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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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Applocker vs Software restriction policy

The goal is to prevent users from running unwanted programs on a terminal server. I have read many articles from Microsoft and others saying that the new Applocker feature is 100% better than the old Software Restriction Policy and is recommended…
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NTUSER.DAT and UsrClass.dat files building up by the thousands, why and can I delete?

I've noticed that my web server, 2008 Xen VM, gradually loosing free space - more than I would of though from normal use and decided to investigate. There are two problem areas: *C:\Users\Administrator\ (6,755.0 MB)* with files:…
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Windows 2008 DHCP service fails - "...failed to see a directory server for authorization."

I have a small environment running Windows 2008 R2 where the DHCP service on the domain controller fails every two weeks. The most-visible error is Event ID 1059 and the Event Viewer message is: "The DHCP service failed to see a directory server…
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In-place upgrade from Windows Server Standard to Enterprise or Datacenter

We ran into a little issue where Windows Server Standard only supports 32 GB of memory, which is depressing to find out when your server was recently upgraded to 48 awesome GB of memory. Is it possible to do an in-place upgrade from Windows Server…
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Windows 2008 R2 AD servers on fanless flash based systems

We have a number of branch offices where having an AD/DNS server would make a big difference to user experience. The following characteristics apply: There is no air conditioned server room, and no budget to set one up Offices are located in…
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Load-Balanced IIS 7.5 Web Server ASP.NET Session State problem

we have a problem with an ASP.NET website where the users' sessions are behaving oddly - session data appearing, disappearing and re-appearing. I think I know what the problem is: Our setup is 2 x Load balanced WebServers + single session state…
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After upgrading to 2008 R2 Enterprise and installing more RAM, Windows can only see 4.00 GB

(I have also posted this on technet but I'm running out of ideas) I've upgraded from Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard to Enterprise in order to make use of more RAM. The server previously had 32GB of RAM. The upgrade from Standard to Enterprise,…
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Auto-login in Windows Server 2008

Does anyone know a (verified) method to cause a specific user to auto-login after a system reboot, that works on Server 2008? I've tried tweaking some registry values (I don't have the link right now) and we've also tried a couple of programs (one…
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Microsoft Windows equivalent to LXC

Does Microsoft Windows have any equivalent product similar to Ubuntu's LXC container virtualization technology?
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Migrate AD DS Server 2003 to Server 2008 R2

I would like to get a couple opinions Found this article online and wanted to know if it is good to follow http://www.msserverpro.com/migrating-active-directory-domain-controller-from-windows-server-2003-sp2-to-windows-server-2008-r2/ Couple of…
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Server 2008 email on Event variables

One of the new features of Server 2008 is the ability to attach a task to a specific event in the event logs. One of the actions available is to send an email through a SMTP server. This is working great, however it would be ideal if in the message…
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Is it recommended to log off from Windows when finished working on a server with RDP?

Is there any impact on the server performance in case I don't log off after having used Remote Desktop Connection?
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Track Down Which Process/Program is Causing Kerberos pre-authentication error (Code 0x18)

We have a domain account that is being locked out via 1 of 2 servers. The built-in auditing only tells us that much (locked out from SERVER1, SERVER2). The account gets locked out within 5 minutes, about 1 request per minute it seems. I initially…
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Why can't I log in to a Windows-protected IIS 7.5 directory on the server?

I have a web site with an admin subdirectory that is protected by integrated Windows authentication. Works flawlessly from remote PCs. But when I attempt to access these pages on the server itself, I get an authorization failure. I'm using the…
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What does "DEL:" mean in the DistinguishedName of an AD Object?

Sorry -- I'm not really a Windows System Admin, just trying to slam through some LDAP interactions in Java. I'm finding a ton of objects with "DEL:" in the distinguishedName. Are these orphaned items that are awaiting garbage collection? How do I…
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