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Server 2008

12 articles in this category

Initialization of Client failed: Closing Application

September 25, 2019 2 min read

After installing Rand McNally IntelliRoute software, users may experience the error "Initialization of Client failed: Closing Application" This problem is usually attributed to inadequate permissions for the user…

Get RDS-CAL License Details (2008 RDS License Server)

August 20, 2018 1 min read

Get current RDS-CAL details via PowerShell. Run this from your 2008 RDS Licensing server. # Filename of the export $filename = RDS-CAL-Report.csv # Import RDS PowerShell Module import-module…

Free eBook: Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2

March 25, 2013 1 min read

Microsoft Press release free eBooks often and this is a nice one to have if you are responsible for maintaining Windows Server 2008 R2 (or just curious!). Free…

Server 2008 R2 Performance Tuning

May 18, 2012 2 min read

Here's some of the things I do to a new Server 2008 R2 install (physical and/or virtual settings are mixed in; (VIRTUAL ONLY) specifies I only do configuration…

Allow Inbound ICMP on Server 2008 R2

April 21, 2012 1 min read

Here is how to enable ICMPv4 echo from the command line using netsh in Server 2008 R2 netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=ICMP Allow incoming V4 echo request…

Video: SNMP Services on Server 2008 R2

January 16, 2012 1 min read

Here’s a quick video on setting up SNMP services on Windows Server 2008 R2. [SLVideoPlayer file=SNMP2008R2.mp4, width=640, height=480 /]