Utilities
The Best MSI Extractor
I’ve written in the past about how to extract MSI files at the Windows command prompt, and how to extract...
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Windows
Fix: Userenv event 1521 and Userenv 1511 errors in Windows Server 2003 Application log
The following events were listed in the Windows 2003 event log when one of our second level help desk staff...
Fixes
Fix: rdpclip.exe Won’t Run on Windows Server
I had two identically configured Windows servers, one that would allow remote copy/paste from the server to the client via...
How-To
Howto: Do not display the name of the user who has locked a Windows computer or server
Normally when a Windows workstation or server is locked, you’ll see something similar to the following Windows Security message: This...
Windows
Fix: 0×80070005: Access is denied when running scheduled task as a non-administrator
I was running a scheduled task on a Windows 2003 server that called a script that ran as a non-administrator...
Windows
Windows Server 2008 Schtasks error: User credentials are not allowed on the local machine
Last week I attempted to add a scheduled task to my Windows 2008 server using schtasks.exe. The syntax I used...
Virtualization
Fix for VMWare error: Could not open virtual machine, this virtual machine appears to be in use
This morning I received the following error when trying to power on a VMware Workstation virtual machine: Could not open...
How-To
Using Caspol.exe to Grant .NET Applications Rights to a Remote Network Share
When you host a .NET application on a remote network share, you may receive a System.SecurityException exception error message or...
Windows
Using Winsat.exe in Windows as a Performance Benchmarking Tool
Microsoft has the Windows System Assessment Tool (Winsat) available for download that can assess a computer’s ability to run Windows....