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  • Convert Oracle vdi to VMware vmdk

    Oracle VM VirtualBox can open VMware native virtual machine hard drive files in .vmdk format. This doesn’t work other way around though – WMware can’t open VirtualBox .vdi files. If you have Oracle VirtualBox installed you can easily convert .vdi to .vmdk using command line VBoxManage.exe tool: Go to C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox and open VBoxManage.exe in…

  • Can’t add additional x86 Driver on 64bit Windows Server 2008

    Issue Trying to add x86 type of Brother MFC print driver (Windows XP, Vista, 7) on Windows Server 2008 64bit machine. Wile running Add Printer Driver Wizard dialog “Install Components From Windows media” is displayed:

  • IIS website takes long time to load first time

    Issue Website /application hosted on IIS 6 takes around 5-6 seconds to load first page if it hasn’t been accessed for a while. Solution Open IIS manager > Application Pools > DefaultAppPool > Properties > Performance Uncheck “Shutdown worker processes after being idle for (time in minutes)” under Idle timeout

  • Can’t uninstall Exchange 2007 because of present public folder replicas

    Issue Uninstall of Exchange 2007 fails with error: The public folder database <database_name> cannot be deleted.The public folder database  <database_name> contains folder replicas. Before deleting the public folder database, remove the folders or move the replicas to another public folder database.

  • Windows Update KB2647753 fails to install

    Issue Windows update keeps failing to install 3 Windows Updates:KB2729094KB2732487KB2647753 After trying to install them, Windows request a restart, after which it says that all 3 updates failed to install and lists them again as available recommended updates.

  • Reset “Always warn before previewing this type of file” in Outlook 2010

    Outlook 2010 allows to preview some file types within Outlook. By default following messages is displayed: If you remove check box next to “Always warn before previewing this type of file” next time this type of files will be previewed automatically. To restore default behaviour (show warning message again) you need to make a small…

  • Removing Public folder database fails – Object is read only because it was created…

    Issue While decommissioning old Exchange 2007 server, Exchange uninstall failed with following error: Object is read only because it was created by a future version of Exchange: 0.10. Current supported version is 0.1. Trying to remove Public Folder Database via Exchange Management Console (EMC) also failed with the same error. Solution Resolved by removing the…

  • Group Policy Results Error – Access Denied

    Group Policy Results Wizard on Windows Server 2003 fails with error: The wizard was unable to generate the Group Policy data due to the error listed below. access denied. Fixed by running following in command prompt: cd /d %windir%\system32regsvr32 /n /I userenv.dllcd wbemmofcomp scersop.mofgpupdate /force Windows Small Business Server 2003

  • Error installing WSUS – The update could not be found. There may be a network connection issue.

    Installing WSUS 3.0 SP2 on a new Windows Server 2008 R2 (via Add Roles console). WSUS role requires IIS 6, therefore Web Server (IIS) role is automatically added as well. After completing the wizard and clicking install, following error is displayed: One or more of the following roles, role services, or features failed to installWindows…

  • Windows Update error 800B0001

    Some Windows 7 machines stopped updating. Trying to run Windows Update manually returned following error:   Windows could not search for new updates.An error occurred while checking for new updates for your computerError(s) found: Code 800B0001Windows Update encouraged an unknown error This only affected updates from WSUS server. Checking updates directly from Microsoft Update worked…

  • Removing Additional Exchange Mailboxes from Outlook

    This issue occurred while I was testing Consumer Preview version of Outlook 2013. It could have been complete coincidence as issue seems to be caused by Exchange 2010 rather than Outlook. Gave myself Full Access Permissions to couple of mailboxes and opened them as usual via Account Properties > Advanced > Advanced > Add… After…

  • Exchange mailbox move error “Insufficient access rights to perform the operation”

    During Exchange 2007 to 2010 migration some mailbox move operations fails with error: Active Directory operation failed on domain-controller-name. This error is not retriable. Additional information: Insufficient access rights to perform the operation.Active directory response: 00002098: SecErr: DSID-03150BB9, problem 4003 (INSUFF_ACCESS_RIGHTS), data 0The user has insufficient access rights. This error is similar to one described…