1. Initialising a new disk with DISKPART
(Blogs/paulw)

...le tasks that you take for granted are no longer quite so simple. One such example is the way that the disk management snap-in automatically discovers a new disk and runs a wizard that allows you to ...

2. Remotely managing the disk management snap-in in Windows Server 2008
(Blogs/paulw)

...mbers of a domain that you get an RPC server unavailable type message when attempting to connect to the Disk management snap-in of a remote machine. While this isn’t specific to server core, it...

3. So how do I know what drive letters apply to what disks in Server Core?
(Blogs/paulw)

So how do I know what drive letters apply to what disks in Server Core? The “My Computer” or, “Computer”, as it’s now called Window provides some useful information that

4. Disabling logging in Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0
(Blogs/paulw)

...isable the logging altogether if this is a lab or POC, or at least move the location to a separate hard disk. To disable (or move), you need to do the following: Load/ open the Central Admini...

5. Automating Windows Server 2008 installations
(Blogs/paulw)

...a customer has asked me about it. Please note that I’ve been working with the Volume License disk and have therefore not needed to worry about a product key. When I quickly tested this wit...

6. Creating an active directory test lab environment from your production AD forest
(Blogs/paulw)

...stall DNS and configure the DC as a GC, disable init-sync then shutdown the DC and transfer the virtual disk file(s) to your test lab environment. Perform a “metadata cleanup” in the...

7. HOW TO: Install Windows Server 2003 R2 on a Domain Controller
(Knowledge Base/Articles)

...scusses how to install the Windows Server 2003 R2 components, otherwise known as Windows Server 2003 R2 disk 2, onto an Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) Domain Controller (DC) running Windows S...

8. HOW-TO: Determine the size of NTDS.DIT and the amount of Free (White) Space in the database
(Knowledge Base/Articles)

...6 every time the garbage collection runs. Information event 1646 will give you the total allocated hard disk space and free disk space in the NTDS.DIT (Active Directory database) file. Here's an ...

9. INFO: The Directory Service Garbage Collection Process
(Knowledge Base/Articles)

...mentation doesn't actually reduce the size of the database file. Only off-line defragmentation frees up disk space. Document information Author: Paul Williams Written: 14-10-2004 Version: 2...

10. HOW TO: Force Windows File Protection to look to the local hard drive for the SP installation files
(Knowledge Base/Articles)

...s will not occur. The same goes for a local installation, i.e. the installation files were on the local disk. How to resolve/ work around the CDROM prompt? There are several ways to avoid bei...