Configuring IIS security and permissions?
I'll start by saying that I'm still in college and don't have too much experience so might need a bit of a dummies guide. I'm building a multi purpose home server running Windows Server 2012 R2. This...
View ArticleWhen can you not take the Server 2008 R2 MCSA exams anymore?
I'm talking about the 70-640, 70-642 and 70-646 exams that used to give you a MCITP SA cert, but now give you a MCSA for 2008 R2?
View Articlewindows 2008r2 standard Drive Space??
Have a windows 2008r2 standard where the c drive is getting full I have cleaned it up delete log files and tmp and moved programs etc...Its one big drive with a partion drive of 450gb for data I have...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 RDS web access
I am setting up remote desktop services in my lab environment but when I try to access the remoteapps from the web page https://servername/rdweb on a client machine I get the page with the logon...
View Articlecannot access baremetal recovery
I had a server 2008r2 box crash. I have the baremetal recovery from windows backup out on a network share. I just need to open the vhds it's created to get some data out of them.when i browse to...
View ArticleChild Domain
Dear Spiceheads,I am posting my friends question here. He want to setup a child domain in his company. Actually, they have one domain controller in company right now with windows 2003 installed (AD,...
View ArticleRemote Desktop Web Access
We are currently going through the steps of setting up RD Web Access on one of our servers.The requirements are that we are able to connect to the server from within the browser, this is where we are...
View ArticleBest way to setup Windows 2012 R2 Server? Should I virtualize it?
I am setting up a server for a small business. They are using it to run their software which access a SQL database, and they are using it for file sharing etc. They have about 7 users accessing the...
View ArticleLUN migration on SQL cluster
Hi there,I need to migrate my windows 2008 cluster to new LUNs.2 node clusterHosting SQL server[We are probably not going to use any tool.]Will I miss any data? Will I able to migrate QUORUM disk...
View ArticleChanging Server naming convention on network
Hi Guys,Just wanted to ask a quick question about the practicalities of changing server names on our existing company network.Basically, up until now they've been named after muppets characters,...
View ArticleAdding user to shared folder permissions causes Server 2003 R2 to hang/crash
I have a Server 2003 R2 File Server that hosts all the shared directories for an organization. I need to add a User to the permissions on a shared folder that contains Sage database files. I'm...
View ArticleMigrate 2012 vm to 2008
Hi, I need to know if it is possible to migrate 2012 hyper-v "clients" to a 2008 hyper-v setting... I have a target machine, but just recently found that the hardware manufacturer RAID controller is...
View ArticleCertificate request > Win 2008R2 (workgroup) > Certificate Enrollment Policy?
I'm trying to request a certificate from a Windows 2008 R2 server to replace the existing expired certifiate. The server is in the DMZ, not on a domain.It has IIS6. However, I do not see the usual...
View ArticleRemoving dfs namespace gives error "dfs_cluster: The cluster file share resource
We have a Microsoft cluster running on 2 Microsoft Server Enterprise 2008R2 Servers with the FileServices Roles (including DFS roles). We have 3 Standalone DFS namespaces (roots) which have been up...
View ArticleCompletely new Windows set-up
Hi, We are slowly moving away from our wonderful Mac set-up and need to make some plans to move to a completely new Windows server/client set-up. The new system will be built from scratch so we have...
View ArticleEnable Concurrent RDP Sessions only for specific users or RDP Connections
Windows 2008 Terminal Server. I need a particular user (only that user) to be able to login with multiple RDP sessions. I tried making a second connection for the user in RD Session Host Configuration...
View ArticleRemote hosted file strategy
I need to come up with a way for a customer to host files on our servers directly, this customer wants no local copy and wants to be able to access the remotely hosted files as if they were local. Any...
View ArticleDHCP lease issues
I have two DHCPs set up (windows08 server) with a range from 201-249 and each server has an exclusion of half the range. Everything seemed fine for awhile, but not I am getting event viewer warnings...
View ArticleHelp me open port 4118 on windows server 2003 R2. PLEASE HELP!
This is driving me crazy. If I click on the firewall I get a "Windows Firewall cannot run because another program or service is running that might use the network address translation component...
View ArticleWMI: "Socket Not Connected" when using Microsoft Assessment & Planning Toolkit
Greetings---I am currently assessing our environment with the Microsoft Assessment & Planning (MAP) Toolkit. Of our 100 or so servers, 7 have returned a WMI Status: Failed - Socket not connected...
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