Some of the servers that I manage in locations have a nasty habit of hanging on the final stage of rebooting when trying to apply Windows Updates automatically.
In most locations, I use WSUS to deploy updates around the site which is OK, but when it comes to servers problems arise.
After roaming around on the internet, [...]
When installing Sharepoint 3.0 Service Pack 1 onto a fresh Windows Server 2003 installation, you can sometimes fall foul of Sharepoint complaining that ASP.net 2 is not installed:
“This product requires ASP.NET v2.0″
I found the solution over at Sharepoint Blogs. Run the following command on the server:
C:\Windows\Microsoft.net\Framework\v2.0.50727\Aspnet_regiis.exe -i
This will register .NET 2 with IIS [...]
It’s quite annoying having to create Windows installation discs.
One thing I find is that every single time I do it – I keep having to check the internet, so here’s a note of the important bits.
Extract the service pack
servicepack.exe /extract:C:\SP\
Integrate the service pack with the copied installation disc
update.exe /integrate:C:\OS_source\
Extract the boot image from the CD [...]
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Can you image the conversation?
“Hey, Jeff – I got your report on the bug monsters.”
“No worries, Dave. Just annoying when the email goes missing like that.”
“Er, yeah. By the way – I checked [...]
Steve and I have often been stumped with migrating users simply because there’s not an easy to follow “how to”. So here’s an easy-to-follow “how to”.
To migrate users across domains, you will need the Active Directory Migration Tool from Microsoft. Install this on both servers.
First thing’s first – you’ll need to create a trust between [...]
Steve and I have been working on a YouTube video downloader based in PHP. One of the features that I’ve been adding in is the ability to upload videos of any format and be encoded into a FLV, just like those big YouTube sites.
One of the problems I’ve been having is that the WMV videos [...]
