Method one in the below article resolved this issue for me. Seems to happen on DELL’s a fair bit. This is related to KB article KB909639. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;909639&sd=rss&spid=3208 SYMPTOMS Consider the following scenario. You perform a recovery or...

So I forgot the iLO password .. and rather than opening up the machine and flipping the switch thingy, I gave the advice in this article a whirl .. and what do you know, it worked fine! http://blog.netnerds.net/2006/04/ribcl-reset-administrator-password-on-ilo/ And for those running 2003 64bit, you...

Here is a script I hacked together that checks disk space of your servers and emails it to an address. This can be scheduled using Windows Task Scheduler. Requirements: - CDONTS – http://kb.swsoft.com/en/560 - Needs to be run under administrative rights ‘ Sample code for monitoring windows...

When faced with the following issue on a single domain controller environment 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...

Over the weekend I was involved in Joining a Windows 2003 server in the US to our domain here in Sydney over an IPSEC VPN. Due to MTU limitations imposed by the T1 connection, and the additional overhead of the ipsec encryption, it seemed that machines could join the domain, but when we tried to promote...

Thanks to gosh at neowin.net who posted a guide on how to install system restore on a Windows 2003 server. We have quoted the post for further reference incase the original thread gets removed. This thread describes how to install system restore on server 2003. It is not a thread for talking about WHY...

Upon trying to add an exchange account to your outlook 2003, the error code “0x9004010f” may appear. Try the following. (Windows XP only) Solution 1 1) Click the start menu, then control panel 2) Select “mail” 3) Select “show profiles” 4) Remove any profiles that are...

FYI, extremely useful tool for migrating network printers. You run this tool on the source server and run a “backup�. It dumps all printer settings into a single .cab file. On the target machine you do a “restore� from the .cab and it recreates the printers EXACTLY the same on...

UPDATE Only the client end when putting in the “exchange server� address you need to put in the local FQDN e.g. mydomain.local even if you are outside the network and it cannot be resolved. THEN you put in the external FQDN in the “connections� tab. Once the connection has been...

When granting another user access to an exchange mail account you must also grant them permission to “send on behalf”. This is the error you may receive when trying to reply to mail on another users exchange mailbox. “You do not have permission to send to this recipient.” The...

Did you install windows with the incorrect regional settings, only to find that if you modify them after the install, they don’t change?!?!?! Under control panel, regional settings, advanced tab – make sure you tick the checkbox that says “Apply all settings to the current user and...

LDAP Query Fields CN: Common Name (made up of givenName and SN displayName: Display Name givenName: Given/First Name SN: Surname homeDrive: Home Drive c: Country or Region company: Company or organization name department: homephone: Home Phone number l (Lower case L) L = Location. City ( Maybe Office location: manager:...