I’ve seen this twice myself in the last few weeks, and today had another reseller contact me with the same exact symptoms. The first one happened mid February for a client of ours and occurred right after applying the February patches from Microsoft. At first I was suspecting that an MS patch had caused it, but now I’m not so sure. The issue is simple, users … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2015
Where can I get makecert.exe from?
I’ve been working on some cool stuff with Hyper-V Replica across untrusted domains this week. As part of that I needed to get hold of the makecert.exe utility so that you can create your own SSL certificates. I had some challenges finding it and finally located it. Here’s what I did. Download the Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 from here … [Read more...]
How to clean-up a large WinSXS folder on Windows Sever 2008 R2
I was onsite this week and had a server with 21GB of files in the WINSXS folder which was pretty well huge in comparison to the overall 30GB in the Windows folder. To sort this, you need to do a few things. First up – install the Desktop Experience feature via the Add Features function from Server Manager. It will need a reboot, but once rebooted you will have the ability … [Read more...]
Western Digital DL4100 NAS
I’m often invited to participate in various beta programs by vendors. I love to play with the new toys and more importantly help them debug and refine the product to suit its intended market. The WD DL4100 is no exception. I’ve been fortunate to have this in my lab now for several months, during which WD went through a number of reviews of different features and kept … [Read more...]