#windows-networking

How-to: VHD network file transfer fails consistently at 4GB #it #solution #fix

VHD network file transfer fails consistently at 4GB

This issue has been extremely frustrating for us: when transferring a large VHD (virtual hard disk) file from a Windows 7 machine over the network to a physical Windows Server 2008 machine at our datacenter, the windows file transfer fails at 4 GB consistently. We have a direct 100 mbit connection from our main office to our data center.

When…

Solution: Reducing NetBIOS noise in a 50-seat, 30-server organisation #it #development #fix

Reducing NetBIOS noise in a 50-seat, 30-server organisation

We are a development shop where all 50-odd workstation computers run Windows 7 SP1 and most of our 20-30 servers are Server 2008 R2 or Server 2008 (there are a few scragglers still on Server 2003). We have a flat, single subnet environment where servers and workstations are in the same network. We have DNS servers with dynamic DNS…

Answer: Permanently mount network share without the need for log on? (Windows) #solution #answer #fix

Permanently mount network share without the need for log on? (Windows)

On a Windows 2008 R2 Server (Standard) I need to have a network drive mounted without having a specific user to log on to the machine first. Sort of like an NFS mount via fstabon Unix machines. The network drive will be a share via a BlackArmor (Seagate) appliance (which I presume runs Samba). The appliance can be a member of…