2k3 VM migration causing windows reactivation requirement
Hi , I am about to migrate a 2k3 PDC from VMware to KVM , I have already done a trail run and on first boot the VM is coming back with the following alert:Since windows was first activated on this...
View ArticleMoved File Shares From Debian 6 Server To Windows Server 2008 R2 ACL, Permission
So tuesday morning our setup was as follows: Active Directory Domain (server 2008 R2 / Roaming Profiles) Debian 6 SAMBA / WINBIND we had samba authenticating to active directory to handle all of our...
View Article600 Workstations and 12 servers... Need thoughts
Company just merged fired most of the IT staff I am left :( :) Now I am managing 3000 workstations and 24 servers.... Looking to see what is new on the market that manages this many servers &...
View ArticleWindows xp/window server 2003 EOL/Hipaa
Okay big question windows xp EOL april 2014 windows server 2003 EOL july 2015 So if I am still using these os when they expire and I am in a medical office controlled by Hipaa then will the os still...
View Article2012 Hyper V Host Automatic maintenance caused lock up
Just had one of our 2012 Hyper V host servers lock up last night! The VMs on it weren't running when we arrived to the office and I found I could only log in on the VM Host via the local console. I...
View ArticleWevtutil output has wrong timestamp
Hi Im trying to run reports on RDP connections to a server. If I run: Wevtutil qe Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager/Operational /c:3 /rd:true /f:text The console output is correct...
View ArticleEnabling users to install updates
OS: SBS 2011 Client OS: Win 7 Pro End users are calling up requesting the administrator password, to install updates for things like flash player, etc. for Radio's etc. All users are standard users...
View ArticleSomehow I broke it...
Somehow I removed all users from the administrator group on all our domain controllers. I'm not sure exactly how I did it but I was the only one in group policy messing around so I will take all the...
View ArticleUnable to uninstall Sophos Antivirus as administrator :S Server 2012
I am having endless issues with Administrator permissions in Server 2012. In this case I am trying to uninstall Sophos Anti-Virus from add/remove programs and the message I get is : Error 3005. Sophos...
View ArticleNew server setup suggestions
Hi Everyone, I am in the process of getting a replacement server for our network. I would like some configuration suggestions. Our current system is a single server that does it all, AD, DNS, DHCP,...
View ArticleXP Thin Clients not allowed to automatically pass logon credentials
I am having this weird issue with my domain-joined XP thin clients not being "allowed" to automatically pass the Windows credentials of the logged on user. The RDP session is configured to do this on...
View ArticleAdd Printer Commands on 50 or so printers on Windows 2008 Print Server
Is there anyway to add commands to the "Printer Commands" tab for multiple printers at once?
View Articleremote app Kept loosing connection to rds fram
Hi, I manged to setup a 2008 R2 RDS Farm to publish remote apps onto web with the following setup 2xrdsh in MS- NLB 1xrd conn broker 1xrdweb/gateway when i connect to RD Gateway: https://; i have set...
View ArticleRequired: Scan to email software for use with a terminal server
Hi Guys, I have a bunch of clients who use terminal servers and need to be set up for scanning to email with a Panasonic KX-MC6020E. I'm not having much luck with my google-fu in finding anything...
View ArticleWinlpd on 2008 r2 server?
On of our legacy software systems runs on unixware. Several of the printers stopped working from the software, well they probably haven't worked in awhile but I just learned why. At some point,...
View ArticleNeed assistance with driver
I'm slapping an image from a Poweredge server to an HP Proliant and the imaging software is now asking for this particular driver. Intel's download site is unavailable for some reason and I've having...
View ArticleRoaming Profiles between two workstations
I would like to setup Roaming Profiles for our Call Center so that when a user is sitting at one workstation with all of their applications running and need to move and sign into another workstation...
View ArticleAccess Denied when Upgrading Server Licence using DISM
Hi, I'm getting the following error in the dism log when trying to perform an online upgrade from Server 2008 R2 Standard to Server 2008 R2 Enterprise using DISM. 2013-07-12 20:02:15, Error DISM DISM...
View ArticleWhy does Server 2012 change network type to Public?
So this seems to be a pretty common issue when restarting servers, or having them on certain networks. I am installing a new domain at the company I work for, and am doing some testing. Well I decided...
View ArticleWindows 7 AD accounts
So we have recently started Launching Windows 7 computers into our network here and we have noticed a nasty trend happening. Basically "randomly" the account logged onto the windows 7 computer gets...
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