Hi,

I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials server. When I send an email from it using my gmail address the email comes from "MyServer.DOMAIN.local".

For example:

Received: from MyServer.DOMAIN.local ([xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx])
        by smtp.gmail.com

I don't want my internal server name or domain to be visible outside the network. How can I set it up so the mail does not show my internal server name and domain?  Another thought I had was to change the server name and domain name to something innocuous (e.g. a.b.local) however according to Google it seems the only way to change the computer name and domain name on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials is to do a re-install. Is that correct?

Connection broken after Win 10 feature upgrades5qn 

I think I have followed posted procedure. Deleted connector software, left domain, removed pc from Dashboard and tried to reconnect using browse to server. After starting connection I get something happened and roll back.

ClientDeployLog shows Errorc code 1603

[11708] 160811.161919.1282: ClientSetup: Downloaded file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Client Deployment Files\ClientCore.cab
[11708] 160811.161919.4564: ClientSetup: Found MSI file within cab: ClientCoreX86.msi
[11708] 160811.161919.4564: ClientSetup: Found MSP file within cab: KB2862554-x86.msp
[11708] 160811.161919.4564: ClientSetup: Exiting DownloadSoftwareTask.Run
[11708] 160811.161919.4564: ClientSetup: Task with Id=ClientDeploy.DownloadSoftware has TaskStatus=Success
[11708] 160811.161919.4564: ClientSetup: Task with Id=ClientDeploy.DownloadSoftware has RebootStatus=NoReboot
[11708] 160811.161919.4564: ClientSetup: Running Task with Id=ClientDeploy.InstallSoftware
[11708] 160811.161919.4564: ClientSetup: Entering InstallSoftwareTask.Run
[11708] 160811.161919.4720: ClientSetup: Install package C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Client Deployment Files\ClientCoreX86.msi
[11708] 160811.161919.7220: ClientSetup: Running MSI: C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Client Deployment Files\ClientCoreX86.msi  SOFTWARE_NAME="Windows Server 2012 Essentials" PATCH="C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Client Deployment Files\KB2862554-x86.msp" REBOOT=ReallySuppress
[11708] 160811.162415.2277: ClientSetup: Running MSI threw an exception:Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.InstallerException: Fatal error during installation.
   at Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.Installer.CheckInstallResult(UInt32 ret)
   at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.ClientSetup.ClientDeploy.Helper.RunMsi(String msiPathOrProductCode, String logFilePath, Dictionary`2 msiProperties, Boolean install, ProgressChangedEventHandler progressHandler)
[11708] 160811.162415.2277: ClientSetup: RunMsi returned error: RetCode=1603
[11708] 160811.162415.2277: ClientSetup: Failed to install C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Client Deployment Files\ClientCoreX86.msi
[11708] 160811.162415.2277: ClientSetup: Set CD Fail reason 6 for SQM in ClientDeployment.exe
[11708] 160811.162415.2277: ClientSetup: Exting InstallSoftwareTask.Run
[11708] 160811.162415.2277: ClientSetup: Task with Id=ClientDeploy.InstallSoftware has TaskStatus=Failed
[11708] 160811.162415.2277: ClientSetup: Task with Id=ClientDeploy.InstallSoftware has RebootStatus=NoReboot
[11708] 160811.162415.2277: ClientSetup: Exting ConnectorWizardForm.RunTasks
[11708] 160811.162417.1961: ClientSetup: Running Tasks for Wizard Page InstallationError
[11708] 160811.162417.1961: ClientSetup: Entering ConnectorWizardForm.RunTasks
[11708] 160811.162417.1961: ClientSetup: Running Task with Id=ClientDeploy.UninstallSoftware
[11708] 160811.162417.1961: ClientSetup: Entering UninstallSoftwareTask.Run
[11708] 160811.162417.1961: ClientSetup: Client MSI is not installed
[11708] 160811.162417.1961: ClientSetup: Exiting UninstallSoftwareTask.Run
[11708] 160811.162417.1961: ClientSetup: Task with Id=ClientDeploy.UninstallSoftware has TaskStatus=Success
[11708] 160811.162417.1961: ClientSetup: Task with Id=ClientDeploy.UninstallSoftware has RebootStatus=NoReboot
[11708] 160811.162417.1961: ClientSetup: Exting ConnectorWizardForm.RunTasks
[6752] 160811.162417.2117: ClientSetup: Back from the Client Deployment Wizard
[6752] 160811.162417.2273: ServerDiscovery:HostsFileUpdater: Removing hosts file entry: NJHS01
[6752] 160811.162417.3054: ClientSetup: Saving Wizard Data
[6752] 160811.162417.3054: ClientSetup: NetGetJoinInformation (server = [], ...)
[6752] 160811.162417.3054: ClientSetup: Deleting user: [__clientsetup__$].
[6752] 160811.162417.3367: ClientSetup: End of ClientDeploy: ErrorCode=1603

Hi

I am running 2012 r2 and have installed desktop essentials. Whenever I try to playback a video in WM or Quicktime the video plays at about 5fps and drops frames and stutters. However playback in VLC is absolutely fine. This causes me issues in videos played back in PPT which by default use WM or QT.

Any suggestions?

i would like to use the following domainname in my fully updated essentials server: ad.mycompany.com

but that one isnt accepted through the essentials wizard. i solved this by creating a ad.mycompany.com domain through adding the ad roles. after that, the essentials wizard ran again and it added the essentials roles on the dc.

anyone who can explain to me why the wizard cannot accept a ad.mycompany.com name?

also, the workaround i used, could that be giving me some problems in the future/

and last, i would like to add this server to azure 365 for e-mail and datasharing. what are the next steps to get this working?

thanks for the help

Been struggling to reconnect my clients after the Anniversary update.

I have uninstalled all of the Previous Connector install from all clients.

In an attempt to "get 'er done" I rebuilt my Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 server. I even changed the name of the server to avoid any certificate issues on the clients.

I connect to the server via http://<myServernamehere>/Connect and get the download screen. The installation file downloads to my downloads folder and after I click to run I get the following message when attempting to install the first client:

Installation did not succeed

Windows Server Essentials Connector has not been installed because:

Cannot download the package

Verify that your device is connected to the internet, and then install the Windows Server Essentials Connector.

I can ping the Essentials server with both the server name and the internal IP address. Both Client and Server are on the internet.

I have run the essentialsstester.ps1 and all is well with no "red" errors.

I am not joining the clients to the domain. I have run as administrator the command: reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Server\ClientDeployment" /v SkipDomainJoin /t REG_DWORD /d 1 command.

 Can anyone help me please?

SOLVED Tuesday August 23, 2016

I have solved the issue! Thanks to both Robert Pearman and Susan Bradley for the tips that helped me figure it out. Even though Windows Update had updated 308 Updates after a fresh install, KB 3021910 and KB 3172614 had not been applied. Trying to update KB 3172614 failed until I ran the Prerequisite KB 3021910 first. I have installed my first client and will install the rest tomorrow. Thanks again for the help folks!

I am getting the dreaded
"Please click retry" error when running the server essentials configuration.

I have added ServerAdmin$ to the logon as a service section in the GPO, I have run a gpupdate and rebooted the server many many times. No matter what I do this will not complete.

Anyone with a thought on where to go from here please help.

The background is this is a Server 2012 r2 install migrating from SBS 2011. I have added the server to the domain as a replica domain controller as per step 2 of the migration instructions. Now the instructions tell me to install the Server Essentials Experience Role which I have done but the configurator crashes every time.

Am pulling what little hair I have left out. Do I even need this role?

Please help.

i cannot open Adobe Flash Professional cs6, game application "wildtangent games", and mozilla firefox

i received error message

c:\Program Files (x86)\WildTangent Games\App\GameCosol-wt.exe

the application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail

i try to use sxstrace.exe but the command-line can't opened, and i try with the event log and use Event Log Online Help, i've try to fix with regedit.exe but still not work

i am using Notebook hp Af115au which is running win10 home single language versi 10.0,10240 Build 10240, system type: x64-based pc

Please assist and if you require further information, i will try to give it asap.

Than you

Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials running as a Virtual Machine.

We've had no problems with our Dashboard since installation a couple of years ago.  Recently, sometime within the last month the Dashboard has stopped displaying any information (see screenshots, below).

I've tried launching the dashboard from a client machine but get exactly the same results. 

As far as the functionality of the server is concerned all seems to work well although I'm unable to join a client using the configuration connector wizard.

Server is fully patched and has Trend Worry Free installed (I have tried stopping Trend but the Dashboard is still empty).

Google has thrown up a few ideas which I've tried with no success:

Reboot (!)
Run sfc /scannow.
disable and re-enable the user tab in Dashboard safe mode and reboot. I also tried changing all the options.
Restore

Just before I restore a backup I was wondering if anyone has seen this before and has found a fix. 

Many thanks.

 Since a few Server update rounds ago, I've been receiving repeated Alert Viewer alerts on most all Windows 10 workstations stating that "Important updates should be installed". When I run a check for updates on the workstations, the result is none available and the alert goes away for a period of time. Then it appears again. I've seen this on several Server 2012 R2 Essentials and WHS 2011 systems. Anyone have any idea as to what is causing this and a means to rectify it? I can set the alert to be ignored but this is not ideal nor permanent. It's really quite annoying and would like to get back to accurate alerts. Thanks and regards.

I should add that these are reported on the health check emails as well.

Hello,

When trying to install SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2012 Essentials, I'm getting the following message:

The C drive has over 200GB of free space.  Also in disk management, the option to Mark partition as Active is greyed out.

I have a 2012 Essentials server  that currently backs up 8 machines - both desktops and laptops. I now have a MS Surface Pro 4 with Windows 10 Pro that I want to backup. I am getting the following error: "An error prevented Backup from creating a snapshot of the volumes on this computer". There is room in the System Reserve partition of 550 mb. The backup service is running on the Surface Pro, the Windows Server client computer backup service is also running. Also, the Surface Pro is using UEFI/GPT. (I am already backing up another laptop that is using UEFI/GPT without an issue.) My error message is that there is not enough room to create the snapshot. Plenty of room on system drive AND in the system partition.

Any idea of what the issue might be?

(I may have posted this on the incorrect forum - am reposting in the Essentials Forum)

Thanks.

Gene

I have Server 2012 R2 Essentials running in my home as a "Home Media Server" and as a backup device for my computers and tablets.  The client computers are joined to the server without being part of the domain.

The problem is that major Windows 10 updates to the clients are handled or seen by the server as new devices and unable to continue the backup lineage of the client without modification.  I can reconnect the client device by re-running the server connector but that method informs me that another device with the same name is already being used and then treats the client drives as new drives and previous backed up drives as missing drives, very confusing for restoring.

How do we manage the major updates and have continuity with the previous backups? 

In my case, computers originally installed with Windows 7 and manufacturer included software was updated to Windows 8, then Windows 8.1, then Windows 10 and I have no wish to restart this process, that is why I have this server.  But taking a client computer with Windows 8.1 and removing it and archiving the backups adds additional space requirements for the server drives for client backup and server backup.

So is this lack of forward thinking on Windows 10 development or is there some simple way this is supposed to work properly that I don't know about?

Thanks

Repost form other forum following support direction to this forum!

Keith_Firn  asked on August 25th          

Since 2013, our business has subscribed to Office 365 Small Business Premium ('Litepack_P2') which has been seamlessly integrated with Windows Server 2012 Essentials via the Dashboard facility.  However, upon reaching our annual renewal this year we learned that Microsoft were no-longer offering the Office Small Business Premium subscriptions and on Microsoft's recommendations we renewed instead with Office 365 Business Premium.  But since renewal we have now lost all Office 365 integration with Windows Server 2012 Essentials which merely recognises that our old subscriptions to small business premium has 'expired' but fails to recognise and/or integrate with our new Business Premium subscriptions.

Microsoft failed to give any warning of this loss of service integration when recommending we transfer our subscription to business premium and we feel cheated by Microsoft who have managed to remove/render ineffective one of the key functions for which the windows server 2012 essentials was purchased in the first place!.

Since discovering the problem, we have raised the matter with Microsoft support (Ticket SRXxxxID) who were absolutely no help - they phoned back merely to give a different number for technical support then closed our ticket!  I have then today spent 25 minutes calling Microsoft on the number they provided only to receive absolutely no support or solutions and to be passed between 4 different departments all of who claimed they couldn't help and initially tried to encourage me to call back on the same number I'd called in the first place!  The 4th department who I spoke to didn't even attempt to pass me on to the correct technical department when asked and unceremoniously dumped my call back at the original switchboard menu.  Throughout the calls, I was also forced to suffer fractious conversation with seemingly Asian based support operators whose accent was hard to understand, who were seemingly reading from scripts rather than having intelligent conversation and where the audio quality of call/line over which the support conversations were being conducted was dire to the point of being virtually impossible to follow!

What a shocking and disgraceful way to treat customers who have been loyal to Microsoft since the days of windows 2.0!  Is this really how customers deserve to be treated? and why is Microsoft pushing/imposing changes on customer that breaks software integration they have already sold to customers!  This really isn't good enough!

I am trying to get simple technical support and answers on the following points:

1. Why have Microsoft seemingly removed/obstructed the office business premium 365 integration with windows server 2012 essentials that was possible with the previous 'small business' incarnation of O365?

2. Why did Microsoft promote an 'upgrade' new/alternative 'business premium' subscription to O365 that seems to be less than 'premium' and has reduced the service/integration we enjoyed, especially without giving advanced clear warning?

3. How can the simple admin integration be restored between Office 365 'business premium' and our windows server 2012 essentials software?

4. If integration can't be restored, which alternative 0365 subscription provides the same level of services, software and integration as the previous 'Small Business Premium' subscription.

Sort it out Microsoft and quickly!...

[SR number is masked by forum moderator]                  

Sky Pei , Microsoft Forum Moderator

Hi keith_Firn,

I apologize for the frustrations you experienced. Thanks for taking the time to let us know what happened.

About the questions you asked, I can confirm that Office 365 Business premium is supported to integrate with Windows Server 2012 Essentials.

For the current situation, if you'd like to get assistance via forum, I would suggest you post to our TechNet forum: , which is dedicated to handling this kind of issue.

Thanks for your understanding.

Sky Pei

[Updated by Sky Pei MSFT, 7:43 AM, Aug 26, 2016 UTC]

Sky/Microsoft

Thanks for the response and at least it is progress of some form BUT the response fundamentally fails to address the actual issue or the points previously raised and has failed to help or provide any technical assistance.  The provision of a link to a 2013 marketing page suggesting that windows server essentials can integrate was utterly pointless as my posting already made it perfectly clear that this facility was known of and indeed has been used 'since 2013'  so why I needed directing to gain information I already knew is beyond me!

But I take it from your post that you are now saying that O365 Business Premium is still 'supported' to integrate with Windows Sever 2012 Essentials?... well if that is the case, can you/your technical colleagues please explain why it is that from the moment our O365 subscription was changed from Small Business Premium to Business Premium, all integration was lost? 

We have tried disconnecting/terminating the integration service and re-integrating afresh.  We have tried integrating with an alternative O365 administrator login in... all of which manage to connect and see our O365 mailboxes and accounts etc. BUT ON EVERY attempt, the Integration module erroneously lists only our old/superseded 'Litepack_p2' subscription and states that it has 'Expired'. It should of course recognise that our old subscription has expired bu8t that we have the new O365 Business Premium' subscription in place. 

Your email of site has stated that a new support ticket is being raised but none are showing against our account and indeed my original service request tickets isn't showing either.

Microsoft need to sort out this integration fault ASAP as somewhere in your systems/software there is a flaw/disjoint in the communications between the windows server 2012 Essentials O365 Integration module and the O365 account where the fact that we have a live new subscription to O365 Business Premium is not being communicated/recognised.  Customers should not have to suffer this.

I'm still less than impressed!

I am running WS2012Essentials.  Tried reading other posts along the same lines; don't understand what is going on.

I have 2 Windows 10 clients that upgraded to the Anniversary Upgrade.  Both machines cannot set up a secure session to the domain controller (and generally fail on connecting to the domain controller).  A specific event from the event log is Event 5719, NETLOGON

General Tab "This computer was not able to set up a secure session with a domain controller in domain Mist due to the following:
There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request.
This may lead to authentication problems. Make sure that this computer is connected to the network. If the problem persists, please contact your domain administrator. 

I've been using a [full, not preview] evaluation version of Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 for several months, as a replacement for a Windows Homeserver installation in a SOHO setting. When my evaluation period was nearing its end, I bought a retail version of the same program, i.e. Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2. When the evaluation period expired, I tried to enter the purchased product key in the activation window, but it was rejected.

I assume I can do a full installation from the distribution DVD, but that will mean losing 15TB of backed-up files, not to mention having to re-establish connections between five computers and the server. Is there a way to activate without starting from scratch? If I were to backup the server, is it realistic to think that I could recover the files and have them identified with the client computers from which they came, or does this really require starting from scratch?

Thanks for any advice anyone can give.

Chuck Calvin

cdcalvin@hotmail.com

Chuck Calvin

When we create users in Windows Server Essentials, the user's privileges are very limited, which is perfect for my office. Now some of my users needs to change their IP address when they are travelling outside office. So I gave themNetwork Configuration Operators privilege to those users. But then they go to change their IP address, they see this message:

Can anyone please suggest what I can do so that my users can change their IP etc when they need? This use to work fine with Windows Small Business Server but surprised to see it is not working on Windows Server Essentials.

For the last few weeks I have been trying to get this update installed. It does the initial install OK, reboots and at 99% after reboot, it says it has failed and then removes all changes.

It is a fairly plain server Win SVR2012 R2 Essentials with Symantec Endpoint.

I am stuck as I really need to get this installed so I can move the server forward.

To date I have done the following;

Cleared some pending.xml from the WINSXS folder; rebooted and then attempt Windows Update again

Run the DISM health check says it has repaired the store at least 5 times now

Run the Windows Update Diagnostic tool - says it fixed an issue  -  run after each failure

Checked I have the c:\users\default  folder

I have tried to do the install as individual component but it fails on that as well.

I am thinking of removing Symantec

In CBS logs I see

Clearing original failure status: 0x00000000
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Setting ExecuteState key to: ExecuteStateNone
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Setting RollbackFailed flag to 0
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Clearing HangDetect value
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Saved last global progress. Current: 0, Limit: 1, ExecuteState: ExecuteStateNone
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Startup: Retrying failed packages.
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Startup: Processing complete. [HRESULT = 0x800f0922 - CBS_E_INSTALLERS_FAILED]
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Enabling LKG boot option
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Startup processing completed. [HRESULT = 0x800f0922]
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Winlogon: Checking to see if CreateSessionNotify has been called at least once.
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Winlogon: CreateSessionNotify has been called
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Winlogon: Deregistering for CreateSession notifications
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Startup: received notification that startup processing completed, allowing user to logon
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Winlogon: Stopping notify server
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Winlogon: Unloading SysNotify DLL
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Failed during startup processing, continuing with Trusted Installer execution [HRESULT = 0x800f0922]
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Startup processing thread terminated normally
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    TiWorker signaled for shutdown, going to exit.
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Ending the TiWorker main loop.
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Starting TiWorker finalization.
2015-08-25 22:22:49, Info                  CBS    Ending TiWorker finalization.
2015-08-25 22:24:47, Info                  CBS    Trusted Installer is shutting down because: SHUTDOWN_REASON_AUTOSTOP
2015-08-25 22:24:47, Info                  CBS    Ending the TrustedInstaller main loop.
2015-08-25 22:24:47, Info                  CBS    Starting TrustedInstaller finalization.
2015-08-25 22:24:47, Info                  CBS    Ending TrustedInstaller finalization.

And I also have these

2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Startup: Package: Package_969_for_KB2919355~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.14 completed startup processing, new state: Staged, original: Staged, targeted: Installed.  hr = 0x800f0826
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Retrieved original failure status: 0x800f0922, last forward execute state: CbsExecuteStateResolvePending
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Startup: Package: Package_96_for_KB2919355~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.14 completed startup processing, new state: Staged, original: Staged, targeted: Installed.  hr = 0x800f0826
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Retrieved original failure status: 0x800f0922, last forward execute state: CbsExecuteStateResolvePending
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Startup: Package: Package_96_for_KB2934018~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.5 completed startup processing, new state: Staged, original: Staged, targeted: Staged.  hr = 0x800f0826

CBS    Startup: Package: Package_5924_for_KB2919355~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.14 completed startup processing, new state: Staged, original: Staged, targeted: Installed.  hr = 0x800f0826
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Retrieved original failure status: 0x800f0922, last forward execute state: CbsExecuteStateResolvePending
2015-08-25 22:22:47, Info                  CBS    Startup: Package: Package_5934_for_KB2919355~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.14 completed startup processing, new state:

Hi All,

I have a newly installed Win 2k12 R2 Essentials server. Windows Updates were working for the first short time (initial patch update etc.) however now when I go to manually check for updates, I get the error 8024402F. I have tried ALL the troubleshooting on various websites to no avail. This includes DSIM, sfc.exe /scannow, disabling firewall, etc.

I am at my wits end now with this as I cannot work out where it is failing. To confirm, there is no firewall or proxy between this server and the internet.

Your guidance and support would be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Jason