Windows 10: Windows Server 2016 unable to disable windows error reporting

Some report application (C++) exes occasionally fail during an overnight batch. Some of these failures cause a popup like "... has stopped working" which is from the WerFault.exe. The batch controller should decide what to do with failed jobs not the server operating system.


We have tried the settings below we still get the annoying popups.


1. The Windows Error reporting Service is NOT RUNNING.


2. The exes have been added using the Local Group Policy Editor to be excluded from error reporting:


User Configuration ->Administrative Templates ->Windows ComponentsWindows Error Reporting->Advanced Error Reporting settings->List of applications to be excluded


Computer Configuration ->Administrative Templates ->Windows ComponentsWindows Error Reporting->Advanced Error Reporting settings->List of applications to be excluded


Computer Configuration ->Administrative Templates ->Windows ComponentsWindows Error Reporting->Advanced Error Reporting settings->List of applications to never report errors for


The server has been rebooted.

:)

 

FIXED!! Windows 7 sp1 never ends searching for updates

They made it part of the WU client then, or it's two different things doing the same. Too bad you can't download it separately.

 

Unable to disable subtitles in Windows Media Player

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I rented Shutter Island last night and was unable to disable the subtitles in Windows Media Player. Is this something to do with regional playback protection? Does anybody have a workaround to fix this issue?

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Questions about Windows Server 2016 and 2012 R2

Hey guys, hopefully this is the right section to post my question in. I'm looking at helping out a friend who is working on a server solution for his small business (about 25 employees). He is currently looking at a Dell PowerEdge T430 server, and I am trying to come up with an alternative that doesn't cost like $4000 USD. It seems that Windows Server 2016 charges by Cores and CALs? What are CALs? We're looking to install it onto bare-metal, meaning it's not running in a VM, windows server is going to be installed directly onto it. I was also looking at Windows Server 2012 R2 because it seems a lot cheaper and doesn't do stupid shit like charging per core. Is Windows Server 2012 R2 still a decent option?

I think his main goal is to have people log onto the server as a domain and share files off of it, and save his archives to it. This was going to be my recommended build:
System Builder - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core, HAF X ATX Full Tower - PCPartPicker

Again, I'm trying to figure out about Windows Server 2016 vs 2012 R2 and what version of 2016 to get if he decides to go that route. For a raid card since I want to be running those two 6tb hitachi drives in raid 1, I figured something like this LSI card would suffice:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/LSI-9267-8...987173?hash=item21175e7565:gNIAAOSwAuZX5C28

Any thoughts and suggestions? Really could use help with the OS side of things, I think that the hardware I selected is pretty good. I already have a HAF X case I'd just throw in for like $100, which will suffice for a case. Thanks for all your guys' thoughts and suggestions.

Edit: Just to explain why I am so desperately trying to help him get away from Dell, I took a screenshot of the hard drive selection for the customizing Dell Server. They want $163.17 USD per 1TB 7.2K RPM Sata Drive, which is not just ridiculous but it's highway robbery.