Windows 2008 R2 domain - how to allow anonymous access to 1 folder share?
Hi,II'd like to know if there is any truly working solution for establishing an anonymously accessible file share on Windows 2008 R2 (SP1) server running Active Directory (domain controller) and File...
View ArticleIIS Server / Ftp Isolation user not working in Windows 2008 R2
HI, Please help as last time when we are still using the Server 2003 we don't have issue with the IIS virtual directory, what I mean is when the user log in there username and password they can only...
View ArticleStorage Pool & Virtual Disk problems
I'm having a huge problem with storage on one of our servers. We have several Windows servers... all Server 2012. We use DFS-R for our main data shares. One of our servers, however, developed a...
View ArticleDFS+File server from 2008 to 2012
hello ,I have File server + DFS + DFS replication installed on windows server 2008my file server capcity data= 3 TBI have to migrate to file+DFS 2012what is the steps to do that migration without...
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Windows Explorer Displays Redirected Folders as a Different Name
Hi Guys,Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 has this new feature where it displays folders in which you have ownership of as "Documents" or "Start Menu" for Folder Redirection.This only renames it when...
View ArticleSpanned Volume
One of my server's disk setup is as follows:Disk 0: System (C:) 99GBDisk 1: Code (E:) 100GB, Database (F:) 20GBDisk 2: Database (F:) 350GBHow do I safely remove the Database (F:) on Disk 1 (so I just...
View ArticleRecover corrupted .bkf file by SysTools BKF Repair.
Hi All,My .bkf file corrupted due to power failure, and now i bought SysTools BKF Repair to retrieve the data from .bkf files. Theare are a few catalogs, say Catalog 1 and Catalog 2, in the corrupted...
View ArticleDFS-R Restart Initial Sync to Additional Member
Hi all,I've had a look through the forums and can't see an exact answer to my setup. I have a DFS-R replication group which has been running between 4 servers for years without issue. I am replacing...
View ArticleAvoid auto-enabled referral status for newly added replication targets
Hi,We need to do some shuffling around on our DFS servers. Four 2008R2 servers are deployed, all 4 are replicating all folders, and only one serves as the referral target for all folders. On one of the...
View ArticleNetwork Error 0x800704cf on any shared folder
Hi,I have one Win 2008 R2 domain controller and two Win 2008 R2 member server on the Azure cloud. Recently I get oneach server the network error 0x800704cf when I try to open any shared folder....
View ArticleDFS not replicating and unable to query status
Hi,I'm having an issue with DFS it was setup and working fine but replication has now stopped working and I'm not sure why we have 3 domain controllers all running 2012 Standard and these are also the...
View ArticleZips failing on a single Win2008R2 server (one of many)
I have a single Win2008R2 database server failing to zip/unzip files properly. At our site there are two (going on three) Win2008R2 servers that use a WinRAR job to automatically compresses the...
View ArticleWin 7 Client cannot access Win 2012 encrypted share even if...
I enable either Global-level or Share-level encryption on Win 2012 and try to access the encrypted share from a Non-SMB3 client (Win 7). As we know, "RejectUnencryptedAccess"by default is TRUE in Win...
View Article2008R2 - My Documents redirected to share on 2008R2 server, integrated ZIP...
Hi, I ran into yet another weird issue. To prevent too much roaming, we redirected some folders under which My Documents. They are redirected to the users homedrive\Documents, which reside on a 2008R2...
View ArticleCorrect permissions for secure home directory
Let me start off by saying this isn't a question about getting home directories to work properly for multiple users. I am looking for some documentation on securing file servers and shares for home...
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File Server Resource Manager PowerShell module missing in Windows 8 RSAT
It appears that the File Server Resource Manager PowerShell module does not get installed with the final version ofRSAT for Windows 8 (not sure if twas this was the case with the preview versions or...
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Duplicate entries showing up in "Manage Open Files"
We are seeing an odd phenomenon with file sharing on our Windows Server platform. I'm posting here because I haven't seen anything quite like this in my Google searches.Off and on, when a user will try...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 File Server Stops Responding to SMB Connections
Hi There,Massive shot in the dark here but I am struggling with a pretty major issue atm. We have a production file server that is hosted on the following:Dell MD 3220i -> iSCSI -> Server 2008...
View ArticleFile Server Migration from 2008 Standard to 2012 Standard accross different...
Hi Im going to migrate File server from Windows 2008 Standard server to Windows 2012 Standard . Source and Destination Servers are on different subnets . According to...
View ArticleNetwork Drive Mapping for users who have Port 445 (possibly others) Blocked...
Nice to see my original posts are still up. I was hoping that in the ensuing time someone had found a solution. At least I can now see many other posting the same problems. :) Thought I was losing...
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