Questions tagged [windows-server-2012-r2]
Windows Server 2012 R2 is a server operating system from Microsoft. It was published on May 31 2013, and reached End Of Life on Oct 10, 2023. It contains many substantial changes over it predecessor, and substantially streamlines the number of available versions, which are down to four: Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter.
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How to delete a domain user with associated folder rights?
Right now when I delete a user from the domain I get left with these folder rights remnants that I have to remove manually. I've noticed this on both Windows and Linux driven data servers. Is there a ...
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AWS EC2 auto-scaling Windows server: how to set the hostname ("computername")?
I have an elaborate framework for autoscaling UNIX servers to configure their hostname with a script on launch (startup) using an NFS (EFS) where they look up what their hostname should be, then set ...
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Could not establish WMI connection access is denied
I set up a lab to test domain joining multiple computers with a script from Microsoft.
After I ran the script it came back with could not establish a WMI connection with the computer with the ...
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"ps -aux" or "top" equivalent for Windows Server
I need to check which processes are running on a Windows Server instance, I'm looking for something similar to top or ps -aux, but I'm only finding references to use Task Manager with GUI.
What is the ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 lost ability to browse the Internet after RRAS setup
I have a Windows 2012 R2 server that is set up to be our VPN server. Company workers use this server to connect and gain access to the company's network. This part is working fine, no issues here.
The ...
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Why is Windows Restarting my Service which I've Manually Stopped?
We have three servers - Windows 2012 R2 - in Azure, running a variety of our own custom developed services. These services are configured to start automatically, so naturally, on startup or after a ...
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Unable to find how to update the Network speed in Windows
I want to understand where the value of Network speed is found in Windows and the options to change it.
I am using the Windows Sysinternals bginfo, which generates desktop backgrounds that include ...
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How can I find out the activation details from the internal KMS server?
I have any internal KMS server running on Server2012R2 and We are using it to activate Office internally, Is there a way that I can output a list of details of the activation like UserName, ...
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How to run PowerShell scripts remotely on old servers (2012 and 2012 R2)?
I've been running remote scripts on newer VMs (2019 and 2022) but now I have to run my scripts remotely on older VMs as well. It looks like PowerShell Direct is not available on older Windows Server ...
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How to keep website live during server restart?
We host our website on a dedicated windows server. Every time the server restarts, we lose around 5-6 minutes of traffic. We are using .Net Architecture (MVC).
A separate dedicated server would be ...
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On some servers, my users have to use <username>@<domainname> to login and on other servers they have to use the domainname\username ormat
On some servers, my users have to use username@domainname to login and on other servers they have to use the domainname\username format. All the servers are in the same domain, and running Windows ...
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Server crashing every 14 days, no bugcheck
Every 14 days one of our Windows servers crashes. We have been trying to figure out what causes this but to no avail.
Today we noticed a pattern in the shutdowns of the server, happening every 14 days ...
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Windows folder share permissions
I suppose this is straightforward but can't get a solution for it. When i share a windows folder (server 2012) and set its permissions (share or ntfs) then if someone from the network writes "\\...
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My IP is being blocked in windows server 2012 R2
My IP from my home is being blocked by my server (Windows Server 2012 R2). Where can I find and turn off this block? I believe it happened while working on a custom IP protocol for a program I was ...
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Openvpn ldap configuration
I have installed openvpn and i have configured LDAP with microsoft active direcoty. Eevrything is OK.
But now, I want to setup encrypted connection to this Active Directory server.
When I turn on TLS ...
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I would like to understand RAID 1 restore
So, I have a situation here and I'd like to hear some tips about it.
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 and I'm going to upgrade it to Windows 2019. The server has two HDD's in RAID 1.
To be on the safe ...
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Logon Local User In Windows Server Without Password Inside Active Directory
I Just made a new windows 2012 r2 server and joined it to the domain. I've been asked to create a local user without password inside that server. I keep getting "The password does not meet the ...
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Let user in AD set date/time by hand
Under a 2012 AD, as usual, users cannot set date/time on their computers as this is managed by organization. For specific purposes, we need to let one of the users set date to past but options are ...
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PDF file on IIS site is not accessible when opened from a browser
I am creating a PDF file with IIS (with some code) and save it to a folder which has IIS anonymous authentication enabled.
When I try to open it through its URL, IIS gives me a 401 "Unauthorized&...
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Member servers pull Group Policy from only 1 (of 2) domain controllers?
Environment overview: AWS
DC1 = Win2k12 instance in region1 - AZ1
DC2 = Win2k12 instance in region1 - AZ2
~ 60 Member servers = all within region1
Replication set up between the two DCs for GPO, DNS, ...
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VMware Setup on BL460C G7 performance [closed]
Considering this setup:
ESXi 6.5 on HP ProLiant BL460c G7 in an HPE BladeSystem c3000
2 x Intel Xeon CPU E5645 @ 2.4GHz
96 GB Memory
Partnered with SB40c Storage Blade (6 x 240 GB SSD) with HP Smart ...
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Add Node to Fail-over Cluster Failing to Communicate over 3343
We have an existing Windows 2012 2 node cluster with file witness, but are replacing them with 2019 servers. So we can just reuse the existing cluster object, we're adding the 2019 servers to the ...
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Remote shutdown with a shutdown reason code
I'd like to power off a remote machine by Stop-Computer command in PowerShell. Is there any way to send a shutdown reason code (like Hardware: Maintenance (Planned)) as if choosing during local ...
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Can't find NT SERVICE\MSSQLSERVER to give it Read privs on a cert
I've got SQL Server 2016 happily running under the default account NT SERVICE\MSSQLSERVER. Now, though, I need to give that pseudo-account read priv on a newly installed SSL Certificate.
The pseudo-...
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"Unknown token received from SQL Server" errors since recent Windows Updates
I posted a question to Stack Overflow about this error when it started occurring for our older Delphi 7 applications on Windows 10.
It is now happening on Windows Server 2012 R2 systems that had these ...
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Hourly fatal windows alert
On one of my windows server 2012 R2 (going to upgrade), my event logger has been filled with
Event ID 36887 A fatal alert was received from the remote endpoint. The TLS protocol defined fatal alert ...
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Migrate WinServer 2012R2 to 2022 + Exch 2013 to 19
Friends, I have an environment with Windows Server 2012 R2 + MS Exchange 2013. I need to migrate 2012R2 to 2022 and migrate Exchange 2013 to 2019. Is it possible to migrate 2012R2 to 2022 and then ...
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Issues with Imagick / PHP / Windows
I'm setting up a project on a Windows server and having an issue with ImageMagick. I'm from a Linux background and struggling to get it working.
I have downloaded from http://pecl.php.net/package/...
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How to know if my server is good for windows server 2022 version? [closed]
I have inherited several old windows servers (6-13 years old, from DELL and Fujitsu).
I now need to update (win2012 EOF) them to a newer Windows Server version.
How can I check if these servers can be ...
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RDP to Virtual Machine now asking for user sign in
We have a Windows Server 2012 VM that I installed a product on: Smart Bear TestExecute(v15.43 - latest): https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/other-tools/testexecute.html
I was trialling ...
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Chrome ignoring local dns replies
Am having a local network with about 300 devices some is domain connected and some are not
I have windows server 2012r2 sith dns role
Domain connected users can access local iis webpage while others ...
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Move RDS Roles to Another Server
I'm in the process of planning for the moving of our RDS Licensing Server to a new server. I'm currently on Windows Server 2012 and moving to 2012R2. The information I've found on how to do this is ...
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Can't print or preview Crystal reports when an old server gets turned off
We have a piece of ERP software installed on a server 2012 machine, we'll call this Server 1. It hosts the ERP software and a number of other things.
We have an old, semi-retired server that I will ...
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Apache Server security issues
our security auditor scanned our system and here is what come up on the apache server :
-Server header: Apache exposed on port: 80
-Server header: Apache exposed on port: 443
Here are some lines in ...
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Why would Windows 10 workstation give "Connecting" popup when saving file to network?
We have our main file server "Files" on a Windows 2012 R2 server which works fine for nearly every workstation. A couple however, both of which are Windows 10, are having an issue when ...
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Migrating Windows Server 2012 to NEW 2019 Server
I need to migrate a clients Windows 2012 server to a new hardware server with Windows 2019. The old server is a domain controller and also a file server. I have already stood up the new server with ...
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Windows Server 2012 scheduled task errors running program that runs fine when run at command line
I have a command line program (that I wrote) that I can run on Windows Server 2012. It connects to the MS SQL Database server on a different server which has a linked server to a Access database. It ...
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Transferring PDCEmulator FSMO role from Windows Server 2012R2 to 2022
I'm upgrading my AD by adding new Windows Server 2022 Domain Controllers and will be demoting the existing Server 2012R2 DCs once the new servers are up and I see that things seem to be working ...
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Domain Upgrade from 2012R2 to 2019 Exchange Compatibility
According to Microsoft, Exchange 2013 (highest CU) isn't compatible with a domain controller level of 2019. At least if I'm reading this matrix correctly:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/Exchange/...
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Wincache stops running, with PHP and IIS
I'm running PHP 7.2.22, with Wincache 2.0.0.8 on IIS 8.5, Windows Server 2012 R2. Everything runs well most of the time. But about every few days, Wincache stops running. PHP and everything else ...
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Fedora 36 Workstation vs Fedora 36 Server
The description of the environment might sound complicated at first, but it is a typical small office setup -- Windows Domain, Windows and Linux workstations, a few NAS.
I have two machines that are ...
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Working on Printers GPO
Please bear with me, when it comes to printers, I'm probably about as useful as a bull in a china shop on top of the fact I Inherited a pretty chaotic setup that I am overhauling.
I have a printer ...
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Windows 2012 Server - Task not running with same setting as others which run perfectly
I have a Task created on Windows 2012 Server, that is set to run when I login, and it does just that, when I login it starts running, and if I want to I can run it manually:
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How to enable Internet Sharing (ICS) in Windows Server 2012 R2 VPS?
I have a VPS running in Windows Server 2012 R2. It has one ethernet connection which is a Hyper-V Network Adapter and there is no internet sharing option on it's right click properties. How do I ...
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Securing Windows Server NPS/SSTP
Looking at our NPS logs I see we're getting hammered; some online actor is doing a brute force on various login names and passwords.
In general this isn't an issue... yet. It doesn't appear that a ...
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How to move PAM from DR to primary machine without any downtime?
My environment is :
Primary site : 2 MBX and 2 CAS -- fsw \srv01\dag
DR Site : 1 MBX and 1 CAS --alternate fsw \srvdr1\dag
my question is : I want to move primary mailbox node (pr-mbx-01 )...
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Windows Server 2012/16/19 upgrade
I am running tests for the work related to upgrading the operating system while maintaining business apps intact. I'm facing troubles while doing the upgrade from Windows Server 2016 Evaluation ...
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Windows Server 2012 RDS - How to add new Domainuser
So far I never had much to do with server administration, so this question might be very basic to some people.
I have to manage a Windows Server 2012 R2. There are around 8 users who use it. They all ...
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CNAME (pointing to the same server) asks for credentials
Let's say I have two Windows Servers:
dc1
dc2
And I have a CNAME record:
MyFileServer (pointing to dc2)
If I from dc1 opens share \\MyFileServer\c$, then it works fine.
If I from dc2 opens share \\...
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IIS Redirects to multiple subfolders then errors when I use different rule name
I have a very strange issue which I couldn't figure out. In the IIS under URL rewrite module I have a redirect rule, which works absolutely fine when it is under a specific rule name, however, when I ...
