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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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How can I systematically shut down Windows services in order?

We have this open source application that has three (3) services. For the purpose of this question, let's call them A, B, and C. Now, they have to be shut down in a specific order. That order would be A then B then C. If B shuts down before A then…
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Filezilla FTP Server - Security Implications of its usage on Windos Server 2003

I'm running Filezilla server on my dedicated windows 2003 server. It uses its own user-access control system. The Filezilla server service itself is running under the System user. When I setup users within the FTP Server Administrator Interface, I…
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Can't Install Win2k8 On KVM - Classic 0x80070013 error

I am trying to install Win2k8 Std as a KVM guest on Debian Squeeze. As you can see from these screen shots; No drives are detected (I have blanked out a 20GB image for testing) - screenshot1 I am using this driver CD: - screenshot2 I have signed…
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Changing Active Directory password over LDAP using passwd/ldappasswd/Samba

I am trying to change the Active Directory (on a Windows 2008 server) from a CentOS 6.2 machine over openLDAP. I have tried passwd, ldappasswd and trying to see if I can do it with Samba without the use of TSL/SSL/SASL. Is this possible?
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Why can't I delete the file 'favicon.ico' in Windows Server 2008?

I have copied the file favicon.ico from one website folder to another in Windows 2008. Now I can't delete this file, nor can I change its owner in the security tab even as an administrator. How can I regain access?
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Windows Server 2008: How to tell if a user is a 'local' use or a 'domain' user

I'm a developer, not a server admin, so please bear with me! I've been tasked with checking the installation of some software on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine in the cloud, within two scenarios: There is no domain, the software will use local…
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Word Document Turns to Read-Only

I am running into an issue with a user whose Word document is somehow turning itself into Read-Only. The user is using Word 2003 and is accessing a document that is in a Server 2008 share. The document itself starts out as a normal, editable…
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Extend Windows Server 2008 evaluation period after it has expired

I downloaded and installed Windows Server 2008 Trial. It expires after 60 days, but is extendable to 240 days all in all by logging into the server and running a command. Here is how I should extend my trial according to MS Support. My problem is,…
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IPv6 & ReservedPorts in Windows Server 2008 registry

I have HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\ReservedPorts set to 1153-1153, but sometimes IPv6 programs get assigned this port. Is this setting for IPv4 only? Is their another place to set this for IPv6?
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Group Policy settings for Event Logs

On a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition Domain Controller, with Windows 7 and Windows XP clients, is it "OK" to keep the setting below for Event Log files? And which setting will apply? Between Maximum log size of 1 GB or Retain Log to 30…
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Install Intel USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64

According to Intel and Dell, by board is technically a 'desktop' board and they therefore do not support Intel USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller drivers for Windows Server 2008 (R2 x64). I'm trying to find a workaround. I found an entry on…
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RRAS VPN - Clients don't receive DNS suffix

I've setup a VPN connection using RRAS on Windows Server 2008 and clients are able to connect through the firewall. However, RRAS is not assigning a DNS suffix to the clients when they connect. I know how to set the client to automatically add the…
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What permissions are required to back up to a remote folder?

I'm currently working with Windows Server Backup and am trying to run a scheduled backup with an unprivileged account. I want to create a full backup of the server exchange.dom.example.com. I created a new domain user "Backup", which I want to use…
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IIS 7 - Enabling deny url sequences with backslash

I've been trying to restrict backslashes \ in URL's via the Request filtering tool in IIS 7 by using:
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IIS 7 on SBS 2008 - logging is going haywire

The C: drive on our SBS 2008 server just ran out of space. The culprit appears to be IIS, which is logging an incredible amount of activity in one particular log folder. Most of the IIS log folders look normal, but each of the daily files in…
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