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Hello. I've got a weird routing problem that has me baffled. Any help would be appreciated. I've got 2 networks, A and B. Network A has a Windows Server 2008 machine P, and Network B has a Windows Server 2003 machine C. The two servers are setup to have a persistent Remote Access connection between them (using PPTP.) The VPN's connect fine, and almost everything works. Machine on Network A (including server P) can talk to any machines on network B. Any machine on network B, except for the server C, can talk to any machine on network A. But for some reason server C cannot talk to any machines on the remote network (including the remote VPN server). I can clear …
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Hello all, Is there a way to downgrade from Windows Server 2008 Datacenter to either Standard/Enterprise, without deleting the whole HDD?
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Hello all.. Im very new to server stuff, and having a few issues trying to get my drivers installed... I installed enterprise edition x64 and have two issues. (1) My Asus MB DVD will not auto run the installer, it acts like it tries to run but nothing ever comes up. I can also browse the DVD, run (as administrator) the auto run or setup files but again, nothing comes up. The only way I could get the unknown devices installed was to manually update each driver in device manager. Although all the unknown devices are gone now, Im worried that I may be missing something MB/chipset related that I cannot install since the setup is not working (the server is running slow a…
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I have Windows Server 2008 Routing and Remote Access set up as a NAT server. Clients drop occasional packets, and the server gives Destination Host Unreachable when I ping. I believe I have narrowed this problem down to the routing tables. It seems as though some old configurations are stuck in the Persistent Routes, and causing packet loss. I have restarted the server, but the persistent routes are still listed. My network is configured like this: Public IP T1 10.8.1.1 | 10.8.1.2 Adtran TA600 Router 172.16.1.254 | 172.16.1.1 Windows Server 2008 192.168.1.2 | 192.168.1.x Clients This is what happens when I ping from the server: ping google.com -n …
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A new file server was installed with windows server 2008 standard with Office 2007. The old file server used to be server 2003 with Office 2003. All office files were moved to the new server. Its a Windows server 2008 standard SP1 with Office 2007 SP1. clients logon via Terminal Services. It happens a lot that the server freezes/hangs when different files are opened e.g. with Office 2007 of Irfanview or another program. First I thought Office was the problem but it also happens when .jpg files are opened. I spend many days troubleshooting this issue but I can't find the source of this problem. So I hope anybody has a smart suggestion!!!
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Hi please help, Out of no where, i found my shadow copies are not working. I using windows 2008 server. please see below log. help needed alot , thanks! When create shadow copies, Failed to create shadow copy of volume d:\ Error 0x80042306: 0x80042306 Event id 28 volsnap The shadow copy of volume D: could not be created due to a failure in creating the necessary on disk structures. -------------------------------------------------------------- Event id 12289 VSS Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error DeviceIoControl(\\?\Volume{47779dad-9e28-11dd-84a6-806e6f6e6963} - 00000174,0x0053c008,0084F850,0,0084E848,4096,[0]). hr = 0x80070057. …
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Dear All, Please remember ...as the time went on, stale resource records became big and bigger....so please pay attention to scavenging fitur from our DNS Services.... I wrote about this process at my article on my blog. regards, Bobby Zulkarnain IT Trainer and Consultant bobby iskandar zulkarnain
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I'm running a new install of Server 2008 and setting up a completely new domain. When it asks for FQDN, I'm putting in mail.company.com since that is what we have in our current SBS2003 server. (before we had company.local and were getting rejected by some ISPs) At the beginning of the wizard, I thought I remember it asking my to name the domain, which I typed company.local However, at the end of the wizard, it sums up everything and says: "The new domain name is mail.company.com. This is also the name of the new forest" "The NetBIOS name of the domain is MAIL" We want our domain name to be company.local, any idea why it defaults the name to the FQD…
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Hello, I have the following problem. I have a server from the german STRATO AG hosting company, actually running WS WE 2008. Now, because I want to try the full Windows Server 2008 (I think its called the Standard version) i have the following problem: I only have remote desktop acces to the server and an extra remote console (via putty) to access the cmd shell if I have no remote desktop acces connection(for example if i deactivate it or made some other mistake) So my question is how can I install the new windows server 2008 edition to test it? My idea was, because I have 2 hard drives, move the setup files to hdd 2 and start the setup from remote desktop …
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Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (WFAS) is an exciting features of Windows Server 2008. Do you have any experiences with this feature? I have written an article about WFAS in Indonesian Language at my blog, here.:) Regards, Bobby Zulkarnain IT Technical Trainer and Consultant bobby iskandar zulkarnain
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Dear All, I've tried to explore the Qualitiy of Services of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, as seen on my blog, here. It just an ordinary articles. Does any of you have alot of experiences about how to manage network bandwidth by using Windows Quality of Service (QOS)? We can share experiences on this Windows Server 2008 features.... With warm regards, Bobby Zulkarnain IT Technical Trainer and Consultant bobby iskandar zulkarnain
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Does anyone know how to grant permissions to a user account to run a scheduled task under when that user has no explicit permissions on the Server 2008 box? I've tried granting the ID 'Logon as a batch job' rights but that doesn't do the trick. Jon
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It seems I cant get to backup other computers in my network...... Any clues to solve this?
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Hi, I have 2 DCs that are running Windows 2000 Server. Both have Windows Server SP4 and one has Exchange 2000 SP3 running on it. The one that has Exchange holds the schema FSMO role. I added a 3rd server to the domain running Windows Server 2008 as a member server and I wanted to make it a DC, so I tried running adprep/forestprep command on the server that is running Exchange and received this error: Adprep was unable to extend the schema. [status/Consequence] There is a schema conflict with Exchange 2000. The schema is not upgraded. [user Action] The schema conflict must be resolved before running adprep. Resolve the schema conflict, allow the change to replic…
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How well does it work to stream music and movies in my home network and when using itremote?
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I am currently in the process of setting up two identical 2008 terminal servers in our corporate network. One will be the primary server where up to 60 users (currently 20) will use Wyse S10 thin clients to be provided with a remote desktop experience. The other server is simply a mirrored backup in case of primary server failure. I have set up failover clustering, DFS replication, and Terminal services on both machines. I have installed an identical set of application for users to use as well. Both machines are IBM system x3650 with 32gb ram and 6 1TB drives (configured as 1 raid 0 1tb system drive and 1 raid 5 4tb storage drive). I plan to publish a few apps w…
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I'm getting so anoyed i'm trying to have everyones that logs on to our 2008 termnal server to have the classic small icons . I have set following group policy but it still doesn't work [ATTACH]31.IPB[/ATTACH] Any Ideas?????????????????
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I would like to install my system (Windows 2008 Server) on a FIbre Channel volume. I have 4 FibreChannel adapters (2x Qlogic 2340, 2x Qlogic 2310) with which I have been doing the tests. Now, there's no problem installing the system on an FC volume with 512 byte blocksize, but when I set up a 4 kB volume, the volume shows up in the installer and it's possible to create a partition, but it's not possible to format the volume with NTFS (the system freezes at that exact moment). The configuration is exactly the same as when trying the 512 byte blocksize. Anybody had the same problem? It doesn't seem to be connected to FC itself.. Any tips? Thanks in advance!
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Dears i am new, so hello to everybody. i have one problem on windows server 2008 enterprise edition when using terminal service in application mode. i must say that i am using a trial version of the O.S. i have installed several applications like Offce 2007, Adobe Reader, Adobe Photo Shop and.... . all my clients work with this system and they are satisfied but i do not know why each 2 days the server hangs (stops working) and nobody can logon to the server or even browse internet sites. i created .msi files for each application installed them on end user thin clients.
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I installed/configured Core Server 2008 for print services I am managing it via Print Manager from Vista. I have tried exporting/importing printers from a file as well as adding a driver (any driver) individually from the Add Driver wizard - all fail. The errors I am receiving are: "Unable to install [driver name] This Operation is not supported." Then: "Failed to add driver. Operation could not be completed (error 0x00000578)." I can add a TCP/IP printer port manually, just no printer drivers. I am logged in with a user account that has domain admin privileges and UAC is disabled I was able to install a print driver to the Windows 2008 Core print server on …
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We’re excited to introduce our newest theme — Horizon! We’ve been testing Horizon internally for some time and are now ready to test here on Meta so we can get your feedback on how to continue improving this theme. In this topic, we’ll share the goals behind Horizon and provide guidance for how to test and share your feedback with us. Getting to know Horizon Horizon is a simple, beautiful theme that aspires to become the new out-of-the-box experience for Discourse sites. Who is Horizon for? While we hope that Horizon is a great fit for many communities, we created Horizon with specific users in mind — non-technical admins and everyday members. Non-technical admins are community admins who have limited technical expertise and no access to design or development resources. They don’t have the resources or know-how to customize Discourse’s appearance to work best for their community, but still believe that Discourse is a great fit for their community. Everyday members fall somewhere in between the one-time visitor and the elite power user. They regularly read and post in the community, and are more likely to visit Discourse primarily (if not exclusively) from their phones. We are proud that Discourse is so flexible and customizable, we want to make sure Discourse remains a great option for all communities, regardless of technical expertise or resources. We created Horizon for admins that don’t have access to design or developer resources, but still want a great looking community that your members will love. What’s different about Horizon? While our Default theme is a relatively blank slate, Horizon is an opinionated theme. That means we have made certain choices about how Discourse looks and operates while using this theme in order to provide a great overall user experience for our target users (described above). Here are some changes you might notice: Topic cards are less information dense. The most noticeable feature of Horizon is the topic card. We have pruned out as much information as we can to keep the topic list looking clean and approachable. Certain information, like a more robust list of topic participants and topic tags, are not visible on the topic card. Horizon is not intended to support additional customizations. Because we’re targeting an audience that isn’t able or interested in customizing Discourse’s appearance or behavior, Horizon is not guaranteed to work well with all theme components or customizations. That said, we’ve tested Horizon against the most popular theme components and the incompatibilities we’ve found so far are minor. We’ll work to address those over time. For now, we do not recommend activating theme components with Horizon or adding your own customizations. Horizon includes new color palettes that admins can enable to give members greater control over their community experience. Once enabled through the admin Color Palette settings, members can select from one of six theme-specific color palettes for a custom look and feel. Larger text in the reading area. You’ll notice that Horizon’s reading area (i.e. topics) has slightly larger text than the rest of the interface text. We’re experimenting with this differentiated text size with the hope that it makes topics easier to read, while keeping less important text — like sidebar links — more minimal and less distracting. Testing and sharing your feedback You can check out Horizon on Meta using the theme switcher in the bottom of your sidebar: As you test here on Meta or in your own community, you may run into issues with the visual design or incompatibilities with certain theme components or customizations. When that happens, please let us know. Your feedback will help us improve Horizon so that we can begin making it available more broadly. Please note that we may not address all feedback that we receive at this time. That doesn’t mean your feedback is invalid or invaluable — it just means we want to continue to test a certain idea or design decision to better understand how it serves the needs of our target users. Known issues / work in progress areas Here are a few areas where we’re actively working: Improving the topic timeline design. Right now it’s a little wide, we’d like to make it more subtle so it takes up less visual space and demands less attention. Identifying areas where layouts and styles aren’t applying correctly. The invite screens are one area where there are minor visual discrepancies. We’ve made a lot of these fixes already, but please keep letting us know as you find areas where things don’t look quite right. Touching up color palettes to ensure accessibility. Horizon has a more streamlined color system (and has inspired some new color palettes, e.g. Lily, Clover, Royal, Marigold, etc.). We’re working on making sure Horizon is accessible and has the proper contrast in light and dark modes. 3 posts - 3 participants Read full topic -
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