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I was trying to install Avira on windows server 2k8 r2 standard when I came across this online: http://expertester.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/windows-server-2008-as-superworkstation wrote: 1.) Start > Run > Regedit 2.) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlset > Control 3.) Now change the permissions of the folder ProductOptions > add your user account (for example Computername\Username) and deny yourself the read rights for the whole folder. Be careful not to deny the whole rights for all administrators or something like that (I tried that first cause of a black out and it leads to windows not being able to boot). 4.) Now you should be …

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ICTCity replied January 30, 201212 yr

Hi, I am very new to the windows server and am in the learning stages. I joined in the job recently as a Network Engineer and unfortunately the people who created the DC have left. The problem I face is that I need to provide or take away browsing privileges while maintaining the outlook services to a few users profiles existing on the Domain Controller. The users existing in the active directory control are members of groups such as _restricted, _limitedbrowsing, _no download. which have further been given permissions through group policies. But, this is the point I am getting lost. I am a novice, so if somebody is kind enough to guide me. Thank you

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ICTCity replied January 28, 201212 yr

Hello everyone, I am currently running windows server 2008 standard edition and having some issues with the VPN and IIS 7. First of all, they both work however, IIS 7 seems to stop working few minutes after I restart the server. I cannot seem to access it using my public IP such as "https://XX.XX.XX.XXX:443" (again, it will only work for the first 4 minutes, then stops working). I started getting this error after I installed "remote access and routing". When I uninstall VPN server, I can access IIS 7 anytime, it doesn't go down at all. Also, when I access my router page (I.E. 192.168.0.1), my server seems to display multiple internal IP such as 192.168.0.102 to 192.168…

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ICTCity replied January 28, 201212 yr

Hi can any one help how to switch between two mail server like one server for sending emails and the server for receiving emails and also how to the sending or receiving mail server leave a copy of that mail in other server.Is there a way to split emails in this method, If so can anyone help how to do this type of configurations. please do the needful..... thx in advance

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ICTCity replied January 28, 201212 yr

Hi I am new to setting up domains, and I have very little knowledge. I have been forced to set up a domain with

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ICTCity replied January 28, 201212 yr

running 2008 R2 with SQL server 2008 R2. we get non stop dictionary attacks on the sa password (not successful so far). the sql server port is open (when i turn the firewall ON even with the SQL port open our web applications do not work, so for now it will stay OFF). i enabled an incoming rule in local security policy under "windows firewall with advanced security" to "block the connection" for "all programs that meet the specified conditions" with "any" ports and in the "Scope" i enterred all the attackers IP addresses BOTH in local and remote IP addresses section (i tried "remote" first, but it didnt help, i tried "local" as well and it did not help) and it w…

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ICTCity replied January 28, 201212 yr

i am trying to install 2008 on a dell poweredge 2850 (64bit). i have the DVD. it wouldnt load up at start up. i created a floppy via: MKDIR A:\BOOT XCOPY /H C:\bootmgr A:\ REG SAVE HKLM\BCD00000000 A:\BOOT\BCD i get the following error (see image attached) i have a logical drive showing on the scsi adapter (i created a mirror 1 array)

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notshai replied January 24, 201212 yr

Hi guys. I'm trying to connect by RDP, at the same time, 3 users, but is not working. the system only allows 2 RDP at the same time. I've tried to configure the tsconfig.msc, regedit, gpedit.msc, gpmc.msc and at the end "gpupdate /force". Some one can give me some lights about this issue? do I have to install something more? Many thanks!

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ICTCity replied January 24, 201212 yr

Hello everyone! I'm basically new in managing Windows 2008 Server R2. I'm trying to open a port for a specific application in Windows Firewall (in domain group policies), so I create an "inbound rule" allowing traffic to the specific port. The problem is that the connection is not working. I disabled the firewall, I turn down the antivirus, and the connection is somehow blocked. When I run netstat -an and add the filter to show the "listening" ports, the port that I opened before in the inbound rules is not appearing. I tried with other ports and the results are the same. Any idea of what could be the problem? Thanks in advance!

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khalnayak replied January 23, 201212 yr

I am attempting to determine why I cannot access my home network in Windows 7 Professional. In accessing troubleshooting tools I get the message that the "Peer networking grouping service isn't running", I attempt to start this service and get the error code "Error 1068, the dependency service or group failed to start". Anyway to get past this? Continue reading...

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RobertWilliams replied January 23, 201212 yr

Hello @ll, ive the following (very strange) problem with our print server in our network: Some printjobs takes a very long time to leave the spooler print queue and finally reaches the printer. Therere are no errors in the logfiles, the workload is minimum, a restart of the printer doesnt help. On the printserver there were only drivers from one manufacturer installed (Kyocera). The problem is not repeatable and there are always other various models. It seems that something "blocked" the queues. OS: Windows 2008 R2 / numbers of printqueues: nearly 300 / number of different models: 26 / number of different printer drivers: 3. Maybe theres a chance to use th…

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Amon replied January 18, 201213 yr

Hi all Windows 2008 server newbie so please be gentle. Hope this is appropriate for this forum - if not, apologies. Have installed Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, no roles added yet, into an existing LAN of Win XP, Ubuntu server and Win 7 boxes. The Windows Server can access the Ubuntu server and XP boxes but not the Win 7 boxes. Suggestions please. TIA

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ChrisRChamberlain replied January 17, 201213 yr

Hi, I've been working on setting up a server at home and am running into some issues resolving DNS for my site. Im running windows server 2008 and have a split DNS setup. I have a DrayTek Vigor 2920n with 5 static IPs. Network config: - Internal Domain Controller - External Domain Controller - Read-Only external Domain Controller in DMZ on IP #2 - IIS Web Server on IP #3 with port forwarding for 80/443 All is working except DNS resolution. intodns.com reports that my RODC on IP #2 didn't respond (contains DNS entries for ns1 and ns2 for mydomain.com). I can ping IP #2 succesfully. If I get on the RODC VM I can ping out but can't browse (at first I couldn't eve…

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koga73 replied January 17, 201213 yr

A server I supported was 2003 and was setup so you could add a MAC address to DHCP reservation and it would block the Internet, but email and everything else still worked. A previous tech set this up, I inherited the customer when he left. This setup worked great. The server died, I replaced with a 2008 Standard Server. Is there a way to replicate the previous setup or something similar? I tried google, but didn't find much that would be helpful.

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Rick Kossoris replied January 16, 201213 yr

I'm going to be moving my companies Disaster Recover Domain Controller to a new facility and changing it's IP address this coming weekend and I've read there might be problems within AD from changing the IP of a Domain Controller. I've never had to change a DC's IP so I'm looking for any advice from anyone that has. Currently, one of my branches uses this DC to authenticate to...after the move and IP change, they should just authenticate to whichever DC they are nearest to right? What concerns should I have about changing the IP of this DC and is there anything specific I need to do in preparation for the change?

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ICTCity replied January 15, 201213 yr

Hello, I've just set up a server to act as a VPN server and I'm trying to use the SSTP VPN as the connection point. However, everytime I try to connect I get "error 800b0109 A certificate chain processed, but terminated in a root certificate which is not trusted by the trust provider.". I followed the setup/install guide by Thomas Shinder (windowssecurity.com) and Microsofts own instructions! So, I create my first VPN connection as PPTP (this works), I then got the certificate (http://{internal ip address}/certsrv/) and install it into "Trusted root certificates". I then change my VPN Connector (on windows 7) to SSTP and try to connect. Then I get the error! Can anyone…

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Mphilip replied January 15, 201213 yr

Dear all, I am very new to Windows 2008 server but I have an acceptable experience in the IT field so I can follow steps when needed :) I (will) have a server with raid 0 1 with a 2x 1TB HDD I am planning to install windows 2008 server. I went through some online readings about raid 0 and raid 1 Not much clear step by step how to (to me) to install any. My intention is "mirroring'. I read that Raid 0 improve performance. 1- Can I use configure both a raid 0 (improve performance) and a raid 1 (mirroring)? if so, how? 2- If not, any easy step by step how to to install Raid 1? P.S. A simple and maybe stupid question: is Raid configured before installing W…

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joedotm replied January 10, 201213 yr

My company fired the manager of a small location, and he left without providing the password to the only account with admin privileges. This might sound stupid, but with access to a guest account only, how can I disable/remove the old admin account and set up a new one? Any response will help. Thanks Continue reading...

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JJMM replied January 6, 201213 yr

I am having issues with my Windows server 2008 recognizing my Raid 5 array. The entire drive does not show up in the system at times. I have captured 3 screenshots of various states of the raid, including the log file and information. After reboot of the server, the drive is accessable sometimes and it shows up correctly in the raid array manager. Im not sure if its the raid controller failing, or multiple drive failures. (hopefully you can clearly read the screenshots, if not i'll link them elsewhere as full image) [ATTACH=full]186[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]187[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]188[/ATTACH]

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ICTCity replied January 6, 201213 yr

Hi, I have Windows 2008 Standard edition License. Now i have installed Windows 2008 R2 Standard edition inmy server. So should i need to purchase R2 license or my existing license will work? Please let me know. Thanks Arnab

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ICTCity replied January 4, 201213 yr