Questions tagged [windows-server-2008-r2]

Windows Server 2008 R2 is a server operating system produced by Microsoft.

Windows Server 2008 R2 is a server operating system produced by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing (RTM) on July 22, 2009 and launched on October 22, 2009. It is built on Windows NT 6.1, the same kernel used with the client-oriented Windows 7.

It is the first 64-bit-only operating system released from Microsoft. Version enhancements include new functionality for Active Directory, new virtualization and management features, version 7.5 of Microsoft IIS Web Server and support for up to 256 logical processors.

There are seven editions:

  1. Foundation
  2. Standard
  3. Enterprise
  4. Datacenter
  5. Web
  6. HPC Server
  7. Itanium and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 (Essentials Edition).

More Information On Windows Server 2008 R2

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SSIS Package runs for 500x longer on one server

I have an SSIS package--two data flow tasks, 8 components each, reading from two flat files, nothing spectacular. If I run it in BIDS, it takes reliably about 60 seconds. I have a sandbox DB server with the package running in a job which also takes…
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how to set timer resolution from C# to 1 ms?

I've used this tool and noticed that my Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard has a 15 ms resolution while Windows 8 has a 1 ms resolution timer. I would prefer to set the Timer Resolution to 1 ms on Windows Server 2008 R2 because I'm running low-latency…
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Why do weekly tasks created via PowerShell using a different user fail with error 0x41306

We have some scripts that create scheduled jobs using PowerShell as part of our application. When testing them recently, I noticed that some of them always failed immediately, and no output is ever produced (they don't even appear in the Get-Job…
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Error 17886 - The server will drop the connection

We are running a website on a vps server with sql server 2008 x64 r2. We are being bombarded with 17886 errors - namely: The server will drop the connection, because the client driver has sent multiple requests while the session is in single-user…
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Query windows event log for the past two weeks

I am trying to export a windows event log but limit the exported events not according to number but according to time the event was logged. I am trying to do that on windows 7 and newer. So far my efforts are focused on using wevtutil. I am using…
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IIS 7.5 and Razor Site: 500 errors for CSS and JS

For some reason, when I deploy my Razor MVC web site to my Windows 2008 R2 server, I'm getting 500 internal server errors for all CSS and JS. I'm not sure why, because I've done the following: Enabled static content in IIS Enabled anonymous…
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How to remove a certificate Store added by makecert

Using the -ss option of Microsoft tool MakeCert.exe (-ss specifies the subject's certificate store name that stores the output certificate), I create my own store on a server. I'am able to remove my certificate programaticaly, but I'am not able to…
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What's so bad about running an IIS web application from an UNC share, as suggested in DotNetNuke docs?

I've been taught in the past that it is unwise to run a web application from an UNC share. Reasons I remember are security, rights and authorization trouble and performance. However, in the DotNetNuke documentation it says: The web farm…
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How to create a SQL Server login for a service account on a non-English Windows?

Given a Windows Server 2008 R2 system, where the service accounts use a non-English display language, with SQL Server 2008, the following Transact-SQL statement fails: CREATE LOGIN [NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE] FROM WINDOWS ... with the following…
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Classic ASP : C0000005 Error on execution

I'm trying to execute classic ASP pages on a windows 2008 64 bit R2 box. Initially the problem was with registering dlls; that's now fixed. Register DLL file on Windows Server 2008 R2 Now when I try to access the page I get this error Active Server…
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How to install PHP in IIS 7.5, Windows Server 2008 R2 (64bits)

In http://windows.php.net/downloads I couldn't find any x64 built for download. Further I have to choose among "Thread Safe" and "Non Thread Safe" with no explanation whether one is safer than the other or it performs better. The install.txt inside…
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Windows Task Scheduler: Task stopping due to timeout reached error

I've scheduled a task to run every 30 mins in task Scheduler in Windows Server 2008. And in the task settings,the option "stop the task if it runs longer than" is set to '1 day'. I have noticed that sometimes the task is being terminated after it…
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Could not load file or assembly 'System.Management.Automation'

I've written an asp.net MVC 3 web application ('ADReporter') on my local machine that uses Powershell to retrieve some data. If I run this application locally, everything works fine. Now I'm trying to run it on my Windows 2008 server but when i'm…
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Online Certification Authority, cannot Select.

I am trying to create a domain server and when I reach to specify the online certification Authority, the select button is grayed out.I wish to select the same computer as its the certification authority.Any help is appreciated.
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Executing batch file from C# Permission issue

I have a batch file to execute a VB script. While executing the batch file by double clicking will work, But when I have done the same with C# its working on my local environment but not in the staging server (windows server 2008r2), Is there any…
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