Windows Server 2008 Takes Too Long to Restart or Shutdown. Had two identical Lenovo ThinkServer servers loaded with Windows Server 2008 SP1 (not R2) and when restarting or shutting down, it would take over 30 minutes for them to restart. When you press restart in Windows, Keyboard and Mouse appear unresponsive and the screen halts. […]
Users don’t receive Mailbox Quota Warnings in Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1/SP2 – Quota Warnings Aren’t Generated This is a design update that Microsoft made in Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1. Prior to Service Pack 1, quota warning messages were generated automatically whenever the mail users hit the quota warning threshold. After Service Pack 1 […]
How to Disable Open File Security Warning in Windows 7 When Openning Files on the Local or Network Drives: Click Start –> Search or Run, Type gpedit.msc and hit enter In the left pane, click on to expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, and Attachment Manager. In the right pane, double click on […]
Remote Web Access is not allowed for your user account. Contact the person who manages your server. Scenario: We were hired by a customer to help troubleshoot an issue with Remote Web Access (RWA) after they had already migrated to Windows SBS 2011 Essential from Windows Server 2003 SBS. When people go to the RWA […]
How to Enable ZIP Extension for PHP on Linux – Ubuntu – ZIP.SO – PHP.INI – Efront – XAMPP/LAMPP Download XAMMP from: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html That contains Apache 2.4.3, MySQL 5.5.27, and PHP 5.4.7. Follow instructions on the site (All it takes is just download and unzip into /opt/lampp. It’s pre-compiled). For Apache, you might want to […]
AnyConnect was not able to establish a connection to the specified secure gateway – Cisco VPN Linux / RedHat and RHEL / Ubuntu, Debian: Scenario: When using the Linux Cisco AnyConnect client x64 (like MAC, Ubuntu, Redhat RHEL and Debian) you might get the error above or if you connect through command like you might […]
Downgrading Windows 8 to Windows 7 Freezes and hangs – How to install Windows 7: Scenario: I had a brand new HP ProBook 4440s Laptop that came preloaded with Windows 8. Customer wanted to downgrade it to Windows 7 x64 but during the very initial steps of the Windows 7 installation, the Windows installation screen […]
The operation failed because: Active Directory Domain Services could not transfer the remaining data in directory partition DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=domain-name,DC=com to Active Directory Domain Controller \\DC.domain-name.com. “The directory service is missing mandatory configuration information, and is unable to determine the ownership of floating single-master operation roles.” Scenario: When trying to demote one of Windows 2008 Domain Controllers, […]
Reinitializing/Forcing File Replication Service FRS using Registry key BurFlags D4: Have you been in the situation where you’re unable to replicate AD changes made across 2003 Domain Controllers? I have been there several times, and the last time was when I was attempting to transfer the Global Catalog role for an Exchange Server migration, however […]
Cisco ASA rommon – Error 15: File not found unable to boot an image: The above error could be occurring on startup because the ASA didn’t have a boot file image, loaded with the wrong boot image or configured to boot from unavailable source. It might also be a hardware issue with the ASA like […]