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I can not activate my sound card on my laptop running WS08. It's an LG - LM70 - LG have no drivers, as I can't locate, specific for WS08, and the drivers/updates for Vista are not working (at least I am doing something wrong). Anyone has an idea on how to install the sound card?
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Hi, I have the following setup; ESX 3.5 update 3. VM Image Win2k8 Core server setup as AD, DNS, DHCP VM Image Win2k8 Full server setup with Exchange 2007 and Remote Management. Active Directory is set up and looks OK, as does DNS. I can contact both servers from my laptop by address and name. I have set up DHCP ipv4 as I have done for many other versions of Windows. The scope is active, the server has been authorised in AD. When I try to get an address, it thinks for about a minute and then tells me that there are no DHCP servers. The event log does not show much. I disabled the firewall on both machines, but still had to add a rule to enable the remote v…
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Anyone using it? I've read about it, but is there an advatage to using it? or not using it?
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Hi I have a question about creating a bootable DVD for the Windows 2008 operating system. In the past I have been using the NERO software to make bootable Windows CDs for other operating systems. I downloaded the Trial version of the Windows 2008 64 bit version which is about 2.5 GB. The issue that I have is that when I try to make a bootable DVD in Nero, it complains that one of the files is over 2 GB and will not allow a bootable ISO to be created. I am able to burn the DVD with the UDF file system, however, this is not bootable. I can not upgrade from an existing 32 bit operating system with the 64 bit Windows 2008. Can someone assist with the steps to c…
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hi @LL, i have $agreement in .php file this holds text which I need to edit but I can't find it. I tried: print print_r and var_dump but it only display the data and not where this is located. how to find where actual text from $agreement is located? thanks
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Hi everyone, I'm trying to do a clean install of a Windows 2008 Server Standard but I'm having a problem that I have not found on the net yet, so I'll try to explain here. I cannot drop any screenshots since I'm installing the new server on 3 HD's Raid5 in the same case as the one running a Win2003 server now. So I won't be able to try some manoeuvers too. Problem: The installation worked (RAID5), installed NIC driver and being able to connect to internet without problems. I installed the AD function and was trying to install the DNS server with dcpromo.exe. With our without 'the Advanced settings option', I can: - create new domain in new forest - type…
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Neighbor Discovery in IPv6 is the replacement for ARP, router discovery, and the redirect function in IP version 4. IPv6 nodes use a neighbor cache to store the MAC addresses of recently resolved IPv6 addresses, rather than an ARP cache. You can view neighbor cache in windows 2008,vista and win 7 with following command : netsh interface ipv4 show neighbors. http://yaghoob.spaces.live.com/
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Hello there, after hours of searching the web, i'll try here. Im a student of bioinformatics, and work at the university. Currently im trying to setup two windows server 2008 domain controllers. With the first one everything worked fine, but when i try to add the second server to the domain as an domaincontroller, i become following error at the end of the dcpromo wizard and the beginning of the setup: The computer could not join the domain (domain_name). "No mapping between account names and security ID's was done" Some information for you: Theres a hardware firewall configured and an dns server from the university net. Both DC's have update rights on this d…
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Hi all, I have installed WS08 on my laptop, and now trying to tweak it. The first issue I had was that I didn't have wifi as default. I solved that through server manager. The next thing I wanted was to have Aero. I added the feature, but after the reboot I can not start the Themes service. It's greyed out as if I am not an admin on the machine. I am in our domain admins group, and I have added that, as well as my specific domain/user to the admins group. Have also added to the power users group. But no change. I didn't try to log as local admin ( I am sure this will be ok, but why is it that I can't start the service?) Thanks
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when i remote desktop to the server running AD i am not able to run any .msc. it tells me "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permission to access the item" even though i log on as administrator. it does run if i right click and run it as administrator or add and run it by adding to mmc. i need help with this.
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Has anyone taken the Microsoft E-Learning Security Courses for Developers? Are they any good?
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Whenever we (administrators) reboot our Windows 2008 Server, we have to manually restart File Sharing. Is there anyway for that feature to remain "always on"? cheryl
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Hey, I've added the role of domain controller to my windows 2008. After the windows rebooted, my administartor's password in not working, getting a message of incorrect password. Any ideas? Thanks.
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TSZ Admin submitted a new resource: [plain]Windows Server 2008 Security Guide[/plain] - [plain]Windows Server 2008 Security Guide[/plain] Read more about this resource...
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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…
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . …
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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…
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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.
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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?
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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…
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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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