Servers are doing too much - what to do?
Hey everyone, So I have been in my current position for about a year and the network that I came into definitely had some... issues, and still does in many areas. I have been slowly weeding through...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 domain controller IPV6
In Mix env. 1 windows 2003 DC and two windows 2008 R2 DC (Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 R2 ) if we login to local DC and try to connect to local DC from AD Users and Computers it shows unavailable...
View ArticleSlow Terminal Server
Hi everyone, I am trying to track down what is causing our TS to run slow. We have about 80 users connecting to it. It is in a central data center with fiber, and all of our users are at remote...
View ArticleUsing windows 2012 Virtual Disks?
We have a mix of IBM SAN storage - a few iSCSI DS3300's and an old FastT700 FC. Using ESXi we boot from SAN on the FastT The Host machine sees the available LUN's and we create vDisks per guest. This...
View ArticleDFS-R on.How do I make the 2nd server a file share/print/other fail-over?
Two separate servers, identical. Primary=Chicago, Secondary=Omaha. Both located in the same building in Minneapolis, actually. Server 2008R2 on both. Both have a 250GB system drive (C:) and a 8TB file...
View ArticleWindows 7 hangs saving to Windows 2008 R2 network share
At one of our Branch offices we have started seeing a problem where when a user attempts to copy a large file from their PC to a network share on their office 2008 r2 server, it will hang. It also...
View ArticleServer 2003 WIAK can't catalog any .wim
So I'm trying to migrate our current WDS from our current 2008 server to a repurposed 2003 box. After a fresh install of everything I'm getting an error when cataloging the .wim files that I moved...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 File share not accessible by laptop.
Hello, I have an odd one for you guys. I have a Lenovo T420 laptop (Work Domain, but a local account active with full admin rights) that is unable to access a dedicated Windows Server 2012 file share....
View ArticleLooking for instructions on Setting up Server 2012 RDS
I'm looking to setup RDS for one of my 2012 Servers. My first purpose for this would be to set it up so I can publish specific RDS sessions for users. I'd like to try this as a method to gain access...
View ArticleHow to prevent user seeing other User Folders name?
I have a Folder Redirection at: \\DC2\Homes\ Users cant access to any other folder in \\DC2\Homes\ but can access to their own folder. However, how to prevent users seeing other users folder name in...
View Articletwo forests - same LAN - different ip subnets, is this possible?
hi spiceheads, so i am in the need to setup a 2nd forest which will sit on our production LAN until it's moved to the client site. Is this possible? The new forest will be in a different ip range...
View ArticleHow to export User Authentication log from Windows server 2008 RE
I want to export out the user authentication log from my WS 2008 to see what is the error or what happen when something get rejected by my AD server or radius server unable to send the certificate...
View ArticleUPS software failing to run batch file on server 2012 when logged out
I have Riello UPS PowerShield (UPSMon) installed on Server 2012. In the event of a power failure UPSMon runs a script (Windows batch file) and then shuts down the server. However, the script only runs...
View ArticleDistributedCom error
Hi I'm getting a load of Event 10009 DistributedCom errors in the event log of an SBS2008 server. DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer %computername% using any of the configured protocols....
View ArticleGPO Settings to add columns to folder view
Hi All, just to see if anyone has come across this before , i have searched through GPO's and cant find a settings, what i want to do is add the Comments column to all users default view when they...
View ArticlePrinting Through Rdp to local client printer
Hi i have an issue of Printing from Remote desktop to local printer. any suggested answers please i have configured TS license im using WIN SERVER 2008 X64BIT. The local Printer on the local machine...
View ArticleAudit file deletion/moving on domain contr 4 last week. Send to txt file possib?
We have a shared drive on a hard drive (not system drive) on the domain controller. Someone keeps moving and/or deleting things and we want to know who. I have turned on auditing for file/folder...
View ArticleBasic DFS Help with setup.
Hello all. I have been trying unsuccessfully to setup DFS on a new server. I am migrating my Server 2003 file server to a Windows Server 2008 R2 file server. I am also trying to setup DFS (on the R2...
View Articleany issues running windows 8.1 in a server 2008r2 environment
Hello, We are at a point where it is time to refresh our workstation hardware which are all currently running Win 7 enterprise. As you know, most everything comes with 8.1 now but we can get...
View ArticleMy Documents Redirection frd*.tmp Files
I'm having an issue that's affecting probably around 30% of my users where the folder created on the server contains several frd*.tmp files instead of the actual files. So for the other 70% of users...
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