Windows Server is family of network operating systems produced by Microsoft.
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How do I use Group Policy on a domain to delete Temporary Internet Files?
I have a domain controller running on Windows 2008 Server R2 and users login to application servers on which Windows 2003 Server SP2 is installed. I have applied a Group Policy to clean temporary ...
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What server to choose for an enterprise web application [duplicate]
I am the IT administrator in a university that has newly proposed for a complete web-based MIS database written in PHP (Codeigniter framework) which will be installed on a windows server. In this ...
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how to get the full path of a of an open file
I have script that runs on a Windows server to perform operations on certain files. The script often fails because various users (even myself) have open file shares on the server that they've ...
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which performance counters mainly matter for windows server performance?
We have a website which is sometimes performing slowly, and / or completely hangs. I have setted up temporarily the default system performance data collector in Performance Monitor, to see if this ...
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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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Windows Cluster-controlled service started on multiple nodes - how could this happen?
TL;DR Summary:
I have a two-node cluster, and after two years of working without issue, a service under cluster control was started on both nodes, and I want to know how that's possible.
Background:
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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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Consideration adding a server into domain [closed]
we just passed from eDirectory to Active Directory. All our computers are migrated (added to the domain). Now we planned to add our servers to the domain.
Servers are running MSSQL, Apache2, Lotus ...
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Windows 2008R2 NFS Client and Usermapping to a Linux NFS Server
I have the following problem at the moment:
Consider we have a Windows 2008R8 Terminal Server with the Microsoft NFS-Tools installed. I want to mount a NFSv3-share from a Linux server. On both ...
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View event details in “Events Detail View” in Windows Server 2012
Is there a way to actually view the details of an event in the "Events Detail View" that's provided by the Windows Server 2012 Server Manager?
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What happens to local files when enabling redirection?
The answer to this seems like it should be obvious but I can't seem to craft search terms to find it.
If a user already has locally stored files in Documents and Desktop, what happens to those files ...
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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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Non-administrator users on server receiving HTTP Error 12157 in application [closed]
We use a Microsoft Access application on Windows Server 2008 R2, and part of the application requires a connection to a credit card gateway to process transactions. We noticed that users belonging to ...
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Allow user to read files and folders - Windows Server 2012
Our server appears to have some weird permissions issues. Random files and folders within our web server directory do not have the permissions to allow our webuser to read files.
I am not sure why ...
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Windows RRAS for port forwarding
I have some Windows machines on an internal network.
One of them (at 192.168.164.14/24) has an HTTP/HTTPS server listening on the usual ports, 80 and 443, respectively.
Due to an odd constraint I ...
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Downloads from Bamboo server are slow, how can I debug this?
I have a Windows box running Bamboo, a continuous integration server. I can download files from it over HTTP, but they're really slow, like 80 kbps slow. I don't have any speed issues copying files ...
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Parallel plesk quit after installing sharepoint and setting up server domain
I had my url domain name set up and working using parallel plesk. I then installed sharepoint to set up a server farm. I changed the server from a workgroup to a domain and started sharpoint product ...
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Task Scheduler just decides it doesn't want to run a task anymore
I set up a task in Server 2012 to run a script every weekday. It will work for anywhere from a few weeks to a few days, then just not even try to run it anymore.
Status: Ready
Triggers: At 7:30 AM ...
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PHP managed to create and upload files to root of windows server
I was testing a PHP upload script which created folders and uploaded files. I forgot to make the folder path go from the root, however, the folders where still created.
I checked my Windows servers ...
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Automating the creation of SQL servers
VMWare has a tool called vFabric Data Directory which allows you to automate building SQL, Postgress and Oracle servers using VMWare. Is there something simular to this that will work for Hyper-V? I ...
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How to grant domain user local system privileges in Windows 2012
I have a service which needs to run as local system in order to work properly. If I run it as a domain user or even local admin it doesn't work correctly. However I need network access to resources ...
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Setting NFS Domain name on Windows 2012 NFS Server
I have a Windows 2012 NFS server setup to use my AD domain as an authentication source. My domain is ad.example.com with a NetBIOS name of AD. My linux machines have idmapd configured to use ...
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Why Windows 7/2008 mstsc asks for username password BEFORE server certificate warning?
When using Windows 7 mstsc to connect to an Windows Server 2008 (remote desktop), I notice a problem I cannot explain.
mstsc asks for username password first. If I provide a wrong one, mstsc tells me ...
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RRAS there is no NAT option so client can not connect internet over VPN - windows server 2012 hosted on a VPS
i have a windows server 2012 vps
i want to use it as a vpn
so far i built it as vpn but there is no internet connection at the client
after excessive search on the internet i found that i also need ...
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Can I setup a VPN server using RRAS with a pppoe connection as the public interface?
Now I have two interfaces, one is for LAN, one is for internet, but the internet only can be accessed after dialing out using pppoe. So there are actually 3 interfaces (plus one broadband pppoe ...
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https requests being handled by wrong web site?
I have a windows 2003 server running IIS6 that has two web sites. These sites are basically the same, but one is a staging site and the other is production. I have noticed that when I submit a ...
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How to allow HTTP OPTIONS requests in IIS 6?
I am having some trouble allowing CORS OPTIONS requests from a website that I am working on. After doing some research I was under the impression that the following things needed to be in place in ...
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Server 2012 hyper-v3 live migration
I am trying to do my first live migration with Windows server 2012 hyper-v 3.0. I have two servers joined into a domain.local domain and both are hypervisors with constrained delegation setup. Each ...
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Set system time using SNMP?
Is it possible to set system time on Windows Server using SNMP?
So you push out the time instead of using NTP
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I am trying to automate an install with Active Directory to a server core box?
I am trying to automate an install with Active Directory to a server core box?
I assume I need to set up a script. Any ideas on how to go about this.
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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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Implement a new dns server in a DMZ
I currently have a few Dns servers (ad Integrated). Internally we are using domain.local and one ISA server running DNS domains domain.com and some other .com domains.
I have one server that is an ...
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Black Hole DNS on Windows DNS Server
I am looking at configuring our Windows DNS Servers for some type of DNS based blackhole operation. Ideally, we would be able to use feeds from MalwareDomains.com or the like. I was curious how one ...
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How to add dependency on a Windows Service AFTER the service is installed
I have a Windows Service that makes use of a SQL Server database. I don't have control over the installation of the service, but would like to add a dependency on the service to ensure that it starts ...
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Missing SYSVOL and NETLOGON after upgrade from Windows 2003 SBS to 2012 Standard
Today we went from Windows 2003 SBS to Windows Server 2012 Standard. I did the following:
Joined 2012 server to the SBS 2003 domain
Installed Active Directory Domain Services (aka dcpromo) on the ...
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Add attribute through commandline in Active Directory
I am migrating from OpenLDAP to Active Directory (Samba4). I was wondering if there is a commandline command (in windows commandprompt or powershell) to add Attributes to the Active Directory Schema.
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Query a Windows DHCP server : find MAC from hostname
From my computer, I want to query my DHCP server to find a specific mac adress.
I want to enter the hostname to search, and getting back the Mac address.
Something like :
netsh dhcp server scope ...
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Ping returns 100% from VM guest, returns sporadically on host
I have an interesting situation on my network right now. I have a 10.1.1.x space that I have a few dozen static IPs on (servers, etc.) and a 10.1.4.x space where we have other machines (DHCP-fed user ...
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How to make a scheduled task run as a builti-in account
Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
How do I configure a scheduled task to run under the credentials of one of the built-in accounts?
I tried SYSTEM, NT AUTRHORITY\SYSTEM, Local Service, NT AUTHORITY\Local ...
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Windows share - wrong password
Disclaimer: I'm completely new to this.
I'm trying to connect to a windows share folder in a different network. When I start remote desktop to the machine with the shared folder, the shared folder ...
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What tools can run scripts on multiple windows servers? [closed]
I'm looking for a tool that can schedule a job (shell script, vbs, powershell) on 100+ standalone Windows servers.
I know Altiris can do that, but I think it needs an agent on every server. I prefer ...
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“setspn -s” vs. “setspn -a”
According to Setspn Overview it's discouraged to use Setspn -A to add an SPN record and it's suggested to use Setspn -S instead.
It's said that Setspn -S checks whether the SPN already exists before ...
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IIS 8 Service Name - Windows Server 2012
I wrote a monitoring app which probes different parts of the system. Now I look for IIASADMIN service to see status of IIS. But there is not a service named IISADMIN there.
What's the service name of ...
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What's the advantage of OpenVPN over SSTP?
If considering Windows only environment, what's the advantage of introducing OpenVPN as the company VPN service, instead of Windows built-in protocols?
Especially the new SSTP protocol already ...
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How do I install/configure/operate a Git Server on Server Core 2012 [closed]
Basically the title is my question but if you could direct me to some articles or other sources on how to install and configure it then it would be highly appreciated.
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Copying OU permissions from an existing security group to a new security group
Currently we have a security group named: Limited_IT_Admins that has special permissions (restricted to only certain tasks they can do) on ~7 City OUs within a Country OU.
[Country] <- top level ...
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How to integrate CAC card with Windows Login
Does anyone know how to integrate the DoD CAC card with the Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 Login Process? I want my users to be able to insert the card into the reader and just enter their pin to login ...
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Is it better to apply windows updates to servers without testing, or not at all? [closed]
I've found lots of information about the right way to approach patching windows servers (e.g. To update or to not update?), but I'm in a situation where most of that information is just not practical ...
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Can two servers map to the same domain name?
I think the answer to this question is "no", but I thought I'd ask here to be sure. I am writing a web application and I need to access JavaScript code from a subdomain on another domain. This isn't ...
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How can I test domain credentials against multiple machines simultaneously?
How to test domain credentials against multiple hosts in a subnet/domain taking into account that WMI is allowed for remote access and no firewalls on local machines are enabled?
I need something ...
