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 enable setting of Windows 2012 for accessing by Remote server administration tool
I want to use Remote Server Administration Tool on Window 7/10 to manage Server that is not under domain it's stand alone server. I have a specific account that has administrator privilege on the ...
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IP Address Class issue
I took over a network but I am having trouble dealing with the IP class.
The IP range is 101.10.10.xxx
Everything works great, except for our website, which is hosted by a third party on their own ...
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Reliable way to see all available Shadow copies as an administrator?
I'm having a lot of trouble understanding on what conditions a user will be able to restore files from a ShadowCopy.
Here is a brief description of the context of the issue:
Windows Server 2012 R2 ...
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windows-10 How to permit application execution instead of error "This app has been blocked by your system administrator"?
When trying to run an EXE I'm getting the error "This app has been blocked by your system administrator". How can I configure the Software Restriction Policies to allow the user to install the ...
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Link CSR to certificate without IIS
I'm on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard server and I have a CSR that I've created and I've got the GoDaddy issued cert. But when I go to "Certificate Enrollment Requests" I don't see anything except ...
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IIS 8 - Default SSL Site Breaks SNI
We have the following scenario in testing SNI on Windows Server 2012 R2 with IIS 8. Domain names and IP addresses listed below are fake and for example only.
WEB SITE NAME IP ADDRESS Host ...
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RRAS SSTP VPN IPv6 traffic is not able to be routed through server
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials box which is configured with the basic RRAS VPN functionality, it isn't configured as a router, this functionality is not enabled and my R2 Essentials box ...
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hyper-v virtual machine dynamic memory warning
I have a virtual machine that uses dynamic memory in my hyper-v manager.
startup memory: 1024 MB
min: 1024 MB
max: 4096
The memory demand (4300MB) of this vm is greater than the assigned memory (...
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How do I properly rejoin all my clients to new domain controllers using the same domain name?
There are many posts about re-establishing lost trust relationships, but I think this situation is different than what I've read.
I had 2 2012 R2 DC's in my network and when the primary DC failed, ...
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Get-Cluster cmdlet fails when using -Name param
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When I call Get-Cluster powershell returns the name of my cluster. For simplicity sake, lets call it Cluster1. If I call Get-Cluster -Name Cluster1 it fails with an error.
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Get-...
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IIS 8.5 becomes unresponsive until iisreset, no indication of issue
I have a web app which is load balanced across two Windows 2012 R2 servers with IIS 8.5. Sometimes, it seems the IIS process gets "stuck" on one web server but there is no indication of an issue ...
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Is it safe to run wordpress sites and rdp combined on one single server?
In my company I set up an IIS webserver with two wordpress sites and an FTP server on it. On the same server, I got my company's applications running through RemoteApp and with an RDP gateway (clients ...
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user account used as a service account
I have a user who has set up a few services running on their domain user account - the problem is that he doesn't remember where he set his account up like this. Is there anyway to see what his ...
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Run a (R) script as a service [server 2012R2]
(complete windows noob here, I've been using Linux since a kid)
If I just run:
C:\Progra~1\R\R-3.4.0\bin\x64\Rscript.exe C:\Users\NPX9sx9000010190CAL\Desktop\el_leo\code_15.R
in the windows server ...
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Installing previous month's cumulative update
For some of our production systems we like to wait a few weeks to apply updates so that they've "baked" in the public a bit. We then wait a little longer after before patching backup systems lest we ...
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Backup and restore a Windows service
I have a custom Windows service developed in house and deployed on a client's server. It's installed using a PowerShell command similar to the following:
$serviceUser = Get-Credential
New-Service -...
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windows server 2012 cpu quota
I have written a multi-threaded program that is running on Windows server 2012.
The program will create threads to take advantage of multiple CPUs and I can control the number of simultaneous threads ...
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GPO aren't being applied for some users only because of slow link
I have encountered a situation where all GPO are applied for some user accounts, but only critical GPO get applied for other users because slow link was detected.
Our offices are on different coasts ...
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How do I 'disconnect' a backup DC from the primary DC?
I am in the process of changing servers in the system from Server 2012 R2 to Server 2016. For the DC's, I presume the best plan is to:
create a `new 2016 DC`
replicate from the `current primary 2012 ...
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Analyze performance issues, client, server, and database without source code?
I work in a support and have now found performance problems from a customer. There is a Windows client application where the customer works in that communicate with a Windows Server and a MS SQL ...
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Windows remote desktop goes blank on miminize
I have a few users that connect to my server via vnc and share the desktop to work together on a few things work related. I stay connected via remote desktop and they might continue working on our ...
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How to enable TLS for SMTP in II6 on Windows Server 2012 R2
I correctly bought a SSL certificate for my domain www.omniservice2.it from Aruba Business on my server with Windows Server 2012 R2.
I correctly installed the certificate in IIS 8 on every site and ...
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Upgrade Windows Server 2008 r2 standard to Server 2012 R2 standard
I am planning an upgrade to my server 2008 R2 to server 2012 r2 and wanted to check if my plan has a good chance of succeeding.
I have two DC's; DC1 is a server 2008 standard and holds all FSMO ...
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Microsoft LAPS - Not implementing password to custom Admin account
I am trying to implement Microsoft LAPS (Local Admin Password Solution) in a VM environment. I currently have a Server 2012 R2 domain controller with a Windows 7 client.
I was able to update the ...
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Laptop Built-in Fingerprint Logon to Domain Joined Computer
Is this possible:
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 running Active Directory. I have installed Windows Biometric Framework and made the changes in Group Policy to allow Fingerprint Signon
The Laptop ...
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Users cannot change their password on WS2012R2 domain
I have just made a new Windows Server 2012 R2 domain. Joined the PC and user to the domain and everything Works on that end.
Now I made a group policy (that is being checked as being pushed with rsop....
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User account control Windows - Run as administrator broken
So far, this issue occurs on 3 different systems. Windows 10, Server 2012 and Server 2016 (I suspect this is also the case on windows 8 as server 2012 is basically the same thing but not used it).
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robocopy wierd behavior for /copyall
When I use robocopy with /copyall flag, the 1st attempt for the files will be display as "New Files" and the output will display the number of new files copied and other transfer/bytes information.
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SQL Mirgations - Domain Trusts or not to Trust?
I am about to migrate something like 18 SQL servers into AWS from an on prem\colo. We will be building a new Domain in AWS and would like to leave the old domains behind. Do I need to setup a domain ...
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Can't open file on remote 2012 server with SMB2 enabled
I have two 2012 R2 servers. The one acting as the file server has SMB2/3 enabled. The one acting as the client can open files on the server if SMB2 is disabled. If I enable SMB2 though when I try ...
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adding 2012 r2 domain controller to 2016 functional level domain
I have a pretty simple network with a Windows 2016 domain controller. Can I use a server with Windows 2012 R2 as a secondary domain controller?
The Domain/Forest Functional Level of existing DC is ...
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Get error "ksh.exe has crashed" when run the command in msys open with admin
When I open msys without admin option on windows server 2008/2012 and run "jbossctl status" command it gives me correct output.
But, when I run the same command in msys opened with admin option it ...
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IIS 8.5 on Win 2012 R2: Changes for Application Pool identity does not reflect?
Running Win 2012 R2 and IIS 8.5.
When setting a custom identity to run a specific app pool (lets call it "App Pool 1") I get IMHO a really weird behavior.
When I click on App Pool 1 and then "Set ...
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ARP -Two different Subnets
We have a LAN with a DHCP server, Router (DHCP disabled) and a subnet of 192.168.1.0/24. We use Xarp to scan for ARP Spoofing and have found a different subnet IP showing up on the scan, arp source ...
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Log into Read-Only Domain Controller as administrator without connectivity to Primary Domain Controller
OK, I'm in a bit of a pickle. At one of our remote sites, we have a Windows Server 2012 R2 read-only domain controller that does not sync Domain Admin passwords. Anytime a domain admin tries to log ...
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website not working over IPv6 ISP
I have domain example.com which is hosted over window server 2012 R2, IIS 8.5.
My web server is IPv6 enabled, online tools are able to resolve my domain over both IPv4 and IPv6,
My website is ...
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Send message at specific time
I am wanting to send a message to all users logged in on a Windows 2012 R2 Server, but I need to send it at a specific time.
The server restarts at 4am and I want to send message to all users 10 ...
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User RDS CALs are not issued when RDS role is istalled on Server 2012 R2 in a workgroup. Will it work after the grace period?
I installed RDS on a Windows 2012 R2 server in a workgroup (no AD) following the instructions from kb2833839 article. Besides the fact that I have no RDS Manager, everything seems to work fine. The ...
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Windows firewall and network connections
I am disabling firewall for private network connection, but firewall still working on it. What else should I do to disable firewall on private network connection?
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Upgrading Windows Server 2012 Essentials directly to Windows Server 2016 Standard
Posting on behalf of a non-profit I help out at. They currently have an on-premises Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials install. They're close to hitting the 25 user limit. Upgrading to a Standard ...
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Copy files limited to 50GB or so?
Several times I have tried to copy a vhd file from one HDD to another one colocated in the same physical box and connected to the same motherboard.
GUI drag and drop, Powershell, copy and paste - all ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 runs out of ephemeral ports, though it shouldn't
We are regularly experiencing strange issues with networking on our dedicated server. It runs Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 on Xeon E5620 with 16 GB RAM and Intel 82575EB network adapter.
Please note ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 - Help finding failed logon attempts source
I'm seeking help for this issue that I'm having in our AD domain controller where a lot of security events are being logged due to failed logon attempts by a (former) domain user that has been ...
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How to connect an NFS data store to Windows failover file server
I'm not sure if this is possible, but I want to use a Windows failover file server as a front-end to my NFS file server to be able to utilize features such as DFS, shadow copy, etc. Does it work that ...
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I cannot seem to find a physical machine, trying to look virtually instead
Long story short, we can't find one of our machines that are on the network
It has a computer account but no DNS entry (ageing is set to just over a month), can't ping it, can't c$ onto it, can't ...
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AzCopy - Bypassing file permissions
So, I have in the past granted my account on a server with SeBackupPrivileges which has allowed me to run things like Robocopy with the /ZB flag to bypass permissons.
However, I now want to run ...
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Windows 10 won't connect to RRAS VPN
Studying MCSA, currently working on a Server 2012 R2 server lab I have set up on a custom built computer.
Current configuration, I have a host computer that is just that, a host, with RRAS installed ...
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Compare differences in installed windows 2012 server OS on 2 different servers
Background: We host/run our enterprise application. Application has specific hardware dependency,so its not possible to run on virtual environments.
Problem: We have couple of servers with same ...
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svchost suddenly overloading CPU on many servers
it seems that on many servers (w2k8 and w2k12) in our environment suddenly svchost hosting Dhcp, EventLog, lmhosts, Wcmsvc services started to use 1 CPU core by 100%. Sometimes it is also WmiPrvSe. It ...
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Hyper-V 2012 R2 Shared Storage non shared temporary drive
So, we have a production system with two Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Servers with a shared storage SAS dual domain backplane between them.
If you're unfamiliar with that, it basically lets both ...
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