Windows Server 2012 | Raving Roo https://ravingroo.com Chew the Fat Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:03:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/ravingroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-kangaroo-silhouette2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Windows Server 2012 | Raving Roo https://ravingroo.com 32 32 25842277 Windows 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Is A Black Screen With Command Prompt Only https://ravingroo.com/1720/windows-server-2012-r2-boots-to-black-screen-command-prompt-gui-core/ https://ravingroo.com/1720/windows-server-2012-r2-boots-to-black-screen-command-prompt-gui-core/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:03:57 +0000 http://ravingroo.com/?p=1720

If you ever find yourself in a situation where Windows Server 2012 R2 decides to spontaneously switch from regular GUI Windows to Windows Server Core, here’s how you switch it back. I was working with a vendor on a software sandbox installation and near the end of the day after hours of work, we rebooted...
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This is a bizarre issue that has happened on multiple occasions with Windows 2012 servers in a Remote Desktop Collection. Out of nowhere, the screen colors go haywire. It seems somehow the “Windows Basic” color scheme gets corrupted. Black text becomes yellow text. White backgrounds become black backgrounds. The right-hand scroll bar becomes black with...
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Using a VMware template, I recently deployed the 9th Windows 2012 Remote Desktop Services server in our RDS collection. After adding the new host server to the collection and attempting to launch a RemoteApp session, I received the following error: RemoteApp Disconnected The remote session was disconnected because there are no Remote Desktop License Servers...
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The post Server 2012 RDS: No Remote Desktop License Servers Available first appeared on Raving Roo.]]> https://ravingroo.com/949/server-2012-rds-no-remote-desktop-license-servers-available/feed/ 2 949 RDS 2012: The User Profile Service Failed The Sign-In: User Profile Cannot Be Loaded https://ravingroo.com/839/rds-2012-the-user-profile-service-failed-the-sign-in-user-profile-cannot-be-loaded/ https://ravingroo.com/839/rds-2012-the-user-profile-service-failed-the-sign-in-user-profile-cannot-be-loaded/#comments Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:18:02 +0000 http://ravingroo.com/?p=839

If you ever allow the system (C:) drive to fill up on a Windows Server 2012 running Remote Desktop Services (RDS) that is also utilizing “User Profile Disks” then get ready for a headache. Okay, this particular headache isn’t THAT painful and can be fixed relatively quickly. Are you getting this message when trying to...
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The post RDS 2012: The User Profile Service Failed The Sign-In: User Profile Cannot Be Loaded first appeared on Raving Roo.]]> https://ravingroo.com/839/rds-2012-the-user-profile-service-failed-the-sign-in-user-profile-cannot-be-loaded/feed/ 3 839 RDS and XenApp: How To Prune FontCache Files Under Windows ServiceProfiles Directory https://ravingroo.com/813/rds-xenapp-how-to-prune-fontcache-files-under-windows-serviceprofiles-directory/ https://ravingroo.com/813/rds-xenapp-how-to-prune-fontcache-files-under-windows-serviceprofiles-directory/#comments Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:55:26 +0000 http://ravingroo.com/?p=813

I’m not sure exactly when this started on my Remote Desktop Service (RDS) and Citrix XenApp servers (because it wasn’t always a problem), but on both Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 I’m seeing a large number of “FontCache” files in this specific location: C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local Again, this is only a problem on RDS...
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The post RDS and XenApp: How To Prune FontCache Files Under Windows ServiceProfiles Directory first appeared on Raving Roo.]]> https://ravingroo.com/813/rds-xenapp-how-to-prune-fontcache-files-under-windows-serviceprofiles-directory/feed/ 5 813 Windows Server 2012: This file might be blocked to help protect this computer. https://ravingroo.com/162/windows-server-2012-this-file-might-be-blocked-to-help-protect-this-computer/ https://ravingroo.com/162/windows-server-2012-this-file-might-be-blocked-to-help-protect-this-computer/#respond Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:45:47 +0000 http://leftturnahead.com/?p=162

Are you unable to “Unblock” a file after copying it from a network location to a Windows 2012 server? When you right-click the file in Windows Explorer and choose properties, do you see this message? Security: This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer. PROBLEM When you click...
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