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SOLVED: What is the Maximum Number of Files In a Windows Folder

Assuming you are asking about NTFS formatted Windows Disk the answers are below Maximum disk size: 256 terabytes Maximum file size: 256 terabytes Maximum number of files on disk: 4,294,967,295 Maximum...

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SOLVED: BITMAP DISK CACHE FAILURE: Your disk is full or the cache directory...

When you use Remote Desktop Connections you may see the following error: BITMAP DISK CACHE FAILURE: Your disk is full or the cache directory is missing or corrupted.  Some bitmaps may not appear. You...

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SOLVED: What is the Difference Between a Server 2012 REMOTE DESKTOP SESSION...

The difference is the scale of the Virtualization: REMOTE DESKTOP SESSION HOST: Traditional RDP, Terminal Services server providing access to programs and full desktops Example: Server 2012 with Word...

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SOLVED: Server 2012 – Remote Desktop Connection Broker server could not...

If you see the following error on your Server 2012 RD install: The Remote Desktop Connection Broker server could not enumerate the targets for the provider named NULL from the database. Pooled virtual...

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SOLVED: 1 Hour to Install & Configure a Single Server RDS (Remote Desktop...

This is the first of three tutorials explaining how to run a simple Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services environment.  This is ideal for companies with less than (say) 20 concurrent users if you source...

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SOLVED: How to Source and Install a Certificate for Server 2012 RDWeb Site...

This is part TWO of a series of tutorials on Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services. HOW TO CREATE & INSTALL A CERTIFICATE FOR YOUR RDS RDWEB SITE ON SERVER 2012 Start IIS MANAGER Click on your...

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SOLVED: No Network Access when NIC Has Both a Static Address and an...

If you have a no network access (can’t even ping the gateway or DNS server) and you find that your network has TWO IPv4 settings (one you/DHCP set and one autoconfiguration), you may have an IP...

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SOLVED: How to Add Users To REMOTE DESKTOP Using Group Policy

If you need to specify the users (or groups) that can REMOTE DESKTOP (RDP) to a PC and you want to do this with Group Policy, you are in the right place: In Group Policy Management Console (GPMC.MSC)...

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SOLVED: Install Adobe Reader X or XI on Server 2012 Remote Desktop Server

If you have tried to install Adobe Reader on Server 2012 you see an INTERNAL ERROR OCCURED message and when you click OK, Reader will terminate. There are two ways around this that I know of: Right...

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SOLVED: How to Install and Configure A Server 2012 Remote Desktop Gateway

I have confirmed with Microsoft Partner Support that MS has no plans to update their 2008 R2 documentation to accomodate changes in Server 2012… thats not nice because this was one complex setup (if...

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SOLVED: What is included in a Microsoft Enterprise “Core CAL”

As of January 2013 Microsoft Core CAL on Enterprise Agreements include the following 6 items: Windows Server User CAL Exchange Server Standard User CAL SharePoint User CAL Lync Server Standard User CAL...

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SOLVED: Server 2012 Remote Desktop Folder Redirection To Client PC

If you want to use Group Policy Folder Redirection for (my) DOCUMENTS or (my) DESKTOP: USER CONFIGURATION > WINDOWS SETTINGS > FOLDER REDIRECTION > DOCUMENTS you can but it has to be to on an...

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SOLVED: How to Stop SERVER MANAGER from Automatically Starting in Server 2012

Easy… buy burried.  If you don’t want SERVER MANAGER to automatically start at logon in Windows Server 2012: Start SERVER MANAGER Click MANAGE from the menu in the top right Click SERVER MANAGER...

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SOLVED? How To Disable Hibernate Using Group Policy

The short answer is, you can’t (easily)… even using Server 2012 AD.  The long answer is there are two ways automate the disabling of hibernate: Run the following as a (logon?) script that includes:...

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SOLVED: How to Enable, Configure and Test Data Deduplication in Windows...

This was an easy and fun task to complete and it was only slightly more complex than enabling Shadow Copy… so you can do this! Things you need to know first about Data Deduplication in Server 2012: If...

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SOLVED: How to Change You User Picture in Windows Server 2012

The short answer is, you can’t.  The long answer is you can if you want to turn on the ‘Desktop Experience’ feature. Add this feature via Server Manager > Manage (link at top right of window) >...

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SOLVED: How to Migrate Printers Into Server 2012

Migrating printers between servers used to be accomplished using a free add-on tool from Microsoft called PRINTMIG.EXE but as of Server 2008, the tool is built in.  These instructions assume you are...

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SOLVED: Missing Windows 8 COA / Certificate of Authenticity / CD Key

Dell, HP, Toshiba, Samsung (‘da big boys) are no longer shipping PC’s and laptops with Microsoft Windows 8 stickers.  Smaller companies are still using Win8 COA stickers which contain the CD Key you...

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SOLVED: How to Remove Old Hidden Network Adaptors

If you have ever moved a virtual machine or replaced a NIC (Network Interface Card) on a physical server and wanted to keep the same IP Address, you will have seen the following error: “The IP address...

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SOLVED: On a RAID Controller, What is the Correct WRITE Policy

Typically you have two policies as described below.  Which one you use should use depends on having a battery on your RAID controller: If you have a battery on your RAID controller then your disk cahse...

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