Windows Server 2012 is a server operating system from Microsoft. It went RTM on August 1st of 2012, and to general release on September 4, 2012. Like its predecessor, Server 2008 R2, it is only available in 64 bit versions. It contains many substantial changes over it predecessor, and ...
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Access is denied while trying to add GoDaddy's SSL into my IIS 8
I'm trying to setup SSL on my website that I purchased through GoDaddy and I'm having some issues w/ it. Unfortunately they don't have instruction on how to do it w/ IIS 8 but what they do have is ...
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Windows Server 2012 Best Practices Analyzer - file services
I ran Windows Server 2012 Best Practices Analyzer and it has reported - The file services role service is not installed.
Should I worry? What is it required for?
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Server Essentials 2012 Offsite Backup [closed]
I have a server running server essentials 2012 at home, a pc running windows 7 pro at the office which is not at home.
How can i get the pc at the office to backup to the server at home?
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Windows Filtering Platform blocking packets for legitimate traffic
I am running into an issue with traffic from a webapp server to a database server being blocked or filtered. I have allowed inbound and outbound traffic on the needed ip and port with a firewall rule, ...
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Windows Server Alternative Sign In
In the organization I work for, some users are often in a position where they cannot access their workstations when an administrator needs to do something on their user account or when they need to ...
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email very slow with remote application on Windows server 2012 [closed]
I have set up a remote apps on Windows server 2012, and when I try to email out with the remote apps, it take 2 - 3mins email out. I am wonder any firewall or filter that I can edit to enable the ...
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File access from client Windows Server 2012 works with procmon enabled, otherwise doesn't
Windows Server 2012, running Terminal Services has a client application installed. The server part is located on another Windows Server 2012.
The client application is an old one, based on dBase.
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Upgrade Server 2008 R2 to Server 2012, failover cluster problems?
I have a 2-node failover cluster for testing some of our Hyper-V automation Powershell scripts. I evicted node 2, so that I could run the upgrade to Server 2012 Datacenter. The upgrade seems to have ...
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Windows Server 2012 File name too long?
I am trying to copy a file on a share located on the Server 2012, but it keep trowing me an error - the file name is too long.
It is true that the path exceeds 255 characters, but I tough that this ...
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clear network share credentials in win 2012
I am fiddling around with a network share (samba, but that should not be relevant) in win 2012 server. As I am changing access rights frequently, I would like to have a simple method to revoke the ...
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ESXi running 2 x Windows 2012 setup advice
After much deliberating and advice I'm intending to use an element of virtualisation for deploying some new servers.
The original (physical) plan was one server running as domain controller, SQL ...
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Is it safe to add parent domain as additional zone within DNS?
Our internal Windows domain is ad.company.co.uk.
When we try to access mail.company.co.uk (for OWA or Outlook Anywhere, as an example), it resolves to the external IP address of the router and gets ...
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remote desktop on windows server 2012 issue
i installed windows server 2012 on my computer but when i connect to it remotely i can conncet and use it for 2 or 3 minutes and after 2 or 3 minutes it hangs and i have to connect to it again.
i ...
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How do I install SQL Svr Native Client 10.1 after SQL 2012 has been installed
On a Windows Server 2012 I have SQL Server 2012 installed which has the SQL Server Native Client version 11. I am being told by a developer that he needs the SQL Server Native Client version 10.1 ...
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Windows Server Backup 2012 Fails on “preparing the backup image”
I have a couple of Windows Server 2012 VM's I need to backup. Everything works fine on all but one machine.
No matter where I choose to store the backup, it fails almost immediately with:
Backup ...
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Why did robocopy cause my Windows 2012 server to hang last night?
I'm in the process of decommissioning an old 2003 server, which acts as a file server, and am just attempting a dry-run of migrating the file repository over to a new Windows Storage Server 2012 box. ...
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How to set the network interface for RDP in Windows Server 2012?
I have a server with multiple network interfaces, and I need RDP to only listen for connections on one of them; the server is not a Remote Desktop server, RDP is only used for remote administration.
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Windows Roaming Profile Reverting to Local Profile
I'm trying to set up roaming profiles within a Windows Server 2012 domain. Here is what I did:
I created a shared folder, which I am able to access at \\dc1\profile when logged in as the roaming ...
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Dell SC1425 fans at full speed all the time and cannot remote desktop
I have a Dell SC1425 that has been working fine until yesterday. The fans are running at full speed and I cannot remote desktop onto this server any more. Can anyone offer any suggestions?
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Do I need to add WDS Driver Packages to an install image?
Do I need to add my driver packages to my Windows 7 install image in order for them to get deployed when using that install image?
I can't seem to understand if this is necessary based on the ...
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Network problems after primary domain controller goes down
I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm doing some testing and setup a backup domain controller. Didn't do anything special (just ran through the basic wizard) other than setup a couple of forwarders to ...
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DFS Rename Folder Target
I created some DFS folder targets without using the FQDN.
I would like to fix this. Is there a method to rename the target?
Will I have to delete the folder target and the membership from DFS and ...
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Best Disaster Recovery Setup for Domain Controller with Additional Services
I'm setting up some new Windows 2012 servers to replace old ones currently on 2003. One of my concerns is to try and have a suitable DR plan to get them back up and running if we have a major failure. ...
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RRAS first-hop redundancy
I am currently working on an Windows Server 2012 running the RRAS role, routing between several sub-nets. I'd like to add redundancy to the network by adding a second server running the RRAS role as ...
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Windows Update on Server Core 2012
I've been searching for awhile and have yet to find the answer to my question on exactly how windows update works with Server Core 2012. I have a couple of domain controllers i just brought online and ...
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Windows SBS 2012 DNS - client have to constantly restart DNS service
I setup some CNAME entry on our Windows Small Business Server 2012 for our internal applications (git, bug ticketing etc), but every 30 min or so the alias name became un-resolvable until we restart ...
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How can I configure mail.mydns.com in my server to go to a third party mail server?
I just routed my dns A Record to go to my server's ip.
The thing is, in that server (lets say 121.0.0.1) I do not have a mail service running/ listening on any port so I hired a third party mail ...
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PSEXEC Access denined using local account which exists both servers
2 Windows 2012 Server, no firewall, nothing triggered in MS Security Center Endpoint Protection.
Server A (GIS Server) utilizes a local account to perform various task; this account must exist on all ...
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Junction folders on 2012 server showing with sporadic results on client machines over network
I have a brand new windows 2012 standard server, with the gui installed and I have mounted three volumes from a storage array onto the C drive under another folder. So I have folder "A" setup on the ...
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Extremely slow file transfers to Hyper-V VM on local machine
I am attempting to transfer a 1.3GB file from my local machine (Windows 8) to my local hyper-V instance (Windows 2012). The transfer begins at about 300kb/s and then swiftly drops to 12-20kb/s.
The ...
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Windows 2003 Exchange 2010
Currently working through a test of an Exchange 2003 to 2010 upgrade.
Couple of questions, that i seem to find varying answers on...
I have a 2003 DC, a 2012 DC, domain and forest functional levels of ...
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RemoteApp 2012 - App is flickering
I have an application published on a Windows 2012 RDS server. Running the application from within a remote desktop session works fine, but when accessing via RemoteApp (tried on XP SP3, and 7 SP1), ...
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Server Essentials 2012 Share Client Folder
How can i setup a share on a client computer to share?
I have 2pcs logged into the domain. I would like to share computer a's documents with computer b.
Is there a way to do this?
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Take ownership of a file in Windows Server 2012
I am currently following the steps presented in this tutorial. At step 3 I am supposed to take ownership over the file svrmgrnc.dll in ´System32´. I am in Administrators group but in the security tab ...
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WSUS can't download anything, unclear why
I've got 2 WSUS servers:
An old W2K3, WSUS 3.0SP2 box and a brand new 2012 server with the WSUS role enabled.
The old machine works fine and pulls the updates from MS via the company proxy.
The new ...
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New Users not showing up for File Permissions on Windows Server 2012
I am in the process of setting up Web Deploy for a MVC4 (ASP.NET) application.
Whilst setting up my users on the Windows Server 2012 interface, my users are not showing up in the list for access ...
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How to configure Alfresco for ActiveDirectory SSO?
I have set up Alfresco 4.2 on Windows Server 2012.
There is also an ActiveDirectory server used for Windows login.
How to configure Alfresco so that logged-in users do not need to log in in Alfresco ...
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Windows Server 2012 inside hyper-v licensing
Looking at the licensing options for Windows Server 2012, the standard edition allows me to have two hyper-v instances. Does that mean that I can install Windows Server 2012 on them too?
Since one no ...
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How to enable eth0 on a cloned RHEL VM running in Windows Server 2012?
Due to a critical personnel shortage, I (not a willing sysadmin!) have been given a RHEL 6.1 VM image with the request that it be migrated to a server running Windows Server 2012 with HyperV. The ...
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What is the minimum version of RDP supported by Server 2012 RDS?
We have Windows Server 2012 Standard as a remote desktop server, and older legacy thin clients cannot connect to it. Is there guidance that indicates the minimum required version of RDP to connect to ...
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Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering and Remote procedure call failed (800706BE)
When i want to validate cluster configuration i get this error message:
The Remote procedure call failed.(Exception from HRESULT:0X800706be)
I disabled the Firewall and Anti-Virus but the problem ...
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Windows 7 Folder Redirection Failing for One User
We're running a Windows Server 2012 Essentials & Windows 7 environment. I just setup folder redirection and it worked fine for all users except for one. In fact, all folders moved on this user ...
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Setting up webdav to work on mac
I will be the first to admit I am not the MOST advanced when it comes to this stuff so any help would be great.
I have set up Webdav on Windows Server 2012, have it working great on all Windows based ...
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How to set a computer's primary DNS-Suffix under Windows Server 2012 Core?
On a Windows Server 2012 Core installation, how do you set the computer's primary DNS-Suffix.
I do not mean the list of dns suffixes to search on a connection, but the setting that can be changed ...
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Windows server 2012 doesn't show on network client
i'm setting up a windows server 2012 as file server and print share server. This is a small network (6 PC) so there's no domain.
The server name is "Omega" and ip is: "192.168.1.123"
I can ping the ...
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Server essantials 2012 share with computer not on the doman
I have a server running essentials 2012.
I am having trouble connecting my mac to the domain through the mac connector. I was wondering if it is possible to share a folder on the server that can be ...
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Exchange 2013 Error - MapiExceptionUnknownUser: Unable to open message store
I am trying to install Exchange Server 2013 for days. On every try I am getting the error "MapiExceptionUnknownUser: Unable to open message store." while connecting to either ECP or OWA.
In my ...
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set up remote desktop server on windows server 2012 [closed]
I am try to set up remote desktop service on windows server 2012, and it require join the domain before I can go ahead. does this mean I have to set up another server with AD DS and join to it before ...
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IIS not serving static or dynamic content
I am trying to load:
http://localhost
and
http://localhost/folder/page.html
and
http://localhost/folder/page.php
and I just get the hour glass showing that it is loading, but nothing ...
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Can't connect to Windows Internal Database with SQL Server Management Studio 2012
I'm trying to connect using the following connection string, and Windows Authentication (Trying both to log in using the Administrator account, and the account I used when setting up the SQL Server ...
