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You can use this online Wake on LAN magic packet sender to wake up a remote computer (resume from shut down / hibernate / sleep). Just enter your external IP address and MAC address. Computer and router/firewall should be already…
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Move WSUS data on SBS 2008 to another drive
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) data on Microsoft Small Business 2008 by default is placed in C:\WSUS\WsusContentThis folder can get very large over time, however on SBS2008 you can easily move downloaded data to another drive. Open Windows SBS Console…
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Exchange 2007 suddenly stops receiving external emails
Exchange 2007 or SBS 2008 suddenly stops receiving external emails. Internal and outgoing emails are working fine. Emails are not bouncing back. Exchange Management Console seems to be OK. Exchange stores mounted and all Exchange services running. This behaviour could…
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Schedule Automatic Computer Restart
To avoid restarting server during working hours you easily schedule restart to be performed at night. Obviously the same can be applied to a workstation rather than server. Create a text file restart.txt with text:shutdown /r /c “Your message displayed…
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Create “Lock Computer” shortcut
Right click on the desktop > New > ShortcutType the location the item: %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStationType a name for this shortcut: Lock Computer Alternatively just press Windows Key + L Windows XPWindows 7Windows Server 2003Windows Server 2008
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Windows Event ID 10016 (DCOM)
This article uses a particular Windows Event ID 10016 error caused by Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on SBS Server 2008 as an example, but can be used to troubleshoot other 10016 (DCOM) errors. Event ID: 10016Level: ErrorDescription:The application-specific permission settings…
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Manually truncate MS SQL 2005 log file (.LDF)
If MS SQL database Recover Model is set to “FULL” and regular full backups are not performed databases log files (.LDF) can grow very large. If you are working with a production database make sure you know what you are…
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Troubleshooting SQL 2005 SP4 and other Windows Update installation errors
This article uses a specific MS SQL 2005 Service Pack 4 installation error as an example, but may help in troubleshooting other Microsoft and Windows Update problems. Installation of SQL server 2005 Service Pack 4 fails and Event ID 20…
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ntbackup logs missing
Normally when you run ntbackup logged on as “Administrator” backup logs are saved in “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data“If backup logs are not in the expected location check following: If you run ntbackup from the command line or a…
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List all files on the server
Sometimes it could be useful to have a text file listing all files on your server or in a particular directory. If content is relatively static this can be used to perform a quick file searches based on file names.…
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Can’t view .chm file – Navigation to the webpage was canceled.
After opening .chm (Microsoft Compiled HTML Help) file you may empty an page with generic error message “Navigation to the webpage was canceled”. First off all ensure you are not opening .chm file form a network location. If so just…
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Transfer large files with rSync in Windows (byte-level copying)
rSync is very efficient way of transferring files between computers, especially over slow WAN connections. rSync can compress data before transferring, but more importantly if there is similar but not identical file with the same name on the target computer…