can't join domain
Hello All: I am having a problem joining my windows 10 computer to my domain. The computer is already set to a domain and I am trying to change it to my domain. I have windows server 2012R2 essentials installed on the server and the domain is…
Old CA referneces cleanup
Hi, Looking for steps/guide to follow to cleanup old certificate authority references as server containing CA role was removed completely without following a proper decommission process and a new PKI environment was created (root CA and subordinate…
Server 2012 Foundation migration
I am planning a server migration from 2012 Foundation to 2019 Standard. The client currently only uses AD/DNS and file services on the 2012 server. My current plan (still forming) is to make the new server a member server and migrate the ~1TB of files…
Clone HHD raid to SSD raid on windows server 2012 R2
I was wondering is there a tool or a way to clone a raid HHD on a raid SSD? I am using windows server 2012 R2
Issues with Windows Server 2012 Updates after new install
Can't get windows or WSUS updates to work on Windows Server 2012 fresh install. Have tried reinstall of windows, deleting softwaredistribution, but no luck. Any suggestions? Thanks, Jeff
Specific PowerShell TLS1.2 request won't work - Windows Server 2012
Hi, I'm kinda stuck in this investigation. I'm running the following on a PowerShell on Windows Server 2012: [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 -bor [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls11…
change hardware, change driver
hello all, we plan to change our 2012R2 hardware, but new hardware has other smartarray driver. How can we solve this problem.
Introducing a Windows 2019 Server DC into a Windows 2012 r2 Domain
Hello, Hoping to avoid any pitfalls. We will be introducing a Windows Server 2019 DC into a domain run by a Windows 2012 R2 DC without upgrading the original DC. The Windows 2012 R2 DC will still act as the primary domain controller. I am trying to…
Windows server 2012 windows update HRESULT = 0x80004005
I cant install any updates starting 2020 year, that was not an issue until i needed dot net 4.8 on the server, windows 2012 server standard 6.2.9200 updates always pending : kb450905, kb4580325, kb4586084, kb4592468, kb4486081 after kb4592468…
SCCM 1910 - Unable to deploy packages - BITS error
Hello, We have SCCM version 1910 installed in Windows Server 2012R2 machine and trying to deploy packages, but discovered that those packages are not installed, and stay in Waiting for Content status in Monitoring. The results in the client of the…
Adprep and proper FSMO roles present
Hi, In order to run adprep successfully, particular switches need to have some FSMO roles present(not mentioning the proper permissions). So what FSMO roles particular adprep switch need to connect? Schema Master for /forestprep. What about…
Windows Server HyperV Extended Tertiary Replication - seeding and failover
For folks who use Windows HyperV on a regular basis, in particular, Extended/Tertiary Replication. If you haven't used it please don't take on this question - we want real world experience - enough theory available via Google. We are setting up…
VM restarted. The bugcheck was: 0x0000007f (0x0000000000000008,...) A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP.
Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 10.0.16299.15 AMD64 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Loading Dump File [C:\MEMORY.DMP] Kernel Bitmap Dump File: Kernel address space is available, User address space may not be…
Add Chiper Suite TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 for Window 2012 R12
Hi, this is a mirror question of https://learn.microsoft.com/answers/questions/198725/add-chiper-suite-tls-ecdhe-rsa-with-aes-128-gcm-sh.html In that question, @Anonymous 's answer gives a solution to fix the issue, but he does not answer how to…
Group Policy to Deploy Workstation Local USB Printer Drivers/Settings
We have a Hyper-V 2019 Server utilized specifically for setting up and configuring printers/drivers on and then a Server 2012 R2 as our primary DC and use GPO to deploy network printers and instances for print tasks to workstations using targeted…
windows server 2012R2 re-activation
Hi, Our company need to reformat our 2 servers with hyper V, done with the 1st server, how can we registered or activate it again using our previous license key? I have the screenshot of computer properties it needed.
Hyper-V Virtual SAN manger issue
Hi Team I have 2 HOST with Cluster and one HPE SAN 2050, we have connected SAN to HOST directly over FC (NO SAN Switch between) so i have successfully mapped CSV volume to my both host but when i create Virtual Switch Manger and assign and select the…
Guest OS VSS State - Virtual Machine
Hi We are facing issue with Veeam backup job failed with below error: 12/24/2020 12:42:36 PM :: Guest processing skipped (check guest OS VSS state and hypervisor integration components version) 12/24/2020 12:42:36 PM :: Failed to create snapshot…
After the installation of Visual Studio 2015 C++ Redistributable Package, cannot download Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 specific
We've completed installing Visual Studio 2015 C++ Redistributable Package x64, and now moving forward to download Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 specific: KB2919442, KB2919355, KB3021910, KB3172614, and it keeps showing "The update is not…
Proper way of replacing Domain Controller on a new hardware (+ changing version old-2008r2, new- 2012r2)
Hi, I'd like to pick the brain of some of you for the proper way of replacing Domain Controller on a new hardware (old-2008r2, new- 2012r2)? What will be the steps to achieve this one? I presume I leave 2008r2 up and running, while installing 2012 r2,…