server 2012 and users on win7
I have 3 pc's on win7, new installs. Trying to attach to 2012 essentials server. Two pc's are ok, one keeps attaching to the old 2003sbs server. I have added the machines by name to the ad on the new...
View ArticleMultiple Offices: One Windows Server 2008
Hello everyone, Workstations in our current office are directly joined into domain for access to server files. Desktop and My documents on all workstations are also redirected. My company is opening a...
View Articleserver 2008 r2 standard user remote desktop can't use sites with activex addons
While logged into an rdp session in server 2008 r2 with ie10 as a regular user I can't load sites that use activex addons with ssl. While logged in as an administrator account I'm able to without any...
View ArticleStrange NTFS permssions behaviour
I seem to be falling into this weird loop of permission problems. We have a file server and everyone has their user share and their department share. All is working well. The permissions are set to...
View ArticleMigrating windows server 2003 file server VM to 2008R2 VM
hi, i have a windows server 2003 VM working as a file server and a print server. i want to migrate to server 2008R2 .. i read some threads talking about robocopy as the best free tool to do this. am...
View ArticleUpgrade Hyper-V Server 2012 Datacenter to Server 2012 R2?
So, I am running Hyper-V on Server 2012 Datacenter with about 5 virts and it is running just fantastic! Very pleased with this installation and server. I'm wondering if I should go ahead and upgrade...
View ArticleEvent 4625 Audit Failure
Hi, this error has recently started coming up in my logs and has me stumped. This is on a Server 2012 Standard install running as a VM under Hyper-V. It is a standard domain member server running the...
View ArticleHow do I prepare for my first server migration...ever.
Greetings to all, *This is not to be a detailed nor specific question. Just looking for pointers, tips, and what NOT to do. I will be engaged in an ongoing project for the next couple of days in a...
View ArticleHigh cpu usage with gpupdate.exe on servers running 2003
High have a few servers that are running Windows server 2003 that are experiencing high cpu usage. The suspect process is gpupdate. I have other server running server 2008 and there are no problems....
View ArticleWindows 2012 Server will not install updates
when you run the windows updates, it finds them and it starts to download, but it never completes the download so no updates ever get installed. I can manually download an update and then I manually...
View ArticleIs there a script to run that will identify large directories on our server?
Our primary domain controller is running Server 2008. Is there a script or some way of identifying large directories on the server? I would like to identify large roaming profiles and large home...
View ArticleServer Foundation 2012 and Remote Desktop
Hey everyone, I'm relatively new to the server realm, but I'm working on a project for my new company. We are a small non profit, and looking to upgrade our old Windows Server 2003 Server. The box is...
View Articlewuaueng.dll pegging CPU at 25% for about 15 minutes every hour.
I have a 2003r2 x32 server and an XP VM running in VMware ESXi 5.1u1 that once an hour or so pegs the CPU at 25%. After doing some investigation I've found that it's wuaueng.dll doing the pegging. If...
View ArticleFile Server Resource Manager
I am setting up a windows 2012 file server. It will just be used for hosting company files. I want to use the SMB advanced features for 2012. But the wizard says: "The selected profile is not...
View ArticleDFS does not like me. Please advise...
Hello all. Yesterday I built a new server 2008 R2 file server (serverB). I turned on DFS. The goal is to move everything from our Windows 2003 server (serverA) into a new folder location on the new...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 new install: SCVMM reporting "SCVMM Agent Service Not Found"
Howdy, all. Just completed a new install of Hyper-V 2012 on a new server. All updates are in place, necessary services (Multipath IO, Remote Management, Hyper-V Role, etc) all installed and updated....
View ArticleVolume Activation Technical Reference
From Microsoft:Quickly access information about KMS and MAK activation scenarios including registry settings, policy values, setup keys, and common activation error...
View ArticleGoodbye SBS 2003, Hello Server 2012 Standard
Hello, A friend works at a hotel, and has asked me to help them to migrate away from SBS 2003, a single server solution, to Server 2012 with a dual server fail-over cluster. Most of the details we're...
View ArticleDFS Naming Structure
Hello all. I have a couple thread about DFS right now but each one is a different topic - thus the different threads. I am attempting to setup DFS again. I understand the benefits of DFS, specifically...
View ArticleNLB on VMs in a Failover Cluster
I have a failover cluster setup in Windows Server. On that cluster I have RDS terminal server VMs that have thin clients connecting to them. I would like to use NLB so that if one of the RDS VMs...
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