I don’t use Widows Error Reporting service and it appears the if I don’t use it, it doesn’t mean it’s not working! And if this service runs after some time the disk space will consume itself.
So what to do? READ MORE »
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Windows Error Reporting (WER) and low disk space
Windows Server 2008 R2, after installing Service Pack 1 remote desktop stopped working.
After installing Service Pack 1 on a few of my Windows 2008 R2 servers, the remote desktop stopped working and I was left with no remote access to the servers.
Checking the Windows Logs, under application logs, I get a Faulting application name: svchost.exe_TermService Event ID 1000 every time an RDP session was initiated. READ MORE »
Fix Event ID: 13555
I got this error during a migration test of an SBS2003 to SBS2011 and the migration obviously failed.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: NtFrs
Event Category: None
Event ID: 13555
Date: 29/05/2012
Time: 13:28:28
User: N/A
Computer: SBS
Description:
The File Replication Service is in an error state. Files will not replicate to or from one or all of the replica sets on this computer until the following recovery steps are performed:
This issue can occur if the FRS Jet database or one of its logs has been corrupted. READ MORE »
How to: shrink an SQL log file.
Once in awhile I meet an sql based program that won’t work or stop respond to client requests until I flush the SQL database log file.
I wanted to create a script so I can run it through the scheduled tasks and get rid of this annoying task.
This is what I needed to do:
To shrink SQL log file on a scheduled base I did the following:
create a text file and change the extension to sql (Example: Shrink_log.sql)
add this lines to the script file: READ MORE »
You have been logged on with a temporary profile.
After deleting a user profile directory in windows 2008 terminal server you get this message:
You have been logged on with a temporary profile.
You cannot access your files and files created in this profile will be deleted when you log off.
To fix this, log off and try logging on later.
Please see the event log for details or contant your system administrator.
Trace and delete unused computer accounts with “dsquery”
Over the years, computers are replaced or decommissioned from the network but computers accounts in active directory are not deleted automatically and become obsolete.
Tracing these accounts in the past wasn’t an easy task.
To trace these accounts in the directory the easyest way is to search the computers that have not been logged in to the network in a given time interval. READ MORE »
How to: manually prevent the NTFS file system compression function.
The file system compression can be a major overhead for servers during the backup time and in extreme cases it can double the time it takes to backup the server.
To prevent from accidentally using the compression on your server you can try the steps below to edit Registry and disable compression function. READ MORE »
Exchange 2007 stopped processing incoming E-mails
I had a problem today with an exchange 2007 RTM server that refused to accept incoming mails.
Testing with telnet to port 25 and trying to send an E-mail manually, produced this error:
452 4.3.1 Insufficient system resources
Windows 2008 boot error: Missing or corrupt \windows\system32\winload.exe 0xc000000e
I had the “pleasure” to recover a windows 2008 installation today, after a failed try to clone the server to an external disk with acronis.
For some reason the acronis changed something in the source disk boot sector and when the clone finished, the server did not boot and displayed this error:
Missing or corrupt \windows\system32\winload.exe
status: 0xc000000e READ MORE »
How to: claim lost space on drive c: under SBS 2008
If you ever installed an SBS 2008 server you know you need to assign drive C: with a lot of space, the exchange and the WSUS servers are installed by default in drive C: and hold there data in the installed directory.
over time the user mailboxes grows and the exchange database can get really big, not just that, the IIS log directory under c:\inetpub can become huge as the WSUS server writes it’s logs there. READ MORE »
SQL 2008 server backup to a network share, access dined.
I had an odd problem today with an SQL 2008 server backup to a network share.
The maintenance plan that was scheduled to run daily and backup the databases, were falling with an access dined error to the network location for some reason. READ MORE »
Windows 2000 high CPU after converting to VM.
A couple of days ago I had to convert an old windows 2000 server to VMWare using Vmware converter (P2V).
After the conversion, It seemed like the windows 2000 virtual machine consumed a high CPU usage from the ESXi host.
In the vSphere vCenter the virtual CPU indicate 100% CPU usage.
Inside the VM, the Task manager showed a normal cpu usage. READ MORE »
Eset nod32 antivirus upgrade script.
Eset nod32 has surprised me with its simplicity and lightness.
After working with Symantec for many years and getting used to the thick and resource demanding SEP (Symantec endpoint protection) the nod32 seems to work without bothering the end user and does what it suppose to.
After implementing it on several networks I have realized I cant upgrade the client installed AV when a new version came out without central distribution software like Microsoft SMS or System center configuration manager. READ MORE »
Windows 2008 R2 SP1 x64Bit Remote Desktop Services and 32bit ODBC.
I’ve installed last week a new windows 2008 R2 SP1 x64Bit as a terminal server or as Microsoft calls it now “Remote Desktop Services”.
This server delivers an MS access based application to the users and connects to MS SQL server through ODBC.
The standard way for creating the ODBC connection is system DSN: Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Data Sources (ODBC)>System DSN.
In my case it did not work, the application insisted it has a problem with the ODBC connection to the database and ignored the DSN. READ MORE »