Black Logon Screen Windows Server 2003 R2
If your logon screen is black, but you can see the windows server logo, chances are you encountered same problem as I did. Logon and open regedit. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors if you see all values set to “0″ you will need to fix them. “ActiveBorder”=”212 208 200″ “ActiveTitle”=”0 84 227″ “AppWorkSpace”=”128 128 128″ “Background”=”0 78 152″ “ButtonAlternateFace”=”181 181 181″ “ButtonDkShadow”=”113 111 100″ “ButtonFace”=”236 233 216″ “ButtonHilight”=”255 255 255″ “ButtonLight”=”241 239 226″ “ButtonShadow”=”172 168 153″ “ButtonText”=”0 0 0″ “GradientActiveTitle”=”61 149 255″ “GradientInactiveTitle”=”157 185 235″ “GrayText”=”172 168 153″ “Hilight”=”49 106 197″ “HilightText”=”255 255 255″ “HotTrackingColor”=”0 0 128″ “InactiveBorder”=”212 208 200″ “InactiveTitle”=”122 150
Intel Rapid Storage Technology not working on Server 2008 R2 (Intel RST service is not running)
Intel Rapid Storage Technology software icon in taskbar reports this error. If you try to start the service “Intel Rapid Storage Technology” manually you’ll probably encounter another error: “Windows could not start the Intel Rapid Storage Technology service on Local Computer. Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly.” Adding .NET Framework 3.5.1 features under Features in Server Manager fixed this for me. Links: http://communities.intel.com/message/119865
Cannot copy [filename]: insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.
When trying to copy large file to Windows Server 2003 “Cannot copy [filename]: insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.” error appears. To solve this you may have to change two registry settings. You must always change the first setting. Depending on the configuration of your system, you may also have to change the second setting. First setting: Open regedit navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\ create new DWORD Value registry key PoolUsageMaximum, set value to 60 decimal. If after restart the problem still persists do the second setting. Second setting: Open regedit navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\ create
Permanently delete your Facebook account
If you want to permanently delete your facebook account follow this link and submit - https://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account Your account will be scheduled for deletion in 14 days. During those 14 days you can not login to any facebook service or use features on other sites that depend on Facebook Connect (for example Like button etc.) Just to be safe and protect yourself from accidental logon, you might want to delete your browser cache – browsing history, saved forms and password, cookies and so on. Good luck.
Excel 2007 – There was a problem sending the command to the program
If you get this message “There was a problem sending the command to the program” when double clicking on excel files, but can launch excel itself, then you should try this solution. 1. Start Excel 2. Click on the Excel logo on the top left 3. Choose Excel Options 4. Select Advanced tab on the left menu 5. Scroll down to the “General” section 6. Uncheck Ignore other application that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) option 7. Click OK, and try opening excel files again.
Track Users logon/logoff activity in Windows Domain environment (Active Directory)
If you find yourself in need to quickly review historical logon/logoff information in your environment then following might be useful in future. So how are we going to track user logon information? Answer is by implementing user logon logoff scripts in Group Policy. Steps 1) Share a directory on network where logs will be saved. Share a folder with full access permissions for everyone, as well as full NTFS permissions for users which you want to log. It is recommended that you make a hidden share \\server\share$\. In this scenario I will use 2 folders in shared location, one for computers
How to view and end tasks remotely (command line “Task Manager”)
Sometimes you might want to review running tasks or end a task on a remote computer (or on local computer, but you can not use Task Manager for some reason or want to do it via Command Prompt). Two commands will serve this purpose: tasklist and taskkill. Let’s say you want to see the processes which are consuming more then 50 MB ram, so you will need to use tasklist command with filter: >tasklist /FI “MEMUSAGE gt 50000″ (this means greater then 50000 KB) For remote computer you will need to specify computer name, user and a password for that
Translate Thread Names from Microsoft Symbols Server in Process Explorer (Configure Symbols).
If you are using Process Explorer you can translate thread names from ntdll.dll!RtODpsSearchPath_Ustr+0x69a to something more readable like ntdll.dll!_TppWorkerThread@4 which might give you better clue of the problem cause you are troubleshooting or at least produce better google query results. For this you will need to download and install Debugging Tools for Windows. On Installation Options step select Debugging Tools for Windows as in screenshot below: You will also need to define new System Variable: On Windows XP: Right click on My Computer->Properties, click on Advanced Tab Press Environment variables button Press “New” button under System Variables section and enter: Variable
Enabling Remote Desktop Connection client Single Sign On (SSO) for Remote Desktop Services
You probably came here for one of the following reasons: a) having to login twice when connecting to terminal server in RD Connection Broker Farm b) having to enter credentials for every Remote App even though you already are logged on with same credentials To avoid (multiple) double logins you will need to enable Single Sign On functionality. For that you will make some changes on both – Server and Client. 1. Server Connect to Remote Desktop Host Server Start Server Manager Expand Roles->Remote Desktop Services select RD Session Host Configuration In the right pane in the Connections right click
Can’t launch executable files from shares (domain environment)
When trying to launch some .exe files from network drive (mapped share from file server) I’ve got the following error: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item. This error occurs even though I have full security permissions on the file and full share permissions and non executable files are opening as expected. This behavior is due to IE security settings, to fix it you will need: 1) Open IE and go Tools -> Internet Options 2) Click Security tab select Local intranet and click on Sites 3)
