A few months ago Microsoft released newer versions of the Windows Server base OS management pack. This version had a good number of improvements, especially in the monitoring of cluster disk and cluster shared volumes. However the pack was still not com…
While playing around with some freshly installed Windows Server 2012 machines I wanted to Activate Windows, so clicked the appropriate option and it gave me an error. Had not yet entered a key, but saw that the activation wizard seemed to think I had a…
Because of questions from two customers about high availability for Hyper-V virtual machines and NOT similar hardware between the hosts I was clicking around and found an interesting checking tool for processor compatibility for hosts that you want to a…
Re-blogging the announcement as is:
Today we are pleased to announce the availability of the Release Candidate for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. Ideal as a first server for small businesses with up to 25 users, Windows Small Business…
Got a few emails about Release candidates this weekend. One of them is for the new Home Server 2011 RC.
Will paste the info as is:
Today we are pleased to announce the availability of the Release Candidate for Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011 (f…
At a customer i saw thousands warning events on many systems. ID is 4098. Source is Group Policy Printers. I use a GPP to set the printers on the domain.
The message is: The computer ‘Comp_IP’ preference item in the ‘GPO_string&GUID’ Group Policy…
I almost feel stupid to say but i never fully understood how this really works. I read many articles and examples but still i never got the picture.
Until i read a blog of Kudrat Sapaev where it is easy and crystal clear explained!
The blog can be…
Recently I upgraded to the latest Windows Live Essentials 2011 with Live Messenger in it. I found out that from a corporate network I couldn’t get it to login. When running the troubleshooting option I saw it stopped at “Key Ports”. I first suspected the…
From the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Team good news on an update to the MDT 2010:
Deploy Windows 7 and Office 2010 quickly and reliably—while boosting user satisfaction
Microsoft® Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Update 1 is now available! Download M…
Hello friends!
Finally it is time to download the DPM 2010 RC release candidate!
Have been eagerly waiting for it and to test some of the new features.
Get it while its hot!
Bob Cornelissen