Auto select from a drop-down if something "is not blank"
At first I came here to ask a question on how to accomplish something simple. I just could not seem to get it to do what I wanted it to. Below I will go over my troubles and my triumphs in order to encourage you to keep trying until you achieve your goal.
I am in the process of taking a paper form for our electrical technicians and turning it into an Infopath form online. The issue I was running into is attempting to make this form as user friendly as possible for someone who has never seen it before, or uses a computer regularly on assignment.
This is regarding automatically selecting an item from a drop-down list if something else is filled out. Specifically speaking, once a tech "terminates" the job, they should select the date on which this occurs, and with that the status drop-down should also be changed to say "Terminated.".
After speaking with a former technician who now trains new-comers, we decided to assist the techs in certain areas to make this as simple as possible.
At first I was trying to use rules in the drop-down to select "Terminated." if the terminated date was filled in. This was not working, so I scratched the idea until I could find a new solution. I tried to look up my issue online (in this forum) to no avail.
As I was sitting here thinking about why the rule was not working it hit me... All I need to do is place the rule on the terminated date box, not the drop-down box. After placing the rule there it has been working perfectly.
Hope if anyone elese has similar issues this may enlighten them, not to let their initial idea hinder themselves, but to inspire them into a new direction.
Thank you,
FORMality
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Hi,
I don't really undestand your question cause this is not an issue...
All I can explain to you is that a rule is triggered when a value is changed in a control.
So, when you change the value in your data picker, the rule on this field is triggered. But if you put the rule on the dropdonwlist, this rules will not be triggered since this control has not change.
So to do what you want, you need to put a an action rule on the date picker with the condition "if date picker is not null" and with the action "dropdonwlist = Terminated".
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Ajax is not working in cloud box
Hi,
We have some issue after hosting my deliverables into the cloud box. Issue is, application is not getting connected with the database which is available in the same server. By our observations we found that some of the AjaxToolKit related or some other stuff might be missing in this server, because the same application is working in our local servers.
Thanx in advance
With Regards,
Datta.G
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If this answer solves your problem, please check Mark as Answered. If this answer helps, please click the Vote as Helpful button. Cheers, Rajender Saini Aditi Enterprise Solutions – Partnering Innovation | www.aditi.com
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Hi,
Did you try making the property "Copy to output directory" of all the dlls related to Ajaxtoolkit to "Copy always" ?
I hope it helps!! If you found this post useful, Please "Mark as answer" or "Vote as Helpful". Thanks! VIJAY.
- Edited by VIJAYAMANIKANDAN Tuesday, August 7, 2012 5:40 PM
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Hi VIJAYAMANIKANDAN,
Thanks for reply.Could please elobarate what you said .Sorry I didn't get you
With Regards,
Datta.G
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Hi,
1) Goto references node in your visual studio solution
2) Right click on ajax dll (each dll) and slect properties
3) In properties you should see Copy to output directory property
4) Set that property to true
Do this for all your ajax dlls.
You should be good.
BTW, you need to post this as question and not a discussion. If the anweres are helpful please vote the threads that helped you getting a direction to solve the problem.
Please mark the replies as Answered if they help and Vote if you found them helpful.
- Edited by Veerendra Kumar Wednesday, August 8, 2012 5:10 AM
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Hi Datta,
Right Click on the Ajax dlls > Click on properties.
Change "Copy local " to true. It should work for you.please See the image below
I hope it helps!! If you found this post useful, Please "Mark as answer" or "Vote as Helpful". Thanks! VIJAY.
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Hi Veerendra Kumar<abbr class="affil"></abbr> , VIJAYAMANIKANDAN
Thanks for the reply
As per your suggestions I have checked it, everything is same.But still its not working.
Could please suggest on this
With Reagrds,
Datta.G
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SSRS Report 2008 Excel sheet Rename
Use this code to rename the excel sheet through coding,
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6698606/rename-the-excel-sheet-name-in-c-sharp
this concept is implement in ssrs 2008 R2,
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robertbruckner/archive/2010/05/16/report-design-naming-excel-worksheets.aspxReply:
Hi Gunasekaran,
Do you have any questions related to renaming the sheets of an excel export? The second link above provides a solution to doing so.
I don't know if I am missing something here, but can you let us know if you are looking out for any kind of help from us?
Cheers,
IceQB
Please mark correct answers :)
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hi IceQB,
thank u for u response
we using the reporting server 2008, our issue is we using same RDL file for Two report, during the excel export the sheet name is same as RDL Name, we set one report name as RDL Name, But another report also come same, how to given the seperate Excel sheet for different report using same RDL ?
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we using the reporting server 2008, our issue is we using same RDL file for Two report, during the excel export the sheet name is same as RDL Name, we set one report name as RDL Name, But another report also come same, how to given the seperate Excel sheet for different report using same RDL ?
You can implement a report parameter that accepts the name of the sheet. When calling the report, pass in the appropriate value through the parameter.
In the report, use the parameter in an expression in the InitialPageName property.
More details on naming Excel sheets: http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2011/03/23/where-the-sheets-have-a-name-ssrs-excel-export/
MCITP SQL Server 2008 (DEV); MCTS SQL Server 2008 (BI, DEV & DBA)
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shutdown after reboot and before log on.
Hallo
I have made a script that will do a chkdsk and continue at next boot.
When that chkdsk is finished i like the computer to shutdown but before anybody logs on.
How can i make computer shutdown after boot/chkdsk ?
Reply:
Hi,
This type issue should be more related to Script. You'd better to post your problem on Script Forum.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ITCG/threads
Kim Zhou
TechNet Community Support
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Win+Q screen vs Taskbar folder
OR
having this folder on the Taskbar?
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
- Edited by Drew1903 Tuesday, August 7, 2012 8:26 AM
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but ugly heaps! And about the "cool" search: what if you do not know the exact name or spelling? Only have some idea where to find
in "old fashioned" start menu?
- Edited by karlx Tuesday, August 7, 2012 6:01 PM
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Good idea.
I guess maybe Drew1903 prefer the traditional Start menu which can list apps you want to launch.
As in Windows 7, you can still use Search to locate apps. It is better that there are several ways that can be used to launch apps and users can choose the ways they like.
Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. "
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Perhaps the presentation and question is incorrect?
The subject has been discussed here, and in so many other forums and the verdict is still open.
My question, asked of the OP and any others who support either of the views, is, Are those users really using all those items on a regular basis? Even at, let us say, once a week, that is an awful lot of executives to plough though! Further, so many duplicates. I cannot believe that, for example, "Mail" and "Outlook, (two versions)" are both being used. So many smaller shortcuts also, which are rarely used. Surely, for another example, no one really uses the magnifier or narrator frequently? I realise, in anticipation, that (I think) the OP is comparing two methods.
But, lets be a little more objective towards the Metro Start (Which I prefer to call it), Menu. If you eliminate all the items that you use once in a lengthy period, you are presented, on boot up , with a graphical representation of you dailies. These can even be arranged in groups, for more expeditious use. I have 12 at the moment. If, as I say, on those rare occasions you choose to use one of the less popular programs, they are a single click away. My main bleat is that, after using an app, I would, with my method of use, prefer to find myself back on the Metro screen again. But, that also, is only one click away. Shortcuts in Windows 7 (The start menu) were two or three clicks away.
David Clarke
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Sure you can have the most frequent items (favs) pinned to Start. And go to an applications listing, only, if & when, necessary (for other, less frequent items).
All be shown here is the ALL APPS screen vs an Applications folder done w/ List View & Sort by Name. There could, of course, still, be whatever tiles on Start & they could be grouped as the most commonly wanted. The ALL APPs screen the OS has, the 'folder' has to be created.
Cheers,
Drew
Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com
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Can I add same PXE server to Multiple SCVMM 2012 Servers?
I have used separate Win2008 R2 SP1 server with WDS installed as PXE server in one of my SCVMM 2012 server.
Now in same network and domain, I have another SCVMM 2012 server, trying to use existing PXE server, it fails to add this PXE server saying below error:
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Error (409)
PXEServer.domain.com is already associated with a different VMM management server. A computer can only be associated with one VMM management server at a time.
Recommended Action
Remove the association of PXEServer.domain.com from its current Virtual Machine Manager management server or uninstall the Virtual Machine Manager agent using Add or Remove Programs on PXEServer.domain.com and try the operation again.
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Can't I use same PXE server for multiple SCVMM servers?
Please suggest.
Thanks,
Milan
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Since there is an SCVMM agent and SCVMM needs to 'own' the WDS / PXE server to drive updating, it cannot share a single server with other SCVMM servers.
I know that there is work to share a WDS server with other applications that manage WDS, but SCVMM does not play well with itself sharing resources between multipl SCVMM servers.
Brian Ehlert
http://ITProctology.blogspot.com
Learn. Apply. Repeat.
Disclaimer: Attempting change is of your own free will.
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Thank you for replying Brian.. :)
So, if WDS/PXE server cannot be shared by multiple SCVMM servers, then I have a trouble.
We have a team of people using their own SCVMM 2012 servers (but share common DHCP/DNS/DC/WDS/PXE server) to Test Deployment of Hyper-V Servers on Bare Metal computers, and if we keep multiple WDS/PXE servers on same network, then we dont know which PXE server that Bare Metal computer will connect to and that Hyper-V deployment will fail.
In this case what could be the possible workaround or solution we can try?
Thanks,
Milan
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You can have a unique DHCP server scope define a unique PXE Server location.
So, if you define DHCP scoping and set the MAC of the Server to a DHCP reservation to can define the options for PXE (66, 67) specific for that scope.
So DHCP scope A might use PXE server A and DHCP Scope B use PXE Server B.
Since these settings drive the PXE process (PXE is only 'discoverable' when the DHCP server is also the PXE server.)
I don't know how that relates to SCVMM control though, I have not tried that, just contemplating a way to work around a shared DNS, DHCP and multiple PXE servers...
Brian Ehlert
http://ITProctology.blogspot.com
Learn. Apply. Repeat.
Disclaimer: Attempting change is of your own free will.
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Thank you Brian again for your valuable inputs.
I wanted to share what I have tried.
I installed another Win2008R2SP1 server with WDS role to act as PXE server and assosicated it with another SCVMM2012 server.
So now I have on same network 2 separate PXE servers and 2 separate SCVMM 2012 servers.
From SCVMM 2012 Server-A, I started the Deployment of HyperV on a Bare Metal server, and it started the process, when that Bare Metal server did a PXE boot, it got DHCP IP and contacted the correct PXE Server-A which was associated with SCVMM 2012 Server-A.
Then From SCVMM 2012 Server-B, I started the Deployment of HyperV on a Bare Metal server, and it started the process, when that Bare Metal server did a PXE boot, it got DHCP IP and contacted the correct PXE Server-B which was associated with SCVMM 2012 Server-B.
So that means SCVMM somehow controls the PXE client talking to correct PXE server if multiple exists at same time.
Both deployment completed fine, which works for me now.
Thanks,
Milan
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security policies based on job role
Not a question as such more just general discussion.
Our IT seem to have a strategy in our enterprise (over 4000 users in the same domain) that some departments require higher security policies than others in our windows network.
I just wondered if you have similar, i.e. some departments handle highly sensitive data have more stringent user/computer/profile policies applied against them, than other departments who don’t handle any sensitive data – and thus certain policies applied to them can be relaxed.
Any examples in your areas you can share?
Or any do’s in terms of user/computer/profile policies for the high staff working in the high security environments that may not apply to staff working in the lower security environments?
data control is a key driver, who can save it where, who can access it where etc, who can take it offsite and where, and with what etc.
- Changed type Brad Mahugh - (Microsoft) Friday, April 26, 2013 6:16 PM not a question
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Hi cf090,
this forum is about AD Rights Management Services. Your question is to general to get a answer in this format here.
Regards,
Lutz
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Operating Systems and Hacking?
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Hi patelsta,
you have better chances to get an answer in time if you post you question to the Windows server forum or the Security forum. Overall Wikipedia or a Bing search gives you a lot of items as well.
Thank you,
Lutz
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The RPC Server is unavailable when setting up NLB
Hi,
I have 2 Windows 2008 R2 servers (nlb1&2) running on Hyper-V configured in the following way:
nlb1 - 2 NICS (MAC address spoofing enabled on both)
cluster nic-192.168.0.232/24, no default gateway
client nic - 192.168.0.235/24, gateway 192.168.0.1
nlb2 - 2 NICS (MAC address spoofing enabled on both)
cluster nic-192.168.0.233/24, no default gateway
client nic - 192.168.0.236/24, gateway 192.168.0.1
On nlb 1 I've setup a new cluster and added nlb1 as a host. Whever I try to add nlb2 as a cluster host, I receive an error message "The RPC Server is unavailable". I've tried both unicast and multicast, but the error persists.
I've chosen 192.168.0.234 as the virtual ip.
Both servers are part of the same domain and I've logged on using a domain admin account.
Please advise.
Thanks
IT Support/Everything
- Changed type Tiger LiMicrosoft employee Monday, August 13, 2012 12:49 AM
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Have you tried putting the cluster NIC IPs in their own subnet?
Alternatively, you can use the 1 NIC on each node (disable second NIC) and cluster across those existing client NICs (NLB will add the VIP to NIC on each node).
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I've just changed the cluster nics to 192.168.1.232 and 1.233, no default gateway
Unfortunately I still get the RPC server is unavailable. I've also disabled the cluster nic and tried using one nic as you suggested, but still no luck - same message!
When I'm on nlb1 and I ping nlb2, I get the client IP registered in DNS (0 subnet) and the same thing happens for nlb2 when I ping nlb1. I don't get the cluster nic's ip (1 subnet).
Am I right in thinking, in theory the config I've chosen should work with ipv4?
The only other thing it could be is a corrupt\faulty virtual template that I'm using - maybe a fresh install is needed.
IT Support/Everything
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When creating the NLB cluster, are you using the default settings?
Are you using Unicast or Multicast (Unicast is the default and what I'd recommend for VMs on Hyper-V).
Have you looked at the "Notes" in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953828
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I've just changed the cluster nics to 192.168.1.232 and 1.233, no default gateway
Unfortunately I still get the RPC server is unavailable. I've also disabled the cluster nic and tried using one nic as you suggested, but still no luck - same message!
When I'm on nlb1 and I ping nlb2, I get the client IP registered in DNS (0 subnet) and the same thing happens for nlb2 when I ping nlb1. I don't get the cluster nic's ip (1 subnet).
Am I right in thinking, in theory the config I've chosen should work with ipv4?
The only other thing it could be is a corrupt\faulty virtual template that I'm using - maybe a fresh install is needed.
IT Support/Everything
Hi,
Can you please check once do we have any event ID recorded for this issue? If so, post it. Moreover it is easy for us to troubleshoot effectively.
Also I suggest you check network configuration settings once again.A useful link for your information:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc756878(v=ws.10)
Regards, Ravikumar P
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RPC erro can be caused by connection or authentication/permission issue hence try below:
1.Verify DNS resolution to both cluster node is OK. test it from both node.
2.set service account for both server cluster & application related service, which has admin privileges.
3. Add service account to local admin group & restart related services. Better restart server & check.
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Windows calling me at home , an Indian Man with bad english telling me he was a "Windows support Technician"
The man rang my home telephone number , how he got it i dont know to tell me i urgently needed a repair to my system Win XP as it kept sending out fault logs , he then told me to enter into my search box something i cannot remember today at proceded to take control of my computer , while this process was going on i was told Stephen Mathews would be performing a deep search/scan but instead i had two programs installaled without my authority , i asked if i would have to pay for this as i was told " May Be My systim needed renewing " however my XP came installed as requested and paid for by a reputable company . The whole scenario just seemed to me to be a con as i already have a pefectly up to date anti Virus system that is working ok so as i was being asked if i had any way of making a transaction which i dont as i do not posess a credit card of any knid the man hung up and but said he would ring back prehaps next week to see if everything was working normaly so i immidiatly logged off and did a complete re boot of my computer prior to loging on again i deleted the installed programs and the day trial of Microsoft Office .
Can someone tell me is this Microsoft standard procedure to cold call on a persons home phone ? Is it also standard procedure to install software i do not want ? and who is Mr Stephen Mathews ?
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PSI: How to get Queue Jobs list
Hi,
I am using Project Server 2007 (sp3) with SQL Server 2008 r2.
I want to put a list of the successful and failed queue jobs in certain database table using a program.
Should I use Queue System Web Service of PSI to retrieve this information? What should be the code to get this information?
Thanks!
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Hi,
the QueueSystem Svc is the Web Service you should use
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/websvcqueuesystem.queuesystem_methods(v=office.12)
You can find sample code at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms461006(v=office.12)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/websvcqueuesystem.queuesystem.readjobstatussimple(v=office.12)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa568471(v=office.12)
Greets
Maik
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HI there--
As an alternate, you can extract the information in text file & store it.
Please see Paul's excellent blog article:
http://pwmather.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/projectserver-2010-2007-high-level-audit-export-via-powershell-msproject-ps2010-epm/
If you found this post helpful, please "Vote as Helpful". If it answered your question, please "Mark as Answer". Thanks, Amit Khare |EPM Consultant| Blog: http://amitkhare82.blogspot.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/amitkhare82
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The software has pre-alarm and post-event recording. If one unit freezes, other components keep on running.
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Hi Bimoljit,
this is not question we can answer in this forum.
Sorry,
Lutz
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Publishing RMS 1.0 SP2 to extranet over TMG 2010 over HTTPS
Hello, Iam having trouble with publishing RMS throught TMG 2010 over HTTPS. I did the steps destribed here >
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753490(v=ws.10).aspx
But i have the question. I dont have any special certificate in Trusted Certification Authorities for export (only stadrad certs there) on RMS server. So I created my own web server certificate on my CA and added to IIS on server for 443. Then exported this cert to TMG, personal and trusted authorities. Assigned on listener. When i try to reach RMS from extranet client on HTTP, it works perfect. When i try to reach it on HTTPS on TMG there only appears 2 infos: "The operations completed succesfully - Initiated connection" and in the same time the second info log is "A connection was gracefully closed in an orderly shutdown process with a three-way FIN-initiated handshake - closed connection"
On RMS server there nothing in network monitor. No packet arrives there.
I tried it with apache reverse proxy and its the same. HTTP ok, HTTPS dont work. It stops on apache server.
When trying to reach the extranet url with web browser on HTTPS it works fine! Its not working only with the office rms client :-( ...
Can anybody pls give me some hint what can be wrong? THX!!
- Edited by Skubanek Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:38 AM
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Hi Skubanek,
sounds to me as the TMG rule has only the dns configured but not the IP address of the internal server. Check the To tab in the publishing rule.
The name in "This rule applies to this published site " must match the common name in the SSL certificate on the internal RMS server.
Do you see errors when you run "Test rule"?
Regards,
Lutz
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Why Windows 8 is a "game changer" and why the desktop would never be the same
We have discussed multiple times what Windows 8 really means going forward. These discussions tended to have been on specific issues and lacked focus. So, here is very briefly what I believe about Windows 8.
For the first time after 20 years, Microsoft has a strong profit interest to break backwards compatibility. In fact, if Microsoft does manage to "minimize" the use of "legacy applications" (all applications that run in Win7 are now considered "legacy"), its whole game plan with Win8 would fail. The reason is that "legacy" applications will be distributed and installed outside the confines of the Windows Marketplace while Metro/WinRT programs can only be purchased and installed through the Windows Marketplace (and Microsoft would take a generous 20-30% of the sales price). In addition, Microsoft hopes to move a substantial number of desktop users (and businesses) to their "cloud" subscription offerings (and Office 2013 Preview is a good indication of how things would proceed).
Obviously, users who are most interested in replicating in the Windows environment the Google or the Apple experience, stand to gain by this change. Users who are mostly devoted to desktop tasks, would have to face difficult decisions. In addition, the fragmentation of the Windows environment (Metro/WinRT vs. Desktop) will result in higher prices for the now more limited desktop user group.
This move makes perfect sense for Microsoft. Both with the Windows Marketplace and with subscription services for desktop users, it makes each user a continuous income source. Now, Microsoft sells to users a Windows license and maybe, just maybe an Office one. Going forward, with users having to buy applications from the Windows Marketplace, or using annual or monthly subscriptions to use advanced software, each user is a continuous income stream. One can see Microsoft's need to monetize all products to the maximum by the licensing provisions for Win8 and what is happening with Technet (where available licenses are progressively reduced or disappear).
Microsoft is eager to establish its version of the Apple model. Its shareholders likely demand this (at least, they want to see a higher stock price). There is no evil plan, only the need to increase profits and valuation. Thus, without rancor, users would need to decide how to proceed in this new environment.
- Changed type Arthur XieModerator Wednesday, August 8, 2012 3:21 AM
- Changed type Arthur XieModerator Wednesday, August 8, 2012 3:21 AM
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Hi
These are my own thoughts.
"For the first time after 20 years, Microsoft has a strong profit interest to break backwards compatibility. In fact, if Microsoft does manage to "minimize" the use of "legacy applications" (all applications that run in Win7 are now considered "legacy"), its whole game plan with Win8 would fail."
From my own testing, I have not found any legacy program or hardware problems. In fact I have found that Windows 8 has been much better with legacy software/hardware than Windows 7. I am still using 'legacy' apps that I have used since Windows XP.
"The reason is that "legacy" applications will be distributed and installed outside the confines of the Windows Marketplace while Metro/WinRT programs can only be purchased and installed through the Windows Marketplace (and Microsoft would take a generous 20-30% of the sales price)."
From my research on the WinRT apps, including the Store, Microsoft is using the standard cost to developers that has already been established. I don't see much of a profit margin for Microsoft. When you consider that each app must be completely vetted, the cost of maintenance, ordering, installing, collecting taxes for over 130 countries, paying the developers, etc, etc.
"In addition, Microsoft hopes to move a substantial number of desktop users (and businesses) to their "cloud" subscription offerings (and Office 2013 Preview is a good indication of how things would proceed)."
A cloud based subscription is available, but it is a choice, not a requirement and we still have Office 2007, 2010 as alternate choices.
"Obviously, users who are most interested in replicating in the Windows environment the Google or the Apple experience, stand to gain by this change. Users who are mostly devoted to desktop tasks, would have to face difficult decisions. In addition, the fragmentation of the Windows environment (Metro/WinRT vs. Desktop) will result in higher prices for the now more limited desktop user group."
Many people have repeated this WinRT vs Desktop scenario, but I still have problems seeing any real conflicts? There are adjustments that are necessary, but these are not overwhelming. I don't know why everyone cannot just accept that Windows 8 is simply a new version of Windows that also supports apps. It is the result of market pressure that is initiated by the end user, not just some 'lark' that Microsoft picked out of thin air.
"what is happening with Technet (where available licenses are progressively reduced or disappear)."
This has nothing to do with Windows 8. This is the result of hundreds of thousands Technet/MSDN product keys that have been illegally sold. The many always pay for the sins of the few.
Regards
- Edited by Ronnie VernonMVP, Moderator Tuesday, August 7, 2012 7:03 AM
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Dear Ronnie,
You are making the following point:
"For the first time after 20 years, Microsoft has a strong profit interest to break backwards compatibility. In fact, if Microsoft does manage to "minimize" the use of "legacy applications" (all applications that run in Win7 are now considered "legacy"), its whole game plan with Win8 would fail."
From my own testing, I have not found any legacy program or hardware problems. In fact I have found that Windows 8 has been much better with legacy software/hardware than Windows 7. I am still using 'legacy' apps that I have used since Windows XP.
I have not said that this is not true. In fact, I said that "legacy" applications are supported in Win8. However, the inclusion of another runtime and support of "apps" (as you put it), leads to the paradigm shift. The Microsoft leadership has stated to users, developers and Wall Street analysts, repeatedly, that it would strongly encourage the development of Metro/WinRT apps. The term "legacy" has clear connotations. In fact, in this blog, Sinofski strongly discourages the development of Win32 programs (as they would not be capable of running in both environments...his own words). Thus, if Windows RT is successful, there would a further impetus for Microsoft to discourage even more Win32 (desktop) program development. I expect that support for the "desktop" would decline precipitously in future versions of Windows, if the Microsoft grand plan succeeds.
You are also stating:
From my research on the WinRT apps, including the Store, Microsoft is using the standard cost to developers that has already been established. I don't see much of a profit margin for Microsoft. When you consider that each app must be completely vetted, the cost of maintenance, ordering, installing, collecting taxes for over 130 countries, paying the developers, etc, etc.
I am not sure how exhaustive your research has been. However, I doubt its conclusions. On the basis of the Apple experience, the Windows Marketplace can be very profitable. In fact, Microsoft would want it to be highly profitable. This Marketplace is not a "charity" to users, far from it. It is a major profit center, as it is in the case of Amazon, Apple, Google, etc. Why do you believe that Microsoft is not aspiring to the profits of its major competitors???? Does this make any sense?
In conclusion, you are stating:
Many people have repeated this WinRT vs Desktop scenario, but I still have problems seeing any real conflicts? There are adjustments that are necessary, but these are not overwhelming. I don't know why everyone cannot just accept that Windows 8 is simply a new version of Windows that also supports apps. It is the result of market pressure that is initiated by the end user, not just some 'lark' that Microsoft picked out of thin air.
I disagree with you on the "pressure initiated by the end user". I have not seen any ground-swell of users demanding that their desktops run portable apps. In fact, I see strong evidence to the contrary, both in the Windows and the Mac OS space.
As to why "can't we accept that Windows 8 is simply a new version of Windows" the answer is quite simple. Because Microsoft itself does not believe so. In fact, Microsoft has been saying quite the opposite. The "need" for a massive switch to "Metro/WinRT" is not my invention. It is the stated policy of Microsoft. Thus, regarding Win8 as "just another version of Windows" runs contrary to the intentions of its publisher. Win8 itself is a very transitional OS. This OS straddles two worlds. It cannot remain so for long. Either it would transform totally to WinRT/Metro, or it will shed WinRT/Metro. This OS would eventually reach a stable configuration. It is the users who will decide what this would be. I know that Microsoft would do its outmost (with both marketing campaigns and OEM agreements) to force the issue.
I am not more hostile to Win8 than to any other product put out there by publishers. Microsoft has the full right to pursue increased profits for its shareholders. If my interests, at a certain time, diverge from those of Microsoft, then I would need to make an adjustment, not Microsoft.
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First, it's characteristic that the same discussions - here and elsewhere - in the pre-RTM stage of Windows 7 had their controversies, too, but they did not center around an actually non-technical issue, that is market strategy. It's the first time Microsoft felt a need not only to improve an existing product but to introduce something new which can't be seen as a mere continuation of the former OS versions. And they felt this need by market pressure = losing big market parts and possible revenue sources to the competition and their new business models (Apple: paid apps from a closed store, Google: paid advertisement).
Second, I don't see anything "initiated by the end user". It's amusing to hear what Apple lawyers and employees at the Apple-Samsung lawsuit are reporting about the creation of the iPhone, f.i. They saw the big success of the iPod and thought "can't we do something similar on another kind of devices?", someone said his cell phone seemed really boring to him, and the decision to create a non-boring, cool and smart cell phone was born. After that invention of the iPhone, a lot of "end users" made the surprising discovery that they never wanted to speak with each other, in the first place, their actual desire was to use mobile telephony for browsing (well, kind of) the internet, download the latest music titles, and so on. With the iPad, everyone wanted anything like that, too, even if he didn't miss it before. Short: The end user is the puppet here, not the one who orders the dinner.
Third, Microsoft's challenge is how to transform their dominance on the desktop market into an instrument to break into those new areas where they are all but dominant. The ideal world would be one - and here I difer from ADrz - where all mobile "renegades" would be reunited under the Windows flag. It's no coincidence that all their new hardware propositions are trying to add "PC elements" back to the alien tablet scene. If that's successful, I can't see any reason why the current "hybrid OS" should not split into a desktop and a mobile branch again, the next time.
At last, and that's my main problem with Windows 8: The listed marketing conjectures and expectations are a fascinating subject. But they are miles away from my daily work. As a desktop system, Windows 8 offers too little to justify an upgrade from Windows 7. Not only that, the under-the-hood improvements come at the cost of a greatly degraded usability. "What's that?" is no desirable user experience.
Understanding Windows is like understanding women.
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I agree that Microsoft wants to entice as many users as possible into the new appstore model.
I don't get it how this aligns with their recent anti-piracy movements though: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w8itprogeneral/thread/1395e2ab-c90f-4a65-a09f-775ceda41efe
Shouldn't Microsoft's goal be to spread Win8 as much as possible? (Everything that inflates appstore usage numbers is the goal, right?) I am not a pirate, just curious what this contrarian move is about.
- Edited by VeryBoringNickname Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:51 AM
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Third, Microsoft's challenge is how to transform their dominance on the desktop market into an instrument to break into those new areas where they are all but dominant. The ideal world would be one - and here I difer from ADrz - where all mobile "renegades" would be reunited under the Windows flag. It's no coincidence that all their new hardware propositions are trying to add "PC elements" back to the alien tablet scene. If that's successful, I can't see any reason why the current "hybrid OS" should not split into a desktop and a mobile branch again, the next time.
SanMartin, I am not sure that I would concur here. In fact, what you hope is that if Microsoft is successful in the mobile scene, it would then throw a bone to desktop users and create a desktop OS. My reaction to this: You are dreaming. Not only you, most of us, in fact. Microsoft would never do this. If it establishes itself in the portable space, very much like Apple, it will stay there. Desktop users will have to either migrate along (get re-educated, in Microsoft parlance) or move to other solutions.
I think that going forward, a combination of Linux 3.3 with a descent GUI and an enhanced WINE is the best bet. Is that very robust today? Probably not. But if a company like Dell, Acer or HP take on this project and even get Citrix in the act, I think that in 2 years, there would be an excellent solution for desktop users, running most Windows programs, all of Linux ones and, of course, all Android apps (this is a native feature of Linux 3.3). Some gaming companies, like Valve, may support this effort.
This would not be a problem for Microsoft. Hopefully, by then, the company would be making a bushload of money selling devices, phones and apps; it would also be making money by selling subscriptions to advanced services to all desktop users, irrespective of the OS they are running.
For Microsoft and for Apple, the desktop is dead. It is as dead as the proverbial dodo. Time to move on.
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I think it's clear that different people think on different levels and timescapes. That's a Good Thing - the world needs all kinds. But I understand very well that you're talking about the Big Picture here, ADRz.
I happen to agree with you. Windows is now clearly going in a sudden and altogether unexpected direction, in more of a hurry than anyone ever would have thought possible (I'm sure Microsoft thinks the interim releases of Windows 8 previews were pure genius, to wean us off our expectations).
This direction is not good for "traditional thinkers" who were expecting the next incremental improvement in work environments. Even those of us who believed maybe both the "legacy" desktop and the brave new toy OS could live on simultaneously are being systematically disappointed. Microsoft is apparently no longer capable of running their development war on both fronts - there can be no other reason for abandoning the things they did so well.
While some can certainly say that most "legacy" things still work (not really a surprise, there's precious little change to the kernel), Windows 8 heralds not even an incremental degradation, but a wholesale exit from traditional computing. There can be no other meaning to things like deprecating useful and desirable features, nor can it be denied that Microsoft is actively making actually working on the desktop downright sucky.
The polish is being systematically stripped, and soon the boards will be knocked apart.
Can Linux/Unix grow into the serious computing environment it has been trying to line itself up to be for years by its enthusiasts? Perhaps. Will someone like Dell, who builds excellent high end workstations step up to the plate and enter the software business? It's possible. Will a phoenix arise no one expected? That's also possible. But one thing's for sure - Microsoft's taking a hard left turn and a lot of us simply can't follow them down that dark side street. Maybe it's a dead end, or just maybe they'll come out into the bright, metropolitan part of the city. Some need to stay in the industrial section of town or there will simply be no new development.
From 1995:
-Noel
| Detailed how-to in my eBooks: | Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options |
- Edited by Noel Carboni Tuesday, August 7, 2012 10:48 PM
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Thanks for your feedback and suggestions. Windows 8 has been ready. New interface and styles, new key points such as metro apps and clouds, may not satisfy a part of users. However users may need time and experiences to leave with these new things, and Microsoft also need time and experiences to understand whether most users can accept them. All users feedbacks are important, and will be seriousely considered. User should see improvements later, via new service packs, or new generation system.
Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. "
Thanks Arthur. I think that you are getting the drift here. We also understand well where Microsoft is going. Some of us would not follow. But, then again, this is always the case and a corporation has the right to go whatever it wants to, provided it finds profits for its shareholders. Existing users are the least consideration of any corporation, unless they are profit centers.
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Sysprep - Didn't go through, now I can't get my system & Data back. Was tyring to create portable Image backup, so I don't have a recent up to date back up.
Dear All,
Here is an example where a little knowledge is dangerous.
SCENE:
I'm tired of making image backups of whole system that are totally null and void if I buy a new laptop, and I can only use file transfer wizard. I stumbled upon sysprep so decided recently after buying a new laptop, to set my windows 7 64 up, with data, perfectly as I want it, and then go through the sysprep procedure using imagex as well.
I followed the technet procedural video, found sysprep, started it, and then quit and restarted.
It told me that I needed to put the imagex line into command line, in windows pre-installation environment, which would make a copy of my D: drive where my windows 7 and data is.
I put in a bootable window 7 disk and went into the preinstallation environment, found the cmd prompt, put in the line, but it continously said it did'n't recognise image x giving : imagex is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Rebooting doesn't work, it says trying to access service during boot and fails.
I only have the same back that I did from my last laptop, the one that I painstakingly had to go through windows transfer, and then install all programs again. I thought I was making a back up here. At no point did Sysprep/image x video mention that this was irreversible?
So, now my situation is this:
I have D: drive with windows 7 64bit on it. My C: drive is a much bigger drive intended for the destination of the image (initially), and I have windows 8 installed on their and it loads fine, but the imagex didn't work from that either.
It has taught me a few lessons, and I'm sorry to bother all the far more serious minded technical people here, but if anyone could help me to recover my data, and undo sysprep on my D: drive, and go back to normal, I would appreciate it. All the files are still there, it makes up 90gb of a 100 which is exactly what it was before, but I can't boot into it because it has been syspreped.
Thank you inadvance for any help anyone can give me.
Richard
Reply:
Hi,
ImageX is not a built-in tool in Windows 7. You need to download and install WAIK first.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5188
To recovery Windows 7 on d drive, please let me know the exactly error message during boot. Generally, performing sysprep won't affect services. You still can boot to original OS.
Niki Han
TechNet Community Support
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Deploying Windows 8 within Microsoft
Carey Frisch
Windows 8 My Homework ... and my business.
With Windows 8 coming soon, it will be interesting to see from a Partner prospective what happens. Windows 7 is still making a tough sell to some organizations who are only yet considering it. Windows 8 is such a dramatic change that even mentioning it sparks great fear. Though many are interested in "Tablets" that will contain the OS, that will benefit the OEMs. My business bread and butter is upgrades, and from what I can tell already, no one is showing any interest in this product for upgrading existing systems. I am not trying to be another doom sayer, but there is no excitement for this OS outside the Tablet World, and even there, very few who are not tenhnogeeks seem to care since IPADs dominate the market.
I hate to be politically incorrect, but one of my biggest clients who I demo'd the system to, looked at me and said "What is this.... Windows for RE**** ?" (mental handicapped individuals). I tried to explain that it was cloud friendly, profiles traveled from one device to another and touch screen operated. He could not see, and I had trouble explaining why he should abandon his fleet of iPads. I guess my homework is to try to figure out what the key selling point will be for upgrades to desktops. It is clear that OEMs can sell new machines, but that does me little good since I am not an OEM. Where is the value in this system to encourage replacing an existing system that was just purchased within the last 2 years?
Christopher Blanchard
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RT/metro/whatever is not an upgrade. Cloud integration(skydrive, etc.) is available on equal levels on windows 7. Obviously, businesses aren't going to use MS cloud accounts, but either Local accounts or domain active directory accounts.
Actual upgrade value:
faster boot
hyper-v
explorer ribbons
ie10
if existing systems are not pro/enterprise:
domain join
group policy editor
remote desktop host
Good luck.
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With Windows 8 coming soon, it will be interesting to see from a Partner prospective what happens. Windows 7 is still making a tough sell to some organizations who are only yet considering it. Windows 8 is such a dramatic change that even mentioning it sparks great fear. Though many are interested in "Tablets" that will contain the OS, that will benefit the OEMs. My business bread and butter is upgrades, and from what I can tell already, no one is showing any interest in this product for upgrading existing systems. I am not trying to be another doom sayer, but there is no excitement for this OS outside the Tablet World, and even there, very few who are not tenhnogeeks seem to care since IPADs dominate the market.
I hate to be politically incorrect, but one of my biggest clients who I demo'd the system to, looked at me and said "What is this.... Windows for RE**** ?" (mental handicapped individuals). I tried to explain that it was cloud friendly, profiles traveled from one device to another and touch screen operated. He could not see, and I had trouble explaining why he should abandon his fleet of iPads. I guess my homework is to try to figure out what the key selling point will be for upgrades to desktops. It is clear that OEMs can sell new machines, but that does me little good since I am not an OEM. Where is the value in this system to encourage replacing an existing system that was just purchased within the last 2 years?
Christopher Blanchard
Christopher,
Microsoft has said that it does not expected substantial income from upgrades. In fact, Microsoft never had substantial income from upgrades but rather from selling licenses to OEMs. The only OS that generated substantial income from upgrades was Win7.
I think that you would have difficulty going against the iPads, simply because there is just too much business software for it. The only tablet that would be available at launch, the Windows RT running in ARM ones, would, unfortunately, not have access to typical Windows software. A version of Office 2013 (minus Outlook) would be incorporated. Thus, the strongest selling point you may have here is that these tablets will be compatible with the native Office file types. Of course, this is also true for a lot of business suits in the Ipad, (and, of course, one can get web access) but they are not native and their compatibility may be "dubious". The Intel version of these tablets that would be running also "legacy" Win32 applications will be available early next year.
If I were you, I would stick with offering upgrades to Win7. Microsoft fully expects that this is going to be the case in enterprise. Win7 will be offered for at least 2 more years. I think that at this time, Win8 may not be a good choice for upgrades in desktops and laptops, for the simple reason that one would need to sell substantial training as well.
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I guess my homework is to try to figure out what the key selling point will be for upgrades to desktops.
Trouble is, there really aren't any strong selling points for that.
There has always been the somewhat intangible benefit of "staying current" - keeping up with the latest features, fixes, etc., but that implies that Microsoft is going in the direction your desktop users need to go in, and that keeping a close relationship with them will give you benefits from staying current. Unfortunately, it's no longer really true that there ARE those benefits. Microsoft is clearly ACTIVELY trying to shed desktop users. It's a minor thing from a business perspective, but how many desktop users do you think will appreciate the complete loss of Aero visual styles? Microsoft has taken those out between the RP and RTM. They're taking out the stuff desktop users actually use.
I've plumbed the depths of Windows 8 for desktop use in the preparation of my book. Many of the bugs from Windows 7 are still in Windows 8. Many of the features of Windows 7 aren't in Windows 8 (somewhere around here there's a big thread on that). And the actual new features in Windows 8 don't seem to benefit desktop users, at least not at first (what new essential business apps are coming from the App Store?).
About the only thing one can grasp from the Windows 8 changes is that it's likely to run more efficiently on the same hardware. Personally, I don't regard a faster boot time as a big deal, since in the environments I work computers stay on pretty much 24/7, and neither Windows 7 nor 8 need rebooting much. But Windows 8 really does have fewer things running while giving you basic business operation - it's pretty clear some optimization has been done. This may mean that marginal computer systems can be given extra life by upgrading to Windows 8. But keep in mind this is the day and age of 4GB of RAM costing $30 and SSD drives dropping in price. It may be, as an alternative, that you can leverage new life out of old computers just by upgrading a few hard parts instead - and still retain all the features of Windows 7.
Maybe the answers to some of these things will be different after a few years. Maybe there will be "must-have" apps on the Retro side (or whatever they call what used to be Metro).
-Noel
| Detailed how-to in my eBooks: | Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options |
- Edited by Noel Carboni Wednesday, August 8, 2012 1:44 AM
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Server manager stopped working
Servermanager worked for a while after install rc, but now only shows the splash screen for split second then exits. Is there a fix for this available yet?
EDIT: This problem was caused by virtualbox 4.1.18 Guest Additions. I installed Guest Additions 4.2 beta and problem solved.
- Edited by P a u l Saturday, August 4, 2012 9:15 PM
- Changed type Arthur_LiMicrosoft contingent staff Wednesday, August 8, 2012 1:01 AM
Reply:
Hi,
Thanks for sharing your experience. It's helpful for people who encounter the same issue.
Regards,
Arthur Li
TechNet Community Support
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SBS 2011 Standard - DNS, AD and connecting workstations
I have given up, used to be amazing at setting up NT4.0 2000 and 2003 server setups, but this new 2011 server has me stumped. I can not get any of our machines/ workstations to connect to the server. There are errors, warnings, and messages in the logs all over the server. Keep going though each one, to try and find resolutions, but everytime I fix one issues another issues pops up. The crux of the matter is everytime I try to either go to the connect page, or I try to attach a computer to the Domain, it can not find it. I have reload the server twice, I have done every trick I know of, plus some........ IT'S killing me. So I reach out for help......
FACTS
I can ping the server from any machine on the network.
The server dishes out DHCP correctly
The server can surf the interent, but it claims to have no internet connection, and that I need to set it up.
The server fails the internet test, and claims that the router is avaliable, but it (the router) cannot be controlled.
Router is programed to forward all the ports nessary for doing VPN,HTTP,Hyper-V, and RDC. ect.. ect..
All workstations (which range from XP pro, Media Center, Vista Pro, 7 Pro, 7 Ultimate, and even one G5 OS10.6 can all surf the internet, and are all on the same workgroup, and can all see each other, and share files with each other.
Backup Storage SAN can see the server, and the server can see it. They can move files between each other. Also the Storage SAN can be seen and used by all of the workstations.
I can surf the internet from the server, but its speratic.
We have a external web server that has the A records insterted for remote.cssva.com
We have a solid IP address from COX, and an extra 16 IP block avaliable.
We are running a FreeSCO Firewall , that splits our network into two IP groups. This has been stable for years, with no problems, and had no problems with our old servers
I have run all of the utilites to try and fix DNS, to try and Fix the Network, and to try and fix AD they all fix things, but while they are fixing things they break other things.
HELP FILE FOR MY SAVIORS
Here is my ipcongfig from the server.
C:\Users\Administrator>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MAINSERVER
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : cssva.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : cssva.local
MAINSERVER
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : MAINSERVER
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 14-DA-E9-F4-CD-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::69a5:2a17:f6ea:2df7%11(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b460:62ff:fd5a:30aa%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.70.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.70.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 236247785
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-A6-78-DC-14-DA-E9-F4-CD-01
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::b460:62ff:fd5a:30aa%11
10.10.70.1
68.10.16.25
68.10.16.30
68.9.16.30
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{D6151CAE-F223-4363-86C4-F00DDCF7E249}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : MAINSERVER
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
C:\Users\Administrator>
Ipconfig from a workstation
C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PURCHASING
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : cssva.com
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : CSSVA.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cssva.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 6C-62-6D-DA-55-6F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::fd32:bd6e:8cb0:152e%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.70.89(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, August 03, 2012 8:50:05 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 11, 2012 8:53:50 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.70.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.70.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 241984109
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-D4-77-E8-6C-62-6D-DA-55-6F
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.70.1
68.10.16.25
68.10.16.30
68.9.16.30
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.10.70.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.cssva.local:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cssva.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
C:\Windows\system32>
HERE IS DCDIAG
C:\Users\Administrator>dcdiag
Directory Server Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Trying to find home server...
Home Server = MAINSERVER
* Identified AD Forest.
Done gathering initial info.
Doing initial required tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\MAINSERVER
Starting test: Connectivity
Error during resolution of hostname MAINSERVER.cssva.local through
IPv4 stack.
*** Warning: could not confirm the identity of this server in the
directory versus the names returned by DNS servers. Hostname
resolution error 0x2af9 "No such host is known."
Got error while checking LDAP and RPC connectivity. Please check your
firewall settings.
......................... MAINSERVER failed test Connectivity
Doing primary tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\MAINSERVER
Skipping all tests, because server MAINSERVER is not responding to
directory service requests.
Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test
CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test
CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : cssva
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... cssva passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... cssva passed test CrossRefValidation
Running enterprise tests on : cssva.local
Starting test: LocatorCheck
......................... cssva.local passed test LocatorCheck
Starting test: Intersite
......................... cssva.local passed test Intersite
DCDIAG WITH TEST ON ( so much info filled my cmd buffer but have pasted the good parts)
resolution error 0x2af9 "No such host is known."
Got error while checking LDAP and RPC connectivity. Please check your
firewall settings.
......................... MAINSERVER failed test Connectivity
Doing primary tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\MAINSERVER
Starting test: DNS
DNS Tests are running and not hung. Please wait a few minutes...
......................... MAINSERVER passed test DNS
Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Running partition tests on : Schema
Running partition tests on : Configuration
Running partition tests on : cssva
Running enterprise tests on : cssva.local
Starting test: DNS
Test results for domain controllers:
DC: MAINSERVER.cssva.local
Domain: cssva.local
TEST: Basic (Basc)
Error: No LDAP connectivity
Warning: adapter
[00000007] Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller has invalid DNS
server: 68.10.16.25 (<name unavailable>)
Warning: adapter
[00000007] Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller has invalid DNS
server: 68.10.16.30 (<name unavailable>)
Warning: adapter
[00000007] Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller has invalid DNS
server: 68.9.16.30 (<name unavailable>)
TEST: Forwarders/Root hints (Forw)
Error: Both root hints and forwarders are not configured or
broken. Please make sure at least one of them works.
TEST: Dynamic update (Dyn)
Warning: Failed to add the test record dcdiag-test-record in z
one cssva.local
TEST: Records registration (RReg)
Network Adapter
[00000007] Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller:
Warning:
Missing CNAME record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
ddd9e8e0-8996-4b5c-b4d5-e647384bcf85._msdcs.cssva.local
Warning:
Missing A record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
MAINSERVER.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.3177d1e5-7364-4932-9f79-3e18bd77a38a.domains._ms
dcs.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_kerberos._tcp.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_kerberos._udp.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_kpasswd._tcp.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.css
va.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cssva.l
ocal
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.cssva.local
Warning:
Missing A record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
gc._msdcs.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_gc._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.gc._msdcs.cssva.l
ocal
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.10.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.pdc._msdcs.cssva.local
Warning:
Missing CNAME record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
ddd9e8e0-8996-4b5c-b4d5-e647384bcf85._msdcs.cssva.local
Warning:
Missing A record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
MAINSERVER.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.3177d1e5-7364-4932-9f79-3e18bd77a38a.domains._ms
dcs.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_kerberos._tcp.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_kerberos._udp.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_kpasswd._tcp.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.css
va.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs.cssva.l
ocal
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs.cssva.local
Warning:
Missing A record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
gc._msdcs.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_gc._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.cssva.local
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.gc._msdcs.cssva.l
ocal
Error:
Missing SRV record at DNS server 68.9.16.30:
_ldap._tcp.pdc._msdcs.cssva.local
Error: Record registrations cannot be found for all the network
adapters
Summary of test results for DNS servers used by the above domain
controllers:
DNS server: 128.63.2.53 (h.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DN
S server 128.63.2.53
DNS server: 128.8.10.90 (d.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DN
S server 128.8.10.90
DNS server: 192.112.36.4 (g.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DN
S server 192.112.36.4
DNS server: 192.203.230.10 (e.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DN
S server 192.203.230.10
DNS server: 192.228.79.201 (b.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DN
S server 192.228.79.201
DNS server: 192.33.4.12 (c.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DN
S server 192.33.4.12
DNS server: 192.36.148.17 (i.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DN
S server 192.36.148.17
DNS server: 192.5.5.241 (f.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DN
S server 192.5.5.241
DNS server: 198.41.0.4 (a.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DN
S server 198.41.0.4
DNS server: 2001:500:1::803f:235 (h.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.
0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed on the DNS server 2001:500:1::803f:235
DNS server: 2001:500:2d::d (d.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.
0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed on the DNS server 2001:500:2d::d
DNS server: 2001:500:2f::f (f.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.
0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed on the DNS server 2001:500:2f::f
DNS server: 2001:503:ba3e::2:30 (a.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.
0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed on the DNS server 2001:503:ba3e::2:30
DNS server: 2001:7fe::53 (i.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.
0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa failed on the DNS server 2001:7fe::53
DNS server: 68.10.16.25 (<name unavailable>)
1 test failure on this DNS server
PTR record query for the 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DN
S server 68.10.16.25 Name resolution is not functional. _ldap._tcp
.cssva.local. failed on the DNS server 68.10.16.25
DNS server: 68.10.16.30 (<name unavailable>)
1 test failure on this DNS server
Name resolution is not functional. _ldap._tcp.cssva.local. failed
on the DNS server 68.10.16.30
DNS server: 68.9.16.30 (<name unavailable>)
1 test failure on this DNS server
Name resolution is not functional. _ldap._tcp.cssva.local. failed
on the DNS server 68.9.16.30
Summary of DNS test results:
Auth Basc Forw Del Dyn RReg Ext
_________________________________________________________________
Domain: cssva.local
MAINSERVER PASS FAIL FAIL PASS WARN FAIL n/a
......................... cssva.local failed test DNS
C:\Users\Administrator>
So there you go, any ideas out there?
Thanks for you help
Armen
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Reply:
Remove the Alternate DNS Server entries on the server.
You can use SBS BPA for troubleshoot.
For SBS queries, please post in SBS forum.
Windows Small Business Server Forum:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/sbsserver
Thanks
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Reply:
Hello,
do NOT use non domain DNS servers on the NICs, so please remove 68.10.16.25, 68.10.16.30 and 68.9.16.30 as DNS servers on the NICs. Then run ipconfig /flushdns and ipconfig /registerdns and restart the netlogon service on the DC and reboot all domain machines.
EXtenral DNS servers should be added to the FORWARDERS in the DNS management console to the DNS server properties instead.
For additional questions please use the mentioned SBS forum.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
MVP, MCP, MCTS
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/
Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.
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Once I did this, I lost Internet Connections first for the server, then I start getting spotty internet connections across my network. Which, by the way, every time I run the fix internet connection it does exactly that. Removes the extra DNS info on the NIC, and causes the issue I just described above. Any other ideas, I do not believe that a second DNS listing would cause all of the issues that are described in the error report in dcdiag. It looks to me that AD (active directory) has not, and will not set itself up in the forwarding zone of the DNS server. I do not know how to do this by hand, nor have I found a way to get the system to create this……. Any ideas
Armen
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Reply:
The other posts are correct, you must not have any other DNS servers listed on your NIC. The correct place to list them, if required, is as forwarders on the DNS MMC snap-in. Then it should all work tickety-boo.
Jim
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Reply:
Armen
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I have no idea what the forward lookup zone should look like.. It seems very confusing. I now have
Name Type Status
xyz Active Directory-Integrated Primary Running
xyz.local Active Directory-Integrated Primary Running
mainserver.xyz.local Active Directory-Integrated Primary Running
remote.xyz.com Active Directory-Integrated Primary Running
Not sure why, and xyz, mainserver.xyz.local have a few items in them, but the other two have all kinds of stuff in them.
Name Type Data Timestamp
_msdcs
_sites
_tcp
_udp
DomainDnsZones
ForestDnsZones
(same as parent folder) Start of Authority (SOA) [102], mainserver.xyz.local., hostmaster.xyz.local. static
(same as parent folder) Name Server (NS) mainserver.xyz.local. static
(same as parent folder) Host (A) 10.10.70.1 ?8/?3/?2012 2:00:00 PM
Companyweb Host (A) 10.10.70.1 static
Companyweb IPv6 Host (AAAA) fe80:0000:0000:0000:b460:62ff:fd5a:30aa static
connect Host (A) 10.10.70.1 static
connect IPv6 Host (AAAA) fe80:0000:0000:0000:b460:62ff:fd5a:30aa static
mainserver Host (A) 10.10.70.1 static
SBSConnectComputer Host (A) 10.10.70.1 static
SBSConnectComputer IPv6 Host (AAAA) fe80:0000:0000:0000:b460:62ff:fd5a:30aa static
Sites Host (A) 10.10.70.1 static
Sites IPv6 Host (AAAA) fe80:0000:0000:0000:b460:62ff:fd5a:30aa static
Not sure how they were created, and I would have thought there should be one that deals with the internal AD and the Exchange server, but they are nowhere to be found, and the AD service is running, and computer and users have been configured. The exchange server is also running, but has not been configured, minus the user names….
Armen
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Reply:
Also, I have done what everyone suggested which is remove DNS off the network card.
ran ipconfig /flushdns and ipconfig /registerdns and restart the netlogon service on the DC
as for rebooting all domain machines, there are none, since I still can not get the http://connect to work, I still have no machine hooked into the domain server.
And just as I said, the server no longers has internt access. I can still get to the server through Remote Desktop...... and the workstations still seem to have access to the internet so far.
Armen
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Reply:
Nope, wrong place. Nothing to do with forward lookup zones.
Right-click the server name in the DNS console (where you are) and then Properties. Then on the Forwarders tab enter the IP of your router, or your ISP's DNS addresses, or OpenDNS IP addresses etc.
Jim
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Reply:
by the way after runing ipconfig /registerdns about 20 minutes later these items started appearing in the logs
The DNS server could not bind a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) socket to 10.10.70.1. The event data is the error code. Restart the DNS server or reboot your computer.
The DNS server could not open socket for address 10.10.70.1.
Verify that this is a valid IP address for the server computer. If it is NOT valid use the Interfaces dialog under Server Properties in the DNS Manager to remove it from the list of IP interfaces. Then stop and restart the DNS server. (If this was the only IP interface on this machine and the DNS server may not have started as a result of this error. In that case remove the DNS\Parameters\ ListenAddress value in the services section of the registry and restart.)
If this is a valid IP address for this machine, make sure that no other application (e.g. another DNS server) is running that would attempt to use the DNS port.
For more information, see "DNS server log reference" in the online Help.
I am going to reboot again...... but assuming we will get the same thing.
Armen
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Reply:
After reboot
Server still has no internet access.
Still can not connect to server with workstations
The server applicatioin log is still over filling with about 20 per second of
Service MSExchangeMailSubmission. Exchange topology discovery can't find the local Exchange server.
now getting this error, plus lots of the other
The DFS Namespace service could not initialize cross forest trust information on this domain controller, but it will periodically retry the operation. The return code is in the record data.
Armen
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so I have started to go through the logs one at a time, I start at the SErver roles, Active Director Log with a warning of
The security of this directory server can be significantly enhanced by configuring the server to reject SASL (Negotiate, Kerberos, NTLM, or Digest) LDAP binds that do not request signing (integrity verification) and LDAP simple binds that are performed on a cleartext (non-SSL/TLS-encrypted) connection. Even if no clients are using such binds, configuring the server to reject them will improve the security of this server.
Some clients may currently be relying on unsigned SASL binds or LDAP simple binds over a non-SSL/TLS connection, and will stop working if this configuration change is made. To assist in identifying these clients, if such binds occur this directory server will log a summary event once every 24 hours indicating how many such binds occurred. You are encouraged to configure those clients to not use such binds. Once no such events are observed for an extended period, it is recommended that you configure the server to reject such binds.
For more details and information on how to make this configuration change to the server, please see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=87923.
You can enable additional logging to log an event each time a client makes such a bind, including information on which client made the bind. To do so, please raise the setting for the "LDAP Interface Events" event logging category to level 2 or higher.
I click on the link, which opens a browser that cannot find a connection to the interenet so it can not go to microsoft website to show me help on the error. Then the Connection Diagnostic starts, and comes back with a error
Problem Error:
The DNS server is not responding
with a yellow triangle, all you can do is close the window, there is no fix button or help button..
HELP this is fusterating I am getting ready to flatten the whole server and start again from scratch......
Armen
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Reply:
Jim
I did this, but am unclear as to what IP addresses I should be using here.
Do I use the IP address of this server
Do I use the DNS from my Ineternet Provider
Do I use the NS of my internet Domain
Do I use the DNS from associated with the external Web server
OR for that matter do I use all of these? If all what order should they be in.
I found that one of the DNS from Inernet Provider will not resolve, and the one for the server takes forever to resolve.
Right-click the server name in the DNS console (where you are) and then Properties. Then on the Forwarders tab enter the IP of your router, or your ISP's DNS addresses, or OpenDNS IP addresses etc.
Armen
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I just ran the fix network tool again.
It now comes up and claims that:
No Internet connection found
Could not configure the router *
Cannot connect to your domian name provider *
Echange SMTP connectors are invalid
* these two items have Yellow Exclimation Triangles. If I click the next button to fix these items and a box show up One or more potential network problems require your attention......
To learn what you should do, click No to reture to the previous page, and then click an item to view the details. Do you want to continue?
after it runs for 15 minutes it comes back with
No Internet connection found = Errors
Could not configure the router * = Skipped
Cannot connect to your domian name provider * = Skipped
Echange SMTP connectors are invalid = Fixed
What to do? if I add the Secondary DNS back in then I get none of these errors.
as soon as I check again, all the same errors show backup, including the Echange SMTP error, eventhough the system said if fixed this issue.
Armen
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Steve,
I just Flatten the server removed all roles, and I am starting over, but I would like
some hand holding, a little shell shocked, and not feeling real confident after
this botched four week install.<o:p></o:p>
So, I am going to ask dumb questions, take this one setup one screen at a time, and hope
some can walk me through this, even if it takes several nights, I want this
done, and done right.<o:p></o:p>
So Here is what I want to accomplish, and here is the info that I can provide for this.<o:p></o:p>
1.) the ability to share Files across the network to about 10 machines with different OS
ranging from XP Pro, Media Server, to Linux Storage boxes, and Windows 7 Pro =
ie... a File Server.... <o:p></o:p>
2.) the ability to dish out DHCP to all devices across the network, this includes 3 Xboxes, 2
PS/3's, 10 smart cell phones all different types, Workstations, Notebooks,
Netbooks, JVC Stereo Receivers, TV's and digital Signs, and the occasional iPad
and iPod. I also would like to be able to lock these down, so games and other
things cannot get on during certain hours<o:p></o:p>
3.) the ability to share calendar and LDAP databases with Outlook, and external Phones<o:p></o:p>
4.) the ability to receive and distribute FAX'es<o:p></o:p>
5.) be able to access the server remotely<o:p></o:p>
6.) be able to handle remote users.<o:p></o:p>
7.) be able to run virtual desktops for incoming consultants.<o:p></o:p>
8.) run a VNP on a secondary NIC on a secondary IP<o:p></o:p>
9.) be able to share printers and map network drive to data drive controlled by the server
or by the two external Linux data 4TB RAID boxes<o:p></o:p>
With that I have the following info to supply, with what I call my understanding list...... which I must not understand, or I would be able to do this...... LOL
I have web server out on the internet at Hosting Company will call (HC)
This has its own IP address we will call (HC-IP)
This web server happens to host virtually for about 100 other sites all located at the same HC-IP it also host the main internet website www.xyz.com
This web server has its own DNS Listing DN1 and DN2 we will call HC-DN1 HC-DN1 which are registered as top level domains pointing to the HC-IP for look up. Thus creating ns1.xyz.com ns2.xyz.com
This web server lets me control my MX records and my A records and pretty much anything else I want to control
I set up the external pointer that point to my main Routing address (P-IP) that is given to by my Internet Provider (P): ie…. remote.xyz.com points to (P-IP)
I have an internet connection with Provider will call (P) has a base Internet Protocol address that our fire wall is using as it routes out to the internet will call this (P-IP) This has along with it a P-GW and a P-DNS1 P-DNS2 P-DNS3 P-DNS4 netmask of 255.255.255.192
My internet provider (P) provides me with another block of 16 Internet Protocol Address that is outside of main Internet Address (P-IP) we will call this Block IP (PB-IP) this has along with it a PB-GW PB-DNS netwmask 255.255.255.1
The Firewall/Router a FREESCO 4.2 With three NIC's has is set to route out one card that is at the (P-IP) The second card handles the internal network where the server is located on a 10.10.70 address. The third card handles the pass though for the Block IP address.
The Firewall/Router is set to forward port
tcp,3389,3389,10.10.70.1 # RC
udp,3389,3389,10.10.70.1 # RX2
tcp,80,80,10.10.70.1 # HTTP port for server
tcp,8080,8080,10.10.70.1 # HTTP Secure port for server
tcp,443,443,10.10.70.1 # Incoming Secure Email
tcp,987,987,10.10.70.1 # Outgoing Secure Email
tcp,25,25,10.10.70.1 # Incoming Email
tcp,1723,1723,10.10.70.1 # VPN
Now I would like to set for DHCP
003 Router 10.10.70.254
004 Time Servers 129.6.15.28, 132.163.4.101, 65.55.21.17
005 Name Servers 10.10.70.1
006 DNS Servers 10.10.70.1, P-DNS1,P-DNS2,P-DNS3
015 DMS Domain Name xyz.local
044 WIN/NBNS Servers 10.10.70.1
NIC1
SN1-IP 10.10.70.1
SN1-SUB 255.255.255.0
SN1-GW 10.10.70.254
SN1-DNS 10.10.70.1 (THIS IS WHERE I DO NOT GET WHY EVERYONE SAID DROP P-DNS1,P-DNS2,P-DNS3) without the DNS how does the server route forward it just routs onto itself without these right?)
NIC2 THIS NIC IS DISABLES DUE TO ALL THE ISSUES, BUT I WANTED IT TO BE ON THE BLOCK IP NETWORK TO HANDLE VPN CONNECTONS
NIC2
SN2-IP =one of the IP's in the Block
SN2-SUB = 255.255.255.192
SN2-GW = PB-GW
SN2-DNS1 = PB-DNS1
SN2-DNS2 = PB-DNS2
What I do not get and need the help with is the DNS settings on the server I am at the page where
it asks for the FQDN what is this? Is it the xyz.com or mainserver.xyz.com or
mainserver.xyz.local, or xyz.local. I had been told in the past not put local
servers in the TDL level, but it seem that must have changes since I have tried naming
the server .local, and that just messed things up! Can someone tell me what to put,
and if you have the wherewithal to explain in simpleton language the why...
Armen
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Reply:
Ok, I'll try to answer as best I can.
1.) the ability to share Files across the network to about 10 machines with different OS
ranging from XP Pro, Media Server, to Linux Storage boxes, and Windows 7 Pro =
ie... a File Server.... <o:p></o:p>
No problem, SBS 2011 does this out of the box with a default install.
2.) the ability to dish out DHCP to all devices across the network, this includes 3 Xboxes, 2
PS/3's, 10 smart cell phones all different types, Workstations, Notebooks,
Netbooks, JVC Stereo Receivers, TV's and digital Signs, and the occasional iPad
and iPod.
No problem, SBS 2011 does this out of the box with a default install.
I also would like to be able to lock these down, so games and other
things cannot get on during certain hours<o:p></o:p>
SBS cannot do this, as SBS is just another device on the network. Your devices will have grabbed IP address and default gateway via DHCP so there's no way to stop their traffic. You'll need to be able to add these rules in your gateway router.
3.) the ability to share calendar and LDAP databases with Outlook, and external Phones<o:p></o:p>
No problem, SBS 2011 does this out of the box with a default install.
4.) the ability to receive and distribute FAX'es<o:p></o:p>
No problem, SBS 2011 does this out of the box with a default install.
5.) be able to access the server remotely<o:p></o:p>
No problem, SBS 2011 does this out of the box with a default install.
6.) be able to handle remote users.<o:p></o:p>
No problem, SBS 2011 does this out of the box with a default install. Use RWA.
7.) be able to run virtual desktops for incoming consultants.<o:p></o:p>
No can do. You can technically provide two remote sessions, but these are strictly for admin purposes only. You will need a separate Terminal Server (Remote Desktop Server), and this cannot be the SBS box.
8.) run a VNP on a secondary NIC on a secondary IP<o:p></o:p>
No problem, SBS 2011 does this out of the box with a default install. However this cnanot be on a second NIC, it be on the first AND ONLY NIC. If you've enabled a second NIC on your previous installs, this could well be the root of your problems. One NIC. Only.
9.) be able to share printers and map network drive to data drive controlled by the server
or by the two external Linux data 4TB RAID boxes<o:p></o:p>
No problem, SBS 2011 does this out of the box with a default install.
I have an internet connection with Provider will call (P) has a base Internet Protocol address that our fire wall is using as it routes out to the internet will call this (P-IP) This has along with it a P-GW and a P-DNS1 P-DNS2 P-DNS3 P-DNS4 netmask of 255.255.255.192
Not sure of your topology, it's quite confusing, but SBS MUST be on a /24 subnet (255.255.255.0)
tcp,3389,3389,10.10.70.1 # RC
udp,3389,3389,10.10.70.1 # RX2
3389 is used for your two admin sessions to the SBS box (although you'll be better using a VPN for security).
tcp,80,80,10.10.70.1 # HTTP port for server
Not needed at all for an SBS install
tcp,8080,8080,10.10.70.1 # HTTP Secure port for server
Not needed at all for an SBS install
tcp,443,443,10.10.70.1 # Incoming Secure Email
Secure mail AND anything on the /remote address. Supported as standard.
tcp,987,987,10.10.70.1 # Outgoing Secure Email
Not needed at all for an SBS install
tcp,25,25,10.10.70.1 # Incoming Email
Supported as standard, enabled by default.
tcp,1723,1723,10.10.70.1 # VPN
Supported as standard, just run the wizard.
Now I would like to set for DHCP
006 DNS Servers 10.10.70.1, P-DNS1,P-DNS2,P-DNS3
Remember you want your clients to *only* have the IP of the SBS box for DNS. Nothing else. Repeat, nothing else.
SN1-DNS 10.10.70.1 (THIS IS WHERE I DO NOT GET WHY EVERYONE SAID DROP P-DNS1,P-DNS2,P-DNS3) without the DNS how does the server route forward it just routs onto itself without these right?)
Dead easy, as I already said. Clients have SBS box as DNS. Client requests DNS lookup. SBS box either knows the answer or it doesn't. if it knows the answer, it returns it to the client. If it doesn't know the answer, it passes the request onto the DNS forwarders. These can be any external DNS provider - your router, your ISP's DNS addresses, OpenDNS (208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220) etc.
It's absolutely critical that you do this. if you enable more than one DNS on the clients, or you don't use the SBS box, then many DNS attempts will be made to the alternative DNS addresses, including Active Directory/LDAP lookups.
NIC2 THIS NIC IS DISABLES DUE TO ALL THE ISSUES, BUT I WANTED IT TO BE ON THE BLOCK IP NETWORK TO HANDLE VPN CONNECTONS
No. One NIC only. End of story. If you want two NICs, SBS2008/SBS2011 was your wrong choice.
What I do not get and need the help with is the DNS settings on the server I am at the page where
it asks for the FQDN what is this? Is it the xyz.com or mainserver.xyz.com or
mainserver.xyz.local, or xyz.local. I had been told in the past not put local
servers in the TDL level, but it seem that must have changes since I have tried naming
the server .local, and that just messed things up! Can someone tell me what to put,
and if you have the wherewithal to explain in simpleton language the why...
Not sure what you are asking here. But....do not change *anythying* in the DNS "hierarchy tree" on the snapin. Nothign, change nothing. The ONLY change you MAY need to make in DNS is to set up the forwarders. Nothing else.
I have a strong feeling you have heavily overcomplicated your previous installs, and most probably broken them by enabling the second NIC. If you use the wizards, SBS2011 is extremely robust and dead easy to maintain. I'm also tempted to say that it's easy to configure but that would be wrong, since there's virtually no configuration required at all. It just works.
I've got several dozen SBS boxes dotted around the country, and all have been 4-5 hour installs from beginning to end. Empty disc to fully configured server. When the SBS installation finishes, and you've run through all the wizards, you have: email, remote desktop, file sharing, DHCP, DNS, VPN, RWA, printing, calendar sharing, iPhone connectivity, fax - all enabled and all working.
Bear in mind what I've said above. One NIC, one DNS (the SBS box), use the wizards. And you'll be fine.
Jim
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Jim
What I do not get and need the help with is the DNS settings on the server I am at the page where
it asks for the FQDN what is this? Is it the xyz.com or mainserver.xyz.com or
mainserver.xyz.local, or xyz.local. I had been told in the past not put local
servers in the TDL level, but it seem that must have changes since I have tried naming
the server .local, and that just messed things up! Can someone tell me what to put,
and if you have the wherewithal to explain in simpleton language the why...
Not sure what you are asking here. But....do not change *anythying* in the DNS "hierarchy tree" on the snapin. Nothign, change nothing. The ONLY change you MAY need to make in DNS is to set up the forwarders. Nothing else.
I wish this was as easy as that, I have never had such a problem setting up and understanding what a windows server need. can't believe I am missing NT4.0 and Server 2003 they were a piece of cake compaired to this.
So I still need clarification, What is a hierarchy tree, and I have not even gotten to the point where I can run the DNS snap-in, this time. Once I entered what I thought should be the FQDN (mainserver.xyz.com) into the wizard it came back and said that I already had a NETBIOS Name of MAINSERVER on the network, forced me to name the MAINSERVER as MAINSERVER0 which I do not want. How come it does not realize that is the name of the itself, so of course there the name is already in use; it's the name that is binded to its own network card.
Any ideas as to why this would be happening?
Armen
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Ok, by hierarchy tree I mean this:
You do NOT want to make ANY changes AT ALL to ANY entries here. The ONLY change you want to make is here:
and I got to that screen by right-clicking where the arrow is and choosing Properties.
Notice I have one entry in there, the IP address of our router. It could be a public DNS server name, OpenDNS, something else, just an external DNS server for handling non-local queries.
Any clearer?
Jim
- Edited by Jim Willsher Tuesday, August 7, 2012 1:29 PM
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Armen, the further you go into this 'manual config' the more trouble you will put yourself in.
You mention HyperV earlier. Please create a standalone virtual machine on an isolated network(with internet access, hopefully) and install SBS in 'standard manner'. It should take about 4hrs.
Then, when you've done it and found out how easy it is, we can discuss your custom installs.
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DPM and Inactive SQL Server instances
Ran into an interesting problem while setting up DPM 2012 on our SQL Server machine. This is a small organisation, we have just the one machine running SQL with 3 named instances. The default instance is stopped because we don't use it and there was another stopped instance that had been used while setting up the first three and was no longer in use. After installing the DPM agent on the SQL machine we tried to create a new protection group for it. Chose the type and then went to select the members. When expanding the SQL machine DPM just hung there, with the hourglass, no details came up even after leaving it all day. Opening any other machine was done generally in a matter of seconds without a problem.
Investigating the issue was a real puzzle (because there were a few other matters obscuring things) but eventually we discovered that even though those two instances were stopped DPM was still trying to log in to them and failing. My testing showed it could handle one stopped instance but whatever method it uses to move onto the next instance was failing and causing it to hang. Uninstalled the second inactive instance (left the default one there) and DPM expanded the list of volumes, shares, and instances with no problem. It still tries to login to the default server despite the fact that it's not running which takes a few minutes but it doesn't permanently hang any more.
Has anyone else encountered something like this? Should DPM even be trying to access a SQL server instance that isn't running? To me it seems fairly obvious that if a SQL Server instance is stopped then DPM shouldn't try to login because it will never work but perhaps I'm missing something.
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What is the SQL version.
Check in the link below if your SQL is supported by DPM.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff399140.aspx
ITLAAL
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