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Ghosted Domain after removal? Reboot the PDC Emulator
Working with a client today, the problem reported was “I deleted a domain trust and domain over a week ago, yet it persists/exists in ‘Domains and Trusts” still. Help! We went through the motions he pointed out that he had already done of Can’t remove it from the GUI (in Domains and Trusts) with the error “a …
Read onIISReset for the Sneaky SharePoint Admin
What First off a disclaimer. In a production SharePoint environment, of course you shouldn’t perform an IISRESET/system reset when users are connected. Buuuuutttttt, in those instances where you are in a jam, or the system is in testing or you’re feeling brazen, I’m just saying you “coullldddd” consider the following… I was working with a …
Read onHelp Eliminate annoying 1111 System Event Log Entries
You know what I’m talking about. You are wading through Event Logs on a server and see a bunch of event logs you are going to ignore, but look critical. RED. EXCLAMATION POINTS! Ack! While there are ways to turn this off server side (though I’m still looking for the trick on 2012, must find …
Read onWhich Hyper-V Host Am I on?
I was trying to determine which Hyper-V host I was on today. I discovered that this setting is captured in the registry (perhaps there is a way in the GUI to find it quickly but I didn’t see anything that stood out). So, with some handy PowerShell (this should work on Windows Server 2008, 2008 …
Read onWhat are your “Pain Points”? We’d like to help.
itgroove is a business technology solutions provider. We have lots of tools and technology available that can be used to solve any number of business issues. And we have the knowledge and experience to map the solutions out for you, as well as the skills to implement the needed hardware, software and procedures. You have …
Read onWindows 8 and Server 2012 are coming!
Woot! It is now confirmed that Windows 8 and Server 2012 have gone gold/RTM (released to manufacturing). We’ll have our hands on it August 15th by the sounds of it. Learn More: Microsoft RTMs final Windows 8 and Server 2012 code Of course for our customers, we don’t recommend jumping in until you have properly …
Read onITPro’s, Don’t forget about the Jamaicans
While the toolset has grown over the years, it started some time ago as Winternal/SysInternals and Mark Russonovich’s “Jamaicans”. You know… RegMon DiskMon And FileMon Well, some of those have been renamed and/or moved into other tools but the SysInternals suite of tools is still the best set of FREE resources for digging into why …
Read onWhy Good Hardware Doesn’t Ensure Good Networking and Communication
Given that you can’t have good technology without good technology, a lot of business owners and managers assume that having the best, top-of-the-line hardware naturally assures that their company will have great networking and communication. That’s not always the case, however, and even spending huge amounts of money on having the latest and greatest hardware, …
Read onQuick Reference for determining when a server was last rebooted
I’m always googling this information because I can’t recall the event ID so I’ve decided to quickly paraphrase it. If, as part of troubleshooting, you are trying to determine when the last Windows Server reboot was, these are useful clues: In the Windows System Event Log Event 6005 – this was when the server was …
Read onCome get your Hyper-V, Citrix Xen Desktop and System Center Game face on! May 22nd at Ambrosia with MVP Mitch Garvis
itgroove and Microsoft are hosting an evening with MVP Mitch Garvis on the topic of "Architecting and Supporting the Back-End Infrastructure for the consumerization of IT". Come get your Hyper-V, Citrix Xen Desktop and System Center Game face on! May 22nd at Ambrosia. Learn More Here or to Register
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