1. How to move the WINS database in Windows Server 2008
(Blogs/paulw)

I appreciate that this topic isn’t going to be too high on people’s lists given that most of us believe WINS is dead and don’t want to deal with it, but it is still there and if you&

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

If you’ve been using Windows Server 2008 Server Core you’ll notice that some of the mundane, simple tasks that you take for granted are no longer quite so simple. One such example is the

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

You might have noticed, particularly if you’re working with Server Core, that even when your Windows Server 2008 machines are members of a domain that you get an RPC server unavailable type mess

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

...ers apply to what disks in Server Core? The “My Computer” or, “Computer”, as it’s now called Window provides some useful information that isn’t immediately availab...

5. Troubleshooting Microsoft Application Virtualization/ SoftGrid error 0060922C-800736B1
(Blogs/paulw)

I’ve been evaluating Microsoft Application Virtualization, a.k.a. SoftGrid, which is now part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) and, like all technical people, I just dived

6. Moving and renaming Active Directory objects in LDIF using LDIFDE
(Blogs/paulw)

...as in the middle of writing a post for this blog (on AD recovery and the new database mount tool, if you’re interested) the other day when I needed to make some quick changes to a reanimated tom...

7. Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services Last Interactive Logon Information Feature
(Blogs/paulw)

If you’ve been reading through the Windows Server 2008 documentation or attending events discussing Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) you might have noticed that one o

8. Troubleshooting ILM (MIIS) Failed: Filter Rejection (rejected-by-filter) error
(Blogs/paulw)

As stated in previous posts on the topic of troubleshooting ILM (a.k.a. MIIS) errors, I’m posting problems, resolutions and reasons on certain errors that I’ve hit in MIIS or, more specifi

9. Troubleshooting the Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.MissingParentObjectException Error
(Blogs/paulw)

I’ve been re-acquainting myself with ILM of late and hit a couple of errors that had me stumped from anywhere between a couple of minutes and four hours! So, I thought I’d provide some br

10. Troubleshooting the Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.NoCompatiblePartitionFoundException Error
(Blogs/paulw)

I’ve been re-acquainting myself with ILM of late and hit a couple of errors that had me stumped from anywhere between a couple of minutes and four hours! So, I thought I’d provide some br