Windows Server comes with Internet Explorer (you are also free to download another browser of your choice such as Chrome or Firefox). Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC) is a security feature that can be enabled or disabled. If enabled, when you open IE you will see something like this “Internet Explorer Enhanced Security […]
Category: Windows 2008R2
If you are prevented from logging on to your server via RDP and receive a message that the maximum number of connections have been exceeded, see steps below to login to the special session to then disconnect the other user sessions: 1. Open Command Prompt on your local windows computer 2. Type: mstsc /admin 3. […]
Extended support for Windows Server 2003 ends July 14, 2015 which means all patches and security updates will end in July 2015. Now is the time to begin planning your migration to Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 R2. Migration time is a great time to utilize a datacenter for uptime as well […]
Follow the steps below to allow redirection of sound from a remote desktop server (terminal server) to local/client machine. This applies in Windows Server 2008R2. – see notes further below if you are using Windows Server 2012R2. 1) Install the “desktop experience” feature in server manager and then start the windows audio service. We have […]
Windows Server 2008R2 with remote desktop services role (terminal services) and Access database We recently had a user notice that database reports would open up at different speeds in different remote desktop sessions. After trying many different things, it was determined that printer redirection was causing some sessions to open database reports more slowly than […]
Applies to Windows Server 2008R2 Microsoft does not recommend installing the Remote Desktop Services role (Terminal Services role) on a domain controller in Windows Server 2008R2. If you have installed both roles, you may notice printing issues whereby documents won’t print to your redirected printer even thought it shows as available. First review the event […]
If you have noticed that your windows server has a lot of files in the folder ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsWERReportQueue you can delete them to free up space on your drive. It is recommended using “Disk Cleanup” to free up the space. To disable the files from accumulating you can turn Windows Error Reporting off. On a Windows 2008R2 […]
If you see the following error after a successful install of wordpress on a IIS 7.5 on a Windows Server the fix might be to change your default document to index.php In the case of the following error we found the default document set to index.aspx since it was inherited from the parent website, in […]
Last week we had a customer who’s Windows 2008 R2 server stopped responding after selecting to restart the server. If updates are allowed to be applied when rebooting your server will try updating. In this case the server started applying server updates and was stuck at 32% for several hours and displayed the following Please […]