file server

Good day All My client's setup: Got a Windows 11 PC (aka file server) setup with OneDrive Client to sync files to PC's local hard drive. Those folders are then shared with local file share/drive mapping with everyone in the office having full access. The reason for this is, the client works...

Hi All, I wonder if you could help me with how many windows server 2022 and SQL server licenses I need for the following: 1x Active Directory 2x Management 3x Vmware vcenter 4x Windows 1x DHCP 2x Printing server! 3x Files servers 4x VEEAM (Log backup) 5x App servers 6x App servers Not sure...

Hello All, I have a fairly simple setup. 4 PCs, one acts as a defacto file server, running Win 11. The rest are mixes of Win 10 and 11. On one machine (call it newpc also running win11) trying to map to a specific drive on the file server, I get the error "you do not have permission to...

How to manage Synology NAS using FSRM? For a school project, I've build a file server using windows server for "permission" et Synalogy NAS to stock folders. I want to know if there have a way to manage my shared folders from my windows server. Each user got folders named by her username, and...

Hi I use my Win10 as an pure media file server, is there an way to make Win10 read usage of network and Hibernate if noe network activity is not breing used for the last hour? Petter

Hi all Soon we are going to switch to Windows Domain and Windows File Server because the organization I'm working at is growing, and so is the need for a more professional environment. Currently we are using Nextcloud. On Nextcloud it is possible to share a specific file with a...

Looking to setup a file server/file share on my LAN. I have a Windows 10 machine that i can use as my server, and it is NOT a possibility for me to install another OS, so no Linux etc. I have tried various file share methods: I don't want to use windows inbuilt SMB file share system as its a...

Hi, I want to upgrade Windows Server from 2008r2 to 2019 which are running AD and Hyper-V. On Hyper-V, again i have 2008r2 configured File Server. Should i first upgrade Server which are running AD and Hyper-V?. If so, please let me know whether 2008r2 running on Hyper-V will not affected so...

Hello everyone, I am new to networking and spent the last few days setting up a Windows Server 2016 environment with a domain controller, dhcp server and file server using VirtualBox following tutorials and doing research. All is working well and now I am now trying to wrap my head around Group...

Hi all, First let me start with what I'm trying to accomplish: - My DC will also be a file server for sharing company documents and individual staff members will have their own personal drives (e.g. L: for Staff Files, M: for Company Files). - Be able to successfully ping DC/File server using...

Describes an issue that blocks SMB file server share access to files and other resources through the DNS CNAME alias in some scenarios and successful in other scenarios. Provides a resolution. Continue reading...

I genuinely want to know how many of you would be willing to buy a second hand mini ITX computer instead of a new NAS (Network Attached Storage) to use it as file server. Please take into account before you vote that the price in the poll below means the price of the computer or NAS without disk...

I am glad to see that encryption finally works between SAMBA file server on a Linux machine and Windows client. It did not work with Windows 7 clients. It definitely works with Windows 10 clients. Here is the proof: In case you don't know, SAMBA can also be used as Active Directory Domain...

Hi! Good day, We have a server with windows server 2016 standard with AD, DHCP and DNS roles installed in our main office and acting as a File server, our problem is how we can connect or link multiple branch office and client workstation from remote location to our main office network? (I have...

Hi, I'm Dan. This is my first post on the forum. I'm hoping other members may be able to assist me with a frustrating issue I'm facing on my home network. On my network, I have: HP Laptop with Windows 8.1 Pro using Wifi Custom build Desktop PC being used as a file server with Windows 8.1 Pro...

This is potentially more of a server question, but it seems there is very little activity on there. I've also looked around a bit on here for this topic but it appears other post go unanswered, so I thought I would give it a try. We are running Windows 7 clients mostly but should be moving...

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Do you guys know how I can track a user that dumps large files on my file server? I have this old 2003 r2 server that we use as files server. Each and everyday a person puts gb's and gb's of files. I have 350 users with tons of folders. I am trying to track this person down. Please help if...

Hi all. I know how I can force all folders to a specific view, but I wonder if there is a way to force a specific network folder to always display in a certain view for all Win users accessing the said folder? The folder in question is on a file server, accessible via mapped drive, contains a...