Hi

I have a Exchange 2010 running on a Win 2008 R2 server that I cannot login to.  I inherited this from the previous person in my role and want to migrate everything over, but cannot get onto the box to administer it.  Most things I can do remotely, but SSL certificates is the main issue I have, I cannot manage them or IIS remotely.

So back to the issue, the server boots and exchange everything works great.  As soon as I login (with a domain or local admin) the server crashes on the Welcome/login screen.

I've tried quite a few things and reviewed the event logs (includes nothing I believe to be related).  The only thing that seems to work is safe mode and I can't do much in there whilst it's in safe mode.

I'd settle for remote IIS management, but it seems you have to logon to enable that :(

If anyone has any idea's, I'd appreciate it.  

Thanks in advance.

Rich

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Server.

Issue: Black screen with mouse control
Cause: Windows updates (rebooted server after updates and came back with the above issue)

What works ok: Able to ping both servers, Can access safe mode and tried all available options in safemode
What doesn't work: RDP and \\sharename\

what I have tried
**chkdsk /f  --- ok no errors
**sfc /scannow --- ok no errors
**dism.exe /image:C:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions --- didn't run
**deleted the pending.xml after taking ownership of the file using the below method.

takeown /f C:\Windows\winsxs\pending.xml

cacls C:\Windows\winsxs\pending.xml /G Username:F

del C:\windows\winsxs\pending.xml

**tried the below as well and Only got as far as Directory Services option and halted at black screen with whit txt stating the OS system and never moved on.

Restart the server and press F8 key, select Directory Services restore mode.
 Log in with the local administrator username and password
 Type: cd \windows\system32
 Type: NTDSUTIL
 Type: activate instance NTDS
 Type: files
 If you encounter an error stating that the Jet engine could not be initialized exit out of ntdsutil.
 Type: cd\
 Type: md backupad
 Type: cd \windows\ntds
 Type: copy ntds.dit c:\backupad
 Type: cd \windows\system32
 Type: esentutl /g c:\windows\ntds\ntds.dit
 This will perform an integrity check, (the results indicate that the jet database is …

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Hi,
I support a number of Windows Server 2008 R2 installations for very small businesses.  I'm looking for a good, affordable intrusion detection and prevention software to install on servers.  Most typical case of security concerns I see in the event logs is event ID 4625 - failed logins - spaced just a few minutes apart.  They are trying a brute force dictionary attack of usernames thousands of times a day,  Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, does nothing to lock out repeat offenders based on IP address.  Their best solution is to temporarily lock out user accounts if successive login attempts for the same username occur.  Duh - wouldn't it make sense to lock all activity from that IP address?  Also, why don't all these 4625 failed login events have a source IP address in the event log?  Seems like a critical piece of info is missing!  Is their somewhere else to look?

I did see a recommendation for an Intrusion Detection software from CyberArms.net which I downloaded yesterday, only to learn they have stopped selling and supporting the product due to lack of sales.  Company is in Germany and said not enough people were interested in their product at $150!  Sounds very affordable to me...

So, can anybody recommend a good ID software that would allow me to configure a permanent "hard lock" of the IP address described in my 4625 scenario above?

TIA,
Mike

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Their UCC certificate thats used for Exchange, autodiscover, and terminal service connection has lapsed and I am in the process of updating it across the board.

I've already generated, and completed the CSR request from Godaddy, imported into Exchange (confirmed its working on new cert), exported that from IIS uploaded to the Terminal server and imported into Personal store.

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Hi

We are in process of company acquisition and need to set up a forest trust - we are waiting for VPN tunnel to be created first

In terms of DNS we are currently using our ISP as forwarders (with root hints check box checked)

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Many thanks

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Hello.

I have 3 VLANs and one DHCP scope on Windows server. I need to make it work together.

Layer 3 Switch config:
int vlan xxx
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The users don't have access, but he actually wants them to NOT see the folders, either.

So I was wondering, is this even possible? I never tried this, I was never asked to try this and I wasn't able to find any solid reference during an admittedly hurried search on Google.

Can someone help me? The server is a Windows SBS 2011 Standard.

Thanks.