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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Trying to connect using PrincipalContext on Workgroup Server returns Invalid User.

I want to create an Application for editing user accounts on a Server. The Server do not use AD only local accounts. I use the following code to connect the remote server: try { PrincipalContext oPrincipalContext = new…
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Can we install Office 2013 on Windows Server 2012?

Hi can we install Office 2013 on Windows Server 2012? I tried to find on many places but cannot find any example. Too tough to experiment myself.
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DELL PowerEdge T110 - Unable to connect to Postgres Server

i've just bought a DELL PowerEdge T110 II with Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011. I've installed PostgreSQL (latest version 9.1) and i've made the pg_hba configuration for access the DB from other LAN PC. Here is my problem, if i try to…
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Installing PostgreSQL on Windows Server 2008

Trying to install PGSQL on Windows Server 2008 SP2 (not R2) x86_32. Got errors like "Problem running post-install step. Installation may not complete correctly. Failed to start the database server" and something like that. And also installation…
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Group Policy Event Forwarding through PowerShell - Windows

On windows server, when you open group policy setting (gpedit.msc in System32), I can set up Event Forwarding by following steps here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb870973(v=vs.85).aspx under section Configuring the event…
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Mercurial: How to enable remote users to change their password?

I configured a Mercurial repository on my web server using Apache and hgweb. I understand how to create new user accounts using htdigest but I'd like to know how to enable remote users to change their password. Ideally, I'd create their account with…
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windows service from batch file failed to execute

i need to execute a batch file as windows service. For that i had created a batch file. In this batch file i just add the below code to run a jar file. java -jar myTest.jar When i double click on the batch file..no problem .its working fine. It…
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Out-of-band programmatic identification of Windows Server vs Client

I have some free-standing C++ code (i.e. not a Windows program) that needs to identify the version of Windows that is installed on a PC. I can easily differentiate between the different Windows client releases by kernel version (e.g.…
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How can I setup a simple Mercurial back-up solution from a workstation to server?

First, a confession. In about 10 years of professional development, I've never used a source control system. There, that feels better. My historical setup (as recommended by management, ha!) has been to create dated folders on a server and…
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How do I configure a wildcard DNS record correctly

I am working with several websites that runs on IIS and accessible locally only. I have SSL on main website from Let's Encrypt for *.domain.com Those currently runs on different ports. 443, 45455. Etc Unfortunately, the company who services network…
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Prevent RDP from going idle (not idle-locking or idle-logout, just show as active)

I need to prevent a remote desktop session from going into idle. The setting to not logout/disconnect user was already made, but still if I let the window, minimize and work on something else, it shows as idle: in cmd: query user /server: MY_SERVER,…
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Powershell Get Emails from shared Mailbox on Exchange Online

I want to read emails in the inbox of a shared Mailbox on Exchange Online with Powershell on a windows server to get data from the mailbody. So far the methods I found: EWS (no longer maintained) Microsoft.Graph.Mail IMAPX/MailKit Outlook…
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Low Windows bandwidth in google cloud platform

I wanted to ask if anybody has been in a similar situation as me. Let me briefly explain my topology and the problem that has arisen. I have an on-premise site with mainly Windows resources and an up-to-date Forti firewall as the central…
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WDS - cannot join domain with answer file

I struggle with Windows Deployment Services (WDS) right now. So, what I want to achieve: Create local admin account with given password. Configure partition. Join corporate domain my.domain.eu. Skip OOBE. For now, only first point is done - local…
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How can I disable IE on windows Server 2008 SP2?

I want to disable EOL IE on a windows server 2008 SP2 (non R2), i run the below command : "dism /online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:Internet-Explorer-Optional-amd64" When running the command I get the error message " dism" is not recognized as an…
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