Setting up a windows server 2008 as a time reliable timeserver using NTP
Some people have been complaining about, Microsoft decided to end support for SNTP in Windows 2008R2 and also ended the opportunity to set up time using NET TIME Well hopefully this post gets you back on track, with a newer more robust solution, which is also more secure than the old methods. First of all the new tool is w32tm, and below is an example of how to setup one of your DCs (More to follow)Learn More
Opening OAB in Outlook or Outlook Web App – generates an error
Here is the problem: When your users is trying to send a mail, by pressing To: within a new mail they either sees a blank screen (Outlook) or an error in Outlook Web App saying: Exception Exception type: System.NullReferenceException Exception message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. This is the solution i used to fix it: Open ADSIEDIT from any Windows server 2008 or above Connect to Configuration and go toLearn More
The letter @ isn’t working when using DK-Keyboard Layout
I have experienced that in some cases, on HP Thin clients the letter @ isn’t working, when it is typed by pressing ALT-GR + 2, however all other signs ex. $ £ { } is working normal, and you are able to type 2 and ” so keyboard errors can be excluded. Of coarse you can always try to ASCII typing it by pressing Left ALT + 64 (on the numpad) If that is the caseLearn More
Trimming up space in Windows 7 all versions
If you are the lucky owner of a SSD, you know (at least at the time of writing of this post) that they are expensive. So many people only buy 64 or 128GB versions. So it is fair to say that every GB count. However with Windows 7 (and Windows Vista, Windows server 2008 and Windows server 2008 R2) there is a new phaenomenon called WINSXS, located at c:\windows\winsxs (It’s is the Windows side by side) this folderLearn More
Setting up OAB correct in Exchange 2010
There tend to be some mistakes when people try to set up OfflineAddressbook correctly in Exchange 2010, either people see’s on error (0x8004010f) or it just hangs when connecting and never get in going (times out). Well there are 2 different causes to this obviously, if we take error 1 first, this is caused by a misconfig somewhere either in the way you try to distribute your OAB or in the URL’s you use. BothLearn More
Characters when encoding
Sometimes when you need to wite encoded characters you may need a reference Overview Use for Begin End Bold <b></b> <b> </b> Italic <em></em> <em> </em>
Removing “ghost nic”
***UPDATE 14.03.2018*** During Microsoft patch Tuesday (14-03-2018), MS released a patch that tampered with the NIC within vmware. This is seen througout the World and has frustrated many admins. The fix is however very simple just follow the instructions i provided several years ago, regarding, what i call ghost NIC. This could happen during P2V migrations and during vmxnet3 updates. The problem seems related to Windows Server 2008 R2 but maybe not limited to thatLearn More
Wrong Scsi adapter Windows 2003
When you have converted a Windows Server 2003 to a virtual VM you may experience the following Message from esxi.xxx.local: The guest operating system is Windows Server 2003 and one or more virtual SCSI devices are installed in the virtual machine. Windows Server 2003 does not support the BusLogic SCSI adapter that VMware ESX currently uses for virtual SCSI devices. Install the VMware driver in the virtual machine. Download the driver from “http://vmware.com/info?id=43“. Click OKLearn More
Converting with vCenter Converter Boot CD
Yesterday when i tried to convert a physical domain controller i received an error after around 2% completion, the error wrote “ERROR: unable to open file %s” i had checked vmware tools and remove system recovery points so no options left to tweak, i quikly found out that this error was related to DNS, so i checked my DNS settings and found a miss typing. I corrected that and voila.