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…

Fix: Active Directory Integrated DNS Records Deletion by System #computers #dev #answer

Active Directory Integrated DNS Records Deletion by System

I have an issue where records are ‘disappearing’ from my primary DNS zone. The client records for these devices are static entries. The entries replicate correctly but get randomly removed. I have tracked the edits back to the PDC with auditing. Where do I go from here?

Here is the setup:

4 Win7 clients connected through VPN to my domain.

How to: Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows System Resource Manager Replacement? #solution #development #dev

Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows System Resource Manager Replacement?

Windows System Resource Manager has been removed in Windows Server 2012 R2, and I need a replacement. I’m running a small RDP server without a domain on 2012 R2 Standard. It only has 8 GB of ram and I need a way to limit resources for each regular user so the system doesn’t grind to a halt and users can’t do anything malicious. I…

Fix: How do I convert a vhd to a wim file? #programming #it #solution

How do I convert a vhd to a wim file?

I just setup and sysprepped a nice new VM, now I need to convert it to a wim real quick, to upload to my sccm server. For some reason, I can’t change the VM properties to boot from a legacy nic for pxe, which is how I usually capture my images using sccm. VMM just changes the settings right back, even though it says successful.

Anyway, the first page of…

How-to: Can I disable WSD (Web Services for Devices) on Server 2012/R2? How? #development #fix #programming

Can I disable WSD (Web Services for Devices) on Server 2012/R2? How?

I am looking for a way to disable WSD on Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2. Basically, a number of our printers on a number of our print server have decided that using this bloody service is better than using the TCP/IP ports they were assigned, and they are changing themselves over to WSD ports which results in users being unable…

Answer: Reset users password in Active Directory by Domain Admin account or other service account #fix #solution #development

Reset users password in Active Directory by Domain Admin account or other service account

In Active Directory you can set and enforce rules where users have to use strong password, can’t use last 5+ passwords they already had, enforce password complexity. Is there a way to enforce such settings so that if a service account (password reset web service) tries to set new password for user it’s…

Resolved: Inaccessible_boot_device after installing KB2919355 on Server 2012R2 #programming #solution #fix

Inaccessible_boot_device after installing KB2919355 on Server 2012R2

I have a server 2012r2 machine that I just installed KB2919355 (the mega 800+MB patch recently released for Windows 8.1 and Server 2012). Server is a Dell Poweredge R715. Disks are 2x500GB SAS in RAID1 on an H200 controller.

The server was working perfectly until the update – and I have the dell management tools installed, so I…

How to: How to replace permissions and everything inside with icacls on Windows Server 2012? #computers #development #it

How to replace permissions and everything inside with icacls on Windows Server 2012?

Using Windows Server 2012 R2 AND Windows Server 2008 R2.

I have a folder called C:\temp\test and I want to grant access to SYSTEM and a user and all files and subdirectories, and remove everthing else. I’ve tried this command but all the existing permissions remain:

Existing permissions are:

Access : NT…