Category Archives: Windows Server 2008

Open a SharePoint Document Library with Windows Explorer

When attempting to open a SharePoint document library from a machine running Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 by using the “Open with Explorer” button as shown in the image to the right, you receive:  “Message from webpage > Your … Continue reading

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Rename a Network Interface from the Command Line

While building a Hyper-V server this week, I decided to rename the network interfaces to something that would make identifying the iSCSI connections a little easier. Since the server was installed with only the core (no GUI) installation of Windows Server … Continue reading

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Remote Desktop Licensing in Windows Server 2008 R2

This blog article will guide you through the steps of setting up Remote Desktop Licensing or Terminal Services Licensing as it’s known in previous versions of Windows Server. You’ve decided to move from Windows 2003 R2 to 2008 R2 domain … Continue reading

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Empty Start Menu on Windows Server 2008 Terminal Server

Recently while assisting one of my customers who was transitioning from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 terminal servers we experienced a problem with start menu redirection where there was nothing at all on a user’s start menu. The start menu was … Continue reading

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Dell Systems Build DVD Removes All Existing Partitions

So you’ve built a server and partitioned the RAID array into two logical partitions, one for the operating system and one for the data. For whatever reason, you need to reload the operating system on the server and you think … Continue reading

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