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I have 2008 setup as a workstation and everything seems to be working pretty well. Its definitely better than running Server 2003 as a workstation. But, I do have one outstanding problem. I setup a VPN to connect to my work network, which works, but every time I try to access a network resource it asks for my credentials. Even if I check the "save my password" option, it asks for my creds every time. A co-worker of mine is running Vista and has the same setup (VPNs into work a lot). He does not have this problem and can access any network resources without being asked for creds. He doesn't remember having to set any options to get this behavior. How can I get s…

Hi all, I'm very new to servers but I have managed to install Windows Server 2008. After installing AD Domain Service, DNS and DHCP where I set a statistic IP address for the server I cannot connect to internet. What info do You need to help me other then below? The following is the output when I used the command ipconfig: Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Server Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . …

Hi. I want to know how can I set an environment variable with the command line permanently and per user. After some searching, I found the "setx" command, but after a lot of experimentation, I never found something that REALLY works. Let me describe the actual reason I want to do that too - I have IIS7 running and PHP as CGI (I'm thinking of moving to FCGI, but the same problem would persist there anyway, so...) and I want to allow users to have their own php.ini. As by best security practices, PHP already runs in a different application pool with a different identity, and each user/identity already has appropriate rights on. So, in order to allow users to hav…

Hi, I am using windows 2008 Server and cannot play MPEG files in Windows Media PLayer. Please suggest me codecs/filters through whihc i can play MPEG files. I have to only use Windows Media PLayer.

When I choose to put the computer in Standby mode from the Turn Off Computer window the computer shuts down instead, and then when I start it up it goes into Standby mode. If that's followed by a Force Restart the computer starts up properly. Is it a hardware issue or a software issue? Everything seems to be fine in the Power Options control panel. Do you have a solution?

Hi all, I don't know if this is the right place to post this query but i thought id give it a go. I have Server 2008 enterprise installed on my home computer. Everything seemed to be going great (and still mostly is) but after configuring it with all the roles i wanted and other server apps i began experiencing noticeable and annoying lag when using it as a desktop! :mad: I know i'm probably going to get the expected comments like "what do you expect if you use a server OS as a desktop" and "of course it will lag with all the services you've installed" but i'm using it in this way because a friend recommended it and his system runs perfectly! There is no lag what…

Configuring a Windows 2008 Server for RADIUS Authentication? Need help. Thanks.

Hi, I have a windows 2008 server serving as DC, installed DNS everything is fine. Consider the domain name as corp.mydomain.com If I go to the command prompt and typed ping x, I'll get a reply from x.mydomain.com I feel that there is something wrong with it, what do you suggest ? please note that I had configured the ISP DNS as a forwarder. My dns "Zone Name" is 100% corp.mydomain.com and my primary server is servername.corp.mydomain.com and the responsible person is hostmaster.corp.mydomain.com, I do have 2 name servers servername1.corp.mydomain.com, servername2.corp.mydomain.com my zone type is active directory-integrated primary

Greetings.. My intention: Set up windows server 2008 as a stand alone server to share files and peripherals among computers on my network. To allow and deny access to various services to particular machines.set up groupings for users. What I have: Four windows xp professional desktops stations One windows vista laptop One eight port switch Cat 5 network cable already crimped.(i think in peer to peer mode. will check that out later). No internet connection yet. What I have done: Successfully installed windows server 2008 successfully installed dhcp server. after the server was installed i was unable to see what or who is connected and their ip address in …

I have setup a new Windows 2008 Server. I installed IIS7 on this box. What I find is that only port 80 is open, at least that's all I know about. I attempted to open port 9100 using: netsh firewall add portopening TCP 9100 VNC When I run: netsh firewall show state It shows that the port is open. But when I run a port scan utility I have on another machine it does not find that port 9100 is open. What steps do I take to get port 9100 open?

I have the server up an running. I installed AD, DNS, DHCP, Certificates, and IIS. However anytime i go to add a role now (WSUS or FTP) i get the same error code: Anyone else see this? Any suggestions on how to fix this? Log Name: Setup Source: Microsoft-Windows-ServerManager Date: 11/22/2008 11:10:07 PM Event ID: 1616 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: User: HARDLINE\Administrator Computer: netmanage.hardlinecomputing.net Description: Installation failed. Roles: Web Server (IIS) Error: Attempt to install FTP Management Console failed with error code 0x80070643. Fatal error during installation Error: Attempt to install FTP Server failed w…

I am completely new to Server 2008 (and this sort of thing in general), and I'm having some trouble. I'm trying to set up a share that is available to everyone on the network (wired or wireless) without forcing them to sign in (so guests will have access to it without resorting to a guest account. Security issues aside (nothing of real value will be stored here), is there an easy way to set this up? Alternatively, if this would allow malicious people a relatively easy backdoor into the rest of the system, how can I set up a general-use account for everyone to see the share? Thanks for the help.

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hello @LL i use subst command to create local disk G: of D:\folder1\ how to make it permanent? thanks

Hello I have a huge problem with my new windows server 2008. My Server is invisible to all other network clients, but can connect to all clients and to the internet. I tried to Ping, connect with rdp, connect to smb...nothing works. There is a small icon on the taskbar that says "connectionstate: unknown" if i open it, there is a wizard that tells me that there was no network found. (i don't now if that has something toto with my problem, but maybe) the other zstrange thing is that i am unable to start firewall, it tells me that a dependent service called BFE is not startet. if i try to start this BFE service, there is an error: Error 5, Access Denied. i have…

My Server just work some hours per day, so I want to configure that the server go to after 1 hour to standby and after 3 hours to the hibernate Mode. If there are request on network the server should wake up. I tried to configure all with the "power options" and the command line tool "powercfg". Set the network card as "DEVICEENABLEWAKE". If the Server goes to the standby he starts him self directly and if the Server goes to hibernate mode you can wake him up on network. Does anyone know how to solve my problem?

I got Windows Server 2008 for free through my college and is registered in my name. All is legal. But...I copied the installation onto my DVD (because I had to download the ISO from MSDN Academic Alliance) and now my new Dell PowerEdge T100 will not recognize the CD. This Dell is fresh out of the box with nothing on it (no OS.) Anybody got any suggestions on how I can get my Windows Server 2008 installed?

hello @LL i use subst command to create local disk G: of D:\folder1\ how to make it permanent? thanks

Hi, i have installed an Windows 2008 Terminal Server and use RemoteApps. If i start an RemoteApp i see on the top-right Korner an Language Bar. I want to disable/hide this Language Bar for all Users. Does anybody know who i disable it? I searched a long time, but i dont find anything that help me. Much Help is available for Win2003 (disable ctfmon.exe etc.). But that seems not to be work with 2008 (ctfmon.exe is not loaded or i dont see it in task manager). I hope anybody can understand me and has an answer :-) Thanks

Hi I am adding a second sata to my board and I go to SERVER manager and under disk manager the drive is recocognized but options to format, partition, add drive letter is grayed out! Plz. any advice on this dilemma. The drive works fine on other machines. The sata channel should be okay too on board. :confused: