troubleshooting
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ActiveDirectory
How to Compact Active Directory Database
In order to compact the size of the Active Directory Database you need to stop Active Directory Domain services. If you are running Windows 2008 and above you can simply stop the ADDS service and proceed with the steps. However,…
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Windows
You Have Been Logged On with a Temporary Profile
We have covered some of the misery that happens with roaming profiles in a previous post. Roaming profiles seem to at best only work “some” of the time and can cause a lot of issues with other programs as well…
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Exchange
You have a previous version of the Microsoft Exchange Messaging Sevice
Beware of running multiple versions of Outlook in you enterprise Exchange environment especially with roaming profiles. There is a known issue when a user who normally uses Outlook 2007 to access their email account, then accesses that same email profile…
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Servers
Moving User Profiles to a new server
If you administer an environment that utilizes server stored profiles or roaming profiles, you probably already know what a nightmare these can be to manage. Many have run into problems also in trying to relocate roaming profiles to a different…
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Linux
Linux Network Connection Not Working Virtual Machine ESXi
Recently, in decommissioning an ESX 3.5 Server host, we ran in to a network problem with a few linux VMs residing on that particular host. Since we were not dealing with shared storage for this host and the other ESXi…
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Software
Removing Unwanted Entries in Outlook Autocomplete NK2 file
If you have been in an environment that uses Microsoft Outlook you know that Outlook stores addresses that you have typed in the address fields so that you don’t have to keep typing the same addresses in the field every…
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Virtualization
VMware vMotion problems on ESX 3.5 servers after upgrade to vCenter 4.1
If you have run into a problem with VMware vMotion after upgrading your vCenter server to 4.1, it is most likely due to licensing issues and differences between 3.5 and 4.1. In working with a client recently who had this…
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ActiveDirectory
Installing a Read Only Domain Controller in a Windows 2008 R2 environment
Read Only domain controllers provide a really nice option for administrators who may want to place a domain controller in a remote site, particularly one that may not have a secure location for the server as such. The RODC may…
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Troubleshooting
Dell laptop nVidia display Windows 7 driver issue
Recently in working with a client we ran into a driver issue with a set of Dell D820 laptops. The laptops had recently been installed with Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit. The display driver worked, however, the driver that was…
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Virtualization
VMware Import Machine Error – FAILED MethodFault.summary
the new sdn network will appear under the vnets after the network reload
