As you may be aware, support for both Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2 is coming to end on July 14th 2015. With this in mind, IT professionals are in midst of planning migration. This guide will provide steps on migrating AD CS from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2. In this demonstration […]
On Cluster 1 selected the Disk and put it in maintenance in Storage/Pools. On Server 2 – selected Disk 1 and formatted it as NTFS and called it Quorum. Then took the Disk 1 offline in Disk Management. In Cluster 1 brought the Disk back on-line. Ran the Quorum wizard
Problem Lync Server 2013 Role: Lync Edge Base Operating System: Windows Server 2012 You attempt to start your Lync Server 2013’s Edge server’s Lync Server Access Edge service but notice that the service fails with the following message: Windows could not start the Lync Server Access Edge on Local Computer. For more information, review the […]
Terminal Services had the ability to shadow a user’s session; however, this was removed in Windows Server 2012. Now Windows Server 2012 R2 brings this capability back. It can be initiated using Server Manager as shown below, but many people also want to initiate from the command line. The old shadow.exe command is removed in […]
Exchange Server 2010 with the Client Access Server (standalone): Location Authentication SSL Setting Management Default Web Site Anonymous Required IIS Management Console aspnet_client Anonymous Required IIS Management Console Autodiscover Anonymous / Basic / Windows Authentication Required Exchange Management Shell ECP Anonymous / Basic Required Exchange Management Console or Shell EWS Anonymous / Windows Authentication Required […]
One of the great benefits of the Debian Installer is the ability to boot an ISO image, set up networking and complete an installation remotely via SSH (Secure Shell). You can use the following steps to get the installer launched. Boot from the CD and in the Installer boot menu select “Advanced options >” Select […]
To uninstall VMware Tools in Windows XP: Click Start > Control Panel. Open Add/Remove Programs. From the list of installed software, select VMware Tools. Click Remove. When prompted, click Yes to restart Windows. Once restarted, open My Computer and navigate to C:\Program Files and remove the VMware folder if it exists. To uninstall VMware Tools […]
You try to install the Hyper-V Integration Services (Drivers) in a VM with Windows 2003 and you get the following error: “An error has occurred: Internal Error“ No errors in the event log we decided to start by installing the latest updates for that VM. Unfortunately not all updates were able to install properly, in […]
There are several reasons you may get get this error. The most common being a corrupt Active Directory database (NTDS.DIT). I know this sounds detrimental, but it’s actually easy to fix this blue screen. *** This is the Active Directory Database we’re talking about here, so make sure you have a good backup of the […]
Step 1Click “Start,” type “Services” and press “Enter.” Step 2Scroll down to “Windows Update” in the Service window, right-click and select “Stop.” Step 3 Click “Start,” then “Computer.” Double-click “C:,” double-click “Windows” and double-click “SoftwareDistribution.” Step 4Right-click “Download,” click “Rename” and type “BakDownload.” Press “Enter.” Step 5Click “Start,” point to the arrow next to “Shut […]