After moving a virtual Exchange 2007 machine from Virtual Server to Hyper-V I started getting error messages both in the Event Logs and in the Exchange Management Console and Shell. During the move I had also changed the IP address of the server. Here are the error messages: In the Application Log: EventID: 4001 Source …
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How to remove orphaned hardware devices
Open a command prompt If you are on an OS with User Account Control enabled, you need to run the command prompt as an Administrator. Type the following: set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1 In the same command prompt window, type: devmgmt.msc Device Manager opens. Select View, Show Hidden Devices Expand the various categories to display orphaned devices. They …
How to export a virtual machine directly to a network share
When moving virtual machines between Hyper-V servers it is often useful to be able to export directly into the folder where the virtual machine will reside on the new host. This saves a lot of time and disk space. Here is what you need to do: Make sure that both your source and destination Hyper-V …
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Quick PowerShell script to query for installed hotfix
This is a quick and dirty PowerShell script to see if the local computer has a particular hotfix installed. It takes one argument; the number of the hotfix. QueryHotfix.ps1: $KB = $args[0] Get-WMIObject -class “Win32_QuickFixEngineering” -namespace “root/CIMV2” | Where { $_.hotfixid -match $KB } Enjoy.
How to install System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 prerequisites
Here is a short script that will install the prerequisites for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008: ServerManagerCMD.exe -i PowerShell ServerManagerCMD.exe -i Web-Server ServerManagerCMD.exe -i Web-Asp-Net ServerManagerCMD.exe -i Web-Metabase ServerManagerCMD.exe -i Web-WMI Since ServerManagerCMD.exe is deprecated in Windows Server 2008 R2 and has been replaced with PowerShell cmdlets, here is the PowerShell command as well: …
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How to uninstall KMS from Windows Server 2003
Easy, just remove it from Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel:
Backing up your Windows profile using Robocopy
Whenever I upgrade the OS on one of my computers or upgrade the computer itself, I always make a manual backup of the data I need to retain. There are many utilities that do this job for you, like User State Migration Tool and Windows Easy Transfer, but none of them give me that warm …
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Displaying the Volume GUID of a volume
The use of letters to identity volumes and partitions in Windows is something we have inherited from MS-DOS. Drive letters are still used today due to their ubiquity and for compatibility. However, the Windows operating system does not depend on them. Instead Windows uses a GUID to identify each volume or partition. (Windows Home Server, …
How to exit explorer.exe gracefully on Windows XP and Windows Vista/7
When you install a piece of software that integrates with the Windows shell, typically explorer.exe, you have to restart your computer to complete the installation. If the installer were to close explorer.exe the user would be left without a usable GUI. However there is a supported way of closing the shell process, perhaps saving you …
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Using WinPE and ImageX to recover from a failed hard drive
The hard drive storing the boot and system volumes of my main home machine failed a couple of weeks ago. The drive first started making strange noises and occasionally the machine would hang or blue screen. The hangs, which usually were recoverable, were accompanied by errors in the system log. Index : 270720 EntryType : …
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