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My currently environment is a server 2003 (Std) with 3 other secondaries. I am wanting to add a 2008 R2 secondary domain controller to this environment and eventually have it as my master DC.My...
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View ArticleDomain computer sticks to old server path
Hello all! New here. We recently replace our old server(sbs 2003) with a new one(sbs 2011). We changed the hardware as well as the server name. But on our workstation, when you try to install some...
View ArticleRightfax Server Slow Sending - Failing
This all started when our company had users send out 40 - 1000 pages faxes. It completely bogged down the system and was repeatedly trying to send over and over. We ended up deleting them 3 days...
View ArticleNew filserver (God, can't believe I'm asking this).
Hey there' Our fileserver is getting pretty unstable and we need to install a new one. The current one is a server2003 virtual server. My embarrassing question is, can I just make a new server with...
View Articledo you run automatic updates on servers
I've been talking to a number of friends and colleagues about the merits (or not!) of running automatic updates on servers. I was somewhat surprised at the number of them who effectively said " I...
View ArticleWindows 2012 essential and existing 2003 domain
Hello, Bought and installed W2012 Essentials on a new server. Wanting to make it a domain controller on an existing 2003 domain. Is this possible? Can add it to the domain, but cannot promote it as a...
View ArticleMonitoring Windows Update with PRTG
We are trying to use PRTG to monitor the last time windows update has ran. The sensor in PRTG that does that just pulls form the registry key:...
View ArticleRobocopy, Richcopy and inherited permissions
We are setting up our new file servers, but the space crunch is happening faster than we expected. I have to move some folders to a new share to buy some time, but neither robocopy nor richcopy are...
View ArticlePoweredge 860: Server Lockup every so often
Can ping the server but can't RDP into it. Keyboard and mouse does not function when plugged into USB ports (tried all of them). Hard reboot and I ran diagnostics and it came up with several errors:...
View ArticleUSB storage not visible to Windows Server Backup
I have a new server Windows Server 2012 Essentials with a RDX backup device connected via USB. When configuring WSB to use the RDX drive it does not see it as a valid backup device. Granted, the disk...
View ArticleSend email alerts when process goes over specified memory threshold
I need a way to get an email alert when a process (called IMPACT.exe) goes over 100,000K memory usage. This is on a Server 2008 R2 box. I cant seem to figure out a way to do this. I tried using the...
View Articlelogin Script for Terminal server
Have an environment that has a server 2012 remote desktop server and a 2008, we ant them to connect to the 2012 server, whats the easiest way to accomplish this with little administrative help and...
View ArticleImport .rdl into Sccm 2007
I have a .rdl file i that i would like to import into sccm 2007 does anybody know how i can do this. the .rdl has a custom report.
View ArticleWINSXS folder too large (DISM doesn't apply as OS deployed w/SP1)
I've got a 2008R2 SP1 VM (Hyper-V) that has the WINSXS folder growing past 10GB. Every single post I've read via Google, states to run the DISM command after SP1 has been applied. This doesn't work as...
View ArticleConfused about VSS copy or full (wbadmin)
I have Windows backup scheduled using the main console in SBS 2011 I want to use task scheduler to run an additional backup to another hard drive. So I believe I run: wbadmin start backup...
View ArticleFailover Cluster server 2012
I created a 2 node failover cluster today. Fist time doing this.I ran the validation prior to installing and other than 2 or 3 warnings, the overall assessment at the end said that it would accept the...
View ArticleTerminal server user logoff logging
Hello! We have Windows 2008 R2 with RDS role. How can I see in EventID when some one of domain admins force user logoff or disconnect?
View ArticleStrange RDP/TS client question
Hi all, I wonder if someone can help me out with something. We have two sites. Our main site is at one location with a VPN to our second location via SonicWalls. If I try and connect to our terminal...
View Articlehow to stop all users from signing into RDWEB server for maintenance.
Its in the subject. How do I stop people from logging in so that I can perform maintenance. I don't need to force them out, just once they log out they are not allowed back in until I am done. Thanks...
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