Problem: Trying to reinstall WSUS on a 2008 R2 server that crashed in an existing domain and keep getting the error: Installation failed… Update could not be found I figured the problem had to do with Group Policy specifying the old server as the domain wide WSUS and couldn’t get the update from it because it […]
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Server 2008
Windows 2008 Server R2. Shared printer won’t print
Problem: Got a call from a client saying that a specific printer that is shared on a 2008 server wasn’t printing jobs being sent to it. Basically, they were disappearing into thin air. I checked to make sure that it was printing to the correct IP address and that the printer was accessible […]
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Can’t access files on computer now see a file called decrypt_Instruction in my directories
Problem: I got a call from a client stating that all of their files were inaccessible on the network drives. At first I thought it was a problem with the server being down or connectivity issues. After further investigation, the network was fine and we could access the files but we couldn’t read them and […]
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Windows 2008 R2: DCDIAG replication error
Problem: When running DCDIAG on my Server 2008 domain controller, I get the following error: REPLICATION LATENCY WARNING (DC name): This replication path was preempted by higher priority work from DC1 to DC2 Reason: The operation completed successfully The last success occurred at (never) I tried DCDIAG /fix without any luck and ran DCDIAG on […]
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After Reboot on 2008 Domain Controller – stuck at “applying computer settings”
Problem: Applied some updates to my Server 2008 R2 domain controller which required a reboot. Tried to login to the DC and was stuck on applying computer or user settings. (it varied between the two). Waited and waited but it just stayed there. Shut down the DC and was successful on the and try […]
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