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Hi All,

This thread is an index of the Frequently Asked Questions on Windows Server forums. We consolidate them and post it here for your reference. If you have any further questions, please kindly start a new thread in that other community members, MVPs, and we can easily attend to your question and reply. Thanks for your understanding.

General

1.       Symantec solution available for "Network Path Not Found" and other errors.

2.       How to install PowerShell feature on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core server and Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 R2.

3.       Cannot connect and print to printers via CNAME alias of printer server.

4.       Deployed printers on Windows XP are not deleted even though they have been removed from the GPO.

5.       How to backup and restore printers on Windows 2000 and Windows XP workstations with Printbrm.exe?

6.       Windows XP client cannot send fax to a Windows Server 2008 server with Fax Server role installed.

7.       File Share “Scoping” in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters.

8.       How to configure a schedule task which is triggered by an event?

9.       Windows Server Backup UI cannot add another disk to a scheduled backup.

10.   Forum FAQ: You cannot save documents to a folder or change the permission settings of folders on a SMB 1.0-based remote server from a Windows-based computer that has security update 980232 (MS10-020) installed.

11.   Forum FAQ: You cannot open some IIS 7.5-hosted PDF documents by using a Web browser that has the Adobe PDF Reader plug-in enabled

12. Forum FAQ: High CPU Utilization under Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 7 with inbox NIC driver

Directory Services

1.       AdminSDHolder: Customized permission is removed from a user object who is a member of a protected group.

2.       How is user password of user objects stored in Active Directory? Can I view it? Can I modify it?

3.       How to manage a remote forest domain resource via Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC)?

4.       Error 1789 when you use the LookupAccountName function on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

5.       How to import certificate into Intermediate Certification Authorities store?

6.       Can a RODC be converted to a writable DC without a demotion/promotion?

7.       Authentication fails when an external client tries to log on to a Windows Server 2008 server by using a read-only domain controller in a perimeter network.

Group Policy

1.       Error message on a domain controller that is running Windows Server 2008: "The client-side extension could not remove user policy settings for 'Domain Name {GUID}' because it failed with error code '0x8007000d The data is invalid.'"

2.       An error occurred when viewing Software Restriction Policies in GPMC of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 system.

3.       Wallpaper policy may not work on Windows 7 Clients.

4.       How to deploy Windows 7 Taskbar Pinned Icons by Group Policy?

5.       Security group filter and LDAP filter in the Group Policy preference settings do not take effect on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7.

6.       Group policy preference policies are not applied on some clients.

7.       How to deploy PowerShell script via group policy?

8.       How to block IE8 installation from Automatic Updates via group policy?

9.       How to enable users to apply the “Devices: Unsigned driver installation behavior” Group Policy setting from a Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2008 server or Windows Server 2008 R2 server?

10.   How to restrict mass storage drive and CD-ROM access?

11.   How to deploy WMI namespace security settings via GPO?

12. Forum FAQ: Windows Server 2008 R2 Software Restriction Policy and AppLocker Policies do not restrict serviceForum FAQ: Windows Server 2008 R2 Software Restriction Policy and AppLocker Policies do not restrict service
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Setup & Deployment

1.       Windows Deployment Service fails to start with error information of 0x5

2.       Windows Server Update Services keeps reinstalling the root certificates update that is described in KB 931125 on the clients that are running Windows XP.

3.       Error code "0x800B0100" when adding/removing roles/features or installing updates.

4.       Can I use a single boot image to deploy both 32bit and 64bit install images?

5.       How to extend KMS activation support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 computers to the existing Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista KMS host?

6.       How to perform an unattend WDS installation?

7.       You cannot use a KMS key to activate more than 6 computers.

8.       The KMS current count does not increase when you add new KMS client computers.

9.       Do I need to enable any roles or features to install a KMS host?

Files & Storage

1.       Temporary files are not replicated by DFSR.

2.       How to copy directory with all access rights.

3.       When you use Disk Management to connect to a remote computer in the same domain, you receive the error message saying “RPC server is unavailable”.

4.       File Server Resource Manager does not start.

5.       How to turn off Automount feature for disk.

6.       VSS System Writer is missing.

7.   Forum FAQ: The shared type icons do not appear when you use Windows Explorer to view the sharing status of some shared folders in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2.

8.   Forum FAQ: Cannot change scheduled backup job if not all USB drives are currently attached

Security

1.       How to install CA role on Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core?

2.       How to plan and perform CA upgrade or migration?

3.       Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP clients cannot obtain certificates from a Windows Server 2008-based certification authority (CA) if the CA is configured to use SHA2 256 or higher encryption.

Networking

1.       What’s the difference between BranchCache and DFSR?

2.       Dynamic host routes are added automatically to the local routing table for computers in a network with multiple routers.

3.       DNS records are deleted automatically from DNS server.

4.       Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition NPS server can only configure a maximum of 50 RADIUS clients.

5.       How to troubleshoot DNS Event 5504 error.

6.    Forum FAQ: No information contained in Windows Security Health Validator result

Hyper-V

1.       Error 0x80070005 when exporting Hyper-V VMs over the Network

2.       How to backup Clustered Shared Volumes

3.       Bad Performance with High-End Graphics and Hyper-V.

4.       You cannot allocate page file to Microsoft SCSI Virtual Disk and boot from a Microsoft SCSI Virtual Disk in a guest.

5.       How to manage a Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V server in a workgroup environment remotely?

6.       Stop error "0x00000101 - CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT" on Intel Xeon 5500 series processor-based Windows Server 2008 R2 server that has Hyper-V role installed.

7.   Forum FAQ: The network connection of a running Hyper-V virtual machine is lost under heavy outgoing network traffic on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer.

Remote Desktop Service

1.       External users receive the error saying “The remote computer could not be found. Please contact your helpdesk about the error” when they try to establish a remote desktop connection or launch RemoteApp hosted on an internal server.

2.       How to customize the RDP settings when using Remote Desktop Connection by Web Access?

3.       How to restrict the number of active sessions in Remote Desktop Services Manager?

4.       You experience slow performance of RDP session to a virtual machine.

5.    Forum FAQ: Terminal Server License Server/Remote Desktop License Server Only Issuing Temporary Licenses and Event ID 17 Logged.

6.    Forum FAQ: Outlook crashes on Windows Server 2008 R2 Terminal Server when DEP is enabled

High Availability (Clustering)

1.   Forum FAQ: How to extend CSV drive
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