Temporary User Profile Server 2012
Odd issue here for a Windows Server 2012 machine.The issue started when i restarted the server after Backup Exec installation. When i logged in with the Admin account remotely through Teamviewer i...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 backup through Windows Server Backup not working?
Hi guys :D as I have mentioned before, my boss hates the idea of any virtualization, and loves the idea of built in Windows Server Backup. Which is fine - but on our ns1 box, the backup keeps failing...
View ArticleSysinternals Pro Lessons
Just thought I would share this little gem I stumbled on this afternoon.http://www.howtogeek.com/school/sysinternals-pro/lesson1/"This How-To Geek School series will teach you how to use SysInternals...
View ArticleNet Framework
I'm trying to figure out a way to deploy Net Frame work 4.5 out to all our computers by Group Policy. Has anyone successfully done this? Any help would be appreciated.
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 Fax problem
I have a new 2012 Windows server R2 that went into production a month and a half ago to replace a Windows 2003 server sincetheir newsoftware is phasing out support for 2003. After installing the Fax...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Builtin Event Log Reader Group on Domain Controller
Trying to look for the "Builtin\Event Log Reader" group on my Windows 2008 R2 Domain Controller and can't find it. Anyone know if my 2008 R2 DC is supposed to have this group?
View ArticleHow to configure a windows server 2012 virtual machine with two network adapters
I need to setup a virtual machine in my windows server 2012 with two network adapters but can't see the option when i go into the settings of the particular virtual machine. Please help.
View ArticleTerminal server login takes long
We have a TS park set up with 3 servers and remoteappsonly now we run into the problem that when a user starts a app it takes about 5 to sometings 30 seconds to appear.after looking in the detailed...
View Articlefile resource manager
Hi, I have set file screen on a directory to allow certain files types like document files but within a sub folder of that same directory I want to exclude all file types apart from pictures. Is it...
View ArticleDistributed Processing using Windows
I have a few pc's laying around and was thinking of somehow linking them all up and run a few ordinary programs on them that need a bit of omph.I was wondering whether I can do this with windows?
View ArticleBest way to compare two very large folders?
The President of our company deleted a bunch of critical files but he does not know the file names but wants me to restore them..yay me. He did know the folder name (with tons of subfolders) that the...
View ArticleUnderstanding ADDS 2012 - No PDC or BDC?
Spiceheads,From what I understand the concept of a primary domain controller and a backup domain controller have gone to the wayside in Server 2012. This has brought up a few questions....1) Where do...
View Articleerror removing server from dag
Hi everyone, I'm decommissioning my mailbox servers since we migrated our mailboxes to Office 365. I removed the first mailbox server but while trying to remove the second mailbox role, I receive:The...
View ArticleDFS Replication with VNXe and Multiple sites
I need some advice and/or answers to my questions.I am in charge of a network with 1 main site and 2 remote locations all on the same domain across three domain controllers. I have a EMC VNXe NAS...
View ArticleMapped Drives MPS2012
Hi Guys,We ahve recently upgraded to Multipoint 2012 server and we are having problems with mapped drives for some users.When they log in all drives will be mapped by Names, but when they log out and...
View ArticleUsing MS Orchestrator to Monitor for an Event
We have scheduled reboots of a few servers overnight. We need to determine if the server DID NOT reboot for some reason. I was thinking of using orchestrator to monitor a specific time for an event...
View ArticleServer 2012 - Seizing the FSMO and NTP roles
Spiceheads,I am replacing my "first" DC with a virtualized version. I have been looking into what needs to be taken care of when replacing the "first" DC. From what I have gathered, after I build the...
View ArticleNTP server on Windows?
All, what are you using for 3rd party NTP on Server 2008 R2? We have a Java app on RHEL that uses Quartz which requires sync within 1sec and I am worried native W32time on our PDC may not suffice....
View ArticleFTP re-configuration
Hi All, we currently have an FTP setup which has one NIC in the DMZ and the other on the internal LAN.I know this is worst possible setup and a great target for exploit, so how do I go about in getting...
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