SQL Sever Setup Error – Rule ‘Setup Account Privileges’ Failed
SQL Sever Setup Error KB ID 0000976 Problem When trying to install SQL Server, this popped up; Rule Check Result Rule “Setup account privileges” failed. The account that is running SQL Server Setup does not have one or all of the following rights: the right to back up files and directories, the right to manage auditing and the security log and the right to debug programs. To continue, use an account with both of these...
Windows – Lost / Forgotten Password?
KB ID 0000755 Problem There are many reasons why you might want to do this, someone has managed to change a user password and that person is not available, you might simply have forgotten it. Or you might have been given a machine, or bought one from ebay that has come without a password. Also there have been a few times when a user has looked me in the eye and said “I’m typing my password in, but it’s not...
Windows NT/2K/XP/2K3 Password Recovery
KB ID 0000095 Problem Note: As the title suggests, this is quite an old post! you might prefer THIS ONE. Disclaimer: This information is designed to help people who are locked out of their own PC’s and not for Hacker Wannabe’s with the IQ of a haddock. Information is not inherently dangerous, just some people are. If you want to break things and be a general pain in the ass, sod off to Google and leave the grown ups alone....
MRS Proxy Error ‘The connection to the server could not be completed’
KB ID 0001358 Problem When attempting a cross forest mailbox migration, When specifying the ‘Remote MRS Proxy Server address’ you get the following error; error the connection to the server ‘server-fqdn’ could not be completed Solution Note: For Office 365 Environments see below. This tripped me up for quite a while, (it kept saying access denied). I’d tested this previously and everything was working....
Windows – Cannot Save the ‘Hosts file’
KB ID 0000674 Problem Windows did this with Windows 7 (and Vista). If you attempt to edit the hosts file you will see the following. You don’t have permission to save in this location. Contact the administrator to obtain permission. Would you like to save in the My Documents folder instead? Solution 1. You could run an admin command window, and use the EDIT command, but Notepad is easier. Open the Apps page (Windows Key+Q) >...