1,564 questions with Windows Server 2012 tags

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Task scheduler start a task and shows running, but nothing happens

Hello, I am trying to run a java program through the task scheduler on an old windows server 2012R2. My script runs when I double click on it, or if I run directly from the CMD screen. This is a batch program that doesn't need any interaction with…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
asked 2020-08-25T09:10:40.597+00:00
Alessandro Perucchi 26 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-25T23:29:42.303+00:00
MotoX80 32,551 Reputation points
5 answers

Options to clean up primary drive on server

Hello, We have a 2012 R2 domain controller with very low hard drive space on the primary drive. I have checked to display hidden files and when checking the size of all the files and folders of the C drive, the total is less then what the critical state…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
asked 2020-08-20T13:21:23.17+00:00
Computer Gladiator 441 Reputation points
answered 2020-08-25T16:18:49.997+00:00
Dave Patrick 426.4K Reputation points MVP
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

DHCP server - State Switchover Interval, Maximum Client Lead Time? What options do I need?

I have relatively a small network with two domain controllers (windows server 2012 and windows server 2016) I want to use a shared pool option with something like 90% - 10 % (So there is the main server and the second reserved one). The vast majority…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,425 questions
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
Windows DHCP
Windows DHCP
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). A communications protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network.
1,034 questions
asked 2020-08-20T11:09:29.917+00:00
Eduard Martinenko 106 Reputation points
answered 2020-08-24T08:34:03.793+00:00
Candy Luo 12,686 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
7 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Server 2012 R2 Essentials forever "Please wait" screen after latest windows update and also threw the IRQL_not_less_or_equal error - just once but now stuck at "Please wait"

OS: Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials version is installed. Worked perfectly fine for more than three years now. Latest Windows update that was automatically applied 2 days ago. Server went into installing update 1 of 1 and restarted as normal and the…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
asked 2020-08-21T22:33:26.663+00:00
Arvind Victor Estibeiro 96 Reputation points
answered 2020-08-23T10:14:06.56+00:00
Arvind Victor Estibeiro 96 Reputation points
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Cannot access new website

Hello, we have a new website created and hosted by a third party. Users cannot access the website from the office network. It can be accessed anywhere else outside the office network. Users can also surf the net as usual other than this new website.…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
Windows DHCP
Windows DHCP
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). A communications protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network.
1,034 questions
asked 2020-08-05T17:28:38.573+00:00
Computer Gladiator 441 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-20T13:25:54.963+00:00
Computer Gladiator 441 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Server 2012 R2 restart loop

Today we facing windows server 2012 R2 keep on restart loop after trying to load the windows login. It prompt "Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info, and then we"ll restart for you". …

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
asked 2020-08-08T13:29:22.067+00:00
CL Lee 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-18T13:00:52.42+00:00
CL Lee 21 Reputation points
1 answer

Remove unused space from a disk

Hi, I have a on-prem VM which has 500 GB of disk connected, it is hardly used, currently utilized around 30 GB. Is there a way using "disk mirroring option" to reduce the total space and return remaining space back to datastore eg: by…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
642 questions
asked 2020-08-12T11:45:32.73+00:00
WinTechie 286 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-17T09:35:33.663+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 33,301 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
4 answers

The DNS server has encountered a critical error from the Active Directory. Client cannot authenticated.

Hello, I have four DCs, one of them in personal site. Client in same site could not authenticate in AD because server is not available if I reboot one of DC from other site, for example DC01 On primary DC for this clients (for example DC03), I…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,149 questions
Windows DHCP
Windows DHCP
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). A communications protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network.
1,034 questions
asked 2020-08-09T03:20:03.467+00:00
Den Pasternak 101 Reputation points
answered 2020-08-17T07:03:42.56+00:00
Vicky Wang 2,646 Reputation points
3 answers

SMTP server (IIS) 2012 R2 is using incorrect certificate by outbound connection

I have setup a Windows server 2012 R2 SMTP server and it's working fine, accept that is not using the correct certificate for the outbound connection, which is een problem because i need it for my office365 (exchange-online) connector to identify itself…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online: A Microsoft email and calendaring hosted service.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
4,342 questions
asked 2020-08-11T15:07:12.18+00:00
Daniël de Jager 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-17T05:27:12.947+00:00
Yuki Sun-MSFT 40,931 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

DNS forward lookup zone is empty

In my Windows Server 2012 R2, it host a few asp.net web sites. Now I just installed DNS by this tutorial. However I haven't seen anything under DNS Forward Lookup Zone there is no _msdcs zone or local something. Do I have to manually install them? If I…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,516 questions
Windows DHCP
Windows DHCP
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). A communications protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network.
1,034 questions
asked 2020-08-13T19:21:00.327+00:00
ardmore 41 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-14T11:49:41.557+00:00
ardmore 41 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

New WSUS server

Hi, We are curenly using a WSUS which runs on a Windows Server 2012R2. Since there are a performance issues on that server, we've decided to deploy a new WSUS server (Windows Server 2019). We are using an option "Use Group Policy or registry…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,516 questions
asked 2020-08-14T06:23:38.567+00:00
MaticK 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-14T10:21:12.46+00:00
MaticK 21 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to add Tracing to IIS under Windows Server 2012 R2 under Azure

We are currently struggling to add Tracing to the roles on a Windows Server 2012 R2 under Azure. We have been using "Server Manager" app. We get to the screen that says "Feature installation" of "Web Server (IIS) > Web Server…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
asked 2020-08-14T05:57:03.157+00:00
Bruce Axtens 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-14T09:05:19.507+00:00
Bruce Axtens 21 Reputation points
1 answer

VP Configuration server/-client

Install and configure a VPN service on the Windows server 2012 Foundation, the server has two network cards installed and configured, both have IP addressing in the same segment, and the remote access and configuration services are configured and active.…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server Infrastructure
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Infrastructure: A Microsoft solution area focused on providing organizations with a cloud solution that supports their real-world needs and meets evolving regulatory requirements.
526 questions
asked 2020-08-06T04:52:14.42+00:00
Ivan Martinez Rico 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-14T09:00:42.767+00:00
Sunny Qi 10,921 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
6 answers

Server 2012 r2 WMI error

Server 2012 r2 Domain controller. WMI diag gives the following errors: Root/aspnet, 0x8004100E - (WBEM_E_INVALID_NAMESPACE) Namespace specified cannot be found. Then 118 error 0x80070002 saying it can't open registry keys. DISM scanhealth showed…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
asked 2020-08-09T06:54:07.28+00:00
Susan Dodds 186 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-14T07:39:20.757+00:00
Jenny Yan-MSFT 9,326 Reputation points
2 answers

Windows 10 PCs not displaying Windows Server 2012 in Windows Explorer

I have a client that just upgraded a few Windows 7 PCs to Windows 10 Pro and has one new Windows 10 pro box on a client-server network. Since they moved from Windows 7 to 10 on the workstations, they cannot see the Windows Server 2012 (domain controller)…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
2,300 questions
asked 2020-08-05T18:05:39.38+00:00
Jim Tingley 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-14T01:31:56.55+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,896 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Update Windows Server 2012

I want to update my Windows Server r2 2012. So I got the patch on KB2822241 nad run it. But the system said that it is not applied. Why?

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
asked 2020-07-22T21:07:27.703+00:00
ardmore 41 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-13T19:22:18.847+00:00
ardmore 41 Reputation points
3 answers

In-place upgrade from 2012 r2 to 2019 affect on spanned volume

We have a 2012 r2 server we are trying to do an in-place upgrade to 2019, the question is how will the upgrade affect the spanned volume that is on the 2012 r2 server. Not sure if need to just move the volume of if there is a different option.

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,516 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
642 questions
asked 2020-08-06T14:29:44.873+00:00
Mcneil, Robert G 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-08-13T09:32:56.973+00:00
Thameur-BOURBITA 32,621 Reputation points
10 answers

Windows Server 2012 Foundation user profile

Good afternoon. I have a Windows Server 2012 Foundation running, with RDP configured and 12 users accessing. It has been running for 2 years without problems, but a couple of months ago I saw that the folders of the user profiles (c: \ users \…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
asked 2020-08-04T17:42:37.627+00:00
Javier Solano Fraile 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-12T03:03:43.997+00:00
Eleven Yu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 10,706 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers

iSCSI Initiator

I lost power and lost connection to my iscsi target. I get the following error in event viewer: iSCSI discovery via Host Bus Adapter failed with error code 0xefff003a to Host Bus Adapter…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,516 questions
asked 2020-07-28T13:08:10.71+00:00
John Evans 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-10T01:35:12.543+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 33,301 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

IIS User Extend

Dear Team, I want to extend/increase application users concurrently login in IIS Service. our current user 30 but i want to increase more 10 users. Please share the Microsoft documents and advice me. Thanks

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 questions
asked 2020-07-30T12:00:50.477+00:00
PAVZ 136 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-08T16:22:38.717+00:00
PAVZ 136 Reputation points