AMCross Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 hi all hope someone here can help me please decided to get 2012 r2 pulled my working whs 2011 and installed new system drive with 2012 r2 all seems fine however cannot see server on my network can rdp into it but it seems the server cannot also connect to the internet especially windows update any ideas PLEASE :-( vapedrib, Ginoliggime and LavetaJef 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AMCross Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 just noticed I can actually get on the internet by rdp into server and putting stablebit.com into address bar but windows update still fails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AMCross Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 ok getting somewhere installed stablebit products but how do I restore shares as wss troubleshooter doesn't work for me getting could find D:|documents setup as follows C:system drive E to K data drives Z Drivepool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 For the internet stuff, is this Server 2012R2 Standard or Essentials? if it's Essentials, open the control panel, open the "System and Security" section, and open the "Administrative Tools" section. Open the "DNS" console. From there, find the server's name, and right click on it. Select "Properties" here. Open the "DNS Forwarders" tab, and make sure this is set correctly. Either to your ISP's DNS servers, or Google's (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) or OpenDNS's. Once that's done, it should help. Otherwise, it may be something else here. Does windows update give a specific error code? As for the shares, are you using: http://dl.covecube.com/WssTroubleshoot/Release/download/Wss.Troubleshoot_2.0.0.1.exe If not, try using that. Otherwise, try using the dashboard and see if that lets you create the folder at the existing location. If this is not Essentials, it makes everything a bit more complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AMCross Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 thanks drashna superb service as normal internet side of things are now sorted seemed like loads of updates and reboots were needed yes its 2012 r 2 essentials I am using and this connector reshare seems to have done trhe trick Couldn't find that version anywhere on the site will do some testing today and thanks so much again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AMCross Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 ok all seems to be and running had to point my folders to their location of pool Z such a learning curve not to stop the client joining the domain seems the workarounds on the net allow the connector install and then after reboot the client is part of the domain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 You're very welcome. As for the share tool, yeah, it's kind of tucked away, sorry about that. Though, 2012R2 doesn't strictly need this, it looks like. So it's more for convenience. As for the client domain join, you can either learn to use it (which isn't so bad, IMO, but I'm definitely not the average user), or you can manually leave the domain without any issues. You know how to change the workgroup on the client system, right? If so, it's the same method, however, you select the "workgroup" option instead (though change this to match what the domain says, minus the ".local" at the end). This should help with network visibility. When you leave the domain, you need to specify the domain admin account for the server (eg, the credentials you'd use for the dashboard login). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AMCross Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 drashna one last question can you remove the server from the domain and add back to the workgroup if its left in the domain client pc's pin code log in gets taken away and its a pain for my kids/wife I noticed when you instal its on the workgroup and only afterwards joins the domain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 drashna one last question can you remove the server from the domain and add back to the workgroup if its left in the domain client pc's pin code log in gets taken away and its a pain for my kids/wife I noticed when you instal its on the workgroup and only afterwards joins the domain No. A lot of the code explicitily requires that the server be part of the domain. Even if none of the clients are. Removing it from the domain breaks a lot of the functionality, and may leave the server in an unusable state. However, the client PC *can* leave the domain without any issues. However, if you do want to enable PIN login for domain accounts, you want to use the "Group Policy Manager" on the server. Open the "Forest: DOMANI.local" section, open the "Domains' section, and right click on the "DOMAIN.local" object and select the "Create a GPO object and link it here". Name it "Enable PIN Login" and then edit it. Right click on the newly created GPO Object and select "Edit". Then do this: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/enable-pin-sign-in-for-domain-users/ This will enable Pin Login for domain user accounts. Fixing your issue. You'll need to run "gpupdate /force" on the server, and then on the clients (and may require a restart). But it should allow you to use PIN logins. Also, These Group Policies allow for a shitload of options, and customization. If you've ever used secpol.msc or gpedit.msc, this is what they mess with. And Group policies allow you to apply them to any computer on the domain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AMCross Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 thanks again your help to the community is truly awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 You're very welcome. And if it makes you feel better, I've added this to my server, as having a pin login is definitely convenient for mobile devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AMCross Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Christopher one more question if I may As my windows 2011 seemed so slow and lagging althought running i5 with 16gb ram ive decided to retry the windows 2012r2 essentials got all my stablebit products running fine got Launchpad on client and can see my shares don't want to join domain used the well documented links you have provided but how can I get server to show under network from clients as need this for printer and mymovies etc thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Make sure that the server and the clients are using the same workgroup as the server. Eg, the server should be using something like "DOMAIN" (or "DOMAIN.local"). Set the workgroup to match the "DOMAIN" info, and that should help. Otherwise, it may be worth installing the "WINS" feature on the server, and configuring the entry in your router. That may also help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hi all
hope someone here can help me please
decided to get 2012 r2
pulled my working whs 2011 and installed new system drive with 2012 r2
all seems fine however
cannot see server on my network
can rdp into it
but it seems the server cannot also connect to the internet especially windows update
any ideas PLEASE :-(
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