Today I had to figure out what domain groups a user was a part of.  I had to find out if a particular user was part of a specific domain group or not, so that I could verify if that group was part of the server’s local administrators group. And if it wasn’t, then I [...]

Windows Server comes with Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration enabled by default for both users and administrators. It is annoying. Its purpose is to prevent scripts and certain content to decrease server threat. But having this enabled, you may see some web sites that fail to load. I personally disable this, because I don’t use [...]

There have been times where you will install a program, and it will work for days, weeks, without problems. The one day when you need to get into it, you get a pop up that says “A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a [...]

I was running Hyper-V when I needed to extend the OS partition size. I shutdown the server, extended the partition and boot it back up. Windows saw the 20GB original partition, but then also the 10GB empty space, but I could not extend it since the disk was in use. So I shutdown the server [...]

So how old is that server you have running? Does it need a refresh copy of Windows Server? You can check the date of install by running the following in a command window  systeminfo | find /i “install date”

Now if you copied over a VHD from Virtual Server 2005 to Hyper-V, you will most likely see the error The IP address you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter (microsoft Virtual machine Bus Network Adapter) which is no longer present in this computer. There are a few reasons [...]

In virtual server 2005, you could copy VHDs among different folders and virtual servers no problem. With Hyper-V if you tried this, you will get an error similar to: The file d:\virtual machines\disk.vhd does not have the required security settings. What you need to do is deattach the VHD file from the virtual server settings, [...]

When installing ArcGIS 9.3 on Windows Server 2008, you have to  make sure UAC is disabled. If not, the install will go fine, but when you get to the ArcGIS Server Manager to change the user store to SQL or Windows Users and Groups, it will show users and groups grayed out, and it will [...]

Here are some key notes to remember when you want to migrate your virtual server images from Windows Server 2003 running Virtual Server 2005 R2 to the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Hyper-V uses it’s own new tools called integration services. Therfore, before moving the virtual server image to the new server, UNINSTALL the virtual server [...]