Unable to connect to the Server via Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc)

We have a Window 2003 Server. Its working perfectly fine. Since morning we getting issues from user that they are not able to connect to this server via Terminal Session (MSTSC- Remote Desktop Connection).
We checked and found
- All Settings Seems OKAY
- No Error in the Event Viewer
- All Services running fine.

When we look for Terminal Service manager we found that there is an option Called "Down". Just Right Click on this and Click "Reset". The issue will be resolved.

Let us know if you still have the same problem.

 

 

 



 

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VSS Error 12293 and 12298

Hello Friends,
We have Shadow Protect Backup Solution installed on some WIndows Server 2003 Server.
We keep getting Error in Event viewer for VSS (12293 and 12298).
We searched on Internet and found that if you install these patches these error will go.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940349

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967551

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972623

reference article:-
http://www.storagecraft.com/support/kb/article/211

You can try and Let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks
IT Solutions team

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How to convert .VDI to .VMDK and .VMDK to .VDI

Hello Friends,

If you working with Virtual Machines (Oracle Virtual Box and VMWARE), Then sometimes we need to convert the Disk files from .VDI to .VMDK and .VMDK to .VDI.
Below are the commands to make it convert. (To convert make sure that Oracle Virtual BOX installed).

To convert from .VDI to .VMDK:-
 c:\program files\sun\VirtualBox> VBoxManage clonehd "The Path of.vdi" "The Path of .vmdk" -format VMDK
Hit <<Enter>>.
It will starts converting.


To convert from .VMDK to .VDI:-
c:\program files\sun\VirtualBox> VBoxManage clonehd "The Path of.vmdk" "The Path of .vdi" -format VDI
Hit <<Enter>>.
It will starts converting

*****The Path can be change of Virtual box as per your installation.*****

Let me know if you face any issues.

Thanks for reading this.
Pankaj

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How to export mailbox details in a text or excel file?

One of my customer asked me to send the list of mailboxes used in his Organization. I checked on Exchange Console and send him the screenshot.
He told me that he not needed the screenshot, He needed the mailbox details in Excel or Text file format.
I found one command for that which you can use in your "Exchange power shell" to export the mailbox details in text file:-
get-mailbox > mailboxsize.txt

You will get the file in C:\windows\system32. You can copy the file from here and send to your manager/customer.

Thanks for reading this article..!!
(Share your feeback..)

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Minimum Requirements for WIndows 8

If you are going to install Windows 8 then please make sure below minimum requirements should be met:-

1) Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2
2) RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
3) Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
4) Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

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Windows Installer coordinator keep running again and again

Sometimes you found that when you installing some MSI package on TS/XenApp Server, The installation is not completing and you getting one Pop-Up "Windows installer Coordinator" which seems continuously running.

 



To resolve this create and set the following dword value to 0:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\TSAppSrv\TSMSI\Enable

If this value is not present then create it your self.

The issue will be resolved.

You can find more information in this link

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2655192

 

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Unable to Open Trend Micro Worry Free Business Security Console 503: Service Unavailable error.

We installed the Trend Micro Server on a Windows Server 2008 Server. Since last some days we are unable to open the Trend Micro Console. Its saying page cannot be displayed.
We rebooted the Server already. All Services seems OKAY.
There are instances that the Application Pool unexpectedly stops and does not restart automatically. As a result, you will get the 503: Service Unavailable error.
To resolve the issue, do either of the following:

Option I:
1.Click Start > Run.
2.Enter "cmd" and click OK.
3.From the command prompt, enter the following command to start the application pool:
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd start apppool OsceAppPool

Option II:
1.Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
2.Go to Application Pool.
3.Start OsceAppPool.
4.Click Advanced Settings.

5.Make sure that Start Automatically is set to "True"
I checked and found its resolved now.
Let me know if you have any questions..
Pankaj

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"Options" option not working on OWA (Outlook Web Access)

When we opening a OWA and Going to options to change the password/Configure the Out of Office or something else, We are getting logged out.

Solutions:-

To resolve this you must have to connect to your Exchange Server.

Go to EMC > Server Configuration > Exchange Control Panel > ECP > Properties. Made the change the ECP Settings (changed from Use Form based authentication to Basic Authentication).

 

It will work now.

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/library/dd876904(v=exchg.141).aspx

 

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Error 404 Cannot Open File smb (-2 The system cannot find the file specified.)

Dear Friends,
We having StorageCraft Shadow Protect installed and we found that backups are getting failed.
The Error saying Cannot open the file.On all our jobs we see strange names for the backup files,
i.e. C_VOLC_VOLC_VOL-b001.spf (-2 The system cannot find the file specified.)
E_VOLE_VOLE_VOL-b001.spf (-2 The system cannot find the file specified.)
It should be C_Vol-b001-spf and E_VOL-b001.spf.

To resolve this you must follow below steps:-

1) Open the Registry (Start > Run > Regedit)
2) Navigate to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ShadowProtectSvc\Parameters\Job
Open the GUID , you will see Tasks, under takes you have for each volume a individual GUID
On the right side check the Key
DiffGenImage
If the Value is like: C_VOLC_VOLC_VOL-b001.spf is wrong
Change it to
C_VOL-b001.spf ( of course the complete path) 

You need to check this for all volumes.

3) After this not forget to restart the ShadowProtect Service.
Run the incremental backup now

It will work now.

Let me know if you have any questions.!!

Thanks
Pankaj


 

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Mcafee SAAS Protection getting disabled / uninstall..!!

Hello Friends,

We found one strange issue with some servers (Windows Server 2008 R2). We found that the Mcafee Services are in disabled state, When we reboot the Server the Services deleted automatically.
We made the Interactive Service in Disabled Mode and again installed the Mcafee SAAS Protection. But Again after some time the Mcafee Service gone to disable state.

We contacted to Mcafee Support and they asked us to :-
1) Reboot the Server once
2) Download the Uninstall Utility from Mcafee Portal, Run it and made the reboot of server again.
3) Now Try to install the Mcafee SAAS protion in Silent Mode (Via VSSsetup.exe and Bacth file).
Its installed and Put it under observation.

Its working fine now.

Feel free to ask any Questions / Feedback..!!

Thanks and regards
Pankaj

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Windows Server 2012 installation requirements

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Windows SBS 2011 Standard Known Post Installation Event Log Errors and Warnings

Known Post Installation Errors and Warnings

Problem: The following errors may be reported in the application event log:

Source: Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation
EventID: 6772
Message: There was an internal error invoking the timer job '{6486B72C-3B64-44D3-8117-1E48A4A1E4B8}' for service '{3099C545-3246-44A6-A610-C95D350C64D3}

Source: Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation
EventID: 6398
Message: The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Administration.SPSearchJobDefinition (ID 67371ad5-7be6-42ba-8b9b-30ae9c54d935) threw an exception. More information is included below. Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding

Resolution: The errors are benign and may be safely ignored.

Problem: The following error may be reported in the system event log:

Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
EventID: 10016
Message: The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1} and APPID {61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1} to the user CONTOSO\spfarm SID (S-1-5-21-1860903272-1458820992-1399837422-1157) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.


Cause: This issue occurs because the account that is configured as the Windows SharePoint Services service account does not have the Local Activation permission to the IIS Wamreg Admin Service. The event ID error message 10016 does not affect the functionality of Windows SharePoint Services.

Resolution: You can safely ignore the event ID error message 10016 that is logged in the System log. If you want to prevent the event ID error message from being logged in the System log, use the Component Services snap-in to enable the Local Activation permission to the IIS Wamreg Admin Service for the spfarm account. On Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard, the administrator account doesn't have permissions by default to modify the IIS Wamreg Admin Service.

You must first use the following steps to modify the permissions:


Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ )

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

1. Click Start, click Run, type Regedit on the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1}
3. Right click on the key {61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1} and choose permissions
4. Click Advanced button
5. Change to the Owner Tab
6. Change the Owner to the Administrators Group be sure to check the box labeled “Replace owner on subcontainers and objects”
7. Once the Owner is changed, go back to the security tab and Grant the Administrators group Full Control
8. Close Regedit

Use the following steps to grant the SPFARM account the local activation right.

1. Click Start, click Run, type dcomcnfg in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Expand Component Services, expand Computers, expand My Computer, and then click DCOM Config.
3. Right-click IIS WAMREG admin Service, and then click Properties.
4. Click the Security tab.
5. Under Launch and Activation Permissions, click Edit.
6. Click on the SharePoint Farm Account and check the box for Local Activation.
7. Click OK and close out of the Component Services Utility.

Problem: The following error may be recorded in the MSExchange Management event log every 30 minutes

Log Name: MSExchange Management
Source: MSExchange CmdletLogs
Date: 12/22/2010 8:00:13 AM
Event ID: 6
Task Category: General
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: CONTOSOSERVER.contoso.local
Description:
Cmdlet failed. Cmdlet Get-User, parameters {Identity=NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM}.

Cause: The error is generated by the Small Business Server datacollectorservice. When the datacollectorservice runs Exchange related tasks a check is performed to determine whether or not the current user is an Exchange admin and mail-enabled. The datacollectorservice runs under the context of the local system check so the check fails and the error is generated.

Resolution: The error is benign and may be safely ignored.

Problem: The following warnings may be reported in the application event log.

Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 12/22/2010 9:00:03 AM
Event ID: 8230
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: CONTOSOSERVER.contoso.local
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Failed resolving account spsearch with status 1376. Check connection to domain controller and VssAccessControl registry key. Error-specific details:
Error: NetLocalGroupGetMemebers(spsearch), 0x80070560, The specified local group does not exist.

Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 12/22/2010 9:00:03 AM
Event ID: 8230
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: CONTOSOSERVER.contoso.local
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Failed resolving account spsearch with status 1376. Check connection to domain controller and VssAccessControl registry key. Operation:
Gathering Writer Data
Executing Asynchronous OperationContext:
Execution Context: Requestor
Current State: GatherWriterMetadataError-specific details:
Error: NetLocalGroupGetMemebers(spsearch), 0x80070560, The specified local group does not exist.

Cause: The warnings occur because the Sharepoint VSS writer and search services run under the context of a domain user account.

Resolution: The warnings are benign and can be safely ignored.


Problem: The following errors may be reported in the Windows Remote Management Operational Event log

Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-WinRM/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-WinRM
Date: 1/7/2011 10:00:18 AM
Event ID: 142
Task Category: Response handling
Level: Error
Keywords: Client
User: SYSTEM
Computer: CONTOSOSERVER.contoso.local
Description:
WSMan operation SignalShell failed, error code 995

Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-WinRM/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-WinRM
Date: 1/7/2011 9:30:00 AM
Event ID: 129
Task Category: Response handling
Level: Error
Keywords: Client
User: SYSTEM
Computer: CONTOSOSERVER.contoso.local
Description:
Received the response from Network layer; status: 503 (HTTP_STATUS_SERVICE_UNAVAIL)

Cause: The errors occur when the Exchange Powershell connects to Windows Remote Management. They will appear even if the Exchange Powershell is closed because the SBS monitoring task uses Exchange Powershell to get some Exchange statistics.

Resolution: The errors are benign and can be safely ignored.



Source:-http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2483007



 

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How to add a USB External Drive to a virtual Server which is connected to ESX?

If we have a USB Drive which is connected to ESX and we want to access it on our Virtual Server, We can Just Right Click on Desired Server > Edit Settings > Add a Device > USB Device > Select the Device > Next > Finish.

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How to change the language of ESX Console to English?

Sometime when we connect to ESX Server from a machine via VSphere Client, We found that the Language is Non-English.
If you face this problem, You can change the Language to English via Opening the Console again via below command:-
Start > Run > C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe -locale en_US

(Alternately you can look for VpxClient.exe because the Location of this file could be change as per the OS version).

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Difference between Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012

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How to check the Citrix License User details?

If we need to check the user name those are using the Citrix License.

Path to find the list of users(click on Start button - all programs - citrix- Quick Start - Click on Management button - Click on licensing- displayed list of users).
Thanks for reading the POST.

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How to reboot a Server from a Command Prompt?

Dear Friends,

If you found that there is any server in your network which seems Hanged (You are able to Ping but not able to Login), and You want to reboot the machine from the command Prompt, You can Perform the Below Command from the Command Prompt.

shutdown /f /r /m \\MachineNameorIPAddress

Machine name or IP Address if the Machine name and IP Address of the machine you want to reboot.
Please either use the Machine name or IP Address.

Thanks and regards
Pankaj

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ShadowProtect:Cannot Consolidate:Keyfile not found

We have ShadowProtect MSP version installed on a Server. We are using the StorageCraft Image Manager to consolidate and Verify the image. We found that we are getting Error "Cannot Consolidate:XXXXXX.spi Keyfile not found
We checked and found that everything is correct.
Finally when we contacted the StorageCraft team they suggest us to create a Key file from C:\PrgramFiles\StorageCraft\Keymaker.exe
Run this EXE, Use the Password (Any password which you can remember), Browse the Same file (Which is in the Error),After selection give the extention .spk and save it.
Refresh the Image manager (Restart the service) and Check.
It will be resolved.

For details follow this article.
http://support.storagecraft.eu/kb_details.aspx?id=KB10064
 

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