Windows Server 2012

[Ashwin Kumar]

Guys i have a Windows Server 2012 R2 up and running in my VPS. I am able to login into my account via Remote Desktop Connect with the admin details. Can someone help me install Utorrent(OR something similar) in it so i can seed for linux distros(and download a few linux distros). Also help me install or FTP or something like that for me to download the distros from there to my pc.

I'm a newbie so please give detailed explanation. I'm not able to access any website with Internet explorer(Some high security warning..) I tried disabling it through the Local Server(IE ESC) ..stuff but its still not working.

Help me!

 

[AgPaul]

http://blogs.technet.com/b/chenley/archive/2011/03/10/how-to-turn-off-ie-esc.aspx for IE security on 2008r2...should be almost the same as 2012 though just look for equivalents.

after that just download utorrent. Not sure if it will cause issues though, we will have to see

also to add FTP just go through the server manager roll wizard.
http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/installing-ftp-on-windows-server-2012

Shouldn't be too bad

 

[Ashwin Kumar]

http://blogs.technet.com/b/chenley/archive/2011/03/10/how-to-turn-off-ie-esc.aspx for IE security on 2008r2...should be almost the same as 2012 though just look for equivalents.

after that just download utorrent. Not sure if it will cause issues though, we will have to see

also to add FTP just go through the server manager roll wizard.
http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/installing-ftp-on-windows-server-2012

Shouldn't be too bad

I followed this tutorial to disable IE ESC https://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/disable-ie-enhanced-security-on-windows-server-2012 but i'm still not able to access the internet. I also tried

function Disable-IEESC
{
$AdminKey = “HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A7-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}”
$UserKey = “HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A8-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}”
Set-ItemProperty -Path $AdminKey -Name “IsInstalled” -Value 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path $UserKey -Name “IsInstalled” -Value 0
Stop-Process -Name Explorer
Write-Host “IE Enhanced Security Configuration (ESC) has been disabled.” -ForegroundColor Green
}
Disable-IEESC

but i'm still not able to access internet via IE.

 

[Ashwin Kumar]

http://blogs.technet.com/b/chenley/archive/2011/03/10/how-to-turn-off-ie-esc.aspx for IE security on 2008r2...should be almost the same as 2012 though just look for equivalents.

after that just download utorrent. Not sure if it will cause issues though, we will have to see

also to add FTP just go through the server manager roll wizard.
http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/installing-ftp-on-windows-server-2012

Shouldn't be too bad

Nope it doesn't work. I tried this for the 2012 version https://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/disable-ie-enhanced-security-on-windows-server-2012 but still doesn't work.
I also tried

function Disable-IEESC
{
$AdminKey = “HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A7-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}”
$UserKey = “HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A8-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}”
Set-ItemProperty -Path $AdminKey -Name “IsInstalled” -Value 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path $UserKey -Name “IsInstalled” -Value 0
Stop-Process -Name Explorer
Write-Host “IE Enhanced Security Configuration (ESC) has been disabled.” -ForegroundColor Green
}
Disable-IEESC

but i'm still not able to access internet via IE.

Then a few guys suggested me to do this in the powershell

set-executionpolicy -executionpolicy unrestricted -force;

iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'));

choco install GoogleChrome

choco install utorrent

But this happened.

 

[AgPaul]

If you have another computer handy, you can download a firefox or google chrome installer or a portable version and manually transport it to the server.

I am not a server guy by trade so anything powershell, or deep settings i'm exhausted on solutions for but using a copied installer should just need the admin password to install.