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Hi I'm not able to receive mail using the mail app in Windows 10. I can send, but messages sent to my Gmail account, (my Windows account) don't show up in Windows Mail. When I open Thunderbird they are all there. I thought that it may be deleting the mail because it gets sent to Thunderbird...

Hi, I'm doing a migration from a 2008 R2 domain called "company,com" to a 2012 domain called "ad,company,com". My question is, which would be the easiest way to migrate all user accounts from one to the other? Is there a built-in tool or do I go third party? I already have the new servers set...

i have covered loads of tutorials and my settings seem to be correct but i just can not get my workstations to log on. my server has the following config 2 nic cards but one disabled due to reducing problems. nic 1 ip adress 192.168.1.200 gateway : 192.168.1.1 (my router) DNS 192.168.1.200 and...

Hi all Apologies if this is a stupid question, but I would like to *safely *expand *by magic or something a D drive.. (* obligatiory) I'm using something that is eating space on D, and we've already configured the server that there'a nothing left to give from C. I need to run some processes...

In the attached screenshot you can see what pops up every time this new user logs in to our local network domain. The server name is "goodbuddy" on "TRUCKERSREPORT" domain and it seems to be running some kind of setup right at login every time. I don't want to allow this user admin rights for...

I have an unusual question. I run a Windows 2008R2 "server" system on dual-display. The secondary monitor is devoted to an application ("Blue Iris") that displays security cameras on it. The main monitor is on a KVM, so that the monitor is switched to my laptop and/or my regular desktop...

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A thorough walkthrough of how to do a clean installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. In this walkthrough, we use Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition. This installation guide is part 1 of a larger feature currently in production, but will guide you completely through the initial...

Hi all, Forgive me if this has already been asked but I couldn't find it through the search tool. I'm having an issue with the start menu on a Domain, the server is windows 2008 and has a setting to force a network start menu on all clients. This is causing issues as applications locally...

I configured my Windows 8 machines to use my corporate email (which was on premise Exchange 2010). As soon as I did, it would lock me out after X amount of inactivity and require a password upon my return. ...now, I know, great idea, security is important, yada yada... but I work from home, in...

I have a problem with the speed of my mapped network drive. At first al is wel and file loading is as fast as to be expected. But after some time the transfer speed drops dramaticaly and it becomes very slow. I tested it primaraly with loading of image sequences, but it affects all file loading...

Not critical, but what is the fix for these oft-seen event viewer warnings? Name resolution for the name _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.domain.actdsltmp timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded. Or... Name resolution for the name isatap.domain.actdsltmp timed out after none of the...

Hello All, I was attempting to upgrade a system for my company from 12 to 24 gigs and I have run into a problem, I will give the system specs below. The system is a dual boot server (windows 7 pro service pack 1 / Suse Linux 11.1) that works perfectly when the 12 gigs of ram was installed...

Hi, I am from the IT process re-enginneering/development side and the company I work for has just decided to build a server for around 15 users. Mainly file sharing. As previous experiences I have left that to our networking guys so really no experience whatsoever. What I'm looking for is if...

Hello all, I recently posted about raid drivers but cured that problem myself, I have now installed win 7 pro but when I used easy transfer to transfer my settings It doesn't transfer my e-mails and accounts can anyone help? I have an even more bizzare problem when I try to create my accounts in...

Hello, I have a Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 using Shared Fax. All of my XP, 2000 computers have no problem accessing the shared fax, all I need to do is have the network fax installed as a printer and then I can send faxes. I have the Fax successfully installed as a printer on the...

A thorough walkthrough of how to do a clean installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. In this walkthrough, we use Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition. This installation guide is part 1 of a larger feature currently in production, but will guide you completely through the initial...

Hi, Ok i've not used a Hyperviser before and before I go any further with it I was hoping someone could help me out with a couple of queries that I cant find much information on. The Setup: I have an old server lazing around its a AMD Athlon x64 3600+ with 1GB of RAM. It is currently running...

Is there any program/setup in windows 7, so it will restart like server 2003 and 2008? I mean if the power went down, and when the power gets back, the computer will start again.

I am having trouble searching for files on my Windows Home Server using Win 7 Clients. In Windows explorer, when you enter a name to be searched in the search bar (at the end of the address bar), nothing is shown - it does appear to be searching as the address bar gradually turns green, but...