windows 2008

This download from MS gives an A-Z of command lines that can be used in cmd prompt. If you find that once downloaded it won't seem to open properly then you'll need to unblock it. Right-click on the file and choose properties, look near the bottom and you'll see where to unblock it. Brief...

DCOM Errors where Windows 7 Enterprise is still trying to connect to non-existent DC's. We removed our Windows 2003 Domain Controllers and are strictly 2008 Domain Controllers. We have some Windows 7 test machines and they are trying to connect to the old domain controllers. The old DC's are not...

Hello all! I need a file share for logfiles where my Domain Users can write to but not edit anything. Is this possible? I'm running Windows 2K8 as a DC and my file server runs Win 2K3 R2

Hi everyone, I'm running windows server 2008 RD2 foundation on my small buissness and I need to do some work from home. Can someone tell me how to enable remote desktop so I can connect from home over the internet? Thanks

We are running Windows 2008 Small Business Server and all workstations are Windows 7 Pro. We can remote desktop some of our workstations but others we can't. All of the settings seem to be the same on all of the workstations. The workstations that we can't remote desktop into, we can remote...

Severity Rating: Important - Revision Note: V1.0 (September 14, 2010): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. All...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. All supported editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. All supported editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008...

Hi there, Before we get started, I would like to note the following. I have 4 different operating systems and they all behave differently. I have: Windows 2008 R2 x64 Windows 7 Pro x64 Windows Vista Business x86 Windows XP x86 All machines have their Region and Language, Language for...

We are experiencing a lot of disconnections problem with our network drives. Different versions of windows 7 (professional, business, ultimate) are experiencing this issue at random interval. All our mapped drives are local on servers operating under windows 2008 or 2003. Theses map drives...

Hello, Is it possible to boot into a Win 2008 Server VHD from Windows 7? I think this is an ideal scenario for developers..Can i simply use a Win 2008 Server VHD that someone else has created? How will this work? Thanks

I am trying to connect Windows 7 to the domain of a Windows 2008 Server. We have ~20 other Windows XP clients able to join and connect to the domain. I get this error message when trying to join the domain: An attempt to resolve the dns name of a domain controller in the domain being joined...

Hi, I'm having this issue since I moved to W2008 R2 64 bits. I was using W2008 X64 before and it worked absolutely fine. As I'm using W7 X86 on my notebook since it was available on the MSDN website as a RTM version, I thought I would like to have a homogeneous working environment so decided to...

Would it be silly for me to upgrade my current server (W2k3) to a W2k8 server if all I do on that computer is file share and backups? I am currently using the 180 day trial of W2k8 server and it's nice but probably overkill. I have Win7Pro on order and think that it should serve my needs just as...

I have a laptop running Windows 7 (Ultimate) RC 7100 with Remote Desktop enabled (allow connections) and it is using a Windows Aero theme. I have a second (brand new HP) laptop running Vista SP1 that I want to connect via Remote Desktop Connection to my Windows 7 laptop. It works fine, except I...

I have upgraded my Vista to Windows 7 RC but can no longer use the Remote Desktop Connection in Accessories to connect to the Desktop of a server running Windows 2008. The message is that there is no license available for the client. This was working under Vista.

Hi guys I know w2008 is a server OS buit it shares (or is it the other way around) the same code base as W7) so anybody testing that out there. I used to use W2003 server as a worksttation OS -- you had to fiddle around with it a bit to avoid the typical shutdown hassles, messages and prompts...