Questions tagged [windows-server]

A family of server operating systems by Microsoft. This tag can also be used to denote a server with Windows, as opposed to Unix, installed.

Windows Server is a family of server operating systems developed by Microsoft.

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Sync Installed Printers with SQL Server database

Is there any straightforward way to sync installed printers between a windows server and a SQL Server database? My current thought is to check a database against the data that is generated by…
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Get tasks and services running for a user

My AutoIt script changes password of UserA on multiple Windows Servers using pspasswd from ps-tools. After changing password I want to check for all tasks and services that run under UserA's context and change those passwords as well. I thought…
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Server application have to make pings to N clients. Is there way to make it multithreaded?

I write server application (Windows Server 2003) making upto 1000 ping calls to clients and waiting for receive responses. As ping uses ICMP connection, I've found no way to define from which IP the server receives the responses. Currently I use…
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Installing MS Office on Server

I need to install MS Office on a windows server, in order to use excel automation in my asp.net web app. I am aware that microsoft strongly advices against this, but for the thing I am using excel automation, their warnings shouldn't apply. Now I…
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Is there really no bulk insert in the AppFabric Cache 1.1 API?

I'm looking at the API and I don't see any way to send a collection of individual objects to cache at the same time. Given that latency can be a significant issue wouldn't bulk insert afford the possibility of huge performance gains under certain…
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Server Collection cannot be empty - Windows Server AppFabric 1.1

I get this error when i use multiple dataCacheClients. Ive seen this question and this msdn question but at the time of AppFabric 1.0, multiple dataCacheClients were not possible. Microsoft added this feature in AppFabric 1.1 (see changelog), which…
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Server.MapPath() misses one level

We have a .Net application, and we have three exactly same copies of it. One for development on our server, and a test and a live one on our client's server. We have to create pdf files on the server, and save them in a specified folder. It works…
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Why can't I browse to my WCF service in Windows Server 2012?

On any other operating system, if I browse to my WCF service in the browser, I can see information about that service. In Windows Server 2012, I get no information about the service, and it even acts as if there's nothing there at that address. I…
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Mysqldump through SSH on remote windows server using bash script

I'm trying to write a bash script to migrate database from remote server to local. One of our servers is unfortunately windows server. I installed freesshd so I can use ssh. When I run this from my ubuntu shell: sshpass -p 'my_password' ssh…
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Uploading a file in C# to windows server - how to best set up server & client?

I'm completely new to Windows servers and uploading to a server in general, so sorry if this is a rather trivial question. I want to upload a file from a C# client to a windows server, where the file will be accessible via HTTP. I have full access…
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Improve file download performance in Windows 2003

I have a Watchguard x1250e firewall and a fast network setup at pryme.net in Ashburn, VA. I have Verizon FIOS here at the office (50 mbit) and did a test download from a URL they provided me and I get 5.8 MB/sec from their test file (probably off of…
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How to stop Windows server from locking a file?

I have to work with a buggy accounting application that locks the data file and doesnt release the lock when it stops using it. So next person trying to access the file gets Access Denied. This can be temporarily fixed by deleting the filelock…
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PHP 3rd party lunch ordering

I'm trying to make a third party lunch orderding system for Strava.cz. I've made a library that should do it. Everything works except the strava_czChoose function. It throws no error but just does nothing. Their server is based on Windows ASPX, so…
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asp.net request time out while not join domain

I uploaded my project to windows server 2008. The project generates some reports which takes more than 2 minutes.( sometimes 4 to 5 minutes) The problem is when user who doesn't join domain, there is error request timeout. The cause of error is the…
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Terminal Services Server autorun on windows startup with registry key entry

I'm not familiar with terminal servers and I can't find this information anywhere. I wanted to know if the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run registry entry works on terminal servers or should I use the specific entry of…
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