by File in: Windows
The following events were listed in the Windows 2003 event log when one of our second level help desk staff connected to the server console via RDP: Event 1521 Source Userenv Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming profile and is attempting to log you on with your local profile. Changes to the […]
by File in: Fixes
I had two identically configured Windows servers, one that would allow remote copy/paste from the server to the client via RDP, and one that wouldn’t. I finally took the time today to resolve the issue once and for all. First thing I verified was that in the Local Resources tab of Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc.exe) […]
by File in: How-To
Normally when a Windows workstation or server is locked, you’ll see something similar to the following Windows Security message: This computer is in use and has been locked. Only DOMAIN\USER (user name) or an administrator can unlock this computer. To not show the name of the user who has locked a computer, the following can […]
by File in: Windows
I was running a scheduled task on a Windows 2003 server that called a script that ran as a non-administrator on the server. The service account that the script ran under had rights to all the appropriate directories on the server, but I still kept seeing the following error after the scheduled task failed to […]
by File in: Windows
Last week I attempted to add a scheduled task to my Windows 2008 server using schtasks.exe. The syntax I used was: schtasks /create /S server /U DOMAIN\ACCOUNT /P password /SC daily /ST 15:00 /TN BkupIIS /TR c:\scripts\bkupiis.cmd I received the following message from schtasks.exe: User credentials are not allowed on the local machine The task […]
by File in: Virtualization
This morning I received the following error when trying to power on a VMware Workstation virtual machine: Could not open virtual machine: C:\VMs\Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmx. This virtual machine appears to be in use. To resolve the issue, I deleted all of the .lck files and directories in the guest’s directory listed above. This […]
When you host a .NET application on a remote network share, you may receive a System.SecurityException exception error message or a security warning message. The Code Access Security Policy tool (CASPOL) enables administrators to modify security policy for the machine policy level, the user policy level, and the enterprise policy level. Caspol is used to […]
Microsoft has the Windows System Assessment Tool (Winsat) available for download that can assess a computer’s ability to run Windows. This tool provides a wealth of information on your hardware’s horsepower, plus it’s scriptable. It’s designed to run under Windows Vista, but can be run under Windows Server 2008 as well. Here’s how to do […]
To completely disable DEP in Windows Server 2003, perform the following with administrative credentials: 1. Open Windows Explorer 2. Tools > Folder Options > View 3. Uncheck Hide Protected operating system files (Recommended) and Hide extensions for known file types 4. Click apply > OK 5. Browse to C:\ 6. Right click on boot.ini, select […]
by File in: IIS
Fix for The World Wide Web Publishing Service (WWW Service) did not register the URL prefix http://x.x.x.x:80/ for site 1. The site has been disabled. The data field contains the error number. System log Event: 1004 Source: IIS-W3SVC Error received when trying to start the stopped web site: The process cannot access the file because […]
