Hyper-V Failed to Compact VHD
On Windows Server 2008 R2 running Hyper-V, I’m trying to compact a (dynamically expanding) VHD on an external hard drive (USB drive, NTFS format). The drive is 59GB and there …
How to Duplicate Administrator Permissions on Server 2008 R2
When administering Windows servers, I prefer not to use the built-in Administrator account especially when working through Remote Desktop, So I always copy the account to a new account, e.g. …
Reset Roaming Profile and Folder Redirection Permissions
One of the biggest challenges of working with roaming profiles and folder redirection is setting permissions on the shared objects. I recently migrated a Server 2003 domain controller to Server …
Got Backup?
Computer backup is an insurance plan for your data. Like any other insurance, it’s hard to think about when everything is going great, but you sure are glad it’s there …
Help! My Yahoo / Hotmail / Facebook Was Hacked!
In the last few weeks the personal accounts of at least four of my acquaintances have been hacked. As you may have experienced, when your friend’s account is hacked, you …
Wmiprvse.exe Hangs During File Services Migration
I’m migrating file services from a 32-bit Windows Server 2003 R2 machine to a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine. Following Microsoft Technet guide File Services Migration Guide, I installed the …
A Required CD/DVD Drive Device Driver is Missing
I downloaded a Windows Server 2008 R2 ISO from Microsoft licensing. I inserted the ISO into a a Hyper-V virtual machine and started the installation. Very soon this message appeared …
Windows Server Backup: VSS Failure Backing Up Guest VM
I’m setting up Windows Server Backup on a Hyper-V host (Windows Server 2008 R2). I want to do an online backup of the guest virtual machine (Windows Server 2003 R2). …
Web Site Grader Rates Your Web Site
A colleague referred me to this cool tool for rating web sites: www.websitegrader.com. The tool evaluates your site on the basis of of several criteria: blog, links, metadata, domain age, …
Windows Time Stops Even When Set to Start Automatically
I’m running Windows Server 2008 R2 as a Hyper-V host. The domain controller runs as a guest. Following Microsoft’s recommendation, the host is not joined to the domain; it is …