RemoteFX-USB-Redirecton CD-Writer Server 2012 R2

Hi everybody,
today I want to ask you a question about RemoteFX USB Redirection. In this scenario I want to burn a CD or DVD on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Terminalserver with my external USB-CD-Writer using RemoteFX.
RemoteFX is available on the Terminalserver and my Client (Windows 8.1 Pro) is configured with the following Reg-Key.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2653326
CD-Writer ist available on the RDP-Session but the Hardware is locked in Device Manager with "The Device cannot start. (Code 10) STATUS_DEVICE_POWER_FAILURE".
Does anyone have an idea?
Greetings Wolfgang

Hi,
As per my research, the error which you are facing is a very generic message that indicates some kind of unspecified driver or device problem. You may have corruption or issues with driver.
Firstly I want you to check the hardware part for the device and then please try to uninstall the related driver and then reinstall the latest updated available driver for your External CD-Writer device.
Moreover, you can also contact the device seller (CD-Writer seller) for more details regarding device.
More information:
Fix: "This device cannot start" Code 10 error in Device Manager in Windows
Hope it helps!
Thanks,
Dharmesh

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and when I did a refresh in storage spaces, I can see that it changed to only see disk 2 in the primordial pool. What can be causing this?

To use USB disks, each disk must be plugged into a differs USB controller. A hub will obviously be on one controller, so that won't work. But many computers have only one or two controllers on the motherboard and then use port multipliers (basically internal
hubs) to support more ports. So you have to know your motherboard and which ports are on which controllers. And again, only one drive per controller.

Server 2012 R2 Essentials Trial Installation from USB asking for Product Key

Hi,
I've just downloaded Server 2012 R2 Essentials trial iso from Microsoft site (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2012-r2-essentials).
The downloaded iso file is 9600.16384.WINBLUE_RTM.130821-1623_X64FRE_SERVER_SOLUTION_EN-US-IRM_SSSO_X64FRE_EN-US_DV5.iso
I created a bootable USB using Windows7-USB-DVD-Download-Tool-Installer-en-US.exe installer and it automatically copied the server 2012 files from the iso file.
Once my server (HP MicroServer) is booted up from the USB, the server 2012 installation is asking me to key in the product key.
Please, can someone help me this. I just want to install a trial version.
Thanks in advance.

Try this: R9N79-23MWD-MBP9B-KHF8Q-C36WX

Fujitsu fi-6130z scanner doesnt work on Windows server 2012 using Remote Fx USB Redirection

I'm using Wyse WES7 SP1 client and using RDP, i'm connecting to RD Host Server 2012 standard edition with Remote FX enabled. scanner is able to redirect using Remote Fx and i've installed appropriate scanner driver on server. the scanner is listed in Device
and Printer option of Control Panel.
I'm using MSPaint application to scan my document, but when i click on From Scanner or camera, it dispalys
"Unable to Retrieve picture from device.Verify the device is properly connected and try again" warning message. i couldnt able to scan the document.
But with Wyse TCX USB redirection it works fine.
Is there any server side configuration for the scanner to redirect and work properly ? am i missing something ?
Kindly helpp me to troubleshoot this problem
Raveendra Pai

Did you ever get this working? I am having similar issues trying to redirect a 6130z thru RDP to a 2012 R2 server.

SYSTEM WRITER MISSING WIN SERVER 2012

Hi,
I have installed win server 2012. On that server i have sql 2012 and sharepoint 2013. After a while my windows server backup stops working and system writer is missing now. I found that problem might be in subfolders in MICROSOFT.NET folder. It has more
than 1000 subfolders in GAC_MSIL folder. Is this really true that system writer can't enumerate more than 1000 folders and that I cant have sharepoint 2013 and sql server 2012 installed on same server. Is there a solution which can fix this or I can have all
of that on one server?
Hope that someone can help with this.

It seems to be a known issue, some other Technet forum users have experienced the same problem.
Check this post and see the solution.
Missing VSS System Writer and CAPI2 error in Event Log
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverfiles/thread/4458947a-623e-45c1-b8e4-868aad1e93b0
I've got this problem about a month ago. I refer to MSP.
The problem was caused due to stack full. When we list system writer using “vssadmin list writers”, it will go through all the system files. To do that, the OS use a search algorithm with a stack which has a size limitation of 1000. When the stack
was full, it failed to continue listing files and log an event in the application event log.
In my case, the following folder contains too many subdirectory and caused the problem.
C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework64\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\*
1. Open C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\Web.config
2. Add tempDirectory attribute to compilation tag. For example:
< compilation tempDirectory="c:\ASPTEMP">
And also grant the folder with the same privilege with as “C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework64\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files”.
3. Restart the IIS Service.
4. Backup and delete all files under “C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework64\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files”.
5. restart the Cryptographic Service.
6. Try “vssadmin list writers” again.
Hopes this brings idea for you to solve it.
And also refer to this thread:
Howto Restore VSS Functionality on Windows 2012 Server with SQL 2012 and Sharepoint 2013 installed?
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/fr-FR/winserver8gen/thread/f440e66c-437d-4576-af51-b7cfecdf2906

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