Yet Another IT Professional Blog

Server 2016 is out and although it's still a baby, I've decided to slowly put it in production as a secondary storage/backup server. I was testing on a Dell PowerEdge T320 server with 10GB & 1GB nics and other than some iscsi configuration, everything else was at default settings on the system. Please note that this is a physical machine and not a VM! Server 2016 is great and I have to admit, the experience has been really good so far... I'm sharing one of the difficult issues I had

I came across this issue several times and each time I see this, I can’t remember quiet well what to do... So I decided to document my procedure. Problem: With Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 editions, you have the “Network Locations” options. Basically, whenever your computer connects to a new network Windows is asking you if you are connected to a “Home” network, “Work” network or a “Public” network. Based on your choice Windows sets its firewall settings automatically. This feature is really clever as you don’t want your firewall to be open to everyone while you are connected to Starbuck’s “Public” network and you absolutely don’t want your file sharing to be blocked while you are at home (Home) network.   If you ever made a mistake choosing your network location, you can always go back to “Network and Sharing Center” from “Control Panel” and click on the link that defines the actual network location.   Now the problem is, sometimes this option is grayed out or the opti...