level access. I login with an account that has ...
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Microsoft DNS - Access is Denied. Event log: The DNS server was unable to open Active Directory
I've just had an issue arrise that I cannot seem to solve. I recently set up a Windows Server 2008 DC with DNS and DHCP and all has been working fine, but I discovered today that when I go into the ...
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Network sharing on Server 2008 asking for login
I've shared a folder on the root of the C drive and given everyone read access, just as a test. In network sharing center I've disabled password protected sharing.
Whenever I browse to this server ...
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Windows network SNMP traffic overflow?
How would I go about retrieving 64 bit counters for network traffic on windows (Server 2008 specifically)? I'm seeing too many rollovers on the 32 bit counters for our polling interval, leading to ...
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Perform an unattended install of Windows Server 2008?
How can I perform an unattended install of Windows Server 2008? Is there an answer file mechanism? Is it possible to load the answer file automatically from the network or include it in the ISO?
I'm ...
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Cannot log in to Windows Auth protected pages while on the server
I have a public-facing web server (Windows Server 2008, IIS 7) with a web site which allows anonymous access. I have a subdirectory on this site which I have protected by disabling Anonymous ...
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Windows Server restart / shutdown history
How can I easily see a history of every time my Windows Server has restarted or shutdown and the reason why, including user-initiated, system-initiated, and system crashed?
The Windows Event Log is ...
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Your system administrator does not allow the use of saved credentials to log on to the remote computer
At our office, all of our Windows 7 Clients get this error message when we try and RDP to a remote Windows 2008 Server outside of the office:
Your system administrator does not allow the user of ...
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IIS7: can't set host name on site with SSL cert and port 443
Consider a Win 2008 SP2 machine with IIS7. The task is to apply a certificate and host name to the one and only Site on this machine. The site's host headers need to be abc.123.example.com
The first ...
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Disable password complexity rule in Active Directory
Where do I go to disable the password complexity policy for the domain?
I've logged onto the domain controller (Windows Server 2008) and found the option in local policies which is of course locked ...
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IIS 7 Still Serving old SSL Certificate
I installed a new SSL certificate into IIS7, removed the old certificate and setup the bindings for the new certificate - so https is now bound to the new certificate only.
I restarted IIS7 (and the ...
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How to enable TLS 1.1, 1.2 in IIS 7.5
We want to support web browsers utilizing TLS 1.1 and 1.2, which has been apparently implemented by Microsoft, but is turned off by default.
So I went searching on Google and discovered some pages ...
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Should I install Windows Management Framework 3.0?
I'm posting this as a BIG CAVEAT to everyone. I know it's not a standard Q&A, but I think this is something every Windows admin should know. There is a very real risk of falling into Big Troubles.
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Is there a windows equivalent to chroot?
On a *nix system I can use a chroot to isolate two processes from each other and from the rest of the system. Is there any similar security system under windows? Or is there any way to prevent two ...
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Logging in as the same user multiple times in Remote Desktop Windows Server 2008
Quick question:
I have a situation where I need to let multiple people on different PCs log into one server 2008 machine as administrator simultaneously over remote desktop. I have the CALs for it, it'...
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Windows Advanced Firewall: What does "Edge Traversal" mean?
this should be a really simple one:
In Advanced Windows Firewall on Windows Server 2008+, Properties > Advanced, what does "Edge Traversal" mean?
I Googled it, of course, and was unable to come up ...
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Remote desktop session ends abruptly with a "protocol error"
Intermittently we get a problem where a remote desktop session will get disconnected with the error message “Because of a protocol error, this session will be disconnected. Please try connecting to ...
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How can I find out why a server rebooted?
My server rebooted and I am not sure why. Is there a way to find out, e.g. perhaps someone did it manually, or as a result of a windows update or a blue screen?
I've looked in the Event Viewer, but ...
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IIS FTP Server works locally, but cannot connect from remote
I'm trying to setup an FTP server on Windows 2008 Server. I can connect locally:
C:\>ftp localhost
Connected to WebHead1
220 Microsoft FTP Service
However, when I try to connect from remote, it ...
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After upgrading to 2008 R2 Enterprise and installing more RAM, Windows can only see 4.00 GB
(I have also posted this on technet but I'm running out of ideas)
I've upgraded from Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard to Enterprise in order to make use of more RAM. The server previously had 32GB of ...
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Force Windows Server 2008 to use legacy BIOS bootloader instead of EFI
We have UEFI servers and have come across a situation where we need to force Windows Server 2008 to boot via the legacy BIOS method instead of through UEFI.
Is there a way to tell Windows Server 2008 ...
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How safe are Windows Active Directory Schema Updates?
I'm trying to get a better understanding about how Active Directory handles Schema updates, specifically how safe the procedure actually is given how critical AD is and given the range of situations ...
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Server 2008 email on Event variables
One of the new features of Server 2008 is the ability to attach a task to a specific event in the event logs. One of the actions available is to send an email through a SMTP server.
This is working ...
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