Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 & 2022 How To’s
This is the first of three tutorials explaining how to run a simple Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services environment. This is ideal for companies with less than (say) 20 concurrent users if you source good hardware. BACKGROUND: It used to be that all you need to do to get a Terminal Read more…
If you see the following error on your Server 2012 RD install: The Remote Desktop Connection Broker server could not enumerate the targets for the provider named NULL from the database. Pooled virtual desktop collection name: NULL Error: Logon to the database failed. you likely have either an old domain or Read more…
The difference is the scale of the Virtualization: REMOTE DESKTOP SESSION HOST: Traditional RDP, Terminal Services server providing access to programs and full desktops Example: Server 2012 with Word installed on it may be used by 10 (or more) people to run Word through a Terminal/Remote Desktop session . REMOTE Read more…
When you use Remote Desktop Connections you may see the following error: BITMAP DISK CACHE FAILURE: Your disk is full or the cache directory is missing or corrupted. Some bitmaps may not appear. You then have three real options: Do nothing. Your RDP session will function but will “lock up” Read more…
Assuming you are asking about NTFS formatted Windows Disk the answers are below Maximum disk size: 256 terabytes Maximum file size: 256 terabytes Maximum number of files on disk: 4,294,967,295 Maximum number of files in a single folder: 4,294,967,295 If you are using a FAT32 formatted disk (as most memory Read more…
I have found that if you try to install Server 2012 on a system with MORE than one hard disk that it will put the SYSTEM PARTITION on one disk and the load the operating system on the disk it is told to. This is not good for a few Read more…
There are several solutions to the error below, but in my case the issue was resolved after a simple WSUS > OPTIONS > SERVER CLEANUP. This was odd because I run the Server Cleanup Wizard with regularity. SYNCRONIZATION DETAILS > RESULT: THE ERROR TYPE IS UNKNOWN TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for ‘Microsoft.UpdateServices.ServerSyncWebServices.ServerSync.ServerSyncProxy’ threw Read more…
Well this is just as annoying as can be but it turns out to be pretty quick to resolve. If you reboot your client PC’s but find some software you pushed via Group Policy did not install, you likely are in Asyncronous Policy Processing Hell. First verify that the policy did make Read more…
The short answer is NO. I have called Bytecc, DLink, Silverstone, StarTech and others to confirm this is the case even on new PCIe 3.0 slots which provide 300 Watts of power. Most server slots are PCIe 2 which provide 75Watts and it is just not enough for USB 3 even if your Read more…
If you know Group Policy and your question is really, WHERE IS AN .MSI FOR JAVA THAT IS ALREADY TO BE DEPLOYED UNATTENDED THROUGH AN ACTIVE DIRECTORY GROUP POLICY, you can download my Java 7 Patch 13 from Feb 1 2013 (jre1.7.0_13) HERE. Note that while I have had no problems with Read more…
In a word, no. However it is expected the CIRA’s addition of 16 French characters to their supported characters list will have little usage. So, if you own www.abc.ca but your legal name (or marketing name includes an accent like) www.Àbc.ca, you have the option to register that too. Note that you Read more…
Windows Server 2012 STANDARD provides TWO Virtual Operating System Environments (VOSE’s) where as Windows Server 2012 DATA CENTER provides an unlimited (well the physical limit of 128) VM’s. So the math to decide what you need to buy for you project should be pretty straight forward. Note that if your Read more…
In a word, VM’s. The only difference (other than price) is the number of VM’s you can use. Data Center provides unlimited and Standard provides 2. Below is Microsofts conciese explaination of the differences in the versions which I copied from: microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/windowsserver2012.aspx#tab=2 Datacenter Datacenter edition is ideal for customers that Read more…
The “There is no software installation data object in the Active Directory” error appeared when I was attempting to add a new software package to a Windows 2008 R2 software deployment group policy but I believe it would be the same in Windows Server 2013. This was an odd one, Read more…
If your AD account becomes locked over and over again (especially after a recent password change), it is likely something on your PC/Server has cached the old password and is causing the account to lock. There are several ready places to look for this… and I will get to those Read more…
If you are like me, your 125MB Windows Server 2008 R2 logs are jammed with “Event 5156: Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a connection”: I could not figure out how to disable this because in LOCAL SECURITY POLICY it was greyed out, which I know means it is controlled by Read more…