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Hello, is it a good idea to use DFSR on Windows Server 2008 R2 for large folders (2000 users, a lot of files up to 20 GB per file). What about performance?

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ICTCity replied June 30, 201113 yr

hi I'm new in this forums .i have some problem with server 2008 . my problem are 1- i can't have remote access with normal user . means only admin users can use remote desktop. 2- i need to have simultaneous user (5 user for the moment) remote desktop connection . which version of CAL i have to buy and how i can install it thanks in advanance

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ICTCity replied June 28, 201113 yr

Hello, I will start this thread without giving all the information, I will fill it as necessary. We built a new server 2 months ago and we now use it. It's a normal PC box but it does have server hardware. There is one addition: OCZ Vertex 2 180GB which contains the database only. The OS is stored on a RAID1 of 500GB hard drives. This server runs Oracle 11G 64 bits. I'm an advanced PC user but I am not an IT professional. This new server was built following my recommendation because we had problems with the limited memory available in 32 bits. So here is the issue: We discovered 2 weeks ago that the server was rebooting unexpectedly and randomly. There is n…

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kensiko replied June 28, 201113 yr

I was wondering how I would apply a GPO to every user on my domain except a specific one...for instance, if I was to edit the Default Domain Policy - how to stop it affecting everyone. I know on 2003, I used to just deny the GPO to the specific user - but unsure of how to go about this on 2008? Help much appreciated

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fort78 replied June 27, 201113 yr

Hey there, I was wondering what the best way would be to stop users being able to log onto servers (either locally or remotely) - Obviously Domain Admin accounts etc can automatically do this, but I'd like to be able to control who can and who cannot log into the server...would this be a group membership based solution or something similar? Help much appreciated, R Green

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fort78 replied June 27, 201113 yr

Hi, I'm looking for an idea about implementing an idea as a project (1 month due) in a small lab. The project will be implemented by a single student. All ideas is appreciated

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ICTCity replied June 27, 201113 yr

In every classroom we have one printer. If a student logs on in classroom A, I want that they only can print from this printer. If they go to classroom B, they must only print from the printer in classroom B, ... Now I have set up A GPO, if they logon in -for example- classroom A, the printer of classroom A is added to their printers. If they go to classroom B, the printer of the classroom B is added to their printers, but the printer of classroom A is also in the list. That is what I want to prevent. How could I do that? thank

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ICTCity replied June 27, 201113 yr

Hi, I try to install Windows Small Business Server 2008. When i try that it fails to install i get a error (this error will be in the attachment). I tried different versions of Windows Small Business Server 2008, these versions i tried: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/nl-nl/details.aspx?FamilyID=537ac5b3-9ac2-4667-916b-99928bca9f70 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=537ac5b3-9ac2-4667-916b-99928bca9f70 (Windows Small Business Server 2011 gives same error) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/gg492833 As u can see they are all from Windows so that should be good i guess? I am trying to run it in a Virtual Machine with VMw…

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ICTCity replied June 27, 201113 yr

hello ill try to explain my problem i have a dedicated server with windows 2008 and i activated the firewall and also logs for all profiles but when i open my .log file after a ddos attack like UDP flood / TCP flood / distributed dns DOS ... etc i have no logs at all about this event. before i had a server using windows 2003 server and after any flood attack i can see the attack logs and block the ips / subnet of attacker (when it's possible using the ip security policies) i mean the windows 2008 firewall is not logging all the connections like the 2003's firewall. any idea ? thank you in advance peace

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ICTCity replied June 26, 201113 yr

Hi, I'm administrating a server 2008 r2 with apr. 20 user pc's. Our accounting software backs up to an external FTP site. If I back up directly from teh server, there is no problem i just connects and backs up directly. But if i try the same from one of the user pc's i get a time out and no back-up :-( What is wrong? Firewall is off on the user PC. I've tried to turn off the local virusprotection an still no luck. The server is setup with the default local policys. I've tried to look trough all settings on the server i could think of but i'm still kind of a newbie, and therefore a little scared of touching to much :-S The user PC's have no other problems connect…

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ICTCity replied June 23, 201113 yr

Hi! I recently had to rebuild my work PC and laptop from home. When I did, I now can't remote into work. I get an error message, "The computer that you are trying to connect to cannot be contacted. Verify that it is turned on, is awake, and is connected to the network." I have tried all that I know and I can't find the problem. I can connect to my work Exchange server just fine. I am running SBS 2008 at work, along with Windows 7 Pro on the PC and laptop. Any ideas? Thanks! Scott

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ICTCity replied June 23, 201113 yr

Hi all, I have installed 2008 trial in virtual box and having it blue screen on me when logging in the first time after creating the password, while the message preparing desktop and while some updates are installing. So i uninstalled the 4.0.8 version of vb and installed the 4.0.0 version and installed 2008 again it went though fine , but once a created another vm of 2008 and run it though it blue screened on me again and after about 4/5/6 times of trying to log in it finally went in saying windows has recovering from a unexpected error etc. When debugging the dumps i have got: Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe, Win32 error 0n2 *** WARNING:…

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Devx replied June 22, 201113 yr

Hi All! I am trying to learn how to effectively use Server 2008 and I am not going to school (too poor) nor do I work in the industry. I just want to learn a little bit about network administration and have chosen Server 2008 as my study tool. All I have are two "beginners" books, which are actually catered more for the intermediate user. Just in case anybody is reading and is looking to mentor me......here is a tidbit of info: I currently have installed 1. Virtualbox 2. Server 2008 twice (I want to see if I can set up two servers) 3. Windows 7 4. Windows XP My computer is running 4GB of Ram while the processing speed is at about 3Ghz. From what I un…

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ICTCity replied June 22, 201113 yr

I have a 2003 server and am able to connect an Apple laptop to it no problem but cannot seem to find out how to setup my new 2008R2 server to allow an Apple laptop to be able to do a Connect to Server to it. From what I can tell AFP is no longer available on the new server and it seems SMB is how to go but how do I enable it on my server so my Apple users can access their data? Thanks.

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ICTCity replied June 21, 201113 yr

I have an application written in vb6 that connects to an access database using dao 3.6 i have just installed this application on windows server 2008 64bit machine. The problem i am facing is that sometimes it takes too much time executing an sql statement that usually executes in milliseconds.

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ICTCity replied June 21, 201113 yr

Ok hi, so i just installed windows server 2008 R2, its on a seperate partition to my XP installation. The problem is, when server 3008 boots, its grey and everything is classic looking, like old style start menu, and everything is old style grey like some windows services havnt loaded or something? The XP and server installations are on seperate hard drives. Do i need Windows 7 installes and install server 2008 over it, or is windows server 2008 R2 completely stand alone? There are also more issues relating to hardware, one or two wireless lan card wont enable. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!!

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ICTCity replied June 21, 201113 yr

Hello, I'm new here and already start up with a problem. I have installed Windows Server 2008RS 2 on a PC running an AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core CPU with 4GB RAM. The installation process worked like a charm, but the trouble started at configurating the server. During the first config. screen where the time zone and other tasks are set up, I clicked to set up my network configuration and there it started. The onboard network controller won't recieve an IP from the router (D-Link DIR 825). DHCP on the router is enabled. I've already tried to set up a static IP, enabled/disabled the Windows firewall, but nothing works. What am I doing wrong?

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ICTCity replied June 20, 201113 yr

Okay here is my layout and what I want to do, I have a windows server with two NIC's installed. One NIC is connected to my cable modem, the other NIC will be connected to my wireless router which in return will give access to the other computers in my home. However all is not simple, cannot get the router and the internet to play nicely together. RRAS installed but no link up between the two. How can i go about doing this? Also my main reason for doing such a thing is this, security, I want the server to scan all incoming outgoing requests, and scan for viruses and such. Basically an added layer. P.S. Router is a Dlink DIR-655 Extreme N Gigabit wireles…

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ICTCity replied June 19, 201113 yr

Hi all!! I have a problem with Event Viewer . In details : - I open Event Viewer ( Windows server 2008 R2 standart ) to safe all events that were during long performance test ( about 12 hours ) - Choose Windows log Application and set filter for current log ( Event level - errors, - warnings Custom time range - my test time ) - Try to Safe Filtered Log As And I have file with 1,583 kB size ( xml file ) It isnt contain all time range, only some hours. Also the same file size I get, even if the filter is installed for the entire period of time for which I have registered events. File with all events without any filter has size, for my example, about 21,000kB…

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ICTCity replied June 17, 201113 yr

Hi, I have recently bought a used Dell Power Edge 1950, with dual Quad core xeons and 32G of RAM, which came with standard on-board VGA card. Searched on dell site and found that nVidia Quadro NVS 290 can be used with server. So, bought one, inserted into one of the unused pci-e x8 slot and installed drivers. Device manager shows no problems, but there is no display from the graphics card. Dell does not allow to disable the onboard VGA card, I was wondering that windows should let me choose graphics card or at least if I could get display on to both the monitors. I have attached a screen shot of device manager and display properties. Please, help me out. Th…

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ICTCity replied June 17, 201113 yr

If I had a copy of Windows Server 2003 and a copy of Windows Server 2008 R2 and wanted to install and configure 2003 with AD/DNS and do an actual upgrade/migration TO 2008 could I do that from within a virtual environment? Crazy question I know, and I am assuming this could be done? Just want to be familiar with the the entire AD/DNS upgrade process/commands. The reality is that we are still on 2000 AD but I believe the best procedure would be to "stand-up" A 2003 machine first? Am I correct in saying that you cannot migrate from 2000 to 2008? Would this statement be true? " The best bet would be to convert the schema to Windows Server 2003 and then upgrade from 200…

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ICTCity replied June 16, 201113 yr