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Raid 1 Fails after Installing Windows 10 on Windows 7 Desktop

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i have hp desktop running windows 7. runs raid 1. runs great no problems. i upgraded windows 10 technical preview , appears except 1 of raid drives failed , rebuild started. after rebuild, failed again , again started rebuild. occurred repeatedly. morning desktop wouldn't boot. i restored windows 7 , again works fine. checked raid drives (s.m.a.r.t) , checked okay. also, raid verify under windows 7 shows no errors. for second time, installed windows 10 technical preview; had same problem again raid failing. reloaded windows 7 , again works fine. best of knowledge, i'm running latest drivers. there no outstanding updates windows 7 @ the time of installing windows 10. are others having trouble raid 1 running windows 10? know solution? - desktop hp pavilion, model az237av-aba e9270t, bios 11/05/09 ver: 5.09, hpqoem - 20091105 - hard drives western digital red (nas), model wdc wd10efrx-68pjcn0, 1tb drives, configured raid 1; firmware 82.00a82 - intel rapid storage ...

2012 R2 Activiation

i have activated machine on isolated network.  every once in while requires activated again prompt in lower right. 4th time has done this. i have tried command line activation. 1) why doing this 2) how stip happening again. hi, >>every once in while requires activated again prompt in lower right. 4th time has done this . where did product key? here, can follow article below check if product licensed. how tell if product licensed http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/howtotell/licensing.aspx if necessary, may contact product activation centers ask help. get activating microsoft windows https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/950929/ best regards, frank shen please remember mark replies answers if , unmark them if provide no help. if have feedback technet subscriber support, contact tnmff@microsoft.com. Windows Server  >...

Remote Desktop connection logged out immediately on connecting.

hi - i've turned @ work on monday morning, , can't log in server remote desktop xpsp3 machine windows server 2003 r2, account has full admin priveleges. starts loading preferences, session disappears immediately. looking @ event log on server (i can log in directly via console adminstrator account) appears remote session logged in, logged out. see security event id's follows: 528 - successful logon 576 - special priveleges assigned 576 - special priveleges assigned (again), showing user , domain time 540 - successful network logon 538 - user logoff (12s later), logon type 3 538 - user logoff (13s later still) logon type 10 i don't see application or system errors appear relevant (i.e., happening @ same time). i've looked @ forum entry here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en/winserverts/thread/451c369c-1854-431a-bc71-f0d6dc7dfdc7 , tried suggests, can't find ts session broker properties , no certificate registered. i've tried h...

Weird issue opening Word Doc on Network share

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when docs opened directly our shared drive word gets stuck in endless loop of asking pop window "please insert disk dvd-rw drive (d:)", makes no sense since doc on network drive. what's stranger if word open , file double clicked on in windows explorer doc open. happens in both word 2013 , 2010. ideas on how resolve this??? hi, do have third party cd/dvd burning software installed on computer? or if have word add-ins integrated software? disable add-ins in word, test if issue persists. if no, disable suspicious ones verify caused problem. please copy .doc documents local computer, problem exist when opening local? regards, melon chen technet community support Microsoft Office  >  Word IT Pro Discussions ...

Various client computers cannot connect to internet in domain

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i suspect dns problem, not sure - have domain 10 ethernet , 10 wireless clients running mix of windows xp , windows 7 machines.....we added 2008r2 server our single 2003r2 domain. both running domain controllers.  2003 dc running dhcp , dns , 2008dc running dns.  have single nic's pointing primary dc preferred dns and other secondary dns.  wins installed on 2003 dc.  various client computers connect network, cannot browse internet.  have tried static ip's - no help.  client computers (dhcp assigned) point 2003 box dhcp, 2008 box dns, , 2003 box wins.....can point me in right direction begin troubleshooting this?  did dcdiag /test:dns on both boxes, no errors..... thanks posting info. ipconfigs good, although point partner dc first, second, no big deal issue seeing. i can see edns0 not issue 4096 & 3843 results. the time-outs what's causing ths problem using 192.168.0.202, 2008 r2 box. bet if make 2003 server first in dns list cli...

Combining output

i sure basic question, seem struggling concept. can show me how combine output? say have list of computers want see dns settings for. have hundreds of them , want create table shows me dns settings on each server. $strcomputer = "server1","server2","server3" $colitems = get-wmiobject -class "win32_networkadapterconfiguration" `     -computername $strcomputer | where{$_.ipenabled -match "true"} this part easy, if make list lot longer, can't tell computer name goes output. want add computer name each line of output. dump csv. here tried... foreach ($objitem in $colitems) {    write-host "computer name : " $strcomputer    write-host "mac address : " $objitem.macaddress    write-host "ipaddress : " $objitem.ipaddress    write-host "ipaddress : " $objitem.ipenabled    write-host "dns servers : " $objitem.dns...

Modifying my script to list all folders and their lastwritetime on remote computers

hello, i've got following script trying report on list of computers (in computerlist.txt) contents of c:\users folder , list in resulting csv file name of computer, folder name , date last changed (sort recent first). $servers = gc c:\powershell_scripts\computerlist.txt foreach($server in $servers) { if (test-connection -comp $server -count 1 -quiet) { get-childitem ("\\$server\c$\users") | where-object { $_.mode -like 'd*' } | select-object $server, name, lastwritetime | export-csv c:\apps\powershell_scripts\lastlogin\reports\directoryfile.csv } } i'm part way there script not showing each computer..only last computer in list. please assist making necessary changes script. thank you. this trick , sorts output computer name (habit of mine): get-content .\computerlist.txt | foreach { $computername = $_ if (test-connection -computername $computername -count 1 -quiet) { get-childitem ("\\$com...