Windows Server 2008 R2, no internet time tab
If the server (or any Windows computer) is joined to a domain it will synchronize it’s time automatically from the domain, and the Internet Time tab will disappear.
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Is there any technical reason why I shouldn’t use windows server 2012?
The only reason I can suggest for delaying a move to 2012, is that you have an existing domain architecture that won’t cleanly upgrade. But since you have NO Active directory deploy yet, I take it that you’re using the whole LAN in “workgroup” mode and without any domain at all, this is a trivially … Read more
Turn off server manager on login
I found this blog post by Alen Siljak which describes how you can keep it from starting when logging on. There are two different methods to solve the problem. The first and most simple is a checkbox in the Server Manager itself. The second involves modifying the registry, which can be used to automate and … Read more
Disable history for only one task in the Task Scheduler Library?
It doesn’t look like there’s a good way filter this like you are thinking of, but you could add a couple actions to your task to disable logging first, enable it after. There is a chance that there is another scheduled task trying to write to the log at that time, so you would need … Read more
How did I get this Windows share to prompt for login?
This really piqued my interest. I was able to replicate your findings in my lab with the same pattern of results that you describe. I used Procmon to to try to see what changes are made and almost gave up until I saw the following: That shows lsass.exe (Local Security Authority) writing to the local … Read more
Windows services not starting automatically?
W32time will not start automatically if the PC is not in a domain. Damn Microsoft! Try to run this: sc triggerinfo w32time start/networkon stop/networkoff
Why does Window’s SSL Cipher-Suite get restricted under certain SSL certificates?
If the certificate being used on the server was generated using the Legacy Key option in the certificate request form, the private key for that certificate will be stored in Microsoft’s legacy Cryptographic API framework. When the web server tries to process requests using its new, Cryptographic Next Generation (CNG) framework, it appears that something … Read more
Phones on some switches cannot complete DHCP process
I fixed the problem today by removing the vlan tag for the phone vlan on the port connecting to our dhcp server. It’s very strange to me that this worked, as other systems that use a similar scheme (aka: Wifi SSIDs using 802.1q) require the tag or clients cannot get addresses. It worked, so I … Read more
Disable IPv6 on Loopback address (Localhost, Computer name, …)
I had initially checked the host file as SilverbackNet suggested, but on a Windows 2008 R2 server this is the default file: # localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself. # 127.0.0.1 localhost # ::1 localhost # indicates a comment in the host file, so all the entries are commented out, and the first … Read more
Open Windows Firewall to all connections from specific IP Address
Assuming the IP address you want to whitelist is 192.0.2.55: netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=”Allow from 192.0.2.55″ dir=in action=allow protocol=ANY remoteip=192.0.2.55