Michael

Temporary Registry Profiles – Finally an answer

We have been having issues at work for a while where a user gets “cannot load the locally stored profile” and a temporary profile is created. It gets to be quite frustrating for the users because each time they log in they lose any settings that they have made. Apparently, we arent’ the only company… Continue reading Temporary Registry Profiles – Finally an answer

Follow up to the DPM recovery point expiration issues

Previously, I blogged about issues I was having where old recovery points were not being expired/removed from my DPM servers. I had to open a ticket with Microsoft, and worked with them to determine the cause, and since then, they have released a fix. The fix that Microsoft developed is here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=aee949aa-d3e7-4b0f-b718-00b7c20f1257&displayLang=en A few people… Continue reading Follow up to the DPM recovery point expiration issues

Hyper-V and DPM – Some issues that you may see

We have several (15 or so) Hyper-V hosts running a number (126 or so) guests. We use DPM to backup our servers, but only a few of our VMs are backed up at the host level. Most are backed up as regular clients. I have been having trouble with a couple of the ones that… Continue reading Hyper-V and DPM – Some issues that you may see

Just my luck

I haven’t even had my iPhone a week and there is already a major security update: AppleInsider | Apple releases iPhone 3.0.1 software to fix SMS exploit Apple releases iPhone 3.0.1 software to fix SMS exploit By Slash Lane Responding to a dangerous security exploit unveiled this week, Apple released an update to its… Continue reading Just my luck

My new iPhone…

I just purchased my first Apple product. I bought an iPhone. I have had a Blackberry for years, but the iPhone actually seems a little more cool. I am not an iTunes user, and I don’t have an iPod, but I have to admit that I think the device is pretty neat. So, today when… Continue reading My new iPhone…

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)

Admin tools for Windows 7 (RC). Windows 7 rocks so far. I just got to the point where I decided to install the admin tools though. Installing Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC You must be either a member of the Administrators group on the computer on which you want to install the… Continue reading Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)

Time Travel?

Evidently, Windows Server 2003, running on Hyper-V, is confused and thinks it must be time traveling. Read below for the details… (Event ID 1054) Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network. (An unexpected network error occurred.). Group Policy processing aborted. The customer explained to us that if he removes one of… Continue reading Time Travel?

DPM v 3

I just watched a webcast on DPM v3 and thought I would share some of what I got from that. In the last 18 months, DPM 2007 (v2) delivered application protection for Exchange ,SQL Server, SharePoint and virtualization environments running Virtual Server and Hyper-V. Disaster recovery with Iron Mountain, Local Datasource Protection and Client backups… Continue reading DPM v 3

Southwest Airlines

So yesterday, I got an email from Southwest Airlines that I thought was rather interesting: Hello Michael! Your flight on May 1, 2009, is currently scheduled to be on one of our Wi-Fi enabled aircraft!* That’s right…you’ll be able to check e-mail, surf the Internet, and stay connected to the world below via your personal… Continue reading Southwest Airlines