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Windows Server 2008 is a Microsoft server operating system released in February 2008 and reached End Of Life on January 14, 2020. It is the successor to Windows Server 2003 and is based on the Windows Vista codebase. It was succeeded by Windows Server 2008 R2. This tag should only be used for questions related to Windows Server 2008. If your question is about Windows Server 2008 R2, please use the Windows-Server-2008-R2 tag.

Windows Server 2008 is a Microsoft Server Operating System released in February 2008. It is the successor to Windows Server 2003 and is based on the Windows Vista codebase. It was succeeded by Windows Server 2008 R2.

Windows Server 2008 Introduced the following new features:

  • Server Core installation
  • Read Only Domain Controllers
  • Hyper-V

It is available in the following editions:

  • Windows Server 2008 Standard (x86 and x86-64)
  • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (x86 and x86-64)
  • Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (x86 and x86-64)
  • Windows HPC Server 2008
  • Windows Web Server 2008 (x86 and x86-64)
  • Windows Storage Server 2008 (x86 and x86-64)
  • Windows Small Business Server 2008 (x86-64)
  • Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (x86-64)
  • Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2008 Foundation

Server 2008 is the last 32-bit Windows Server version Microsoft plans to release.

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IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 x64 Ultimate is missing the Management Service icon

IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 x64 Ultimate is missing the Management Service icon which is present in IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2. Is it possible to enable it, or is it possible to access the Management Service configuration panel in another way? Edit…
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Microsoft SQL Server login using Active Directory Credentials

Our Microsoft SQL Servers are running on Windows Servers which are part of an Active Directory domain. For easy user management, our SQL authorization is set up by using the Active Directory User Groups as explained in this post. Now this works fine…
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Can't connect to default admin share on Windows 2008

I have a Windows 2008 Server that I'm trying to connect to the default administrative share \\servername\c$ I can connect to it using the default Administrator account. But if I try to connect using my user account that is a member of the…
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DNS recursion is insecure, but necessary for internal applications?

In management of a Windows Server 2008, the server hosts DNS (is nameserver) for some domains, as well as hosting some applications that are publicly accessible. A security scan has indicated that the DNS configuration is insecure, because it allows…
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Setting up an anonymous Windows Server 2008 network share?

How do I create a truly anonymous read/write network share in Windows Server 2008? That is ... no login dialog shown no domain credentials required ... so that any Windows machine can get to this share no matter who is logged in, whether the…
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What is the best FREE VNC client and server compatible with Windows 7 and 2008 Server?

I would like know if anybody can help me choosing a good VNC Software for Servers on Windows 2008 and Clients on Windows 7 (for now on Vista, but in October, all the machines will migrate to Windows 7)? Internet cannot help me finding. And it's…
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Fastest method of copying files

If we have a successful build on our build server (CCNET) all ASP.NET website files are copied to the virtual directory (%output_dir%) so non-developers can see/test the latest version of the website. At the end of the build the following bat file…
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Tons of TCP connections in TIME_WAIT state on windows 2008 - running on amazon AWS

OS: Windows Server 2008, SP2 (running on EC2 Amazon). Running web app using Apache httpd & tomcat server 6.02 and Web server has keep-alive settings. There are around 69,250 (http port 80) + 15000 (other than port 80) TCP connections in TIME_WAIT…
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Schedule reboot at the specified time

How to schedule a Windows server to reboot at a specified time? It's about a Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
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Whats the difference between local and remote addresses in 2008 firewall address

In the firewall advanced security manager/Inbound rules/rule property/scope tab you have two sections to specify local ip addresses and remote ip addresses. What makes an address qualify as a local or remote address and what difference does it…
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Disable Windows Server Network Locations

I'm not sure what exactly this feature is called. But in Windows Server 2008, it has the Vista Public/Private/Domain locations. This makes sense for laptops, and none at all for servers. My problem is that sometimes some network adapters decide…
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What exactly does netsh int ip reset reset?

Having got this problem and found this solution I think I should perhaps try netsh int ip reset reset command but I am afraid it can reset some important settings and disable me from reaching the server remotely. So what exactly does it reset?
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In a Windows Service, will the Start Parameters be preserved if the Start is of type "Automatic"?

Well the title says it, in a Windows Service, will the Start Parameters be preserved after a reboot if the Start is of type "Automatic"? Many Thanks
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How can I tell when a given user's password will expire?

Is there a way from either the computer management console or the command line to determine when a user's password will expire? Note: I'm asking this questions for a server that is not part of a domain.
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How to add SSH key to PuTTY Agent at startup in Windows Server?

I need to add a private SSH key to Putty Agent (pagent.exe) every time a Windows server starts up -- before a user logs on interactively. The key is to be used by a service. If it was a regular user that needed to use the key, I would just place a…
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