Windows 7 SP1 client file lock on network share hosted ny WIndows 2012 Server

Hello
I have one strange problem after migration from Windows 2003 Server to Windows 2012 Server R2 Standard.
All migration tasks went well but two things do not work.
In Computer Management you have The Opened Files feature and if you open any file that is located on the network share hosted by Windows 2012 R2 form Windows 7 SP1 and then close it
it remains open in the Opened Files tab (even if you wait an hour). There is no problem with Windows XP SP3. The issue exist only with Windows 7.
The session view of sessions to the file server do not work. If I try to open it I get the message that the application is not responding.
Can someone help me with that ?
About the environment:
It is one server Domain migrated form 2003 to 2012R2.
The domain and forest level was raised to 2012 R2.
I have made clean install of Windows 2012 R2 and then migrated AD.
Best Regards
Sebastian Sala

Hi Sebastian,
>>There is no problem with Windows XP SP3. The issue exist only with Windows 7.
T>>he session view of sessions to the file server do not work. If I try to open it I get the message that the application is not responding.
Based on the description, please check event logs in Event Viewer to see if there were some related events logged. Besides, does this phenomenon happen all Windows 7 clients? We can try to restart the client to see if it helps.
Best regards,
Frank Shen
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Maximum LUN size for Windows 2012 server

Dear All
What is the Maximum size of the LUN that can be provided to windows 2012 server. Earlier it was 2 TB for windows 2008 server has the policy changed or it is still
the same.
Regards
Zubair

Hi,
Would you please let me know if your OS version is Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 Essentials? If it’s Windows Server 2012, you’d better ask the question in the File Services and
Storage forum. We will get a better assistance there.
File Services and Storage
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverfiles/threads
Best Regards,
Andy Qi
Andy Qi
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Installation of Exchange 2010 in Windows 2012 Server

Hi all,
We are planning to upgrade our current Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, Need some help on installation and Support of Exchange 2010 in Windows 2012 Server, as per the
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/ff728623(v=exchg.150).aspx Exchange 2010 with sp3 is supported in Windows 2012 but I am unable to find the installer of Ex 2010 with sp3
in web even in MSDN. There is only Ex 2010 with Sp1 available. I know that after installing ex2010 with sp1 version, I can install sp3 later but I found one link
http://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0000785.htm where it is mentioned that insllation can be done only after doing the registry settings.
So is any one who has installed Ex 2010 in Windows 2012 Server and faced this issue and any solution.
Thanks
Mukesh
Mukesh Bisht

You can easily install Exchange 2010 (SP3) on Windows Server 2012. If you are working with previous SP version’s you can easily upgrade after installing server. And registry settings
are used to fix an error which may occur during migration, so it is not mandatory to correct registry settings each time during migration.
You can find detailed information about installing Exchange 2010 (SP3) on Windows Server 2012 at this blog :http://oxfordsbsguy.com/2013/03/24/how-to-install-exchange-2010-sp3-on-windows-server-2012/

Error Code (Windows 2012 server DataCenter Edition) :0xC004F069

When I am trying to activate windows 2012 server datacenter edition, an error message is showing. "the software licensing reported that the product SKU is not found". what is SKU?
how to solve this problem?

SKU = Stock Keeping Unit (an industry term, meaning the reference number for a unique specific part number or product identity)
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from: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303695.aspx
Error Code: 0xC004F066
Error Message: The Software Licensing Service reported that the product SKU is not found.
Activation Type: MAK/KMS client
Possible Cause: Volume media has been used with a non-Volume key.
Troubleshooting Steps:
- Match the product key to the OS edition.
- Contact the Product Activation Call Center for assistance.
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This suggests that you are using an invalid combination of product key/installation media.
Check that you are using a "matched set", either Retail media with Retail key, or, Volume media with Volume key.
Don
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Windows 2012 server image creation

Hi
I am posting this here as you have worked on imaging OS.
here is the situation:
I am working on creating windows image file (WIM file) for our company and i have already created images for windows 7 and also 3 different type of windows server 2008 without any issue. everything worked as it is supposed to. now i am trying to create an
image from Windows 2012 server. so all my process is same as i did for server 2008 but i get this error:
[error] c:\recovery\WindowsRE\winre.wim <error = 2>
error imaging drive [c:\]
they system ca not find the file specified.
some point to mention:
1- c:\recovery\windowsRE\winre.wim actually exists
2- as i mentioned i ahve done imaging many many times in the same environment and everything works just i get this error when i want to image my windows 2012
3- I boot in PXE environment and then try to run IMAGEX command and create my WIM file.
4- I have about 80 G free disk space on the partition I want to create my image to.
your help is appreciated.

Thanks for your reply.
as i mentioned before imagex works perfectly for all my images ( win7 and also win 2008) it just fails on win2012
about DISM: I have worked with DISM to inject updates into images offline but i didnt know we can create an image of forexample C drive with DISM. is it possible?
I would actually use a "capture image" from a WDS-server, which is actually the easiest way (in my opinion) to create a Wim-file. What you have to do is set up a WDS server, add the boot.wim from e.g. Windows 2012 DVD into boot images, and then right click
it and "create capture image". Once you boot into that, it will help you create a .Wim-file that can be saved to the same disk, external disk (or even to the WDS if wanted).
I used to use imagex for older OS:es, but it doesn't work with Win8/Server2012 in the same way.

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