Remote Desktop Services: Can’t Remove Dead Server
KB ID 0001415 Problem I was doing some RDS work for a client today, and it would seem that at some time in the past their RDS Licensing server had died, it had been replaced, and everything was working OK. But when I was adding roles to the new servers, this kept popping up; The following server in this deployment are not part of the server pool 1. Server-Name The servers must be added to the server pool. I could have ignored the...
Mailbox Move Error ‘Active Directory property ’homeMDB‘ is not writeable’
KB ID 0001326 Problem I was migrating some mailboxes form Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013 today, when once again this happened; Error: MigrationPermanentException: Active Directory property ’homeMDB’ is not writeable on recipient ’petenetlive.com/Migration/Users/Pete.Long’. –> Active Directory property ’homeMDB‘ is not writeable on recipient Solution I can’t believe there’s no fix for this yet! This is being caused...
VMware – This Virtual Machine Appears To Be In Use
KB ID 0000959 Problem I wanted to give a copy of a VM to a colleague, so I removed all the snapshots, and cloned one of my test VM’s. When I went to power on the original this happened; The virtual machine appears to be in use. If this virtual machine is not in use press the “Take Ownership” button to obtain ownership of it. Otherwise press the “Cancel” button to avoid damaging it. Configuration file:...
Windows Update Error – 80243004
KB ID 0000643 Problem Seen on Server 2008, when attempting to run Windows update. Code 80243004 Windows Update encountered an unknown error Solution Without a doubt the strangest fix I’ve ever seen! 1. Right click the Taskbar > Properties > Taskbar Tab > Customize. 2. Tick the box that says “Always show all icons and notifications on the taksbar” > OK. 3. Retry your Windows updates. Related Articles,...
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...