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Roaming Profiles SID History

August 29, 2012, 6:46 am
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Hi All,

For background, we currently deploy Windows XP and Windows 7 clients in a 2008 Domain, across multiple geographical sites.

We have multiple core sites, and for performance, these host roaming profiles for users in the core site, and its surrounding smaller sites.

As such, a user working at site A has a profile path \\CoreSiteA\%username%

and a user at site B has a profile path \\CoreSiteB\%username%

Static TS / RDS profiles are not currently used.

The issue with multiple profile servers is that if the user changes job roles and goes to work at a new site, eg from A to B, and their profile path is changed, due to the SID history on the devices (server or user device) if they attempt to log onto a device they have previously logged onto, the device recalls the SID history that the user's profile is pointing at A, causing their profile to fail to load, and a temporary profile is loaded instead.

Has anyone else encountered this, or know of a suitable approach to resolve this?



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Is it possible to simply copy contents of the server hard drive to a new hard drive?

August 28, 2012, 10:54 pm
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A year ago I downloaded (from Microsoft) and installed Server 2008 R2 x64. Activation went OK and it was working fine for some time.
The problem is that the hard drive (new when installed) is defect.

I have to replace the hard drive and the question is:
Is it possible to copy contents of the entire hard drive (server - using the program to copy entire disk) to a new hard drive (the new one will replace the old one in the same computer) and then simply reactivate the server? Will this work?

System partition will be the same size, the data partition will be resized to a larger partition.

Or I have to install to another machine and then connect and transfer everything from the old one?

Thank you.


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Office 2010 Remote App connot open local and network units files

August 31, 2012, 3:31 am
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Hello everyone,

I installed a Terminal Service Server with Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard OS, updated with all service packs and windows update fixes into a data center of a customer of mine. The network infrastructure has another server with Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard OS, that acts as a DC server. All in virtualized environment.

On the network clients (all windows xp SP3 32 bit) I installed Office 2010 Applications (Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010 and Outlook 2010) as RemoteApp. Office is installed on the TS server, and it is a 64-bit app The MSI installation packages was created in manner of that the application Association, of office files, was changed and the RemoteApp became the default application for this type of files.

In addition, on each client the "Documents" folder is redirected to a share on the DC Server.

The problem is that, in exception of files in the "Document" Folder, all other files, that are on local client disk or on network units, cannot be open double clicking on their icon, getting the error "Remote App" The program << Program Name >> was not found. For assistance, contact your system administrator.

Searching on the internet I found some Fix microsoft such as:
KB2716163, KB2647401, KB2685893, KB2636613, suitable for Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2, and they was installed  on the TS Server. I install only the fix that OS allow me to install. But these fixes didn't resolve the problem, especially the KB2716163, which seemed to be the solution. 

Also, i supposed that the problem was windows xp. So I tried RemoteApp on a client with Windows 7 64 bit SP1 with all updates microsoft made, and Remote Desktop Client V. Part 7 and I installed the fix KB2647401 and KB2685893 . The result was always the same.

Any suggestion?
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Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Black Startup Screen / won't boot

March 12, 2011, 8:49 pm
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I recently installed Windows 2008 R2 SP1 and rebooted the server and it was fine and came back up as expected.  The Server is a HP BL460c.  I then downloaded and installed the latest Proliant Support Pack for the Blade and installed that and rebooted.  All was going good at this point.  I then downloaded the latest HP Firmware CD and ran that on the Server.  It ran without error then asked to reboot as normal after running the firmware CD.  However now the server will not boot.  It goes through the post part and then gives a quick 1-2 seconds of the startup progress bar of 2008 R2 then goes to a blank black screen.

The server still boots fine into safe mode and safe mode with networking, but will not do a normal boot.

I saw a KB that Microsoft has about a problem with Black Screen Startup problems.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981275

This seems like it may be my problem as it occured after a Firmware update.  However it also states that this was corrected in SP1 and therefore the system should already have the fix for this problem.  Is the info that I am reading about this hotfix being part of SP1 incorrect?  If so how do I get the server to boot now to install this hotfix since you can't install things in safe mode?

What steps should I take next?  Call HP support or Microsoft Support or just wipe and re-install?  This is 1 node out of a 6 node Cluster so I am hoping I don't have to re-install.

Thanks,

Dan

 

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Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog-ForwardingPlugin Event 107 while trying to send 2008 events to 2008 R2

August 30, 2012, 2:56 am
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Hey i am working on an issue within in source initiated Event Collection Environment.

The Collector is a 2008R2 Server (Domain Controller)

I configured Listeners, receiving Server and Accounts to be member of Event Collectors Group by GPO.

Then i created my Source initiated Subscription on my DC07 (W2K8R2)

Instantly the other 2K8R2 started with transfering their Events..... but the 2008s not?!?!?

They are able to reach the Server and to conenct to winrm (Tried by: winrm id /r:dc07.my-domain.local)

So i dived into the Eventlog (Eventlog-ForwardingPlugin) and there i found a Event 107

A subscription policy contains invalid configuration.  Description of policy is dc07.my-domain.local.

The subscription is streight forward created by GUI, so it might be, there Need to be set something to match W2K8/Vista requirements...

Also the Description in the Event Looks starnge to me, because i did not use a description....

So, here is the configuration.xml....

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Subscription xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2006/03/windows/events/subscription">
 <SubscriptionId>ServersCollection</SubscriptionId>
 <SubscriptionType>SourceInitiated</SubscriptionType>
 <Description></Description>
 <Enabled>true</Enabled>
 <Uri>http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wsman/1/windows/EventLog</Uri>
 <ConfigurationMode>MinLatency</ConfigurationMode>
 <Delivery Mode="Push">
  <Batching>
   <MaxLatencyTime>30000</MaxLatencyTime>
  </Batching>
  <PushSettings>
   <Heartbeat Interval="3600000"/>
  </PushSettings>
 </Delivery>
 <Query>
  <![CDATA[
<QueryList><Query Id="0"><Select Path="Application">*[System[(Level=1  or Level=2 or Level=3)]]</Select><Select Path="System">*[System[(Level=1  or Level=2 or Level=3)]]</Select></Query></QueryList>
  ]]>
 </Query>
 <ReadExistingEvents>false</ReadExistingEvents>
 <TransportName>HTTP</TransportName>
 <ContentFormat>RenderedText</ContentFormat>
 <Locale Language="en-US"/>
 <LogFile>ForwardedEvents</LogFile>
 <PublisherName>Microsoft-Windows-EventCollector</PublisherName>
 <AllowedSourceNonDomainComputers>
  <AllowedIssuerCAList>
  </AllowedIssuerCAList>
 </AllowedSourceNonDomainComputers>
 <AllowedSourceDomainComputers>O:NSG:BAD:P(A;;GA;;;S-1-5-21-507921405-1708537768-1630373619-4618)(A;;GA;;;S-1-5-21-507921405-1708537768-1630373619-5117)(A;;GA;;;S-1-5-21-507921405-1708537768-1630373619-6121)S:</AllowedSourceDomainComputers>
</Subscription>

Thanks for any hint!

Best regards

Chris

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Windows 2008 R2 Ent fresh install update error 9C48

April 10, 2012, 7:00 pm
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I have just done a fresh install of Windows 2008 R2.  I immediately ran updates and received the following error after some updates were done: "Code 9C48 Windows Update encountered an unknown error."  This error occured when trying to install the following update "Windows Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems".

I have tried to download and install IE9 manually and also tried to reinstall the OS and do updates again.  Nothing has worked.  Any suggestions?

Joseph Kejr

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Revoking Delegated tasks on sever 2008r2

September 3, 2012, 4:14 am
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Hi All,

I have delegated few basic tasks on 2008r2 AD on OU for testing purpose, Now I want to revoke  access give to that secuirty Group. How do I do that? please help me?

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2008 R2 cluster node disconnects after Event ID 50 & 56

September 3, 2012, 2:06 am
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Hi all,

I have a two node Windows 2008 R2 cluster running in an active/active configuration normally. The resources are both SQL instances.


Recently we've had node A hanging at the logon screen(no prompt for credentials shown). This usually leaves the one resource group stranded until we force a reboot of the server and this allows it to fail over. Today I've had the chance to look in to this further and have found that the cluster failure:


Cluster node 'Server-Node A' was removed from the active failover cluster membership. The Cluster service on this node may have stopped. This could also be due to the node having lost communication with other active nodes in the failover cluster. Run
 the Validate a Configuration wizard to check your network configuration. If the condition persists, check for hardware or software errors related to the network adapters on this node. Also check for failures in any other network components to which the node
 is connected such as hubs, switches, or bridges.

Is preceded by this in the System Event Log:


Log Name:      System
Source:        TermDD
Date:          31/08/2012 08:27:31
Event ID:      50
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Server-Node A
Description:
The RDP protocol component X.224 detected an error in the protocol stream and has disconnected the client.

I found the following KB - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2477176- regarding this message and have worked through it, but the main section that pertains to this error, certificate faults, doesn't seem to be the case here as those registry keys aren't there. I've also worked through the rest of the document and checked it against the other node's settings, but can't find anything out of place.


I'd really appreciate any help anyone can offer at this point as, for the time being, I'm out of fresh ideas.


Ash




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List open sessions multiple servers

September 3, 2012, 5:29 am
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Hi, I am from Spain, excuse my bad English

I have 52 Windows Servers in my Domain (2008 and 2003) as member servers

How i obtain, from DC, a list of what users have open sessions in all my servers (locally or RDP)?

This is because some admin users have bad practices and not close sessions after login and only block session

Thanks for all and excuse again my English

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windows 7 machines experiencing extremely slow shutdown

September 3, 2012, 6:13 am
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Hi,

I am experiencing a problem with one of my clients, all there Windows 7 machines struggle to shutdown when connected to the Windows server 2008 R2 domain. However when working not connected to the domain the machines shutdowns correctly

Site info:

Forest/ Domain level: Windows Server 2008 r2

Client has trust with another company, both sites are experiencing the problem

DCdiag results are fine, no errors.

Disabled the with to cache setting but still a problem.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. 

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Hyper-V Web Server Hardware Specification

August 29, 2012, 2:17 pm
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Hi 

I need some guidance on the hardware specification of a Hyper-v hosted web server.

I need to host a website totalling about 25mb with a maximum of 100 concurrent connections.

My questions is, what OS should I use, how much RAM do I need and what processor options should I go for? Surely there is a calculation I can use to find this information rather than over speccing the server just to be safe.

My assumption is 4GB of RAM would be suffice, but I need to confirm this along with CPU core requirements? 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Check other machines

September 2, 2012, 8:16 pm
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Hi,
Within the Windows network, how can I check the relevant client machine running in Win 7, is using any terminal service and is accessing any other remote machines there?

Many Thanks & Best Regards, Hua Min


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Powershell XML to CSV Backup Exec Logfiles

September 3, 2012, 7:35 am
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Hi,

in the future I will need to review our backup logfiles every week and preform a report.

The reporting function of backup exec doesn't seem to be useful, so I want to create a script that solves my problems.

The script should read the log files of the last XXX Days (interval var) and put the information into a *.csv file.

Is there any quick solution?

Please help

..next time we eat bacon

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Server config file

September 3, 2012, 7:38 am
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Can someone please help, I need to know where I can find a configuration file. This is for a windows server 2008 and I I need to provide a configuration file for a particular server.

Thank you in advance.

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time on server - clock loose 20 sec every min

September 1, 2012, 1:10 pm
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Hi :)

I have two physical SQL 2008 R2 cluster nodes on 2008 R2 SP1.

On one node only I have problem with time / clock. Aprox. every minute clock loose 20 sec.

Nodes are configured to sync with DOMHIER, ie. DC.

Second node does not have time problems.

I've made changes in w32time service, and put SpecialPollInterval for every 120 sec. If I put command w32tm /resync sometimes nothin's happen and sometimes time changes to be same as in DC but as I wrote after 1 minute clock loose 20 sec... and time skew from 4 to 8 minutes.

I will try to move instance to another node and reboot node to check time in BIOS but right now I can't figure why clock is slowing... :(

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Issue with windows scheduler. (WINDOWS SERVER 2003 R2). Two or more scheduled jobs calling an executable at the same time.

September 3, 2012, 8:33 am
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Hi,

I already posted this issue in a wrong forum in the same site. :(  hope this is the correct general forum for windows servers.

ISSUE:

I have some windows scheduled jobs in windows server 2003 R2.

Among which 3 jobs call the same executable file, and all these 3 jobs have been scheduled at same time (i.e. runs every one hour).

What i have been noticing in the log file for these 3 jobs is, the job runs merely for few seconds , when i check in depth i found that the jobs just start and end without performing what it was intended to do.

The jobs other than these 3 seems to work fine.

But if i right click on these 3 jobs and select run, it runs perfectly.

My doubts,

1. is it because all the three jobs call the same executable file at same time.?

if yes, what are the conditions/parameters which must be checked/changed, if 3 jobs must be scheduled at same time calling same executable?

2. what could be the root cause of jobs not running automatically as expected?

3. is there any other way to perform the above requirement?

if i change the scheduled time, i.e. all 3 jobs scheduled at different time interval, then the jobs seems to run fine.

But i dont want to do that, since the requirement is to schedule all 3 jobs same time.

Please help on this issue,  i'm new to windows scheduler.

Thank you,

Billy. 


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Server goes offline after 5pm local time for 5min everyday .

April 10, 2011, 10:26 pm
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Hi all,

     Sorry I was unable to respond to my previous posts as I was away in a place where there was no internet access. Got to travel quite some distance to the nearest cafe. Anyways, thanks for the replies. :)

     Coming to the point... A friend of mine started facing a problem recently. He's unable to access the server for 5 min or so between 17:00 & 18:00 local time everyday. Or should I say, he loses the server connection while he's working on the server; the guy & his colleagues do their stuff on the server. His colleagues also face the same problem at around the same time. This happens only in that 1 hour.

     I checked up the event logs for that time period & found no errors/warnings. In fact, the logs were very clean. Weird I must say. NTP's perfect. No other services run during that time. Server backup happens, but that's from 21:00 to 06:00 the next day.

Any ideas guys? Their LAN has 17 Win 7 Pro's & 3 Win XP Pro's with 1 server running Server 2003 Enterprise.

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User account locked out issue randomly.

September 5, 2012, 6:07 pm
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My manager got issue with his user account locked out every random time so i have to unlock it every now and then.

what is the best way to troubleshoot this issue ?

/* Server Support Specialist */

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Windows 2003 update failure

September 5, 2012, 8:57 pm
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Server windows 2003 R2 enterprise edition x64

The server has successfully updated for years.  This month it won't.  The first atempt it gives Error Code: 0x80070002 .  I searched and found a fix for that and once that ran it still fails but with Error Code: 0x80246007 .  I searched and found a fix for that and once that ran it failed again with Error Code: 0x80070002.  I reran that fix and, yes you guessed it, it failed again with Error Code: 0x80246007.

Any ideas how to get out of this loop?

TBrennan

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extend partition in one step?

September 5, 2012, 8:01 pm
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i just know that we can extend partition in many complicated steps

but, yesterday, someone  told me that we can extend partition in one step

that's true, reliable, without data loss? 



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