Event ID 1014 and 1002 (Windows IIS Web Server)
KB ID 0000808 Problem Seen on Server 2003 running IIS 6, about once a week the website would fail, and the client had to reboot the server to bring things back up again. I took a look at the server and noticed that when the failure happened, we had five Event ID 1014 errors; Source W3SVC The World Wide Web Publishing Service encountered an internal error in its process management of worker process ‘<value>’ serving...
Error Adding Office KMS Keys “0x80072F8F”
KB ID 0000584 Problem Seen when adding an Office 2010 KMS key on a Windows 2008 R2 KMS Server. Note: Using the Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Host License pack as per this article. An error occurred: 0x80072F8F To display the error text run the following: slui.exe 0x2a 0x80072F8F Solution 1. If you do run the command that they have asked you to, all you get is; Code: 0x80072F8F Description: A Security error occurred 2. Not very helpful,...
Mailbox Move Error – ‘Couldn’t switch the mailbox into Sync Source mode’
KB ID 0000795 Problem While attempting to move a mailbox between sites last week I got this; Error details: Couldn’t switch the mailbox into Sync Source mode. This could be because of one of the following reasons: Another administrator is currently moving the mailbox. The mailbox is locked. The Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication service (MRS) doesn’t have the correct permissions. Network errors are preventing MRS from...
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...
Cisco IOS – Enrolling for Certificates with NDES
KB ID 0000948 Problem To get your Cisco Router or Switch to enroll, and obtain a certificate from a Windows Server running NDES, this is the procedure you need to follow. Solution When dealing with certificates, it’s important that your device is maintaining the correct time. You can set this manually, but I’d recommend setting up NTP. Setting IOS Time (Manually and via NTP) 1. Choose either of the options below, (as...