Very small server for small office / domain controller / printers
I was wondering if anyone had experience with a small and cheap server for use at a small office to be used as the domain controller (dns, dhcp, etc) as well as printers. I would like a cheap but...
View ArticleServer 2003 Shares and Printers ??
Have client that the IT person left the job and the systems were left like this. 2 new servers with ESXI 5.1 on them one vm on each of them the vm is 2008r2 one is the main DC and the other is the...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 TechNet Library Documentation
Hello folks just wanted to share this document with the community. Found it to be a good read. This download is an Adobe® PDF of the entire contents of the Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 1st instal use GPT drive 0 partition 3:OS what this for?
New server Dell PowerEdge R720 and I am installing Server 2012 R2 first time. (NO Virtualization so dont suggest one, i know the benefit just not feasible now, just help me answer the questions...
View Articlenew server design
hey everyone... so i've been looking at options for our servers and i got the go ahead for a new cluster... looking for some ideas/comments on hardware choices... looking for a 2 node cluster setup...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Essentials - able to join another Forest?
Dear all, I'm not too familiar whether this can be done but here goes: Location 1: VPN Link via IPSEC to Location 2Windows 2012 Essentials as an ADLocation 2: VPN Link via IPSEC to Location 1Windows...
View Articleserver 2008 logoin error
i was using win server 2008 but after installing some applications when i restart the server it couldn't login to the domain, displaying "there are currently no log on servers available to service the...
View ArticleCorrupt local administrator account
I'm have a machine running server 2008 R2 and from what I can see the built in administrator account has become corrupt. I can't use it to login and attempting to change the password or even view...
View ArticleMoving My Documents Folder redirection
I currently have My Documents redirected to a file server I plan to decommission. Currently, it is basic redirection (redirect applies to everyone and to the same location) and I want to change this...
View ArticleHaving Home Folder on off-site server.
Just curious on the thought of this. I have all my home folders locally on the Domain Controller at my operations center. I'm considering moving them to the Domain controller at my main site where the...
View ArticleWork Folders
Has anyone heard of an ETA for the iOS and windows 7 support for Work Folder in server 2012 r2? they said it would be right after it was release but I haven't heard anything else on it.
View ArticleMicrosoft DFS stopped replicating
I have two DFS server running server1 and server2 I did some testing and copy something to server1 and it copy over to server2 I did some testing and copy something to server2 but it does not cop over...
View ArticleKids, before implementing DFS Replication with any sort of large data set...
Make sure you read this:http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2012/07/23/understanding-dfsr-dirty-unexpected-shutdown-recovery.aspx Long story short, if you have an unclean shutdown, there's a...
View ArticleCreating Mutlipe Vm Servers on a local Machine!
Hello,, I know this may seem dumb but i have a server(2012 standard). with a vm cluster(6 vm machines with under one group). I wanted to know how to create another cluster on the same server. We are...
View ArticleServer name changed wrong way, can't revert.
Hi all, I'm in need of help with the host name change on server. Its a DC built on Server 2003 R2, my colleague changed the computer name from computer properties instead of using netdom. Obviously it...
View ArticleMultiple Remote Desktop Sessions
Hello Good Spicers, I have a client who uses remote desktop sessions to access a terminal server that hosts specific software to perform daily functions. This client is wondering if there is a way to...
View ArticleWindows update service disabled but windows update enabled in GPO
I have enabled windows update both in the user and computer configuration via GPO on Windows 2008 R2 but on the PC the windows update service is disabled. I verfied GPO is pushed down successfully to...
View ArticleUser not able to connect to map folder via VPN connection (L2TP)
Hello everyone, So we have to temp office we open for about 4 reps and when they connect back to the office using VPN L2TP connection we are running into this problem we are not able to access the...
View ArticleI need to move SQL 2012, which is worse: a DC, or my Exchange 2010 box?
I only have three boxes that can run SQL 2012 and I'm re-purposing one of them. SQL is only used by our data guy to pull data from our cloud-based LOB system, massage it and and put it back (in...
View ArticleServer 2008r2 changing printer in application issue
I'm setting up a Xenapp 6.5 environment. I noticed an issue with printing that I first though was Citrix related, but now happens in RDP. When you run a report in our software with a default printer...
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