VMWare vCenter: Cant Remove ‘Orphaned’ VMs
Feb08

VMWare vCenter: Cant Remove ‘Orphaned’ VMs

KB ID 0001398 Problem I noticed I had a VM that was ‘Orphaned’ in my vCenter web console. It was not a production server or anything, I just wanted to delete it. However the option to Delete or Remove from Inventory was not available. Solution It turns out, you just need to ‘dig a little deeper’. All Virtual Infrastructure Action > More Uncategorized Actions > Remove from inventory. Related Articles,...

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Deleting Folders With ‘Long Filenames’ (Source Path Too Long)
Feb05

Deleting Folders With ‘Long Filenames’ (Source Path Too Long)

KB ID 0001396 Problem Source Path Too Long The source file name(s) are larger than is supported by the file system. Try moving to a location which has a shorter path name, or try renaming to shorter name(s) before attempting this operation. “Have you come across a problem deleting folders with long filenames?” I got asked this question twice in the first week at a new job. In a former role my colleague did a lot of work in...

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Nero Install Error: ‘The Installation process cannot be resumed…’
Nov17

Nero Install Error: ‘The Installation process cannot be resumed…’

KB ID 0000294  Problem Seen while installing Nero Burning ROM, at various points along the install it will fail with the following error, Error: The Installation process cannot be resumed. A rollback of the failed component will be performed. Some applications have been installed successfully and can be used, Do you want these applications to be uninstalled? Solution 1. Click “Yes” to uninstall. 2. Download and run the...

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Windows – Cannot Delete Thumbs.db
Nov17

Windows – Cannot Delete Thumbs.db

KB ID 0000683 Problem Thumbs.db is a small hidden system file that gets generated when you view media in a folder, you know when you look at all your MP3 songs and you can see the album cover as a thumbnail? Or you can see what all your photos are as a tiny thumbnail before you open them, well thats what the thumbs.db file is doing. It’s a tiny cache of all that information so next time someone visits this folder it displays...

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Cisco Catalyst – %Error Deleting flash:/{name} (Is a directory)
Nov17

Cisco Catalyst – %Error Deleting flash:/{name} (Is a directory)

KB ID 0001070  Problem Today I was upgrading a Cisco 3750 switch, and needed to free up some space in the flash memory to upload the new system image to. But when I tried to delete the current system file I got this error. Petes-3750# dir Directory of flash:/ 2 -rwx 796 Mar 7 1993 01:15:49 +00:00 vlan.dat 3 drwx 192 Mar 1 1993 00:17:13 +00:00 c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-55.SE5 4 -rwx 5504 May 27 2015 10:23:47 +00:00 private-config.text...

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