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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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Should I timesync against PDC Emulator or NTP timesource? (PDC not in hub)

I know the best practice would be to have the PDC Emulator to sync against an external NTP time source, and have all other domain controllers sync against the PDC Emulator. However, my network layout is... 'interesting', to say the least. My company…
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SVN Corrupted, need to move with history

We have had a problem with out svn repo, it contains everything so is extremely important. When we ran a dump we would get the error message svnadmin: E200002: Serialized hash malformed This is preventing us from performing a dump and moving our…
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Accessing a file share across an ocean (through a VPN)

I am in the process of setting up a log shipping scenario with two SQL Servers linked via VPN (Barracuda NG Firewall, for what it's worth). The VPN is using UDP and packet compression, so I don't have the "TCP over TCP" issue. Of course, I need the…
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A Fresh Windows Server Network Build

I am about to start as the IT Administrator at a small-med size law firm. They have a couple of branch offices, with a main office of about 50 people. 200 users all up. Their IT systems setup at the moment is: 8 servers (server 2003, 2000 and a…
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Exchange DiskShadow/Robocopy backup does not purge log files

I have a series of scripts setup to backup my Exchange. The following command is executed to start the process: diskshadow /s C:\Backup_Scripts\exchangeserverbackupscript1.dsh This is exchangeserverbackupscript1.dsh: #DiskShadow script file set…
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Setting Up Login for ASP.NET Application on SQL Server 2008

I have 2 Windows 2008 Servers. One is a web server (IIS7). The other is a database server (SQL Server 2008). The instance of sql server 2008 is configured to use mixed mode authentication. Neither are joined to an active directory domain. How should…
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Windows Server 2008 network speed slow, Xen 3.4.3 HVM ISO

I've setup a VM running Windows Server 2008 on a host node running Xen 3.4.3-5 and the following kernel: 2.6.18-308.1.1.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Mar 7 05:38:01 EST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux The network speed on the VM is very slow--using the online…
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Multiple Instances Of The Same Computer Under Network

Can anyone tell me why we have multiple instances of the same computer (SALLY) under network in the open file dialog. Please see the image below. This is not an issue in itself, however I am wondering if it is related to some file corruption issues…
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Exchange stops working after changing System Time

I am currently in a situation where the system time of my windows machine differs 6 hours from the actual local time. I tried chaning the system time of my windows machine 6 hours back to match the actual local time. The issue is, when the system…
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Group policy not applying to security group

Preface: I have enough privileges to create GPOs in my OU, and have made a few of them for some simple tasks (like deploying a printer to certain users). Not actually a sysadmin...I'm a developer who is winging it. I wanted to create a GPO that…
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Multiple dns suffix/search base on Windows DHCP

I am trying to find out how can I give out more than one DNS suffix on a DC with the Windows DHCP server. Is it possible somehow? (Win 2K8 with XP, Win7 and Linux clients)
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How can I enable domain authentication over wireless in Windows 7/2k8?

I've got several domain-member laptops which commonly roam to places where there aren't any network ports available. Occasionally, during these times, the laptop may be used by someone who has not logged into it previously - therefore, they cannot…
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How do I find files with "#" in their names, on Windows Server 2008?

I'm trying to locate all the files on my server which use a # as part of their name, and can't seem to get the servers' file search feature to restrict its result to only # files. How do I go about doing this?
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RDP data encryption error

I got "Because of an error in data encryption, this session will end. Please try to connecting to remote computer again." On metal is hyperv 2008 R2 instaled. As virutal machine is W server 2008 R2 Standard. I have…
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PHP processes run one at a time, always taking 100% of one core

We have seven websites written in PHP running on a Windows 2008 server with IIS 7.5. They are all very slow right now. When I look in Task Manager, I see around 10 php-cgi.exe processes, and they are all taking 0% of the CPU, except one, which is…
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