Export Windows ssl cert to ASA?
Hey guys, more cert fun happening here.I have recently purchases a wildcard SSL cert from Go Daddy. I generated the CSR from Windows Server 2008 as I want the Windows server to maintain/manage the...
View ArticleRemote Desktop Users ost file
Hi all, I have a server with 5 RDP users and they are all using exchange in Chached mode with access to a couple of mailboxes. This is filling the primary drive fast and I would like to move the...
View ArticleUpgrading a server-2008 domain controller to Server-2008 R2
Hello fellow Spice-Heads,My home network is headed by a server-2008 domain controller box.Interestingly enough, my other servers (Exchange, WSUS, Web Server, File Server) are all server-2008 R2 boxes.I...
View ArticleWhen do I nee more RAM - physical mem % percentage used
When my Windows server is sitting idle at night the task manager says the physical memory is 40% used. During the day when people are working it goes between 50-60% used. At what percentage is it...
View Articleusing file server roll on hyper -v core
Probably not the first time this has been asked. I have a two node cluster using Dell 715 machines with a DNUK SAN array. What I would like to do is set up a file share of 10TB and a file server to...
View ArticleClock time on Server keeps slipping forward
Our server that is our primary domain controller does the cutest thing where every couple of weeks I have to manually revert the time back to the actual time as it has gradually slipped forward about 5...
View ArticleDisable windows defender on a domain
I need to disable windows defender on all computers in my domain.I know that there is a way to disable it with Group Policy Management on the domain controller server but I don't know how to get...
View ArticleRisks of bare metal restore of server to offsite virtual machine
Hello,As part of test restoring I would like to try restoring a Small Business Server 2008 server (from backup made with Backup Exec) to a virtual machine in VMware Workstation. The server also has...
View ArticleSQLwriter and SQLVDI causing backup to fail
I'm getting these errors whenever I run windows backup on I get these errors for each of the six SQL databases. Below are two examples of the errors that I get. This is causing my backups to fail. Log...
View ArticleMicrosoft sccm 2012 r2 setup-I'm completely lost here
My director recently purchased SCCM 2012 R2 for us to impliment in our environment for the patching, imaging of systems,etc. But I'm completely lost here there seems to be no good setup or step by step...
View ArticleConnecting to DFS shares using from trusted domain.
Hey Guys,I am in the mist of a migration to a large corporate after an acquisition. We have a one way trust in place which allows users from corp domain to map drives to our server and connect to the...
View ArticleDHCP won't discard DNS records when lease expires
Hi,If I run ipconfig /release, DHCP expires the lease and deletes the DNS records immediately, but if I let the lease expire on it's own, the lease expires, but the DNS records are not discarded and...
View ArticleHelp! Can't restore DFS-R files from preexisting
I'm trying to restore a users files from the DFS-R preexisting folder per this article and when I run the PS command I'm getting an error about not having permission that says "Access to the path...
View ArticleInstalling Server 2012 R2 on Dell Poweredge SC1425
Hello! I am having a rather odd issue, we are trying to install Server 2012 R2 onto a poweredge server, a 3.2gh/z processor (64-bit), 6gb of ram, and an 80gb hard drive just to run DHCP off of. No...
View ArticleTeaming NICs
I'd like to team my NICs to increase throughput/multiple paths to the server. Teaming the NIC will be done with the NICs software- broadcom or Intel. I know that you can configure the switch to...
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Blue Screen Crashes
Hey guys,I could use some help here, one of my virtual machine hosts (windows 2008 r2) keeps getting the BSOD error and I can't figure out what to do. Attached is the image from Blue Screen Viewer. The...
View ArticleIIS 6.0 is slow initial Time to First Byte response
I am working with a IIS 6.0 that is lagging when I try to reach the page after a long idle time. After I contact the page, it comes up quick. I have to use .NET 2.0 for my application that I am...
View ArticleDangers of renaming Administrator account (Win2k12 R2 Essentials)
Hello,I've mostly finished migrating a company from SBS 2003 to 2012 R2 Essentials. I'd like to rename the Administrator account as, you know, Best Practices, but I am worried about breaking all the...
View ArticleUsers require elevated security for software - how do you manage?
I recently picked up a client with about 200 users. They have a Windows 2012 R2 network and mostly windows 7 clients. I'm told by their software provider (that they run every aspect of their business...
View ArticleDisable Automated Reboot Post Windows Update
I have a mission critical Windows Server 2003 upon which I ran Windows updates today. I was not informed until later that this is a mission critical machine. I need to keep the machine from rebooting...
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