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i 1 of customers running windows 2008 small business server. windows update contant folders had been correctly moved away c drive after installation of server (wsus content). folder 8 gb big (small network, 8 computers). susdb.mdf file however, still on c drive , whopping 15.1 gb big. believe not according plan. have done server cleanup through specific wsus interface, biggest chunk hangs. can do? none of suggestions found have worked. kind regards, wouter pinkhof wouter pinkhof pinkh bvba, pc-hulp.com hi, how move wsus content , database files different volume windows server essentials , small business server: http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2009/09/23/how-to-move-wsus-content-and-database-files-to-a-different-partition.aspx regards, clarence please remember click “mark answer” on post helps you, , click “unmark answer” if marked post not answer question. can beneficial other community members reading thread. ...

i trying setup failover clustering on 2 windows 2008 r2 enterprise boxes. validates fine initially, , installs fine well, when go validate cluster, continually gives me error in "validate service principal name" section: validate service principal name exists network name resources have kerberos enabled.     validating service principal names name: ev-sdhpccluster.        error occurred while executing test.        there no such object on server i have looked on dc , there object there given name. does have idea why happen? thanks, matt can see error in event logs? Windows Server  >  High Availability (Clustering)

hi we have 2003 standard primary , same secondary. the secondary has fallen on in big way remove domain entirely. how? thank you daren check this: http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm with kind regards krystian zieja http://www.projectnenvision.com follow me on twitter my blog Windows Server  >  Directory Services

i have read other threads issue discussed. experiencing problem: have 2 windows server 2008 terminal server test environments: environment 1 (physical) 1 x w2k8 terminal server (session broker) 2 x w2k8 terminal server (remotapp hosting) environment 2 (virtual) 1 x w2k8 terminal server (session broker) 2 x w2k8 terminal server (remotapp hosting) both environments configured identically far can see. using work station (xp sp3) run remoteapps 2 test environments (my work station on different domain both environments). can connect environment 1 apps no problem when connect envorinment 2 apps have authenticate 3 times. accept multiple logons if experience consistent @ loss explain difference in behaviour. have ideas? btw... 'always prompt password' option not checked on of servers. hi, what virtualisation environment using (vmware, hyper-v etc)? all our ts running in hyper-v , i am experiencing double-login issue blaming on session redirection session broker load-...

dear all, i setting testing enviornment @ office , using 2 hyperv servers. connect vm's both server. example, setting contoso.com domain. 1 hyperv server contains dc,adc , adc's of different sites having different ip schema each site. communication purpose have installed 1 xp machine having 4 network adapters , gave different ip's communcate sites. now on server install 2 more adc's , exchange server , 1 xp machine communication.a and connect 2 of these hyperv server each other. my 2 servers having ip 172.30.84.21 , 172.30.84.50 , set testing enviornment in 192.168.2.0/24. how ??? regards, nilesh hi nilesh, thanks posting here. after reading post understand want vms @ 2 physical isolated hyper-v servers connect each other going through 2 xp vms physical nic attached on both hyper-v hosts . issue facing routing configurations , if misunderstand please let me know . 172.30.82.0/24            ...

i have rds farm select users running app session, use following gpo: http://i.imgur.com/dakpw76.jpg this works great, however, want on screen keyboard load well... setting disables login scripts have tried.  hi, thank posting in windows server forum. sorry disappoint you, per research there no default path set users display on-screen keyboard. need start manually or need develop script start on logon. developing script or program, suggest contact our msdn forum. hope helps! thanks. dharmesh solanki Windows Server  >  Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services)

hi, my win 2003 server resynching after restarts, happening every time restart server, had run chkdsk on drive shows error last time resarted, showing error on other drive now, takes lot of time resync raid 5 pls help...   sudhir mirajkar hi, whether resync finished before reboot? if so, please check disk management see if there failed disk after reboot. please let know situation of disk. shaon shan |technet subscriber support in forum |if have feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Windows Server  >  File Services and Storage

hello everybody, i want grant user access hyper-v host use some hosted virtual machines without adding him administrators group. is possible grant access specific virtual machines? both user , hyper-v host in same domain. regards, simon what version of hyper-v host it?  if 2008/r2 can use azman http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd283030(v=ws.10).aspx http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2323.hyper-v-delegate-access-control-and-management.aspx looks can use azman in 2012 have check if lab environment agrees trying :-) Windows Server  >  Hyper-V

hi i have application needs check members of group in ad. we have multiple domains in our forest. forest root kam.com, , have eu.kam.com, usa.kam.com , japan.kam.com within each domain, there ad sites each country, , users, computers or groups ou. i have created new ou named financeapp well, under root. currently, there security group in:  eu.kam.com > germany > groups named sg-sec1. i move to: eu.kam.com > financeapp > groups the application set sec1 in:  cn=sg-sec1, ou=groups, ou=germany, dc=eu, dc=kam, dc=com i guess when move group, need change to: cn=sg-sec1, ou=groups, ou=financeapp, dc=eu, dc=kam, dc=com means everytime move group in ad, application needs reconfigured. there way can add 'wildcard' ldap query , search under eu.kam.com, or not performance reasons? thanks in advance specify "smallest" base distinguished name of search give result looking for. sounds should domain in case. if use samaccountname of group as search criteria, perfo...

i need test if file has been updated within last few days (it's updated monthly) , proceed if so, error if hasn't been updated. i used following check if file has been updated: get-item c:\temp\junk.txt | where{$_.lastwritetime -gt (get-date).adddays(-7)} it returns file: but couldn't work in if/else statement, tried test-path: $path = "c:\temp\junk.txt" if(test-path -path $path | where{$_.lastwritetime -gt (get-date).adddays(-7)}) { "file exists" } else {“no file” } although returns "no file". idea i'm doing wrong??     -al h hi, here's how i'd that: if ((get-item c:\temp\junk.txt).lastwritetime -gt (get-date).adddays(-7)) { write-output 'less 7' } else { write-output 'too old' } don't retire technet! - (don't give yet - 13,085+ strong , growing) Windows Server ...

good day 4all i want set internet explorer (ver. 8) default search provider group policy on 1 users ou try write adm template based on http://pastebin.com/3sakmqkg didnt work its terminal servers's users. win 2008 r2 enterprise terminal services role domain: win 2003 native, controllers: windows 2008 x64 sp2 & win 2003 x64 r2 so, have gpo:               - 1 homepage users @ ou               - hide task bar users "server manager", "powershell"               - limit ie cache size each user (4example 20 mb) thanx hi, thanks posting. > - 1 homepage users @ ou gpo\user configuration\windows settings\internet explorer maintenance\urls\important urls\home page url: > - hide task bar users "server manager", "powershell" ...

so have script that connects domain , find servers puts servers array called $servers.  want add servers trusted hosts list (yeah yeah know there's more secure ways of doing this...)  next run foreach so: foreach ($machine in $servers) {set-item wsman:\localhost\client\trustedhosts -value $machine -concatenate -force} but following error: set-item : cannot convert 'system.object[]' type 'system.string' required parameter. specified method not supported. @ line:2 char:9 + set-item wsman:\localhost\client\trustedhosts -value $machine ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + categoryinfo : notspecified: (:) [set-item], invalidoperationexception + fullyqualifiederrorid : system.invalidoperationexception,microsoft.powershell.commands.setitemcommand its got me stumped because had working fine before cant work out whats wrong.  when create array , pipe object in get-member system.string ...

good day, in our company have ad dc installed on windws server 2008 enterprise 64bit in addition dns , dhcp , exchange server 2007. now bought licensed windows server 2008 r2 standard 64bit and need identical previous 1 , need replace old 1 new one. i tried follwoing : 1 - installed windows server 2008 r2 standard on new machine , used dcpromo add sever domain additional dc. 2 - installed exchange server 2007 sp3 3 - used ntdsutil.exe move 5 roles 4 - move 1 mailbox test. everything worked fine till disconnected main dc , exchnage server stopped , , when i tried login using new user account  message showed " ....no login servers available ..." i dont know problem ! , although moved 5 roles new dc still needs main dc up. i also installed dhcp , clinet not getting domain name "connection-specific dns suffix" regardless recommendations not installing exchange on dc , moving in wrong direction ? recommend better solution ? ...

cual seria la mejor opcion para trabajar en un servidor windows server 2003 r2 edition standar, las opciones son grupo de trabajo y trabajar bajo un dominio. el numero de usurios sera un maximo de 20. ademas cuales serian las ventajas y desventajas de cada sistema de trabajo. de antemano agradecere cualquier comentario que expresen.   hola cielab, microsoft tiene un muy buen documento donde se explican las ventajas de ad para las pequeñas empresas. te recomiendo que lo leas, te puede servir para elaborarte un criterio firme para tu elección. el documento, pero, está solo en inglés. active directory benefits smaller enterprises suerte check qualifications here . check blog here . Windows Server  >  Administración de servidor ...

hey guys, i'm new forum , need configuring router ts-web.   basically have set iis 7.5 on 1 of work machines , allowed windows desktop remote access on every machine in office. can go localip/theport/tsweb/default.htm , in server box on ts-web can type in local ip address of machine in office , log straight in.   the bit i'm stuck on setting wan, have draytek vigor router , had set port forwarding. ts-web web port redirects machine hosting iis externalip/theport/ts-web/default.htm can view ts-web page. thing connect 1 machine in office @ time , that's machine forward 3389 port too. if forward port 192.168.1.10 router can enter ip in server box on ts-web , connect it. know possible set outside office , can view ts-web page , enter local ip address in office , connect machine.   have ideas? thanks hi, do have server 2008 r2 (or server 2008 non-r2) in environment?  if yes, can make work by installing rd/ts gateway server manager, forward tcp p...

hi, i read emails of members existing in specific distribution group (group1). able read members of specific distribution group when add distribution group (group2) under group1 distribution group not able read members of group2. is there way read emails of distribution groups recursively? i using mapi within powershell. raghum get-adgroupmember mygroup -recurse help get-adgroupmember -full \_(ツ)_/ Windows Server  >  Windows PowerShell

where lan driver win 2008 standard sever r2 on intel dh61ww motherboard ? http://downloadcenter.intel.com/searchresult.aspx?lang=eng&productfamily=desktop+boards&productline=intel%c2%ae+6+series+chipset+boards&productproduct=intel%c2%ae+desktop+board+dh61ww according intel statement, no support of server operating system available desktop operatiing systems. horever, guess can use safely drivers windows 7 64bit. start chipset driver, graphic card driver etc. regards milos Windows Server  >  Windows Server General Forum

i apologise. i'm sure have been asked before... i have xp clients need access remote applications on served on windows 2008 r2. have configured web page use integrated authentication, users able see apps available them without logging on, have enter their username , password when select 1 of the remote apps. is there way of configuring remote hosted application use integrated authentication too? thanks in advance assistance. thanks, stuart make user of web single sign-on feature in windows 2008 r2. introducing web single sign-on remoteapp , desktop connections http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2009/08/11/introducing-web-single-sign-on-for-remoteapp-and-desktop-connections.aspx     ts remoteapp step-by-step guide http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730673%28v=ws.10%29.aspx  sachin gadhave Windows Server ...

i have 2008 x64 r2 hyper-v installed. i using single built in gb nic (realtek 8111c chipset) , after using manufacturer drivers server 2008 recognize nic , works fine. as first test configured new virtual image , loaded sbs 2003 r2 , surprise nic card not recognized.  did research , did not find server 2003 listed supported os neither server 2008. this leads me questions.  host drivers need support virtual or virtual need it's own set of drivers?  , know if can nic have work sbs 1003 virtual? thanks in advance... the operating systems run within virtual machines need nic drivers provided integration components (these referred vmadditions under virtualpc , server, or vmtools under other vendors). if give vm synthetic nic integration components required.  if give oyur vm legacy nic, there compatibile drivers included within windows os. you can install integration components hyper-v manager opening console of vm, select action -> insert integration services setup disk.  within op...

is defender able turned on when running essentials, cant turn on not sure why suggestions.?   hi  windows server 2012 r2(any version)  is not supportted os windows defender. check articles; https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff715412.aspx?f=255&mspperror=-2147217396 also can use system center endpoint protection; https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh508836.aspx Windows Server  >  Security

reported in windows 10 feedback hub wondering if here can recreate or has ideas. server 2016 tp4 core hyper-v guest clean installed 14295. nested hyper-v has been enabled enable-nestedvm.ps1 , checked get-nestedvirtstatus.ps1. hyper-v installed fine on guest. trying start guest gives error cannot start required service not started. looking; hv host service hyper-v guest service interface start stop, , in device manager; microsoft hyper-v virtual machine bus provider, windows cannot initialise device driver hardware. (code 37) request not supported. noticed configuration version of new vm in hyper-v on 14295 7.1 not sure if related. hyper-v works fine in 14295 on vmware guest processor extensions enabled. hyper-v server 2016 tp5 , guest windows 10 tp 104332 running nested hyper-v on guest fine. latest windows tp build working nested hyper-v on tp5. Windows Server ...

greetings all, sorry has been asked before. i have setup new sbs2011 server on company's corporate network. fine, looking insight--about 1/4 of our computers on network laptops, , of them go home user everyday. should setup laptops domain computers, ie 1 login rule them all, have login local accounts when @ home (which creates whole new local user profile) or set them workgroup computers , have enter credentials when accessing network resources? secure, convenient user? opinions? seems domain joined better option security , administration. users can logon off site cached domain credentials. sbs can ask them more on here. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/home?forum=smallbusinessserver       regards, dave patrick .... microsoft certified professional microsoft mvp [windows] disclaimer: posting provided "as is" no warranties or guarantees , , confers no rights. ...

hi, iam planning deploy windows server 2008 enterprise, 64-bit on hp dl380 g5 server 6x146gb scsi hard disks. comment of on 2 approaches: 1. use available hard disks as 1 logical drive configured raid 5, or 2. use first 2 hard disks as logical drive 1 configured raid1+0 , remaining hard disks logical drive 2 configured raid 5 my objective have redundancy/fail-over and the best performance i hard disks. i leaning towards option 2 as  raid1+0 faster than raid 5 still open suggestions. appreciate response. hello jadeemperor,   according experience, prefer option 2. performance consideration, raid1+0 faster raid 5. may use raid1+0 logical driver system driver , rest of 4 hard-disk raid-5 logical driver. kind of configuration, can ensure redundancy/fail-over , best performance.   hope helps. your potential. our passion. Windows Server  >  ...

hi,<o:p></o:p> i'm running ad domain windows server 2008 r2 domain , forest function level. domain present in different geographies around globe , notice unsupported operating systems added domain local support teams. can avoid activity using gpo? goal allow supported systems like, windows 2008, windows 2012, windows 7...  <o:p></o:p> thanks in advance !<o:p></o:p> fa<o:p></o:p> > can avoid activity using gpo? goal allow only > supported systems like, windows 2008, windows 2012, windows 7...   partially...   you can prevent users adding computers domain: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780195 (v=ws.10).aspx   you can quarantine new computers in lockdown ou: https://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/library/cc770619 (v=ws.10).aspx   you can not allow os versions , forbid others.   a funny approach maybe work: disable ntlm (enforce kerberos) ...

what best practice raid on domain controller? in process of setting domain controller , know best configuration raid? thanks dante 7 hi,   from problem description, noticed know best practice raid on domain controller.   based on research, noticed information below:   disk space recommendations   at minimum, domain controller requires available free disk space active directory database, active directory log files, sysvol, , operating system. use following guidelines determine how disk space allot active directory installation:   ·          on drive contain active directory database, ntds.dit, provide 0.4 gigabytes (gb) of storage each 1,000 users. example, forest 2 domains (domain a, domain b), 10,000 , 5,000 users respectively, provide minimum of 4 gb of disk space each domain controller hosts domain , minimum of 2 gb of disk space each domain controller hosts ...

hi there i'm testing out storage spaces direct in lab environment , have working how i'd want. i've extended virtual disk added additional disks servers in cluster, i've attempted extend 1 of disks in storage pool 60gb 100gb virtual disk showing operational status "incomplete" , get-physicaldisk reveals 60gb disk marked "lost communication" of course has because it's 100gb disk. friendlyname serialnumber canpool operationalstatus healthstatus usage size ------------ ------------ ------- ----------------- ------------ ----- ---- vmware virtual disk false ok healthy auto-select 40 gb vmware virtual sata hard drive 03000000000000000001 false ok healthy auto-select 40 gb vmware virtual sata hard drive 02000000000000000001 false ok healthy auto-select 40 gb vmware virtual ...

i building extensive continuously available file server environment.  setting users home directory's in location.  share folder permissions user , domain admin only.  login script contains path file share through.  working until pass weekend. noticed share configuration gone leaving folder unshared.  after re-sharing folder, path work \\physical host name\user folder name.  name not work failover.  path used prior today \\cafs server name\share name\user folder name.  log in script partially map \\cafs server name\share name.  server event log not indicate errors.  has worked folder sharing in cafs environment. most not run running home directories on scale out file server.  not recommended configuration.  sofs meant applications open files , keep them open extended periods of time, hyper-v , sql.  not meant general purpose file shares. you should not need create login script set things regular file share i...

from kb216805 : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216805 ras server uses dhcp lease ip addresses in blocks of 10 , stores them in registry. server leases additional addresses in blocks of 10 needed. number of addresses ras leases @ time configurable in registry: hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\services\remoteaccess\parameters\ip value name: initialaddresspoolsize data type: reg_dword default: 10 the initialaddresspoolsize registry entry not present when browsing registry. i added entry manually value of 1 had no effect when ras server (win 2000) re-leased ip's dhcp server. had restarted ras service before re-lease date. there other way of adjusting number of dhcp leases ras reserving? has else had success this? hi, thanks post. please check if "initialaddresspoolsize" registry key has been added correctly. also, please verify if registry key have effect after setting value other numbers. thanks, miles   ...

hello, bought windows server 2012 license, can use server 2012 std license key server 2012 std r2? no, cannot, different product (sku).       regards, dave patrick .... microsoft certified professional microsoft mvp [windows server] datacenter management disclaimer: posting provided "as is" no warranties or guarantees, , confers no rights. Windows Server  >  Windows Server 2012 General

i trying upgrade service pack 1 on server 2003 computer.  using database isntalled wsus ver. 3.  upgrade gets to configuring database part, , fails.  message appears is "there problem windows installer package.  program run part of setup did not finish expected.  contact support personnel or package vendor."  when check logs, did find error messages.  follows:   wsussetup.log 2008-04-03 09:20:31  error     mwussetup          installwsus: mwus installation failed (error 0x80070643: fatal error during installation.) 2008-04-03 09:20:32  error     mwussetup          cupgradedriver: erformsetup: wsus installation failed (error 0x80070643: fatal error during installation.) 2008-04-03 09:20:32  error     mwussetup          csetupdriver::launchsetup: setup failed (error 0x80070643: fatal error during installation.)   wsusca_080403_0909.log changed database context 'susdb'. msg 15401, level 11, state 1, server \\.\pipe\mssql$microsoft##ssee\sql\query , procedure s...

how update preview build of server window as pc settings not opening after installing desktop experience feature as pc settings minimized after opening hi sir , please refer link below: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows_tp-windows_install/how-to-10-tips-before-installing-the-latest/4fbec413-fed4-4a18-b1de-399a2d1e2a3a best regards elton ji we trying better understand customer views on social support experience, participation in interview project appreciated if have time. helping make community forums great place. Windows Server  >  Windows Server Technical Preview

greetings. i have windows server 2008 machine 2 ethernet interfaces. internal interface has static local area network address , works ipv4 only. second interface external, gets class-based ipv4 through provider's dhcp server , bound perform stateful autoconfiguration (in order obtain ipv6 address). typically dhcpv6 client unable request ipv6 address. @ point during os boot able address, still unable renew lease afterwards. careful analysis of ipv6 traffic has shown solicit messages external interface incorrect. "client information" extension contains mac-address of other, internal interface, in no way related external interface. provider's dhcpv6 correctly replies advertise message, silently discarded due mac-address mismatch. i appreciate or further information on case, i'm out of options. the dhcpv6 client , running. still, mac-address in "client information" extension stays incorrect. thus, seems address there has no effect on protocol i...

i can't mount new win 10 enterprise preview in hyper-v (win 8.1 pro).  what's story here?  i deleted , redownloaded , still doesn't work.  i downloaded regular win 10 preview , works fine.  any ideas here?  when start vm message iso format not supported in hyper-v. hi, i tried install windows 10 on hyper-v , got following error. after checking threads, noticed sparse attribute set downloaded image file technet evaluation center. i fix issue making copy of downloaded iso place, p attribute removed, , can install windows 10 on hyper-v gen 2 now. kate li technet community support Windows 10 Insider Preview  >  Windows 10 Insider Preview Setup and Installation

hi, ours small business company,we using windows 2008 r2 server  we want keep network securities in server specific sites particular  users only. for keeping securities settings  we gone group policy settings in sever ,in clicked on user configuration ->windows settings->policy based qos in policy based qos didn't find internet explorer in folder how can block specific websites in server specific users only. please out problem. sowmya. hi, i don't believe settings mentioned, can block internet web sites users or computers. settings used prioritize of critical business applications running high-quality performance , network doesn't become clogged by video straming , other of such applications. more information on link below: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj159288.aspx to filter internet traffic and/or urls need use either forefront tmg or other such products, offers feature. hope helps. regards, calin ...

i installed ternminal server cal licenses on terminal server license not being used. issued 0 under temporary license program being issued there.  why licenses being issued tempory pool , not volume license? hi, on 2008 r2 rdsh server, rd session host configuration (tsconfig.msc), please make sure licensing mode set match type of purchased rds cals have.  example, if own per user rds cals set licensing mode per user.  if using per user rds cals way see usage create per user usage report in rd licensing manager , export .csv file viewing in notepad. thanks. -tp Windows Server  >  Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services)

dear recently windows server 2003 os crashed due some reason , os not booting.so perform in place upgrade(repair) os os media , after sql server manager not display (green or red) @ task manager,also sql server not enterprise manager , other tabs not display in start menu-program files.but still services related sql working. in services service related sql workig.i able access database not able access sql server enterprise manager configuring database maintenance. can 1 me , guide me issue........ regards vijay   hi,   i suggest discussing issue in our sql server forum. should best resource deal it.   http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/category/sqlserver/   tim quan - msft   Windows Server  >  Windows Server General Foru...

hi, after restoring system state backup not able access shares on machine. have restored system sate on bdc here dcdiag report of problem server c:\documents , settings\administrator.cit\desktop>dcdiag.exe domain controller diagnosis performing initial setup:    done gathering initial info. doing initial required tests    testing server: default-first-site\matrix       starting test: connectivity          ......................... matrix passed test connectivity doing primary tests    testing server: default-first-site\matrix       starting test: replications          replication latency warning          error: expected notification link missing.          source jacana      ...

i using admt 3.1 migrate workstations new domain.  migrating fine except 1.  have vista machine keeps proucing following error: err2:7666 unable access server service on machine 'machinename.sourcedomain.local'.  make sure netlogon , workstation services running , can authenticate machine.  hr=0x800706ba. rpc server unavailable. the account using admt member of local administrators group.  netlogon running (i've stopped , restarted multiple times), of rpc services running.  there no "workstation" service listed.  workstation can see , talk both dc's. any suggestions? hi,   thanks post.   from description, understand error message stating “err2:7666 unable access server service on machine 'machinename.sourcedomain.local'.  make sure netlogon , workstation services running , can authenticate machine.  hr=0x800706ba. rpc server unavailable” received when using admt 3.1 migrate windows vista machine new domain.   this issue probably caused network ...