Questions tagged [windows-server-2012]
Windows Server 2012 was a server operating system from Microsoft. It was released on September 4, 2012, and reached End Of Life on October 10, 2023. Like its predecessor, Server 2008 R2, it is only available in 64 bit versions. 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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Error while importing Hyper-V VM on windows server 2019 Hyper-V 10.0.17763.1
Hyper-V encountered and error while loading the virtual machine configuration from . Import failed, import task failed to copy file from to The process cannot access the file because it is being ...
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Replacing Domain Controller with Server 2022
We have two Domain Controllers running 2012 R2. I have been given a project to replace these with 2022.
I have just discovered that the Domain Functional Level is still 2008 R2.
I have issues with FRS ...
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What is the default sharing permission for NETLOGON and SYSVOL?
I have a Windows Server 2012 AD server.
Some time ago I changed the default sharing permissions for NETLOGON and SYSVOL.
Now some users are complaining that the notification that the password is about ...
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Migrating VPS Windows Server 2012 R2 system (settings, applications, ...) to Windows Server 2016
Need to upgrade Windows Server 2012 R2 host on VPS cloud provider to Windows Server 2016.
I cannot do it in-place. The only way to upgrade is to backup the system somehow, reset the VPS with new ...
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Redirected folders and roaming profiles issues
At the beginning:
I've been working as an extra in a new company (it's a school) for two weeks, so I don't really know the rules/configuration.
After weeks of working there, users started having ...
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Windows Server: Email Notification when a user executes an exe?
I need some way to send and email notification when a user logs in to a remote desktop and executes a exe , i need to send an email that exe was run...
Is this possible in powershell ? Should i add ...
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ADCS set certificate template validity period
How can I set in ADCS the validity period for certificates which are issued by my sub-CA based on a Computer certificate template? Right now, my certificates are issued for one year only.
If I open ...
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Suggestions on the best way to migrate to a new server
I have an OLD server (Windows server 2012 R2) and a NEW server (Windows server 2022).
Old server is a bare-metal Domain Controller Server and the New server is a VM. I am planning on migrating to the ...
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Winexe error NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE executing script from Linux to Windows Server 2012
I've installed winexe on my linux machine. I want to use it to execute some script on a Windows Servre 2012. It doesn't work, the error is NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE.
I've followed this guide to install ...
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Connection timeout between windows servers
Assume I have two Windows servers (2012 R2) in the same network and domain.
Server B has running IIS-6 with websites(on ports 80, 8080, and others).
Both of them have enabled Firewall.
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Different SSL Certificates Served for the Same Site Depending on Where the Browser Is in IIS
I have a website that is reachable on the internet and also on a local network. On the local network, pinging the server name produces a different IP address than I get when I ping it from the open ...
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Windows Server quorum concept and split-brain issue prevention
I saw a similar question asked here that is closely related, but the provided answer doesn't entirely address my doubts.
Assume a 3 node cluster is configured without a witness node, and all nodes are ...
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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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Why do all users still have full access in my samba server after i have set limited permissions?
I have a debian 11 server running samba and is hosting a share of a drive that's mounted in fstab. I have added "acl" to the fstab and installed acl in the samba config.
To be clear: my end ...
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Adding SFTP to Windows Server 2012 [closed]
I need SFTP functionality on my Windows 2012 VPS server.
According to this page, one of the prerequisites is that I'm running at least Windows Server 2019 or Windows 10 (build 1809).
My hosting ...
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how many nodes can we add to windows failover clustering
In Availability group, for windows server 2012 only 4 replicas supported
from windows server 2016 8 replicas supported
Just like that how many nodes can add into our windows failover clustering?
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Reinstalling server and SQL Server database
Due to some Windows issue, can't clean-up the WinSxS folder and the Disk Space process (cleanmgr.exe) makes the CPU going to 100% meaning that I am at 97% of disk usage, I am planning to reinstall the ...
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Implement /usr/sbin/apachectl start|stop|restart as a Windows Service
We are running Apache Web Server 2.4 installed as a Cygwin package, on Windows Server 2018.
The Apache service manually started after each reboot by running:
/usr/sbin/apachectl start
From the Cygwin ...
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How to un-retire a Retired disk in Storage Spaces?
At some point in the past, Storage Space on a Windows Server 2012 box decided to "Retire" two drives in the pool:
I don't want the drives to be retired. I want you to keep using them.
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How To Disable Weak Cipher Suites Only For TLS 1.0 and 1.1 In Windows?
I want to disable some weak cipher suites in Windows but TLS 1.2 is not so vulnerable and I don't want to cause any other problem in the server, so I just want to disable them for TLS 1.0 and 1.1.
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Windows forcing application to exit with exit status 1073807364 (0x40010004) [DBG_TERMINATE_PROCESS]
Paying it forward with question and answer.
Remote application launched from a desktop via a .RDP file. During initialization on the RDS box the application is seen to startup and then immediately ...
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Is it possible to make a reverse RDP connection on windows server?
My Windows Server 2016 is behind a router, which i have no access to. So i can't open ports and do port-forwarding. I want to connect to my server via RDP. Sure I could use some 3rd party apps like ...
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Error 0x800706BA Restoring Windows Server 2012 from System Image
We've been running Windows Server 2012 in a VMware virtual machine for a few years now. The VM has the OS, apps, and user data on one virtual disk and automated system image backups on another virtual ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 - User Account Single App
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 with multiple user accounts. One account ("test") is configured in such a way that on logon a program is started and when the program is closed the account is ...
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Do I need Active Directory Certificate Services
I have an AD setup that apparently has a vulnerability related to the Certificate Services feature. Thinking back through the MS Server courses I've sat, I don't remember anything on it, so I dug ...
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How to create a shared folder as a domain admin in DC environment?
how can I create a shared folder on the windows server? I am a domain admin with a full administrative right logged on from windows 10 domain-joined PC.
I was able to access the server drive using UNC ...
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Upgrade from 2012 Standard to 2019 Essentials
We have a client running a very old physical server running 2012 Standard. We want to upgrade to 2019 essentials. We want to switch to essentials since they will not need more than 25 cals. Is ...
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Why is my DNS information replicating without Zone Transfers allowed?
We have many servers at our business that have the DNS role installed on Windows Server (2003 - 2016). I have noticed recently that the DNS information is consistent among all our servers, which ...
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RDP connection has the source IP of the host server
I came across an event on one of my windows servers,
Machine ABC has a successful incoming RDP connection from 192.168.0.16,
But the IP of machine ABC is 192.168.0.16.
Is it even possible that a ...
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Task scheduler history on who enabled a task
We have several deactivated scheduled tasks and someone activated one. Is there a way to see who did that?
There is no such information on the task's history.
It is on windows server 2012
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Windows Server 2012: how to prevent IIS from choosing SHA-1 for connections?
The problem: IIS on Windows 2012 picks SHA-1 algorithm when the client uses SHA-1 certificate. Even though the server-side certificate is SHA-256. So Chrome/Edge don't work.
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Issues on transferring physical machine to virtual
EDIT - after initial problems, I moved on and have some success, but I still can't boot the machine.
I have trouble transferring old 2012 server to virtual.
The server is on GPT disk, EFI.
What I did:
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VLAN and DHCP conflicts. /renew and release only works temporarily [closed]
In our small company, we have VMs on ESXI. One of them being the Domain Controller.
We have Avaya phones with their IP being (192.168.0.11), our IP range is mutually exclusive from Avaya.
Our Desktops ...
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Extending disk space after replacing the disks with new / larger ones
We have a Fujitsu Primergy TX100 S3P with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials.
We had 500 GB disks on this server, we decided to replace them with 4TB disks. We made a copy of the system to a ...
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Having issue with applying CU23 onto Exchange 2013
I am new to this forum. I need to update my exchange 2013 because of the recent microsoft vulnerability and also because it needs to be updated for the migration to office 365. My exchange is 2013 and ...
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Is there a REST API for Windows Server Update Catalog?
Is there an API or Notification System for https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx - so that I can be aware of the update availability as and when they become available ?
What is the best ...
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RDP to an Alias
I have a server that has since been decommissioned and I have some services that have been moved over to another server however these servers still point to the old server so I have set up a Cname for ...
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User has issues with Remote Desktop to one server but not another
A certain user (let's call him Bob) has reported issues using Remote Desktop when working with a new RDS Server I've set up. He reports "lag" that makes working with this server annoying, if ...
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Any risks of changing master roles of Active Directory?
I am currently migrating an Active Directory to another server, from a Windows Server 2012 to a 2016 one. I installed AD in 2016 and joined the domain with no problems. Now I am considering changing ...
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Static route gives "Destination host unreachable" error
I have a server (Windows Server 2012) with 2 network interfaces.
One with a 172.0.0.0 network, which has the default gateway (172.16.8.254)
And one with a 10.0.0.0 network, no gateway set.
Since by ...
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Replacing damaged 2012 domain controller with Win 2019
We have a domain with 2 DC's, both Win 2012. The local DC works fine, but the remote DC has a growing list of problems due to frequent power outages (and improper shutdown). I would like to take ...
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Pinging 8.8.8.8 via a windows 10 client going through windows server 2012 gives a request timedout error
This is my setup in virtualbox.
A DHCP Scope of range 112.123.1.100 to 112.123.3.188, Length = 16, Router IP is 112.123.2.2 (this also is the IP of the server the DHCP is configured on).
After this I ...
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IIS increase in worker process memory when RAM is increased
I have a few IIS servers serving web traffic.
In the past these were running off 4GB of RAM and the available RAM was always around 500MB of available RAM, there are 6 app pools and thus 6 worker ...
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Enabling LDAPS (636) on Windows Server 2019
I've got a configuration issue with my test domain controller (Server 2019) where I can't connect via 636 using LDP. (using the full domain name)
On 2008 and 2012 I didn't have to do any additional ...
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Virtual Server Unexpected Shutdown with Code 1074
Over the weekend, I had one server (out of 11 in the office) shut itself off sometime early Saturday morning. This is a virtual server (running SQL, our production database, naturally), running on a ...
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How to get an email alert if IIS App pool stops/crashes?
I'm seeing a lot of PowerShell scripts out there which checks the status of the IIS App Pools in a server, and sends an email if it is in a Stopped state. Although the script is useful, it would need ...
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How to update windows time zones list?
I have front-end and back-end systems using the System.TimeZoneInfo for retrieving Timezone by ID.
There are several time-zones missing from the back-end machine (running windows Server 2012) and I'm ...
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windows cluster - Service Principle Name but no cluster service?
I used to be detecting which servers in our big environment are clusters or cluster nodes by checking ServicePrincipalName value of their AD objects if it is a string containing MSServerClusterMgmtAPI ...
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can a single machine server run 2 OS independantly?
In order to maintain up a cad+print (windows) server, and an all-the-other things debian server, I was wondering if it was possible and what was the best way to do it ? Containers/VMs/KVMs ? Would it ...
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reset password win server 2012
I have windows server 2012 R2 in front of me and I just can log into the server from an account that is NOT the administrator. I don't have any domain running on the server and the server is mostly ...
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