So you are running SQL Server (2005 or 2008) Express (presumably installed as part of an application server install) and you would like to make sure your databases are backing up each night. You go to load the SQL Server Management Studio only to discover it’s not there. So then you head on over to…
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This article is written specifically for the Netscaler VPX virtual appliance, so your mileage may vary. Increasingly we were getting complaints from users of incompatibility with Internet Explorer 10 and 11 when trying to login to our company’s remote access portal, which is fronted by an Access Gateway virtual server on our Netscaler VPX appliance….
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If you are having trouble powering off a VMware ESXi 5.x virtual machine, there is a command line method to force the VM to shut down. Here was the message I was receiving when trying to power off a VM: The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state. So the current state, which…
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In case you haven’t noticed, Microsoft is making you do more and more with PowerShell. Features we’d love to see in a GUI interface instead require commands and scripts. Okay, this is good when you want to automate things, but not so great for the occasional need. For example, where I work we occasionally need…
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If you ever allow the system (C:) drive to fill up on a Windows Server 2012 running Remote Desktop Services (RDS) that is also utilizing “User Profile Disks” then get ready for a headache. Okay, this particular headache isn’t THAT painful and can be fixed relatively quickly. Are you getting this message when trying to…
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Yeah, hockey players are a tough bunch. To make it to the NHL, especially the goon squad, one must be equal parts foolhardy, demented, and zany. To make it to the NHL, one must be willing to do things any sane person would consider ill-advised. Hell, most people try to avoid fast movements and hard…
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I’m not sure exactly when this started on my Remote Desktop Service (RDS) and Citrix XenApp servers (because it wasn’t always a problem), but on both Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 I’m seeing a large number of “FontCache” files in this specific location: C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local Again, this is only a problem on RDS…
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So I’m trying to troubleshoot a problem where backups of a Windows 2008 server over a 1.5Mbps Wide Area Network (WAN) connection keep failing. Occasionally it will work, but most nights it will fail after running for several hours. We have a number of in-house network troubleshooting tools and I also know there are endless…
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