Windows – ‘Sorry, there was a problem mounting the file’ With ISO Files
KB ID 0001122 Problem Seen on Windows 10, and Server 2012, when attempting to open or mount an ISO file, (even downloaded direct from Microsoft). You get the following error; Note: Can also been seen with .VHD files. Couldn’t Mount File Sorry, there was a problem mounting the file. Solution Before you try anything else simply COPY the iso file to the root of your C: drive, and try again. 99% of the time simply copying the file...
VMware ESXi – Adding a USB device to a Guest Virtual Machine
KB ID 0000778 Problem About a week ago a client asked me how to do this, and I was surprised I’d not got it covered on the site. I have already covered how to do this with VMware Workstation, but never got round to doing the same for ESX. There are a myriad of reasons why you may need to do this, either to connect a UPS, a printer, thumb drive, or a software dongle etc. But the process is identical. Solution 1. USB pass through...
Malwarebytes – Manually Update Database/Definitions
KB ID 0000629 Problem I was called to a 2003 Server yesterday, that was riddled with malware, whatever was on there was generating a lot of network traffic, so the first thing I did was disconnect it from the network. That’s fine, but if I wanted to use my usual ‘weapon of choice’ Malwarebytes, how was I going to get the latest database installed? Solution WARNING: There is a note on the Malwarebytes website that...
Installing Windows From USB
KB ID 0000191 Problem This weekend I needed to install Windows 7 on my shiny new Acer HTPC, but having no internal CD/DVD drive I needed to do this via USB. Quite a few times now I’ve needed to install Windows (Particularly Server 2008), on a machine that has no DVD Drive. You can now install both products from a bootable USB drive by doing either of the the following. Note: You will need a USB Drive with enough free space on it...
Exchange 2003 – Defragmenting Your Database with Eseutil
KB ID 0000814 Problem I don’t have many clients left that still have Exchange 2003, so this will probably be the last time I have to do this (famous last words). Exchange databases NEVER get smaller, if you delete information out of them, it simply creates white space, that Exchange will reuse, (so they will steadily grow in size). Before you carry out this procedure, get your users to clear down their mailbox’s. Also...