Windows Server 2012 unit has been having issues with the print spooler. We went to reboot it last night, the system didn't come back up. The system has a error on the screen now which is no help.    C000003A applying update operation 307 of 49083 (networkins...)
Trying to get it to boot up using safe mode, safe mode with networking and others isn't working. Always comes back to this window.

Shouldn't my Child domain AD Integrated DNS DC's have replicated copies of the parent Domain AD Integrated DNS Zones???

I am tasked with optimizing and fixing DNS in our company.  

We currently have the following AD infrastructure.  


DC's are 2012, and 2012R2

Domains Are:
Parent.com

child.parent.com

when i check the DNS of the one of the child.parent.com dc's i dont see the zone parent.com in the forward lookup zones folder.

But from the Parent.com DC  i do see the child.parent.com zone.  

Replication is working correctly.  So this might be a stupid question but as i am looking through things, if the parent.com zone is AD integrated, shouldn't it replicate to the child.parent.com domain as well?

Good Morning All,

I am in a situation where I am attempting to migrate a terminal server from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2.
The server is virtualized (ESXi 6), to avoid downtime, I have cloned the server with a new MAC.

The machine has been fully upgraded to 2012 R2, however after renaming and re-joining to the domain,
I am of course greeted with new profiles for domain accounts that have previously logged into the server.
I'm looking for a free or paid way to mitigate this.
(I should note, this is a copy of the old terminal server, all data is retained (user folders - C:\users)

Is there a way to, without user interaction, merge the new and old profiles?
I am especially interested in retaining profile specific registry settings relating to Outlook.

Thank you in advance

We have a single Root Enterprise CA on 2008R2 that I want to migrate to 2012R2 (on the way to 2016).  I am going to follow the migration instructions at https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/canitpro/2014/11/11/step-by-step-migrating-the-active-directory-certificate-service-from-windows-server-2003-to-2012-r2/ (even though it is for 2003 - 2012R2, it seems to cover what I am doing).  I have a couple of questions:

• Do I need to rename the new CA server to the same name as the old one (like with a 2003-2008 migration)?

• How do I reissue the CA cert as SHA256 instead of SHA1?

Hi everyone!

I'd like to know how to implement the following.

This is what I have:

I have a physical server with Windows 2012 R2 and inside it (HyperV) Windows 2016 Advanced Server. The server has 2 NICS. I have one static IP.

The goal: Configure the HyperV machine to be accessed from OUTSIDE/REMOTELY for 10 users. We have 10 User Remote Desktop Services licenses
So far nothing has been configured.

My questions are:
1.) Where should I install Remote Desktop Services, on the physical server or the HyperV, and how is this done? (if you have a link that will be helpful.

2.) How to make sure the 10 users will have access to the HyperV directly from outside?

3.) Anything else I should be aware of?

How to set up two RDS servers on the same subnet on Windows 2012 R2.

I configured a second RDS server with the exact same configuration as the first one and restarted both servers, the first one dropped all settings after restarting it and users weren't able to log in.  Only one connection broker is allowed across multiple RDS servers?

Hello ,

I am looking help on WSUS issue ,Where my WSUS client (windows server 2016 ) not able to report on my WSUS server running Windows 2012 R2  (WSUS 6.3.9600.18228).
On WSUS client name showing windows 10 and status showing NOT reported.

I have performed some basic troubleshooting as mentioned below but it didn't help me.

1. Stop the Automatic Updates service and BITS service.                        
net stop wuauserv                        
net stop bits                        
2. Delete “%windir%\softwaredistribution” directory.                        
3. Start the Automatic Updates service and BITS service. When these two services                         
have been started, they will auto-create “softwaredistribution” and its subfolder                         
at system directory.                        
net start wuauserv                        
net start bits                        
4. Stop the Cryptographic Services                        
5. Rename the C:\windows\System32\catroot2 folder                        
6. After the “%windir%\softwaredistribution” directory has been generated, please                         
let the client contact the WSUS server immediately.                        
wuauclt.exe /resetauthorization /detectnow       

Thanks

I have Microsoft Windows Server 2012 AD domain user which it have same to server "Administrator" role and access right.
When I use user account login to this server it pop up message "The referenced account is currently locked and may not be logged on to."

When I used windows server Administrator to reset "password and logged" this account. I can use it again.

However, same this problem happen again for this user account after less than hour when I used it and logout this windows

I am running approximately 50 users with 23 remote users logging into one -- soon to be 2 Parallels servers.  The new server is 2016.  My questions are:  I assume I only need 23 RDS licenses.  They say they aren't concurrent so do I get user or device RDS licenses?   The notes from Technet below are unclear.  

From Technet:  If you choose Per User RDS CALs, the licenses are for specific users.  If you choose Per Device RDS CALs, the licenses are for specific devices.

NOTE: RDS Licensing is not concurrent.  What this means is that if you purchase 15 RDS CALs they are for 15 specific users, not "any" 15 users at a given moment in time, which is how it would be under a concurrent scheme.  For tracking purposes, a Per User CAL is issued to a user for 60 days.

A user who has a Per User RDS CAL can access as many RDSH/TS servers as they want from as many different client devices as they choose and they are covered as far as RDS CAL requirements are concerned.  They also need to have a Windows CAL in addition to their RDS CAL.

-TPAlso, my supplier says I buy 2019 licenses and downgrade.

OK, Friends. I need help with DNS, DOMAIN CONTROLLER on Windows 2016 Stadard

I try to find out how to add additional DC to my Windows 2012R2 functionality forest but I have so many problems.

I'm in the middle of moving all my 2012 R2 servers to new hardware with new OS  - Windows 2016

I have installed new OS for server that will be my new DC with FSMO role.
I did this many times in the past so whole procedure is straight forward but not this time
My problem is that since I'm running out of IP addresses in my 10.0.0.x family I've decided to extend my subnet by installing Superscop on my DHCP server. This was done a year ago and all is working OK since.

I've changed network mask for all computers from 255.255.255.0 to 255.255.254.0 to give them access to 2 subnets 10.0.0.x and 10.0.1.x
Simple yes ?
I've confirmed and my DHCP server is assigning IP from new subnet / second superscope as soon as first is full. This is what I want.

So I've installed new server and I've installed AD DS role on it.
All went smooth. I've restarted server and run configuration to promote this new server to be a third DC

and here we go:
I'm getting an error.

On first step - Deployment Configuration I have error:

The wizard cannot access the list of domains in the forest. The error is: The network path was not found.

I did a lot of research in internet but all points to DNS issue which in my configuration is OK.

I have 2 DCs in network:

Master: 10.0.0.4 - also DNS,…