Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 & 2022 How To’s
I have found that if you try to install Server 2012 on a system with MORE than one hard disk that it will put the SYSTEM PARTITION on one disk and the load the operating system on the disk it is told to. This is not good for a few Read more…
There are several solutions to the error below, but in my case the issue was resolved after a simple WSUS > OPTIONS > SERVER CLEANUP. This was odd because I run the Server Cleanup Wizard with regularity. SYNCRONIZATION DETAILS > RESULT: THE ERROR TYPE IS UNKNOWN TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for ‘Microsoft.UpdateServices.ServerSyncWebServices.ServerSync.ServerSyncProxy’ threw Read more…
Well this is just as annoying as can be but it turns out to be pretty quick to resolve. If you reboot your client PC’s but find some software you pushed via Group Policy did not install, you likely are in Asyncronous Policy Processing Hell. First verify that the policy did make Read more…
The short answer is NO. I have called Bytecc, DLink, Silverstone, StarTech and others to confirm this is the case even on new PCIe 3.0 slots which provide 300 Watts of power. Most server slots are PCIe 2 which provide 75Watts and it is just not enough for USB 3 even if your Read more…
If you know Group Policy and your question is really, WHERE IS AN .MSI FOR JAVA THAT IS ALREADY TO BE DEPLOYED UNATTENDED THROUGH AN ACTIVE DIRECTORY GROUP POLICY, you can download my Java 7 Patch 13 from Feb 1 2013 (jre1.7.0_13) HERE. Note that while I have had no problems with Read more…
In a word, no. However it is expected the CIRA’s addition of 16 French characters to their supported characters list will have little usage. So, if you own www.abc.ca but your legal name (or marketing name includes an accent like) www.Àbc.ca, you have the option to register that too. Note that you Read more…
Windows Server 2012 STANDARD provides TWO Virtual Operating System Environments (VOSE’s) where as Windows Server 2012 DATA CENTER provides an unlimited (well the physical limit of 128) VM’s. So the math to decide what you need to buy for you project should be pretty straight forward. Note that if your Read more…
In a word, VM’s. The only difference (other than price) is the number of VM’s you can use. Data Center provides unlimited and Standard provides 2. Below is Microsofts conciese explaination of the differences in the versions which I copied from: microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/windowsserver2012.aspx#tab=2 Datacenter Datacenter edition is ideal for customers that Read more…
The “There is no software installation data object in the Active Directory” error appeared when I was attempting to add a new software package to a Windows 2008 R2 software deployment group policy but I believe it would be the same in Windows Server 2013. This was an odd one, Read more…
If your AD account becomes locked over and over again (especially after a recent password change), it is likely something on your PC/Server has cached the old password and is causing the account to lock. There are several ready places to look for this… and I will get to those Read more…
If you are like me, your 125MB Windows Server 2008 R2 logs are jammed with “Event 5156: Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a connection”: I could not figure out how to disable this because in LOCAL SECURITY POLICY it was greyed out, which I know means it is controlled by Read more…
It turns out that Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) has a dandy EXPORT, IMPORT feature. The only thing that isn’t particularly obvious is that you have to EXPORT (and IMPORT) in the GROUP POLICY OBJECTS folder, and not on any of the OU’s. On the old/source domain, start GPMC Expand your Read more…
BACKGROUND: Every machine I install the lastest Windows Update Agent on results in a 800B0001 error when getting updates “FROM YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR” but have no problems when getting “UPDATES FROM MICROSOFT UPDATE”. This is the same as: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/partnerwinclient7rc/thread/e64bdfef-f92a-4924-85f1-6b858ec81c59 All of the machines in question are Win 7 64Bit Enterprise Read more…
There are two ways to change the favicon in a Sharepoint 2010 / MOSS site. The easiest (by far) is to simply change the FAVICON.ICO file in your Sharepoint folder. For me that path was C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\IMAGES Note that after I changed this, I cleared my IE9 cache Read more…
I have seen this error before but not had the time to troubleshoot it. The error basically means that your out of Windows resource memory (not to be confused with your servers physical RAM). Below is a good explaination from an MSDN Blog: What is Pool? First, Pool is not Read more…
I recently took a full day Windows Server 2012 course and I prep’d for it by installing the Beta and making the following list of questions, which Microsoft staff answered at various points during the day: Q: Can HyperV live migrate without System Center 2012 A: Yes, just right click Read more…