December 2008 - Posts

Sun, Dec 28 2008 16:33

Sage Wisdom

I received this piece of advice this afternoon logging into a box. Haven't seen this in a while… Read More...
Posted by Brian Desmond's Blog
Filed under:
Sat, Dec 13 2008 22:36

Forcing a Blue Screen via iLO – iLO2 Version

Sometimes one of the most useful resources at your disposal when troubleshooting a hang or other issues is the memory dump file Windows will write out during a blue screen. If a system is hung and you are not able to get to it locally, pressing Ctrl+ScrollLock...
Posted by Brian Desmond's Blog
Filed under:
Sat, Dec 13 2008 22:25

NMI Blue Screen

Ever had a blue screen pop up with a message like this? *** Hardware Malfunction Call your hardware vendor for support *** The system has halted *** Windows makes this screen look something like this: There are a couple of other specific errors that can...
Posted by Brian Desmond's Blog
Filed under:
Sat, Dec 13 2008 17:07

Script to Inventory Print Servers

Chatting with a friend this afternoon, I was reminded of a script I have that will collect a bunch of inventory data from print servers and dump it out to a text file you can import into Excel and do whatever you want with. The script goes out to AD and...
Posted by Brian Desmond's Blog
Filed under:
Mon, Dec 8 2008 0:44

More on Enlisting in DNS Application Partitions

Here's another error you might run into if you're setting up a DNS server to use some existing application partitions. I got it because I was being impatient and restarting the service constantly after enlisting in a couple of app partitions....
Posted by Brian Desmond's Blog
Filed under:
Mon, Dec 8 2008 0:31

Enlisting in DNS Application Partitions

I for the first time this evening had to enroll a DNS server in some custom app partitions at a customer site. I've never actually done this before, though I knew it was a simple dnscmd command. I ran what I felt was the obviously correct command...
Posted by Brian Desmond's Blog
Filed under:
Mon, Dec 8 2008 0:04

WINS Error – Replication with a Nonconfigured Partner

I was trying to setup a WINS replication partnership (one-way) yesterday which was completely not working. When I tried to initiate pull replication from the server on the edge, it would give me no error and clearly not replicate. A network trace showed...
Posted by Brian Desmond's Blog
Filed under:
Tue, Dec 2 2008 19:33

NEW BOOK - Active Directory, 4th Edition

If you’re serious about Active Directory, you should pick up a copy of my new book , Active Directory, 4th Edition . Even if Active Directory is just something you run into from time to time as part of your job, you should still pick up a copy....
Posted by Brian Desmond's Blog
Filed under: