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Solution: Dropped packets, on recieve only, Server 2008 only, and network speed is 100mb/s #it #dev #answer

Dropped packets, on recieve only, Server 2008 only, and network speed is 100mb/s

I have a really strange one.

I have packet loss with Excessive ‘TCP Dup ACK’ & ‘TCP Fast Retransmission’ when I download files (and only download) from two different Windows 2008 servers. Upload speed is fine.

This ONLY occurs if the client computers(Win7) is connected at 100mb/s. At 1GB, no errors and I get full…

Fix: Windows could not reconnect all network drives #it #development #programming

Windows could not reconnect all network drives

OK, before you get all “OFF TO SUPERUSER WITH YOUR ISSUE!”, they specifically state in their Help pages: “NOT aboutissues specific to corporate IT support and networks”, and since this is a corporate network I’m dealing with and I’m the IT manager/sr.admin, well there you go…and yes I feel silly being unable to figure this out myself, but like TLC I…

Answer: How did I get this Windows share to prompt for login? #development #computers #programming

How did I get this Windows share to prompt for login? Or: “Is this a thing? And how would I check if it was?”

In an environment without a Domain Controller, when accessing a share on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box, from a remote computer without a matching user account on the server, (and connecting by typing \\SERVERNAME\ShareNamefrom the Start menu) I currently observe the following behavior…

How to: Importance of default windows shares #dev #answer #fix

Importance of default windows shares

I have to set up some shares on a windows server (2003), but I really don’t like those default shares (C$, ADMIN$, IPC$).

I seem to remember that you shouldn’t remove those shares, but when the sharing service is disabled they don’t work anyway, so why should I leave them when the service is enabled? Can I remove them without risking a reboot?

I always…

Fixed: How do I rename the server that offline folders are referencing? #it #answer #dev

How do I rename the server that offline folders are referencing?

Several users are using offline folders to refer to a server we want to decommission… actually the server is already offline and people have pending updates to this share.

What is the best way to move these cached files to a new server with a new name without losing the new data?

Answer [by Eric C. Singer]: How do I rename the…

How-to: PowerShell DSC copy from network share #programming #dev #solution

PowerShell DSC copy from network share

I am trying to use PowerShell DSC to copy folder contents from a network share. Here is the code:

Configuration TestSetup { Node localhost { File Test { SourcePath = "\\Server\SomeShare\SomeFolder" DestinationPath = "E:\test" Recurse = $true Type = "Directory" } } }

This doesn’t work however – when I run it I get the following error message:

The related…

How to: Automatically mounting a network share as Shared Resource #computers #solution #fix

Automatically mounting a network share as Shared Resource

we’re running an ActiveDirectory environment (Windows 2008 Server, XP Clients) and want to have some shares listed as Shared Resources under the Network Neighbourhood. I do not want to map it to a drive letter.

This is easy in the UI but I can’t seem to find a way to do it automatically via scripts/GPO/etc.

The reason we want it there and…