#windows-server-2012

Resolved: How do i change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server without Using CTRL ALT #fix #solution #computers

How do i change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server without Using CTRL ALT

How do i change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server without Using CTRL + ALT

I cant use CTRL + ALT + END And CTRL + ALT + DEL Is there any other Method invoking the Security Screen ?

Answer [by Dan]: How do i change Active Directory Password in Windows 2012 Terminal Server…

Resolved: Suppressing the "reason" for shutdown on Windows Server #fix #it #programming

Suppressing the "reason" for shutdown on Windows Server

How can I suppress giving a reason for shutdown on a Windows Server host?

Specifically, on 2008 R2, but all versions back to 2003 and up to 2012 would be appreciated.

Answer [by Wesley]: Suppressing the "reason" for shutdown on Windows Server

You will need to modify the group policy that is applied to the servers. Open up the Group Policy…

Resolved: Is there any technical reason why I shouldn't use windows server 2012? #programming #solution #computers

Is there any technical reason why I shouldn’t use windows server 2012?

My company is in the process of rolling out Active Directory enterprise wide, with office 365 syncronization, Lync, Exchange, and Outlook.

We currently have no AD (yet); there are 400+ users in 5 separate offices.

The quandary we are facing is whether we should initially deploy Windows Server 2012, or 2008R2.

Certain elements…

Fix: One Active Directory, Multiple Remote Desktop Services (Server 2012 solution) #fix #development #solution

One Active Directory, Multiple Remote Desktop Services (Server 2012 solution)

What I am trying to do is quite complex, so I figured I’d throw it out to a wider audience to see if anyone can find a flaw. What I am trying to do (as an MSP/VAR) is design a solution that will give multiple companies a session based remote desktop (companies that need to be kept completely seperate), using only a…

Fixed: Unzip File With Powershell in Server 2012 Core #programming #computers #fix

Unzip File With Powershell in Server 2012 Core

I need to unzip a file with powershell. The typical way I’ve seen everyone do this is by automating the shell with a script.

$shellApplication = new-object -com shell.application $zipPackage = $shellApplication.NameSpace($zipfilename) $destinationFolder = $shellApplication.NameSpace($destination) $destinationFolder.CopyHere($zipPackage.Items())

Thi…

Solution: Number of Domain Controllers needed? #fix #development #dev

Number of Domain Controllers needed?

In the process of migrating 7 school site network from Server 2003/XP to Server 2012/7 and wanted to get some feedback on how many domain controllers would be optimal.

Currently we have 4 DCs. All 7 sites are connected by a 10 GB fibre link, so we are completely centralized (all servers are at the main office) We support roughly 1800 PCs/3000 users. We…

How to: SNMP Deprecated in Windows Server 2012 #answer #programming #computers

SNMP Deprecated in Windows Server 2012

According to Technet’s Features Removed or Deprecated in Windows Server 2012, SNMP is being depreciated:

SNMP is deprecated. Instead, use the Common Information Model (CIM), which is supported by the WS-Management web services protocol and implemented as Windows Remote Management.

Since SNMP is fundamental to most monitoring systems, this caught my…

Solution: Why are Disk and Network columns disabled in Task Manager in Windows Server 2012? #computers #fix #it

Why are Disk and Network columns disabled in Task Manager in Windows Server 2012?

Compared to Windows 8, Windows 2012’s Task Manager has Disk and Network columns disabled.

Why are these columns disabled?

How can one activate them, especially the Network column?

Answer [by ronalchn]: Why are Disk and Network columns disabled in Task Manager in Windows Server 2012?

This is because disk metrics…