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KMS Server Issues

i have kms server , running.  doing great servers , office products.  doing great windows 8.1 deployments, somehow lost component of kms server.  there out there can give me basic steps windows 8.1 added current kms server can continue image machines , them authenticate windows upon completion of image? hi cawley, >> but somehow lost component of kms server.  what mean by lost componenet? did make changes kms server? >> is there out there can give me basic steps windows 8.1 added current kms server can continue image machines , them authenticate windows upon completion of image? do mean want win8.1 clients activated through your kms server? you specify kms server manually , activate, here details: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793406.aspx?f=255&mspperror=-2147217396 best regards, leo please remember mark replies answers if , unmark them if provide no help. if have feedback technet support, contact tnm...

VPN connection does not work through NPS

hi, i have problem setting nps vpn connection. lab setup has rras server sstp vpn enabled , works ok authentication provider: windows authentication i have dc server nps server , if set authentication provider "radius authentication" , choose nps server ip server list on rras server, connection wont work on client. error message : " the remote connection denied because user name , password combination provided not recognized or selected authentication protocol not permitted on remote access server ." my nps policy settings has  - condition: user group: domain\vpnusers (my users in group) - constraint: authentication methods : eap or ms-chap-v2 radius client rras server , shared secret set. rras server has authentication methods ticked: eap , ms-chap-v2 have tried setting authentication methods client vpn connection no luck. client uses eap-ms-chap-v2 how control vpn authentication through nps server because current setup seems i...

administrative account

we have mixed ad enviorment consisting of windows 2000,2003 , 2008 r2. in-addition, have 2 way external , internal trust established. question - have been given task confrim company\admistration account being used. able confrim trust relationship using admistration account. plan change administration accounts company\infradsturcture. i understand have re-eastbalish trust again! between domains. is there tool alllow me check else company\admistration account being used? richard parker the best way enable auditing , account when autheniticates within event log on dc's. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/174073 -- paul bergson mvp - directory services mcitp: enterprise administrator mcts, mct, mcse, mcsa, security+, bs csci 2008, vista, 2003, 2000 (early achiever), nt4 http://www.pbbergs.com     twitter @pbbergs http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/paulbergson please no e-mails, questions should posted in newsgroup. posting provided "as is" no ...

Event 1055

system configuration: windows server 2008 r2  dns , active directory installed. exchange server 2010 installed, disabled.  this domain controller on network. other server running server 2008 r2 active directory not installed. the exchange server stopped working because mail store , other processes not start. noticed problems active directory. disabled exchange server , started checking out active directory. rebooted server , see group policy event 1055 in system event log. i checked out dns server , appears working. checked dns logs , no errors found. if try access on active directory such "domains & trusts" or "users & computers", error message displayed stating server not operational. i need problem resolved asap! thanks, alvin:      i found problem!!! my hosts file not configured properly. after fixing hosts file, ran gpupdate , group policy returned normal operation. checked active directory , returned norm...

change a cell value in excel using powershell

hi all, i using powershell manipulate excel spreadsheet. i using vlookup data sheet , compare it. i want delete rows vlookup comes #n/a struggling work. i tried using code found on website for ($i = 1; $i -le $rows; $i++) {      if ($ws.item($i,5) = "#n/a") {          $range = $ws.cells.item($i, 1).entirerow          $range.delete()          $i = $i - 1      }  } but goes through , deletes every row. does have ideas? my code far is:-  # show excel  $xl.visible = $true  $xl.displayalerts = $false  # create workbook  $wb = $xl.workbooks.open("x:\messaging\pstfilestest.csv")  $wb1 = $xl.workbooks.open("x:\messaging\batch14a\batch14a.csv")  # sheets  $ws = $wb.worksheets.item(1)  $ws.activate() ...

Remote FX Issue

i have setup , installed remotefx followed couple different instruction including microsofts.  able apply remotefx hardware on virtual machine. when the virtual machine boots see console screen on 2008 r2 box (which dont think suppse to, , after drivers try install) and 2 of drivers suppse install remote fx in "other devices".  tried various things install unknown device no luck.  have clue why is, dont see other people having issue. as per: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itprosp/thread/4d587a30-3c26-4865-973f-af9bc26a725f i installing pro.  going try ultimate. Windows Server  >  Hyper-V

how I can convert OEMEssentials.iso to OEMEssentials.vhdx because the commandpowershell -c "Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted; C:\scripts\Convert-WindowsImage.ps1 -VHDFormat vhdx -sizebytes 127GB –sourcepath C:\OEMEssentials.iso -vhdp is not working !

hi, 1-to convert  oemessential.iso vhdx    have  exactly  runned command written on  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn293253.aspx?f=255&mspperror=-2147217396  as administrator : ps c:\users\administrator>  powershell -c "set-executionpolicy unrestricted; c:\scripts\convert-windowsimage.ps1 -vhdformat vhdx -sizebytes 127gb –sourcepath c:\oemessentials.iso -vhdpath c:\oemessentials.vhdx"    my question wat means powershell -c ?  have run powershell -c "set- ect. written below  or set-executionpolicy unrestricted ect. below: ps c:\users\administrator> set-executionpolicy unrestricted; c:\scripts\convert-windowsimage.ps1 -vhdformat vhdx -sizebytes 127gb –sourcepath c:\oemessentials.iso -vhdpath c:\oemessentials.vhdx . i have downloaded convert-windowsimage.ps1 on c:\scripts , have  200gb free space on c: drive . os windows 8.1 .i tried both commands above sure ...