Remote Server Administration Tools (On Server 2008)
KB ID 0000169 Problem After 20 minutes of Googling I was scratching my head. I wanted “Active Directory Users and Computers” on a 2008 server, that wasn’t a domain controller. I thought as Vista had the same codebase, then Vista RSAT would work, (but it wont.) Solution After a bit of stumbling around, I found it, its already on the server as a “Feature” its just not turned on. Click Start > Server...
WSUS Install Error – ‘ The update could not be found. There may be a network connection issue.’
KB ID 0000585 Problem Seen on a “Brand New” Install of Windows Server 2008 R2, while attempting to install the Windows Server Update Service. Windows Server Update Services Installation Failed The update could not be found. There may be a network connection issue. Solution 1. Internet access was fine, though as it was complaining about an update, I did a full Windows update, and left it running while I went for a coffee....
Running Windows Server 8 in VMware ESXi
KB ID 0000590 Problem The very fist time I tried this was on ESXi 4.1, if you try and install Windows 8 Server on that platform, you will see the following. Your computer ran into a problem and needs to restart. If you’d like to know more, you can search online later for this code: HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED It’s collecting error info and will restart in: x seconds Note: You will also see this in VMware player, and VMware...
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...
Install and Configure Microsoft Lync 2010
KB ID 0000522 Problem A few weeks ago my boss asked me to take a look at Microsoft Lync. Because he was interested in the Lync Client (formally Microsoft Communicator) for instant messaging. Decent info is a bit thin on the net, and I don’t have the patience to read stupidly long PDF files. So to redress the balance I thought I would publish my findings below. Solution Note: The following procedure is carried out on Server 2008...