Issue: When you open Server Manager both Roles and Features display Error and you are unable to add any role or features. When you select the details link it displays error: HRESULT: 0x800F0818. You also get the following error in the event log: Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-ServerManager/OperationalSource: Microsoft-Windows-ServerManagerDate: 10/23/2011 11:35:43 AMEvent ID: 1601Task Category: NoneLevel: ErrorKeywords: …
Repadmin Error: While accessing the hard disk, a disk operation failed even after retries
I ran into an interesting replication issue that I was troubleshooting a few days ago and I thought it would be a good idea to post the issue with the fix action. I was running repadmin /showreps and I found that a domain controller was failing to replicate with a few replication partners. Issue: During…
DNS Scavenging Intervals are Not Propagating to Existing or New Zones
For scavenging to work it must be set in three places: On the individual resource record, on the zone, and on the server that will be performing the scavenging. This post will only cover the behavior of enabling scavenging on the zones (e.g., Scavenge stale resource records, No-refresh interval, and Refresh intervals) at the server…
MaxTokenSize and Kerberos Token Bloat
Overview of MaxTokenSize The MaxTokenSize by default is 12,000 bytes. This has been the default value since Windows 2000 SP2 and still remains in Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2. As company’s grow so do the groups within your organization. If your Kerberos token becomes too big your users will receive error messages during…
RDP copy-and-paste not working
In Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows 2008 R2, and Windows 7 you may experience issues with copy-and-past in a RDP session between client and server or server and client. If you need to allow copy-and-past functionality Disable the Do not allow clipboard redirection group policy. Do not allow clipboard redirection Description: Specifies whether to…
Windows Server 2008 R2 Posters and Other Stuff
Here is some 2008 R2 posters and other stuff.. Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Components Poster http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=64a5cc28-f8a1-4b30-a4a2-455c65bda8d7&displaylang=en Job Aids for Server Core Installations of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8DD99AC0-4A59-41E9-8037-F33760D560F0&displaylang=en Windows Server 2008 R2 Documentation Survival Guide http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0576CE09-2DDE-48E7-9BD7-77E4A4717100&displaylang=en Infrastructure Planning and Design Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (This is…
How to Create a ERD Commander 2009 R2 Recovery Disk
Lately I have been getting asked the Question: So where can I get my hands on the latest copy of ERD Commander? To help you guys out I decided to put something together and post it on my blog. As you know Microsoft acquired Winternals back in 2007. ERD Commander is included in Microsoft’s Desktop Optimization…
Group Policy Preferences Bandwagon
What’s all the buzz about Group Policy Preferences? Well if your not using preferences to help create GPO’s then you need to get on the bandwagon because everybody is doing it. Instead of creating a complex .adm template the next time your boss wants you to modify some registry settings you should take a look at doing it with preferences. Just take 10 minutes out of your…