We need to block and monitor website access specific to certain users via a centralised Router / firewall or server program for a small business eg we need to allow access to you tube but allow some you tube pages through . Any recommendations please ?

I have an Evaluation server 2012 R2. I purchased a Microsoft Open License for it. I have tried to use  slmgr.vbs /dlv;  to update the server. I get an error that I cannot use this Key. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

One of my client who uses mapped drive for shared files/folders having issue with saving. It will saves the files, but every instance, there is pre-named file with "Copy of filename.xlsm" .  if he can remove it "copy of" it will be OK, but it is very frustrating for the client to do every time. is anyone had a issue? Thanks

Hello!

I have a PHP script that should create a valid image file on server side. The following code runs fine:

$filename = $_GET['filename'];

// Only proceed if we got valid input
if ($filename !== null) {
    echo "$filename is not null.";
    $image = @imagecreatetruecolor(10, 10)
                or die('Cannot Initialize new GD image stream');

    if (strpos($image, '/gif') !== false) {
        $image_type = "GIF";
        header('Content-Type: image/gif');
        $successful = imagegif($image, "./$filename");
    } else if (strpos($image, '/jpeg') !== false) {
        $image_type = "JPG";
        header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');
        $successful = imagejpeg($image, "./$filename");
    } else if (strpos($image, '/png') !== false) {
        $image_type = "PNG";
        header('Content-Type: image/png');
        $successful = imagepng($image, "./$filename");
    }

    if ($successful) {
        echo "Image written to '$filename'.";
    } else {
        echo "Could not write $image_type image to '$filename'.";
    }
    imagedestroy($image);
    echo "image destroyed.";
} else {
    echo "$filename is null.";
}

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This works fine & an image with the $filename is created. But actually, I do not only receive the file name but the image content as well. So, the real code is

$filename = $_GET['filename'];

$image = $_GET['image'];

// Only proceed if we got valid input
if ($filename !== null) {
    echo "$filename is not null.";
    $image = base64_decode($image);
    $slash1 = strpos($image, '/');

    $image_type = substr($image, $slash1, strpos($image, ';') - $slash1);

    if (file_exists($filename)) unlink($filename);

    header('Content-Type: image/' . $image_type);

    switch ($image_type) {
        case "gif":
            $successful = imagegif($image, "./$filename");
            break;
        case "jpeg":
        case "jpg":
            $successful = imagejpeg($image, "./$filename");
            break;
         case "png":
            $successful = imagepng($image, "./$filename");
            break;
    }
    if ($successful) {
        echo "Image written to '$filename'.";
    } else {
        echo "Could not write $image_type image to '$filename'.";
    }
    imagedestroy($image);
    echo "image destroyed.";
} else {
    echo "$filename is null.";
}

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But still, I get the reply Could not write image to 't.jpg'. Can you see my error(s)?

I run a coaching and personal development business, and I have staff helping to run the coaching programs. All the coaching programs we run are videoed (so that we can keep records). We currently keep all the videos on many portable external hard disks. However the number of external hard disks has grown to an unmanageable number now and I would like to centralize the solution.

Requirements:
- Have at least 10 TB of storage space
- Backup capabilities available
- Restrict user access - configure user access for certain users to upload files to the storage but is unable to access/read/write to the storage
- Accessible remotely
- Less than $1000 cost over 3 years

I am currently thinking of setting up a dedicated desktop with owncloud.org. Does anybody know if this will work?  Or of a better solution that I can adopt?

Thanks

Which is a way to reset the Windows Server 2016 updates? I used the GWX Control Panel. But it still shows a bunch of failed updates in the list.

I am curious about finding the cost to a big bank to process something like a bank transfer from one account to another...

I am thinking about my bank, where I have two accounts, where I may move a few hundred dollars from one account to another.

Is the cost less than a penny for such a transaction for a website or an iPhone app to make such a transfer? I assume there are overhead costs where auditors review blocks of transactions, but I am not asking about that. Just the marginal cost for a hosted and highly secure website to process a transaction.

Does anyone have an idea about this?

company i look after just had .arena ransomeware. i have recovered the servers and removed the virus but i cannot get the remote users logged into the RDP server. it connects fine but i the get an error sayng the specified domain controller does not exist or cannot be found.

I read somewhere that time sync should be turned off in VM's but I can't find anything on why.

Hi,
How to identify the reason of problem below?

Status:	Connecting to 160.96.17.69...
Response:	fzSftp started, protocol_version=8
Command:	open "pzim_ftpuser1@160.96.17.69" 22
Error:	Connection timed out after 20 seconds of inactivity
Error:	Could not connect to server
Status:	Waiting to retry...
Status:	Connecting to 160.96.17.69...
Response:	fzSftp started, protocol_version=8
Command:	open "pzim_ftpuser1@160.96.17.69" 22
Error:	Connection timed out after 20 seconds of inactivity
Error:	Could not connect to server

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Hi,

What are the latest specifications for  a server (running windows server software) and workstation (running windows 10 pro).

I’m trying to figure out when to use bitlocker on a server. It makes sense for a laptop or desktop. If they are stolen and the thief can’t login because it is password protected, they could still put the drive in another computer and access the data.

If I have a server in a locked room and there is no concern that it would be stolen, what are the benefits of encryption?

Even if someone did steal the server, it is RAID 5 so it would be a lot more difficult to add the drives to another server to access the data.  It would be easier to run a program to hack the password.

If it is configured to use a pin to start the server, it could not be rebooted remotely. If it shut down for any reason, someone would need to go onsite to start it up. That could create problems especially during storms.

The most likely way someone is going to steal the data from my clients is by tricking a user to install malware. If malware is installed on a workstation, it would be able to access the server whether it is encrypted or not.

Just looking for the pros and cons if encrypting a server

I am running VEEAM Backup & Replication 9.5 on a Windows Server 2012 R2. VEEAM is configured to backup VM's from 2 Hyper-V Servers that are running Windows Server Data Center 2012 R2. While all VM's backup successfully 'on occasion', often, I get the following error:

Failed to create snapshot (Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0) (mode: Veeam application-aware processing) Details: Writer 'Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer' is failed at 'VSS_WS_FAILED_AT_PREPARE_SNAPSHOT'[/b]

I go to the VM Server identified, run the command "vssadmin list writers", and see that a number of VSS entries says 'timed out. I stop/start the Volume Shadow Copy service then restart the server. The backup jog then completes successfully. This issue will occur again after the 2nd or 3rd successful backup and again, I have to restart the server to get successful backups.

Obviously I cannot continue restarting these affected servers (all of which has databases including Exchange Server 2013). Is there anything that would likely cause the VSS services to periodically time out and fail a backup? Thanks