Windows Server 2008 R2 Reboots at 4:00 PM every Tuesday
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server that reboots every Tues. at 3:50 to 4:00 PM every week. I have looked at the task on the server, I have looked in the event logs and I can find NOTHING that gives me a...
View ArticleSuggestions on how to recreate a failing DFS replication group?
Server 2003 R2. DFSR stopped working for one set, all others working fine. I ran the backlog script and there were 18200 backlogged files. Many folders on the receiving server completely empty....
View ArticleAnyone using Firyx Threat Detection service for Windows 2008 ?
Stumbled across this site https://www.firyx.com/ which performs firewall blocking for FTP, SQL & RDP attacks From their site..... Firyx Threat Detection is a service for Windows 2008 Server which...
View ArticleFailover clustering & Hyper-V Replica question
Here's the scenario: Server A is located at Site A. The storage for the server is a disk array, connected by SAS cable. Server B is located at Site B. The storage for the server are internal, raided,...
View ArticleWindows 2008 Clustering on ESXi's
All, this is my current setup: ESXi1 - Win08copy1 ESXi2 - Win08copy2 Synology NAS So, I have a single NAS unit, with two physical ESXi boxes, running a copy of Win08 on each, both on domain with AD...
View ArticleFolder securiy issue after adding old server to domain
Another problem has arisen from adding this clinic to our network. Their old DC that I dcpromo'd and removed AD DS, DHCP and DNS roles from I think is somehow impacting my existing domains file and...
View ArticleRadius server windows 2008 authentication issue
hello all, I need your help in getting Radius server in windows 2008 server wroking. I have followed the instructions on MS and installed all required role. but some how user is not able to connect....
View ArticleCan I convert Server 2012 Eval to Retail when the time comes?
I would like to setup a 2012 Server in my environment. We currently dont own any 2012 licenses, but I am in desperate need for the server. Instead of building a 2008 R2 server and upgrading in the...
View ArticleConvert from Static IPs to DHCP Reservations
I would like to convert our workstation PCs from static IPs to having DHCP reservations. Our workstations must always have the same IP address. There is no way around this, but I would like the...
View ArticleWork Folders in Server 2012 R2
This looks pretty interesting. I'll definitely have to play around with these a little. Wonder what real benefit it has over a user's home folder or a File Server/NAS with AD permissions?Work Folders...
View ArticleWindows Server HPC Test setup
Does anyone have any experience with setting up a very simple HPC Environment at all? I run a very CPU intensive CFD software and the licensing is per CPU. We have been offered a trial license to test...
View ArticleTracking a users activity/productivity on Terminal Servers
need a fast answer - water cooler it is: I would like to know of any tools, native or 3rd party, that will allow me to monitor and generate reports on users activity / productivity on our terminal...
View Article2008 r2 datacenter Win updates
Have general question, building some Plott servers. I did windows update, critcal. But I notice there were some optional updates, as a rule should I worry or incude? Want to get thoughs of team here....
View Articlehow can i check see who uninstaled/deleted files on server
If someone tries to uninstall a file from the server or software how do we find out from the logs or history / delete files.
View ArticleSys Event Log keeps corrupting Server 2003 SP2
I have 2003 virtualized domain controller that continues to have a corrupted system event log. I stop the event log service, reboot, and then rename the system event log file to .old and everythig...
View ArticleTerminal server VS RDWEB
I currently have a win2k8 R2 SP1 RDweb server and it works pretty well. I usually have about 7 users on at one time. I have 24GB of ram assigned to it and 4 cores. This server is a Hyper-V VM. A while...
View ArticleMigrating Terminal Services to 2012
Hello, We are just about to migrate from server 08 to server 2012.. and none of our staff have used windows 8 or server 2012 with the metro interface, so I think they will probably freak out when they...
View Article2012 DFS Replication OS X ghost folder
We have created a new DFS replicated share on our 2012 servers and we are testing with a couple of mac clients and are seeing a strange issue. When the mac copies a folder to a share on one of the...
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Hi, How to configure dfs in windows 2008r2 Other windows2003r2, Pls guide by step also
View ArticleQuestion Regarding Non-FSMO Role DC Demotion - Will This Cause Issues?
Hello, I've got a few questions regarding the demotion of a Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise secondary DC server. The problem looks like this: DC1 - Holds all the FSMO roles and is a GC Server too....
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