Jan
26
Symptoms: When a user connects to a Windows Server 2008 Terminal Server using Remote Desktop, local printers are correctly redirected but print jobs will not print. No error was reported and the print queue is empty. Upon trying to access the printer properties, the following error is reported: “Printer Properties cannot be displayed. Access is …
Aug
18
Introduction This article will provide step-by-step instructions describing the process for transferring one or more FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation) roles from one server to another in Active Directory. This is a necessary step during a server migration, reorganization of an existing domain or a handful of other situations in which the needs or level …
Aug
09
**Note from the Author: Although this may be helpful for older OS versions, the process below is no longer the correct method. There are many reasons that a network administrator may want to synchronize the clocks on all Windows computers across the Active Directory domain. The following steps will demonstrate how to easily accomplish that …
May
17
Symptom: Upon trying to connect to a SonicWall SSL VPN with the NetExtender client for Mac OS X, the software immediately reports that the user is disconnected. The log file on the client will contain the line: FATAL: Pppd is not setuid-root and the invoking user is not root. Problem: The latest version of Mac …
Apr
20
Recently I had a client whose organization was growing and needed a few more client access licenses for their Windows 2003 Terminal Server. (see this post for an interesting issue that was encountered.) Once the CALs were installed and activated, all was well until it became apparent that the server was refusing connections before it …
Feb
25
Symptom: Your Terminal Services Licensing Server is no longer activated on or after February 26, 2010. If you try to re-activate the server, you are greeted with the following message: “The License Server Activation Wizard encountered an internal error from the license server. Message Number: 0xc0110011” You may also see the following events in the …
Feb
23
Prerequisites Hyper-V is installed and you have a new VM set up. For help with this, see the post: Walk-through: Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2. Install the Legacy Network Adapter for your VM instead of the default. To do this: In the “Settings” page of the VM, click “Add Hardware”. Select “Legacy Network Adapter” …
Feb
23
Installing and setting up Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2 is a straightforward task thanks to Microsoft’s new approach to “roles”. Preparing Your Server to Run Hyper-V Ensure that your server’s motherboard and processor support hardware-assisted virtualization. Go into the BIOS setup menu of your server and make sure that virtualization is enabled. This setting …
Feb
08
Situation: An organization has users that log into workstations interactively and also log into a Terminal Server with the same user account, but stricter policies are desired for the Terminal Server session than for the users’ interactive session with their own computer. Also, certain users (such as Administrators) should be exempt from these policies. ex: …
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