Category: Microsoft

The right way and the wrong way to disable the the firewall…

I use Server 2008 for a lot of things these days and I tend to not use the Windows firewall for most applications.  Here is an interesting note for the right and wrong way to disable the firewall and why doing things “the way we have always done them” isn’t always the right way: Although… Continue reading The right way and the wrong way to disable the the firewall…

Making a Header

In an effort to encourage my wife to share the site we created for keeping up with our family, I was trying to get a good picture to use as the banner in the WordPress theme that we are using.  I had a good picture, but since it doesn’t auto scale… I ended up using… Continue reading Making a Header

DPM could not connect to SQL reporting services because of IIS connectivity

I am running Data Protection Manager 2007 on Windows Server 2008 (x64).  I have not been able to use the reporting piece, and haven’t been running DPM long enough to wonder much about it, but when I went to finally figure it out the answer was rather simple.  If you want to fix it, the… Continue reading DPM could not connect to SQL reporting services because of IIS connectivity

Extend a Volume – Not enough space?

I was going to extend a volume on one of my Server 2008 Core machines, and it told me “there is not enough space to perform this action”… There was however enough space, but for some reason Microsoft Forefront decided that I shouldn’t be allowed to extend a volume remotely.   So I disabled the services… Continue reading Extend a Volume – Not enough space?

Log User off using Task Manager

I went to log a user off of a 2008 Terminal Server.  I got the access denied.  Then I went to the Processes tab and selected Show processes from all users.  Then I went back to the Users tab and logged of the user.

Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service

We recently implemented a new optical storage system using a software package that runs on Windows.  The particular machine that is used to host this application gradually had problems accessing the optical storage (which is essentially a NAS device) and would frequently pop the title message: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the required service. … Continue reading Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service

Error 360: The operation failed due to a virtual disk service error

I use DPM to backup a few servers, in a pilot group, and I was trying to add one to a protection group.  I kept getting this error every time I tried to modify the protection group to add another server: Modify protection group: *Protection Group Name* failed:Error 360: The operation failed due to a… Continue reading Error 360: The operation failed due to a virtual disk service error

Vista Shortcuts

I was reading some of the junk e-mail that Microsoft sends me and came across this article.  I wanted to save the shortcuts, a lot of which I knew (and use) but some of which are new to me: http://www.windowsvistamagazine.com/UK/4352741765893343994/pc-heaven.html Boost your productivity Learn a few angelic Windows keyboard shortcuts Hold Shift when inserting a… Continue reading Vista Shortcuts