How to Extend the Partition on Win2k3 via Command Prompt?

1. At a command prompt, type diskpart.exe.
2. Type list volume to display the existing volumes on the computer.
3. Type Select volume volume number where volume number is number of the volume that you want to extend.
4. Type extend noerr

If no disk is specified, the volume is extended on the current disk.

noerr
For scripting only. When an error is thrown, this parameter specifies that Diskpart continue to process commands as if the error did not occur. Without the noerr parameter, an error causes Diskpart to exit with an error code.

1. Type exit to exit Diskpart.exe.

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How to schedule an Automatic Reboot of WatchGuard Firebox?

We have a Customer who having some issues with the WatchGuard Firewall,
We want to schedule a Reboot of the Firebox Each morning at 04:30AM so that when customer arrive in the office he would not face any problem.
For this :
1) Click on WatchGuard Firebox ICON (You may be having a Shortcut on your Desktop)
2) Give the Password to connect to Concern Firewall
3) Once you Connected, Go to File > Connect to Device > Choose the Firewall IP and Click on Connect. It may ask for the password, Please provide that.
4) Once you connected it will show you the Firewall with all the configuration.
5) Right Click on it and Go to Policy manager > When Policy manager Open, Click on "Setup" and then "Global Settings", At the Last you will found an option to define the time when you want a Schedule Reboot.

After making the change, Don't forget to make it Save in the Firewall Config File.

 

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Error:502 Source:Folder Redirection

We have a windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and we found that in the Event Viewer we have this Error.
We checked and found that Error details are Given below:-

Failed to apply policy and redirect folder "Desktop" to "\\DOMAINSERVERNAME\users\rose-marier\Desktop".
Redirection options=0x1211.
The following error occurred: "Impossible de créer le dossier "\\DOMAINSERVERNAME\users\rose-marier\Desktop"".
Error details: "Cet ID de sécurité ne peut être défini en tant que propriétaire de cet objet.
".

 we Enable or Disable both "Grant the user exclusive rights to Documents" and "Also apply redirection policy to Windows 2000, Windows 200 Server, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 operating systems". When both are enabled then the Synchronization Partnership is successfully created and documents are synchronized between the local profile and the home directory.

We observed that now the Error is not Coming and its resolved now.
 

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Can I remove the USB Drive directly from the system without using the "safely Remove Hardware icon" from the System Tray?

I found this is a Very Common habit of all of us. Once we connect the USB Drive in to machine and after completion of work sometimes we forget to use the "Safely Remove hardware Icon" before disconnect the USB Drive.
If you want that this should not harm on to your machine and the USB Drive, We can Use the Option "Optimize for Quick Removal".

Right click on the USB drive icon in My Computer.

Select the Hardware tab.

Select your USB drive and click on Properties.

Now click on Policies tab.

Now Select the "Optimize for Quick Removal".



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Error:13568 Source:Ntfrs

The File Replication Service has detected that the replica set "DOMAIN SYSTEM VOLUME (SYSVOL SHARE)" is in JRNL_WRAP_ERROR.

Replica set name is : "DOMAIN SYSTEM VOLUME (SYSVOL SHARE)"
Replica root path is : "c:\windows\sysvol\domain"
Replica root volume is : "\\.\C:"
A Replica set hits JRNL_WRAP_ERROR when the record that it is trying to read from the NTFS USN journal is not found. This can occur because of one of the following reasons.

[1] Volume "\\.\C:" has been formatted.
[2] The NTFS USN journal on volume "\\.\C:" has been deleted.
[3] The NTFS USN journal on volume "\\.\C:" has been truncated. Chkdsk can truncate the journal if it finds corrupt entries at the end of the journal.
[4] File Replication Service was not running on this computer for a long time.
[5] File Replication Service could not keep up with the rate of Disk IO activity on "\\.\C:".
Setting the "Enable Journal Wrap Automatic Restore" registry parameter to 1 will cause the following recovery steps to be taken to automatically recover from this error state.
[1] At the first poll, which will occur in 5 minutes, this computer will be deleted from the replica set. If you do not want to wait 5 minutes, then run "net stop ntfrs" followed by "net start ntfrs" to restart the File Replication Service.
[2] At the poll following the deletion this computer will be re-added to the replica set. The re-addition will trigger a full tree sync for the replica set.

WARNING: During the recovery process data in the replica tree may be unavailable. You should reset the registry parameter described above to 0 to prevent automatic recovery from making the data unexpectedly unavailable if this error condition occurs again.

To change this registry parameter, run regedit.

Click on Start, Run and type regedit.

Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Click down the key path:
"System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NtFrs\Parameters"
Double click on the value name
"Enable Journal Wrap Automatic Restore"
and update the value.

If the value name is not present you may add it with the New->DWORD Value function under the Edit Menu item. Type the value name exactly as shown above.

We have a Windows 2008 Virtual Server, Which getting this Error in the Event Viewer. Although it was approx 2 week back, but to make sure that the Replciation is working fine. We Just Rebooted the Server.
We verified after that and found its working fine now.

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How to install Backup Utility on a Windows XP Machine?

Today we have a OLD Customer, He called us and informed that he want to take the Backup of C: drive via Windows backup Utility.
We checked Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Backup, But it was not there.
Now it was a Challenge to install the Backup on his machine. We were also not having the ISO Image of Windows XP. (If you have the windows XP CD you can Skill the Step 1):-

1) We download the setup of Windows XP via www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a
2) Extract this setup file to another Location. Right Click > Extract to and Extract now.
3) Now you will be having a i386 Folder. Extract the NTBACKUP.EXE file which is located in the "i386" sub-folder. To extract it, use the EXPAND command from a command prompt. The Expand command is included as a part of every windows operating system.
Type:-
EXPAND NTBACKUP.EX_ NTBACKUP.EXE
4) Then copy the NTBACKUP.EXE program into the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder. You can create a shortcut to NTBACKUP.EXE on the desktop or under the START button as usual.

Its done.. You can now make a backup of C: Drive to another Drive.



Thanks for reading..!! Feel free to share your feedback...!!

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faulting application iexplore.exe, version 8.0.6001.18702, faulting module ntdll.dll,

We found that on a Terminal Server (Windows Server 2003 Sp2) We are Getting an IE Error Pop-up and in Event Viewer under Information Event we have this message. (Event :1004 Source:Application Error) "Reporting queued error: faulting application iexplore.exe, version 8.0.6001.18702, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.2.3790.4937, fault address 0x0004e731."
We Just Reset the Internet Explorer settings, As per the Below Methos and its Start working now.
We Logged off and Login many times but now no Error.

To reset the Internet Explorer settings manually, follow these steps:

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
   
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3. On the Advanced tab, click Reset under Reset Internet Explorer settings.
   
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4. In the Reset Internet Explorer Settings dialog box, click Reset to confirm.
   
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Thanks for Reading this Post.

 

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How to backup Vipre Database and Policies?

Hello Friends,

We are Going to talk about the Process of Taking Backup of Settings and Configuration of Vipre Database. We should be having that data in Our Hand (Remote Location or on Backup Server) so that whenever the Vipre Giving some Problem or Some Settings has been changed, We can restore it from somewhere.

There are 2 Scenarios :-
1) Vipre Database with SQLLite
2) Vipre Database with SQL

1) Vipre Database with SQLLite:-
To check whether your database is with SQL Lite, Check for the Services > SQL Server (Sunbelt).
If this Service is not Listed under Services it means your database is running via SQLLite.

In this Scenario, If you want to take Backup of Your Databases/Configuration, You have to Visit at Below Location of Your Machine/Server in which this Vipre installed:-
XP and 2003
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\GFI Software\VIPRE Business
Vista Win7 or 2008
C:\Programdata\GFI Software\VIPRE Business

From above mention Location You have to Copy the SQL Lite and Configuration Folders in to your External/backup Drive (location).

For taking the backup of Policies, You can Just Right Click on Policies and Export then to Desired Location, From here you can make the Import of same Policies in Future.

2) Vipre Database with SQL:-
If you are able to see the SQL Server (Sunbelt) Service then you have to Follow Below mention Steps to taking Backup of your database:-

(i) Install SQL Server Management Studio (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796&displaylang=en )

(ii) Once installed, Run it and Login in it. (Either By Windows Credentials or Via SQL Credentials).
Most probably you would be Getting the database name Already <Server Name>\SUNBELT

(iii) Right-Click your VIPRE database and select Tasks>Back up

Note: If you have multiple VIPRE Databases (one for configuration, one for reporting, and one for quarantine), you will need to repeat these steps for each database

(iv) At the backup screen, set the Destination field to Disk and specify an area that suits your administrative needs.

(v) Click OK after the task completes successfully.

Let me know if it was helpful and You have some issues.

Thanks
Support Team

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Unable to install AVG, Error code:0xC0070643, Solved...!!

We want to install AVG Business edition for one of our Server having Windows Server 2008 R2.
Whenever we trying to install getting the "Error Code:0xC0070643. Installing 3rd parties redistributables.,MSI action failed.".

• I tried to run the AVg Remover, Still not resolved.
• Chcked and found that OS is updated with latest Hotfixes, So there is no issue with Windows Updates.
• Rebooted the Server, Still not resolved.
• Finally I found one Link from AVG Support center, Fix for 0xC0070643, I run the tool and its Showing me that Error not solved, But Still I tried to run the Installer.exe again. And finally its installed successfully.

Let me know if you have any questions..!!

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Vipre Agent Installation failed from Vipre Console 5.0.4943

Problem: We have Upgraded our Vipre Console from 4.0 to 5.0. Now we have to make the installation for the Client Computers via Console. When we trying to make a install via Console We are getting below mentioned Error "Agent Installation Failed"


Solution :- When we checked the Credentials and found its correct. Checked and found that We are unable to connect to Client machine via Server via UNC Path. (Start > Run > \\ClientPCname\c$).
We checked and found that Network Discovery is ON.

Finally when we logged in to the Client, Checked and found that Firewall is ON. We disabled the firewall and Retry to Push the Vipre fromVipre Console.

Its installed Successfully.

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Vipre Console 5.0.4943 is Connecting and Disconnecting.

Today I Upgraded my Vipre Console from 4.0 to 5.0.4943 and Once the Upgradation Completed. It was working fine. I Opend the Console and Did some changes to the settings, Applied the changes and Closed it.
After some time when I reopen it I found that its not opening, In Console its Showing Connecting, Disconnecting.
I checked and found that Vipre Business Site Service is also working fine. (It was started already, I made it restarted ) but still the Issue not resolved.

Finally I found that I should rename the vssconfig.xml file Located in (\Documents and Settings\all users\Application Data\Sunbelt\Enterprise\Configuration). In Your case it may be in either of this location:-
\Documents and Settings\all users\Application Data\GFI Software\Enterprise\Configuration
\Programdata\Sunbelt\Enterprise\Configuration
\Programdata\GFI Software\Enterprise\Configuration

Please make sure that the xml file should be in 0KB size, Just Rename it. Now once you reopen the Vipre Console it will ask for the settings again. Do the desired settings and I am sure this time this will work correctly.

Thanks for Reading this...!! Fee free to share your experience also..!!

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Unable to connect through Remote Desktop Connection?

OS : Windows Server 2008 R2

Problem: You are unable to connect to your windows Server 2008 R2 machine via Remote Desktop Connection (MSTSC) after you installed the SP1.

Solution: We found that there is some Problem with one KB released by Microsoft. If you have installed the KB2667402 Earlier via Windows Update or any other tools and You Installed the SP1 Successfully. Your Server will not allow to connect to any person through Remote Desktop Connection.
You have to go to control panel and Add Remove Software Wizard and Check if this KB 2667402 has been installed.
make it uninstalled and Reboot the Server.

and Your Problem is Resolved..!!

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Error:8193 Source:VSS

We have a terminal Server with windows server 2008 R2 Standard. We found that we keep receiving the Error 8193 with Source VSS.


The error (Event 8193) is: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine ConvertStringSidToSid. hr = 0x80070539.


As I never like any Error in the Event viewer so I searched on Internet.

According to the research, the issue may be caused by an invalid entry inside the following registry sub tree.

Please open the registry editor with regedit. Open this Key.

HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

Expand and local to the subtree, check if there is an entry that has a ".bak" value or ".old" appended. If so, this may be cause the failure when trying to resolve the SID of the writer.

Please backup the registry key first, and then delete that entry with the extra ".bak" and ".old".

I rebooted the problematic server to check if it the issue can be fixed.

and the magic happen..!! I observed it for 24hrs and found that the Error is not coming now..!!


Thanks DAVID..!!

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