Windows – Error ‘A Good Time server could not be located’
Nov17

Windows – Error ‘A Good Time server could not be located’

KB ID 0000705 Problem Seen when running dcdiag, Error(s): Starting test: Advertising Warning: Server-Name is not advertising as a time server. ……………………. Server-Name failed test Advertising   Running enterprise tests on : PeteNetLive.com Starting test: Intersite ……………………. PeteNetLive.com passed test Intersite Starting test: FsmoCheck...

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Windows – Compressed (zipped) Folders Error ‘File not found or no read permission’
Nov17

Windows – Compressed (zipped) Folders Error ‘File not found or no read permission’

KB ID 000077 Problem Seen when attempting to compress a folder or file using Windows Explorer. Compressing… Compressed (zipped) Folders Error File not found or no read permission. Solution This is not really a permissions error at all! The built in Windows Explorer compression tool does NOT LIKE large files and folders. Unfortunately that’s a limitation you are stuck with. But there is nothing to stop you using the free...

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Windows Update Error C8000710
Nov17

Windows Update Error C8000710

KB ID 0000769  Problem Seen when attempting to perform windows update. Solution If you didn’t already know, then your problems have just got bigger, this error indicates there’s not enough room on the drive. Find Out What’s Filled up the Hard Drive Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links NA

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XCOPY – Insufficient Memory
Nov17

XCOPY – Insufficient Memory

KB ID 0000810  Problem If I’m migrating client data, I use Xcopy a lot, especially if I want to preserve the permissions. One of the questions I usually ask is “Do any of your users have file names that are very long, i.e. longer than 256 characters?” Because if you are moving a lot of data and it’s been running for a few hours, then suddenly fails saying ‘Insufficient Memory’, then that’s probably...

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Print Migrator Error ‘WARNING: Kernel Mode drivers (version 2) are blocked on the target machine’
Nov17

Print Migrator Error ‘WARNING: Kernel Mode drivers (version 2) are blocked on the target machine’

KB ID 0000811  Problem I really like Print Migrator, it makes a time consuming laborious task really easy. It’s so good Microsoft don’t use/support it any more, (after Server 2003). So this week when I was migrating printers from an SBS 2003 server to a clients 2003 CRM server, I was really happy, and dragged out PrintMig. Download Print Migrator 3.1 However when trying to restore the printers on the target server this...

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Change Windows Product Key Error ‘Unacceptable Character’
Nov17

Change Windows Product Key Error ‘Unacceptable Character’

KB ID 0000812  Problem A very strange problem today? I was attempting to change the product key of a Windows 2008 R2 Server, I copied and pasted the code in, and this happened; I assumed I’d done something stupid, or there was some formatting in the text I had copied (from One Note). So I typed it in manually, every time I tried to enter the letter ‘n’ this happened? And when I copy pasted the code in it had removed...

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Event ID 7000 – SSPORT and DgiVecp Services Wont Start
Nov17

Event ID 7000 – SSPORT and DgiVecp Services Wont Start

KB ID 0000822  Problem Note: Event ID 7000 is a generic “unable to start a service” error, this article only deals with the SSPORT and DgiVecp services. The SSPORT service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified. The DgiVecp service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified. I saw this with a clients print server this week, I’d...

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Certificate Import Error – ‘Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005’
Nov17

Certificate Import Error – ‘Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005’

KB ID 0000818  Problem Seen on Windows Server 2012 when trying to complete a certificate request. There was an error while trying to perform this operation Details: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) Solution 1. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to; C:ProgramDataMicrosoftCryptoRSAMachineKeys Note: ProgramData is a hidden folder. 2. Open the folder properties > Security > Advanced >...

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Windows – Run Commands and Command Line Shortcuts
Nov17

Windows – Run Commands and Command Line Shortcuts

KB ID 0000828  Problem One of the advantages of launching applications form the ‘Run box’ is, no matter where Microsoft move things to in the graphical interface, they rarely change the commands. So when Windows 8 came out and there was much gnashing of teeth, I just ran the same old commands I used to run, and wondered what all the fuss was about! Solution Below is by no means a complete list, but is a collection of stuff...

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Create a Shared Folder that Requires ‘No Password’
Nov17

Create a Shared Folder that Requires ‘No Password’

KB ID 0000857  Problem The title may raise an eyebrow, in a time when people are concerned with hardening their servers and making things more secure, why would you want a shared folder anyone can access without a password? Well because most of us operate in the real world where the biggest secret on our network is ‘who has not paid into the biscuit fund?’ I have a folder on my test domain that I use for sharing files and...

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