KB article 958662 explains how to user Windows Server Backup, the new backup software included with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, to backup up Hyper-V virtual machines. The article walks you through creating a new Registry value to enable support for the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) provider for Hyper-V. I have …
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Error 0x8024D007 when running Windows Update
A server I was working on refused to let me update it through Windows/Microsoft Update. It would tell me that the computer needed an update before I could update it (!). First it would download some files from the Microsoft Update site, copy them and, finally, try to register them. This last step reached 100 …
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Some notes on the Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Recycle Bin Feature
The Enable-ADOptionalFeature cmdlet must be run on the Schema Master DC (if not you will get A referral was returned from the server) The only valid value for the Scope parameter is ForestOrConfigurationSet, Domain is not vaild (If you try you will get The specified method is not supported) The Forest Functional Level must be …
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Configuring a Windows Domain Controller to synchronize its clock with an external time source
Kerberos authentication requires correct time on all clients participating in authentication. If the clocks on two machines trying to authenticate to each other are too far apart, Kerberos authentication will fail. Since Kerberos is used extensively in Windows a mechanism to ensure correct clocks throughout the forest was also implemented. This is the Windows Time …