Questions tagged [windows]
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What do each of the actions in the SCCM Client actually do?
So this sounds like a simple question but searching the internet I have been unable to find a list of what the different actions in the SCCM Client actually do.
On my machine it is called ...
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Windows 2003 DNS server CACHE issue
Our internal DNS server with windows 2003 has problems with querying specifically .co domains. I've done a Package capture and found that the DNS server does not do anything when querying .co domains(...
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MySQL Server "No such host is known"
I am seeing a weird MySQL warning in Windows server event viewer.
The error says : IP Address 'xx.xx.xx.xx' could not be resolved: no such host is known.
Any idea what this means and how critical it ...
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How do you prevent any and all access to a user's home folder by anyone other than the user in Windows XP?
We've tried editing permissions from an administrator account, but even users with all categories filed under "Deny" were able to edit their own security permissions. How do you fix this/Is there a ...
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Running Google Chrome updates from a centralized location
We are trying to roll out Google Chrome as out enterprise browser. Does anyone know of a solution that allows for Google Chrome to be updated from a centralized location? For example, maybe through ...
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Windows NTFS Permissions replacing child objects bulk
I have about 300 home user folders in a homes share. Each user has modify permissions to their own folder. They are connected to the folder via Active Directory with the \filerserver\homes$\%username% ...
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Silently install/add a print queue to a Windows client
Does anyone know how I can silently install/add a print queue to a Windows client? The clients are 32-bit Windows XP connecting to a Windows 2008 R2 print server, and I tried using the following ...
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upgrade from windows server 2008 r2 std to enterprise
We recently had to upgrade our servers from Win 2008 R2 Standard to Enterprise. The upgrade method was DISM. After the upgrade, a lot of weird things started to happen.
Though Windows says it's been ...
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Multiple VPN connections at the same time
I am investigating how to set up an SMS gateway that forwards messages to different mobile network operators. Connections to the operators are typically made via VPN. My question is how to configure ...
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How do I check whether an administrator has viewed the security audit log?
A colleague and I have been discussing an IS audit demo on Windows.
One point we'd like to cover is that an administrative/high-privilege user should view the security log within X hours of a failure ...
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If I have /generalize arg, will that remove settings placed in Specialize phase?
I am currently working on .xmls for imaging on mass deployment. I want to do an unattended join to the domain and also get the drivers in the audit (sysprep) phase. But when I go from audit to OOBE, ...
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How to transfer testdata in testlink from one server to another? [closed]
Last month we installed testlink and bugzilla on our server and we started writing testcases in testlink for our project.
Unfortunately we've never been able to access testlink on that server. We ...
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Server joining domain is not creating a DNS record for the computer name
I have a windows 2003 active directory domain. This was based in a single site.
This has now gone multisite and the domain controllers in the new site are using Windows 2008 R2 but the schema of the ...
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DNS Glue Record Creation
I'm on Windows Server 2008. I'm using intoDNS to check I'm setting my DNS up correctly:
http://www.intodns.com/wewantogg.com
Everything looks fine for this domain except for the notice:
INFO: GLUE ...
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Remote Desktop Services Manager constantly refreshes
Title pretty much sums it up. I'm using the Remote Desktop Services Manager snap in in Windows 7 to view a list of users logged in to a collection of 5 Windows 2003 terminal servers. The list of users ...
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FIPS "single-user mode" requirement in Microsoft Windows
In many FIPS 140-2 certificates, Windows must be placed into FIPS 140 mode as well as run in "single user mode". I am familiar with the local/group policy objects to enable FIPS mode. However, "...
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NTFS permissions: how to make a folder read only for a group, but give write permission for only one member of this group?
I've a folder that I want a group of users can have read-only access, but only one of these users must have write permissions.
The problem is that seems that if that user pertains to the read-only ...
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ssh + along delay after typing the password between win to linux
I installed two Linux machines with Linux version - 5.5.1.0-01
Something is very strange
if I perform ssh between Linux to Linux after I type the password I get the prompt of the second Linux machine ...
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How can I prevent Windows Server 2003 from trimming a process's working set?
There are two different, though I believe related, issues I have with how Windows Server 2003 handles processes's working sets.
First, there are GUI applications running on the console session whose ...
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EC2 Sql Server with EBS and ephemeral drives
I'm planning to start a EC2 high memory instance with SQL server on it. I'm working through how to setup the drives as the current dedicated hardware is set to a raid-5 but only 4gb of ram so a lot of ...
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How to get an IP Address from a disconnected terminal services session
I'm using qwinsta and rwinsta to manage disconnected sessions at the moment. I usually get something like this:
SESSIONNAME USERNAME ID STATE TYPE DEVICE
console ...
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Does there exist a bootable USB key with shred? [closed]
Does anyone know if there exist a bootable USB key with shred that detects all harddrives and shreds them automatically?
It would be great if it had a config file, where I could set the shred value ...
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Puppet upgrade msi on windows
I'm running puppet on windows and I want to upgrade a package (java) I installed using an msi. I installed the package using
package { 'java':
ensure => installed,
provider => 'msi',
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Manually apply puppet class
I am testing a puppet init.pp file (on windows) that looks something like:
class myclass {
package { 'java':
ensure => installed,
provider => 'msi',
source => 'S:\puppet-...
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Puppet configuration file on Windows
I'm running puppet on windows as an admin (testing on windows 7, even though it is not officially supported). When I install puppet following the windows installation instructions, no puppet.conf file ...
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Remotely uninstall software from domain workstations
Currently using Spiceworks to get an inventory of workstations/applications of an 'inherited' network. I see a lot of 'unwanted' software on PCs and am wanting to uninstall this software, such as : ...
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Github SSH Key Questions
If I do not set a passphrase for the SSH Key generation what risks do I run?
From what I understand the only risk of someone gaining access would be if the laptop was stolen and therefor have the ...
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SSTP on Windows 2008 cannot ping in either direction
I have the following setting going on.
Server: Configured windows 2008 server as AD, DHCP, DNS, CA and RRAS. To make long story short, RRAS can accept SSTP connection and clients get connected fine. ...
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Glassfish 3.1.1 Creating Domain fails, The system cannot find the path specified
I tried to install Glassfish 3.1.1 on windows with an installer but the Config Result - Creating Domain fails.
This is the error message:
Executing command :C:\glassfish3\glassfish\bin\asadmin.bat --...
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How to extend a partition in Windows 2000 Server
I have a Windows 2000 Server set up with RAID 5. I initially defined 2 136 GB logical disks 0 and 1. I have a small utility partition on disk 0 along with the C drive. I wish to extend the C drive ...
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MS Project Server 2010 and Oracle Database Backend?
After searching far and wide across the internet for an answer I have come here in hope of help. I am aware that MS Project Server 2010 requires a SharePoint server, but does anyone know if it is ...
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Advice on using postgresql temp_tablespace
I have been running a query that (I assume) generates a large amount of temporary information, as I receive the following error:
ERROR: could not write block 16451641 of temporary file: No space ...
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VMWare Player side-by-side VirtualBox
Can I have the latest version of VMWare Player with the latest version of VirtualBox installed side-by-side on the same machine on Windows 7?
Are there any conflicts? AFAIK, they both create virtual ...
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Connect linux to mysql on windows
I am trying to connect to a mysql database on a windows server from linux. I don't have much experience working with Windows at all, especially windows server. How do I go about making a connection ...
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WebApp accessible via localhost but not 127.0.0.1
i'm running a webapp on Jetty (Java application server) on my machine (Win7 pro X64) and i'm experiencing some weird problems:
when i try to open it on my browser - it's accessible via localhost but ...
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How to sniff udp between two windows applications on the same machine
How do I monitor the duplex udp traffic between two apps on my windows machine.
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How to set up DNS filtering for specific query types?
I'm running my own authoritative DNS server for my own domains, and I've been dealing with an ongoing problem of DNS amplification attacks using the ANY query type. Considering the world should never ...
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Port 22 is closed even with Firewall turned off [closed]
I'm trying to open port 22 on my local machine (Windows 7 32 bit). I'm using a web tool to check if my port is open. It says that port 22 is closed. So I disabled firewall to see if it causes port to ...
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xampp plus apache php mysql separate installers
I am wondering, having my system currently installed with XAMPP, is it okay if I will install another Apache, PHP, mySQL (separate installers)?
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Windows 2003 DNS TSIG transfer?
I am trying to use a Windows 2003 R2 server as a secondary dns server for my BIND 9 master. The problem is I use keys to control transfers and I dont know how to add the key to Windows so its able to ...
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How can I kill the Apache service on a Windows server?
I'm working on an apache module and at some point Apache refuses to start | restart | stop. All I can see in "services.msc" is:
Apache2.2 | Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) | Starting | Automatic | Local System
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How to detect Dell TPM from inside Windows?
I need to know whether my server has TPM installed. It is located 10000 miles away from me so going there to look at the BIOS is not an option. It is also not anyhow described on the Dell website nor ...
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Rync connection problems from Windows to CentOS
Trying to connect to rsync on CentOS from Cygwin on Windows 7 but getting the following errors:
$ rsync -vrtz -vvv --password-file=c:\cygwin\secret --delete /cygdrive/d/Data [email protected]::...
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Windows Unattended: Running a program from the OS boot drive and not "C:" drive
See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff715408.aspx for FirstLogonCommand, how do I specify a CommandLine for the OS boot drive and not just use "C:" like the examples do. The OS boot drive ...
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Are there any virtual ethernet switches for Windows 7? [closed]
I need a way to connect 2 virtual machines on my Windows 7 laptop.
I would like to use a virtual ethernet switch, is there such a thing for Windows 7?
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Can I limit how much bandwidth is consumed by active directory stuff on windows 7 clients running over 3G
We have a number of windows 7 clients on mobile devices. These are connected over 3G (sometimes wifi) to a LAN. Authentication is through active directory. This is consuming bandwidth by constantly ...
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Kaspersky slows down the clients. How do i find the real cause?
At my work, we have 15 client pc's with Windows 7. As it turned out. Kaspersky slows down each pc. The Problem started couple days ago. And for example, when i click on Computer -> properties -> ...
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Different idle times (screen locking) for local vs. remote logins
Is it possible to have different screensaver locking times for local vs. remote (rdp) logins on Windows? I don't know much about Windows admin, just that this config is pushed through GPO.
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Removal or Update of .NET on Win2003 Server
G'day,
A two pronged question for you all...
Here at work, we've prematurely put .NET 3.5 on our production server (Win 2003, which previously it had no .NET at all). Ever since, every time we ...
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Strange data returned from Exchange Web Services SDK. How do I update the CAS SCP data?
I'm using the Exchange Web Services SDK and am getting strange results after these lines run:
ScpUrlGuidString = @"77378F46-2C66-4aa9-A6A6-3E7A48B19596";
ScpPtrGuidString = @"67661d7F-8FC4-4fa7-BFAC-...