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Renew Windows Server Essential Certificate for Remote Access

On my Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2, the certificate for remote access has expired. It also tells me that the server is not connected to the Internet. But this is not the case because the server can also download updates. I have tried the automatic fixes for the certificate problem but to no avail. Is there another (manual) way to renew the certificate?

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Hi and thank you for the hint. I tried that but it didn't work. After signing in I get the attached error message. I tried several times, restarted the server but the result is always the same:

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I'm using an URL like mydomain.remotewebaccess.com



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MichaelFlick-0616 answered DSPatrick commented

As I mentioned before I have another problem that maybe the cause for the behavior I described above. I get the message that the server is not connected to the internet, but it is. I can load websites and install updates. Whenever I hit the resolve option the message returns after a while:

Der Server ist nicht mit dem Internet verbunden

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Der Server ist nicht mit dem Internet verbunden. Für den Zugriff auf Websites muss der Server mit dem Internet verbunden sein.

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So stellen Sie eine Verbindung mit dem Internet her

  1.  Stellen Sie sicher, dass der Server und der Router über ein Netzwerkkabel verbunden sind und der Router eingeschaltet ist.
    
  2.  Klicken Sie auf der Registerkarte "Statusüberwachung" auf "Beheben".
    
  3.  Wenden Sie sich an den Internetdienstanbieter, wenn noch immer keine Internetverbindung hergestellt werden kann.
    
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Please post an unedited ipconfig /all


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Here you are ...

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I'd disable the 169.254.xxx.xxx adapter, then add 192.168.0.165 listed for DNS on other adapter then do ipconfig /flushdns, ipconfig /registerdns, restart the netlogon service.

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Thank you vor the hints. I tried that and even removed the hyper-v feature that I didn't use for a while. Now the message about the internet connection is no longer showing up but it's still not possible to renew the certificate. Find attached the new ipconfig /all. Thanks again and best regards


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I'd still add 192.168.0.165 listed for DNS on remaining adapter then do ipconfig /flushdns, ipconfig /registerdns, restart the netlogon service.

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MichaelFlick-0616 answered

Can you explain step by step how to do that? Sorry :) thank you!

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I already had this kind of issue with a Windows 2012 R2 and in my case it was caused by 2 things

  1. A Windows firewall configuration through GPO

  2. The service "System Events Broker" was in startup type "Manual". We had to change it to Automatic.

  3. After those 2 changes, we just restarted the "Remote Desktop Configuration" and the certificate for remote desktop was able to renew automatically


hth



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MichaelFlick-0616 answered

Hi and thank you. The service is running automatically. I deactivated the firewall and tried to renew the certificate. But the behavior didn't change. After the login it only takes less than a second until the error message comes up.

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