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Windows Server 2008 R2 is an operating system from Microsoft, and reached End Of Life on January 14, 2020. It is an update of Windows Server 2008. Unlike Server 2003 R2, this R2 is a fully new Operating System. It is only available in 64-bit versions.

Windows Server 2008 R2 is a significantly updated version of Windows Server 2008, which reached End Of Life on January 14, 2020. Unlike Server 2008, 2008 R2 is only available in 64-bit versions. No 32-bit version exists. It is superseded by Windows Server 2012

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Network drives not mapping correctly with group policy

One of my clients is having random issues with the mapping of network drives. Users get mapped drives from group policy based on the security groups they are in. An example issue with one user: User was added to incorrect security group "Alpha",…
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How to resolve a host name in all sites in Active Directory?

I am learning AD DS currently. The scenario in my company looks like the following. WorkingPC.Asia.Corp.domain.com 172.10.212.62 FileServerA.Asia.Corp.domain.com 172.11.13.21 Asia-DNS-01.Aisa.Corp.domain.com…
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best practise for a shutdown strategy for server with critical processes

Assume a Window Server with running services and running console applications The nature of this software is very critical. Operations take up to a few minutes and should not be terminated. What is strategy to shutdown/restart this sever? Should…
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Can I apply GPO settings to 2008 R2 member servers if I have a 2003 domain functional level?

I was asked to help out in a problem, there is a domain still operating at a 2003 functional level, there are 2008 R2 member servers in this domain and we need to know if there is anything we have to do to plan or anticipate when trying to apply the…
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Adding a virtual NIC to a 2008R2 server makes internet unreachable, why?

I currently have a Windows Server 2008R2 box with a single physical NIC. For what I want to do I need two network adaptors in the box. To accomplish this, I added a legacy hardware device "Network Adaptor" and used the Microsoft Loopback Adaptor as…
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How to take memory dump when IIS Applicationpool recycles

Applicationpools in our production environment randomly recycle because it reached its private bytes memory limit (Event id 5117). The private memory limit is set to 1.6 gigabytes. From time to time we get a Event id 5013 "A process serving…
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W2K12 Server Manager and WinRM SSL

does anyone know if it is possible to use Server Manager on remote servers using SSL? Due to enterprise policies we currently disable winrm listeners for http and enable https only. This works fine for get-pssession using the -UseSSL switch. Adding…
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Can you run Active Directory 2008r2 on Windows Server 2012?

We are upgrading all domain controllers to Windows Server 2012. But we have some legacy systems which won't work with Active Directory past 2008r2. Is it possible to run AD 2008r2 without any 2008r2 domain controllers? (All 2012 instead.) Thanks.
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About to setup KMS server for Volume activation

I have searched and searched for any hints of how i should setup our KMS server for our coming installations of 2008(r2) servers and win7 clients. No luck, so here I am. We've got around 20 developers switching to windows 7(about 50-80 more boxes…
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How to force a refresh of cached permissions without a restart

We've recently started going through shares replacing named permissions with AD groups (i.e. so that when updating permissions we don't need to worry about the time taken or risks involved in updating all child objects when working with shares…
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Parse a copy of the SYSVOL

I have a full copy of a client's SYSVOL folder. The only DC on site had failed and been restored, but that got me wondering if there was a tool to look through a copy of the SYSVOL folder for information about what was being applied by Group Policy.…
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Accessing SharePoint DavWWWRoot from Windows Server 2008 R2

We have a SharePoint internal corporate web site and I'd like to publish some PDFs to it automatically with Task Scheduler. Currently we do this by hand. From my Windows 7 Enterprise desktop computer I can open path…
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Can I restore a backup made with Windows Server 2008 R2 in Windows Server 2012 R2?

Can I make a backup on Windows Sever 2008 R2 (or 2008) with Windows Server Backup and restore it on Windows Server 2012 R2 (or 2012) with Windows Server Backup?
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Win 2008_R2 print spooler issues and Client freezes

Environment: Windows 2008 R2 Print Server (Virtual) 178 Printers installed. All using TCP/IP Many different printer brands Most all employees print through this print server Problems: The spooler service has recently started crashing. This is bad,…
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Create shared folder on share automatically

I know there is a group policy where I can map a specific share. What if I want the group policy to create a folder on that share and map it during log on? I know there must be a way to do this in PowerShell. Or would I not have to even worry about…
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