Servers in one domain, thin clients in a separate one. Any major gotchas?
We will be moving our clients over to a virtual environment provided by our parent company's data hosting service while we maintain our existing domain and servers. Users will access their operating...
View ArticleMac OS X dropping SMB connection
Hi,I have a Macbook Air with OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 that is dropping connection to a Windows Server 2012 share. The thing is, in this same environment I have a Windows Server 2008 and I've made a test...
View ArticleP2V to Windows Server 2012 VM with Remote Apps
I am planning to do a P2V of my Remote App Server (2008 Standard), HP G3 with 2 GB of RAM, two CPU's, and it's about 10 years old. I will upgrade it to a Hyper V VM with Server 2012 R2 with 16 GB of...
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Server BIOS and Windows 2012 R2 showing different number of Processors Cores
I have a HP DL380 g5 that I am setting up. The BIOS is showing 2 dual core processors on boot.But Windows Server 2012 R2 is showing 8 processors?Anyone see this before and which is correct? If i...
View ArticleHelp!! i need windows server 2003 r2 standard x64 oem iso ..
I need OEM Windows Server 2003 R2 64 bit Standard Edition for Dell Servers I have the license key & media that came with Dell but its only 32 bit. I need 64 bit.I called DELL since windows 2003...
View ArticleRemove Cluster
How to remove orphaned cluster parameters and configurations from Infra AD.Please guide me.Thank youShamil
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wmi errors 1000 & 1005 - dfs issues
Hi all,I have some issues with WMI and dfs. I think both issues are related to each other.When I try to create a diagnostics report in dfs, the dfs service crashes all the time.It's a windows 2008 R2...
View ArticleUsing wireless 802.1x
Hi all,I've been experimenting with using a RADIUS server and user authentication for joining the wireless via 802.1x. What I've done so far is set up RADIUS, local CA and also the wifi has been set...
View ArticleMigrating a file server - moving files / folders without permission?
Morning all!So I'm about to migrate a bunch of files from an old SBS server, and I wanted to know the following: is it possible to move files which the Administrator doesn't have access to nor...
View ArticleQuestion about Server 2008 R2 pagefile
I'm sure this is a very simple question, but something I don't know the exact answer to. Yesterday we stopped receiving email externaly, and after a quick check I found the C drive had dipped below...
View ArticleFile resource manager
Hi, Is it possible to display a message to users when they have reached their quota or restricted file screen as currently rather than access denied message, a more accurate message. e,g This file type...
View ArticleHp RAID Controller Driver
I have an hp 350 proliant Gen 5 server running Windows 2008r2 and I can not seem to find the RAID Controller driver. I have talked with HP and they are no help as they want me to pay for support and...
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Remote desktop connection to a server takes very long time to connect
It started yesterday when i try to remote in to one of my offsite server it will sit at "Securing remote connection" for about 2-3 mins before it connects. Any known causes of this issue? I'm using...
View ArticleDoes dot net 3.5 and dot net 4.5 coexist on the same 2012 R2 server ok
Server 2012 R2 ships with dot net 4.5 installed by default. It is now looking like we might be forced to install dot net 3.5 on the same server. Just wondering it there are any reasons why these two...
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SCCM 2012 Windows Server
Hello,I installed SCCM 2012 on a backup domain controller. I had WSUS installed before when I installed SCCM 2012 on the server and configured it for Windows Updates to come through SCCM. Under...
View ArticleQuestion about renewing SSL certs
This has always bugged me and I haven't been able to find a definitive answer.In terms of SSL certs that are expiring, when is it appropriate to use the renew a cert option and when should I just do a...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 DC: 10009 DCOM errors in system log in event viewer
I am getting a ton of these errors in the system log. I have looked on google, and so far no luck. A couple of years ago we had a domain controller fail majorly. I replicated all roles and removed...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Delegate Account Creation - Access Denied
I have setup an non-admin user to have the ability to create/delete user accounts in a given OU by way of delegate control. In this OU is a template that is to be used to create the user accounts which...
View ArticleShort Name Lookup for DFS Shares/Namespace
Anyone know if there is a way to point for a file share using a short name rather than a FQDN, for example:\\my.domain\shares\publicto \\publicThanks!
View ArticleDeploy Office 365 Lync 2013
I have a client who has Server 2012 and they have Office 365. With the Office 365 plan they get Lync 2013. I was trying to find the MSI for Lync 2013 but that seems to be impossible to find as all I...
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