Server 2012 Failover Cluster (Hyper-V) NIC question
I have what should be a simple question for most people.I have a 2 node hyper-v failover cluster. On each physical server I grouped two NICs together for host management only. I called this team "Host...
View ArticleWindows 2012 RDS and Windows Store
Hi,I am experimenting with the new Windows 2010 RDS (shared sessions eg good old terminal services) and so far so good and I especially like the idea of user profile disks, however I have come accross...
View ArticleFailover Clustering with Hyper-V
Hello!Please tell me if I'm right that there's a substantial difference between a normal cluster (non-HyperV) and the cluster with Hyper-V. For example, when we configure a four-node cluster for MS SQL...
View ArticleRestore compressed file in compressed folder resulted with uncompressed file.
Can some confirm if restoring a compressed file and compressed folder works properly with the Azure Online Backup? According to our testing, both the compressed file and compressed folder became...
View ArticleIssue: Schedule defrag does not work on volumes of system disk in virtual...
Issue: Schedule defrag does not work on volumes of system disk in virtual machines Windows 7, Windows Server 2008R2 after import in Hyper-V Server 2012-based from Server 2008R2-based.There is no way to...
View ArticleProblems accessing local admin shares from xp_cmdshell
HiWhen I execute xp_cmdshell 'dir \\myserver\l$' I get an access denied response.I checked the account that the xp_cmdshell executes under using xp_cmdshell 'whoami' and this returns the domain service...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 CA will not allow Windows XP to autoenroll
I have a Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller with an Enterprise root CA installed. I have created a client authentication certificate template (2003 compatible). Domain Computers have Read, Enroll...
View ArticleGroup Policies don't apply (Reason Denied Empty)
Hello everybody. I would like to create group policy "Set Home Page."When I create and apply the policy, policy doesn't work.When I executed gpupdate /h gpresult.hmtl, the output of this file says:....
View ArticleCan DirectAccess work as a NAT to access the Internet
This is a basic question, but I can't find the answer anywhere:In my old WS2008 R1 Installation, I had one machine on the edge that acted as both my VPN and NAT. No problem.Now I'm trying to replace...
View ArticleServer 2012 additional drivers for Shared Printer greyed out
Having installed both the x64 and x86 HP Universal Printer drivers, I now want to ensure that a created shared printer uses both of these driver types so that I can share this out to both types of...
View ArticleRemoteapp "mstsc.exe" problem Windows Server 2012
Hi,I am running Remote Desktop Services on Windows 2012 and am experiencing issues with RemoteApp. A user is able to connect fine to a remote application via Work Resources. The problem occurs when the...
View ArticleBlock URLS with GPO in Windows Server 2012
I cant find "Security Zones and Content Ratings" section in Windows Server 2012, in order to block urls in internet explorer clients...Where can I do this with GPOs in Windows Server 2012?Thanks
View ArticleRDP Admin not listening on 3389
I have just installed 2012 standard onto a Dell R420 server (Broadcom NetExtreme NICs) and cannot get it to listen on 3389 for remote administration. So far:A netstat -a shows that the server doesn't...
View ArticleHow disable the Win 8 Start Menu style? and Any way to set back to basic...
I don't see any benefit of New Win8 Start Menu for developer, I have 3 screen run different appls; just move things around and add 1-2 new functions to claim a major change, it is not a significant...
View Articleserver 2012 standard as dc to a sbs2011
hi formI'm looking for a whitepaper for prepairing a sbs2011 (server 2008 r2) dc that I can add a server 2012 standard as second dcthx ronnyRonald Kopecky CEO KOMDAT - IT Kompetenzzentrum...
View ArticleLong boot time
two DC's with DNS services pointing on each other as primary DNS and on self as alternative DNSProblem: DC takes like 5+ min to apply settings on starts if second DC is downtried to set primary DNS on...
View ArticleHigh CPU usage for WMI and svchost
Hello, I have a brand new server with Windows 2012 pre-installed. I setup the HyperV role and there are a couple virtual machines running on it. I noticed that the CPU usage is constantly at about 30%...
View ArticleHow to recover domain when the primary domain controller failed and there are...
we are testing a disaster recovery idea simulating complete loss of all our servers and other hardware. we are testing by taking a backup of the PDC and restoring it onto a computer and isolating it...
View ArticleDirect Access SChannel error
Hi all, Windows server 2012, Direct Access installed.When a windows 8 client attempts to connect, the DA logs on the client show a pass for each of the addresses in the DTE list, but a fail for...
View Articlea two NIC server
If we have an domain joined server running an application that people need to access from Internet, is it better to NAT directly to a single internal IP address, or have IPs ( two NICs ), one in our...
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