Microsoft has quietly drawn a line under one of the longest‑lived branches of Windows: the Vista‑derived codebase that powered Windows Server 2008 has reached the absolute end of vendor‑supplied security updates, with the final paid lifecycle option (Premium Assurance) closing on January 13...
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Hi all,
I have a friend who runs her own accountancy business, she currently has a Dell poweredge server with Windows 2008 R2 Standard on it.
It used to be used for regular server related tasks, such as user accounts (4-5 staff members), file sharing and MSSQL.
She has since closed her...
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file sharing
home office
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network
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storage
ultra tax
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windows 10
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Today Microsoft released fixes for a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability, CVE-2019-0708, in Remote Desktop Services – formerly known as Terminal Services – that affects some older versions of Windows. The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) itself is not vulnerable. This vulnerability is...
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malware
microsoft security
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out-of-support
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remote code execution
remote desktop
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wannacry
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I work for a large agency spanning metropolitan area. AD has 1 forest with multiple domains with trusts. I am working on upgrading our domain to W2016
The current AD servers are W2008, functional level windows2008R2forest
Q. I was told we can't upgrade our domain to windows 2016 servers until...
Hi. I need help with a BSOD.
It is on a Windows 2008 R2 Standard server.
I have started receiving the BSOD one month apart for the last 3 months. I am unable to confirm if the error is hardware or software related and would be very happy if someone can confirm what exactly I need to be looking...
I am playing around with windows server 2008 and learning how to use it. Just a hobby on weekends.
I was able to successfully install:
php, mysql & phpmyadmin
Now the problem is i'm trying to import a database into phpmyadmin,
the database is 42.6mb therefore i am unable to import...
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learning
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mysql
php
phpmyadmin
putty
server management
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windows2008windows server
I've been running Windows 2008 Server for a while now, and have decided to install a copy of Windows 7 onto one of the other partitions. When I did so, I opted for the Advanced installation and selected that other partition as the destination volume.
Now however, when I start my computer it...
I have a medium sized network running. We are currently migrating and updating our shared folder systems. The old system is running Win 2k8 R2 and still has the old mapped drives running what we haven't migrated. The new shared folders are on a new server Win 2012 R2 with a different folder...
access issues
gpo
hyper-v
it support
mapped drives
migration
network
permissions
replacement
server 2012
shared folders
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troubleshooting
update
windows 10
windows2008windows 7
Hello there,
I've just been accepted in a new job, working in a Municipality like one IT, and here are some servers that are running windows server 2003, so i have i request to install a new system and some Software in these servers, but they are requesting windows server 2008, soo...
I was...
I am desktop support for an enterprise Windows 2008 AD environment and I have been looking for a replacement for NET SEND. The msg.exe command looked promising when using the target machine's local scheduler but the message disappears after 2 minutes on the target workstation. Has anyone...