Server 2008R2 mapping to shared folders fails users of Windows 8.1 but seems OK on Windos 8.0 and no problems for Windows 7

Having read what I could from the related questions, the answers still elude me. This issue apparently is specific to Windows 8.1.
First, a little background.
1: The server is not on a domain, The system runs Server 2008-R2 standard with all folders shared across a standard "Workgroup" type network. They would prefer to
leave this layout intact.
2: The shared folders are nothing but Data files. There are no active system folders or anything used in an "active" environment. They are mostly Word doc, excel
files, pdf, txt, etc. However, due to the requirements of the software that needs to access these files, they Must
reside on a mapped network drive letter. Nothing else works due to the way the SQL database program stores the reference points back to the data.
I have had some success using what amounts to a “simulated” mapping using WebDAV to access the server. But access speed is a lot slower ad file size is limited.
3: The system has been configured as-is for the past 3 years with Users all on Windows 7 x64 (mixed OS, some Home Premium, some Professional) and the only problems that come up are when
access is through an ISP that blocks port 445. This was the original reason for finding a WebDAV/Cloud method just for those Users since they were unable to Map drives to anything on the Office Servers from their Home Internet even when using a VPN.
When Windows 8.0 became the only version available, I added a few users whose new laptops came with 8.0 from the vendors. While there were a very few minor problems, for all practical
purposes, I was still able to provide access to the mapped folders.
As the Windows 8.1 roll-out progressed, some users were successfully upgraded while others are still stuck in Windows 8.0. The issues with this seem to be hardware related and vary
depending on the Make and model of the laptop. I have been assured that eventually all of these will be able to advance to 8.1. But this delay has given me an excellent mixed OS environment for testing.
On the users who have not yet purchased new equipment and who are still using Windows 7. There has been no change. Their drive mapping is stable and they can always connect as usual.
Those blocked from lack of port 445 or still blocked. Systems inside the Office and those with ISP's who allow port 445 can use all mapped drives as normal.
Users who had Windows 8.0 and who have not yet been able to upgrade to 8.1 also have been unaffected. Same results as Windows 7.
Users who got the Windows 8.1 upgrade as well as those that came factory loaded with Windows 8.1 seem to be a never-ending list of problems. The ones that came native with 8.1 are worst
of all. The list of error codes runs through everything that has to do with “communication with the server”. As far as I have seen, this appears to be the issue.
Whether they are in the office on a wired network connection or at home on a Wi-Fi connection, the issues have the same results but the actual error codes may vary slightly. All of
them refer back to an inability to communicate with the server.
Nothing on the server has changed in any way. Users with Windows 7 continue to have zero problems, Users with Windows 8.0 seem to be doing fine as well. Only those with Windows
8.1 are affected and their problems are dramatic with everything from a total loss of drive mapping to misdirected data when the maps are active.
I have tried to make the drives automatically remap on reboot. I have tried registry modifications. I have done everything I can think of to make a difference but the results are the same
for every system using 8.1. The mapped drive letters invariably disappear. Sometimes while the system is in use ( I think I have been able to trace this to times when the system enters Sleep or Hibernate) but always when the system reboots.
One detail that might point to somewhere is that the "time to connect" when mapping the drive is so long that I believe some of the original failures were due to not waiting for a
minimum of 3 or 4 minutes to give time for the Shares to show-up in order to map them. Once the mapping is successful, the file access speed seems normal. But invariably, the drive becomes "unmapped" repeatedly each day.
I know this was a long question but I have tried to provide every possible detail for anyone who has experienced events like this who may already have a solution. I would even be glad
to purchase a 3rd party application if that is what it takes to get this to work. My next planned effort is to try using Server 2013 but I am afraid that might open another can of worms for those who still use Windows 7.
I have also been told that this is in some way related to the push to "Cloud" support in Windows 8.1 OS but I do not see where this would come in. I can say that this was the
one place where things continued to work as before. People who had Windows 8.1 and who had to use the CLOUD copies of our data are still able to connect to it with no problems.
Any suggestions appreciated. Preferably those that would not need extensive changes to the basic network structure. This "workgroup" consists of less than 25 users and any
extreme measures would be hard to justify

Hi，
I sugget you try to ping server so that we can verify the connectivity.
Can windows 8.1 access Windows Server 2008R2?
Also,please check the event viewer to see if some error log appeared when the issue occurred.
Regards,
Kelvin Xu
TechNet Community Support

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> Many, or shall I say /imapreadlimit -10, thanks to you Michael.
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>
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> Peter.
>
>
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session. For example, if you want to limit the number of messages to 10,
you enter l=10. If this option is not used, the default value is 100
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I need to install Oracle Forms and Reports 10gR2 in a windows server 2008 64 bit machine. But I cannot find the installer of it. Is there a way to do it?
Thanks...

I need to install Oracle Forms and Reports 10gR2 in a windows server 2008 64 bit machine.Be aware that Oracle Forms and Reports 10gR2 (AS 10.1.2.0.2) is not certified for windows server 2008, as from Oracle Certification Matrices

Created the following in iShowU and need help for Windows User

I know a Windows XP user who only sees green static type screen when viewing this short tutorial: http://www.abbcfellowship.com/Downloads/registration.mov
The clip was generated using iShowU. Does anyone know why and if I can fix it? I could offer a Flash Version as well, but QuickTime is supposed to be cross-platform. Thanks for any help! The video was captured at 30 fps, h.264 codec, audio at 20 Kz stereo.

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Server 2012 Standard license and VM license for windows instances

Hi,
A question about VM instances on standard server 2012 license exists here
I cannot link it here as my account is not verified. The topic is titled "Windows Server 2012 Standard License and VMs"
My question is tad different...
If I understand this correctly, 1 windows server standard license provides support for 1 Physical Operating System Environment (The VM Host / POSE) and permission to run 2 Virtual Operating System Environment(VOSE).
Does this imply that I can install 2 additional instances of Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition on the permitted 2 VM instances on the server? Or... should I purchase additional licenses for each VOSE that runs windows?
Does the standard license provide rights to run 2 Virtual instances AND offer install and activation rights for 2 MS windows (virtual) environments AND install and activation rights for the windows host?
If license is require for each instance of server 2012 running on the VM ... can I avoid purchasing additional licenses for operating systems, say, if I run 2 Centos operating system instances in 2 VOSE?
Please help!
Thanks.

Licensing questions should be asked of a trained Microsoft licensing specialist. I haven't seen one of those lurking in this forum. www.microsoft.com/licensing.
That said, licenses are assigned to the physical host, not to VMs. The License you assign to the host grants you the "right to run" addition virtual operating system environments running Windows Server. It does not grant you additional licenses.
Licensing for Microsoft Windows Server operating system is controlled by Microsoft. Licensing for any other operating system is not covered by the virtualization rights of the Windows Server operating system. Therefore, if the CentOS virtual machines
are properly licensed by whoever licenses them, you can run however many instances that license allows.
A single Standard Edition license can be installed on the physical host granting you the right to run up to two virtual instances of Standard Edition. However, if you run additional services, such as file services or Active Directory or IIS, etc.,
on the physical instance, that means you can only run one additional virtual instance of Windows Server.
Free advice is worth every cent.
.:|:.:|:. tim

User profile creation problem for windows 7 clients with eap-fast

Hi All,
In our clients locations we implemented eap-fast authentication with domain integration in ACS for wlan users.Every thing working fine.We are facing problem with windows 7 laptops, in which client utility is not available to configure the user profiles.
In xp laptops client utility softwares are available with all makes, but with win 7 utilitys are not coming by default......
So what are options and available sourses for creating user profile with EAP-FAST in windows 7 laptops.
Any free univarsal client utility is available for windows 7 laptop.
Please guide me..............
-Subhash

Windows 7 should be able to do EAP-fast by default. If not you could download the latest Anyconnect client that also has the Cisco wireless supplicant in it.
HTH,
Steve
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Simple ways of sharing folders across users?

Hi
I realise this has been done to death, but after many attempts I am wondering if I am missing something. I am using the top level public folder and system preferences route to drop in a folder that contains several sub folders and then multiple documents in each folder. So far it looks like I need to set access rights for each user at a main folder and sub folder (which is painful, but OK), but then also for every document which is contained in them.
Am I missing something - I am trying to quickly allow access to an existing file structure so we can both work on it retaining only one copy, and I don't want to start from fresh, or have duplicates.
Any thoughts?

Hi MartinR
Yep tried this one and even sorting our the file preferences at an individual file level to ensure they were read & write by user does not seem to work. You can open the file, but you can't alter it unless, of course, you originated it - not unless I am missing something again.
Ta

HP Pavilion p7-1451 USB 3.0 and Bluetooth drivers for Windows Server 2008 R2

I bought an HP Pavilion p7-1451 so I could have an affordable, yet reasonably powerful machine to put a server software development environment on (I'm a software engineer).
It came with Windows 8, but I needed Windows Server 2008 R2, which I own through an MSDN subscription. I did what I always do in these cases, re-partioned the hard drive, re-formatted, and installed the new operating system.
I have nearly all devices working properly, but it still won't recognize the USB 3.0 ports and the Bluetooth device. I searched everywhere but cannot find anything that will work. Anything from the HP site is targeted for either Windows 7 or 8, and when trying either one of those, it tells me "Your system does not meet the operating system requirements" and MSI does not publish any drivers at all for this particular motherboard (that I can find anyway).
Motherboard: MSI MS-7778 also known as: MSI 2AEO version 1.0
BIOS: AMI 8.12
This is the list of "Other devices" in Device Manager that Windows doesn't recognize:
BCM20702A0
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
Bluetooth Device ID: USB\VID_0A5C&PID_21F1&REV_0012
USB Controller device ID: PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_7812&SUBSYS_2AE0103C&REV_03
Windows still doesn't recognize them after allowing it to search the internet.
And I've googled all over the place and I'm not getting anywhere.
Does anyone have any advice?
Any chance this could be related to the BIOS?
I'm not having any luck finding a BIOS download for this motherboard either.
Any help is much appreciated!
This question was solved.
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Holy crap, it worked!!
My version number was slightly different in the .inf files, but I dropped the last ".1" off the end and that did the trick!
So, the steps were:
Get and extract the driver files:
1. Download the AMD Chipset Drivers file from here:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/raid_windows.aspx#2
(choose the first download in the list. It's called "AMD Chipset Drivers")
2. Download and install 7-Zip from here:
http://7-zip.org/download.html
3. Right click the 13-4_vista_win7_win8_32-64_sb.exe chipset file, select "7-Zip", then choose "Extract Here"
Install the USB Host Controller driver:
1. Open the USB Controller .inf file in Notepad from the following location:
13-4_vista_win7_win8_32-64_sb\Packages\Drivers\SBDrv\hseries\USB30\amdxhc\W764A\amdxhc.inf
2. Find all instances of: .5.1.1 and replace with: .5.1
and save and close the file.
3. In Device Manager, right click the first unknown "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller" and choose "Update Driver Software..."
4. Choose "Browse my computer for driver software", navigate to the directory in Step 1, and click Next.
5. Accept any warnings and choose to Install anyway...
It should recognize and install the USB Controller driver (finally progress!)
Repeat the same steps above for any other USB 3.0 controllers that are unrecognized.
The devices should now say "Unknown device" instead of "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller".
Windows recognizes your controllers now, but not the USB root hubs.
For each of those "Unknown device" entries, do this to install the USB 3.0 Root Hub:
1. Open the USB Hub .inf file in Notepad from the following location: (notice that it's a different directory)
13-4_vista_win7_win8_32-64_sb\Packages\Drivers\SBDrv\hseries\USB30\amdhub\W764A\amdhub30.inf
2. Find all instances of: .5.1.1 and replace with: .5.1
and save and close the file.
3. In Device Manager, right click the first "Unknown device" and choose "Update Driver Software..."
4. Choose "Browse my computer for driver software", navigate to the directory in Step 1, and click Next.
5. Accept any warnings and choose to Install anyway...
I plugged in a USB 3.0 hard drive, and at first it didn't seem to work. I tried another port and still nothin. But after about 40 seconds the drive was recognized and all is well. Yay!
Thank you Paul for your help!
Hopefully this post will help others too.
USB 3.0 on a fresh install of Windows Server 2008 R2.
That was easy. :-P

OS 10.6.3 and Remote Desktop for windows server, PDF Printer problem

We are using Remote desktop for mac by windows in the office to work on a remote windows server, On the server we are using a business software (Mamut) for sale. In OS 10.5 we are using the PDF Printer to transfer PDF (invoice) from the business software (Mamut) 'Mamut is seeing the PDF printer as any other printer' to the desk top of your mac, so we can attach the PDF to a mail before we send it out to a customer, but in OS 10.6 the PDF printer is removed! So we need a different way of transfer the PDF from the windows server to the mac desk top.
So now I am wondering if any one has a suggestion on how to fix this! if not we can't upgrade to OS 10.6, and that would be a shame!

The thing is that in Mamut, we hit print, and because we us the PDF printer as Printer for Remote desk top, it pup up on the desk top of the mac, as a PDF. But in OS 10.6 there isn't any PDF printer to install, so then we have to make a PDF on the windows server and move it from the server to the mac, by mounting the HD from the Mac to the remote desk top, so it become edible in from the server. I think this is cumbersome.

JDK and JRE comptability for Windows server 2008

Hi,
Could someone please let me know what are the JDK and JRE versions that are comptabile with Windows server 2008 ?
Thanks.

Hi,
For security purposes, the IP address for the Windows Update web site constantly changes and it is not a fixed address. Also, there is no official publication of the
IP addresses. We normally advise against defining IP addresses on the firewall for this purpose. Instead, we suggest either allowing all outbound connections to http & https ports or defining the DNS addresses as permitted destinations for traffic via
the firewall.
For up-to-date information about the IP's being used by Windows Update, use the DNS system, as this is the only reliable up to date source of information. If you use
DNS, make sure the following destination hosts are specified:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
http://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
https://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
http://*.update.microsoft.com
https://*.update.microsoft.com
http://*.windowsupdate.com
http://download.windowsupdate.com
http://download.microsoft.com
http://*.download.windowsupdate.com
http://wustat.windows.com
http://ntservicepack.microsoft.com
http://stats.microsoft.com
https://stats.microsoft.com
Thanks for your understanding.
Best Regards,
Nina
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How to hide shared folders to some users...

Hi,
Is there a way to hide the shared folders from users and only give them access to the dashboards to run the reports? We are using OBIEE 10G

if you remove read permission to the shared folder, you wont be able to see the dashboards associated with that folder. you can try using traverse folder option.
if you want that the user should only be able to see the dashboards then you can restrict access to answers and assign read permissions to the dashboards so that they cant modify dashboards.
to restrict the access to answers - goto administration>manage privileges>Access to Delivers
to assign read only permissions to dashboards goto administration>manage interactive dashboards and change permissions accordingly.
assign points if found helpful.

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